Apple Podcast Rankings - USA - Documentary

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in USA

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in USA. Our comprehensive analysis covers the best Apple Podcasts across various categories, providing insights into the most popular shows, episode lengths, publication frequencies, and leading hosting services. Whether you're a podcast creator or an avid listener, find the top-ranked podcasts that everyone is tuning into right now.

Podcast charts from 05 Jun 2025

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06/05/2025

Average data

Episodes: 182

Frequency: every 246 days

Duration: 00:48:31

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. The New York Times (2 shows)

3. audiochuck (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Acast (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. PRX (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	303	Megaphone	42
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	938	Simplecast	38
4	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
6	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
7	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
8	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	432	Megaphone	32
9	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
10	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
11	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
12	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
13	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
14	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
15	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	38
16	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
17	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
18	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
19	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
20	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	96	BBC	53
21	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
22	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
23	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
24	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
25	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
26	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
27	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
28	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
29	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
30	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
31	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
32	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
33	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
34	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	94	Acast	79
35	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
36	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
37	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
38	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
39	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
40	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
41	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1189	Acast	59
42	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
43	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
44	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	262	Spreaker	69
45	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
46	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
47	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
48	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
49	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
50	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
51	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
52	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
53	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
54	White Men Can't Work!	Tim Samuels	Society & Culture	6	Acast	74
55	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
56	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
57	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
58	Division Street Revisited	Mary Schmich	Society & Culture	9	PRX	63
59	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
60	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
61	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	557	Spreaker	74
62	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
63	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
64	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
65	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	266	Megaphone	32
66	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
67	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
68	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
69	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	398	Buzzsprout	83
70	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
71	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
72	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
74	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	53
75	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	33	BBC	58
76	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
77	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
78	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	636	Acast	69
79	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
80	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
81	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	123	Buzzsprout	53
82	Howl	Boise State Public Radio	Society & Culture	8	PRX	54
83	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
84	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
85	Sleep and ASMR by The French Whisperer	The French Whisperer	Religion & Spirituality	128	Spotify for Podcasters	38
86	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
87	Terrifying True Stories	Terrifying True Stories	Society & Culture	9	Blubrry	59
88	10 Mujeres	Wondery \| Dudas Media	Society & Culture	11	ART19	89
89	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
90	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
91	Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power	John Williamson	Society & Culture	21	RedCircle	73
92	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
93	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
94	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	523	Spreaker	43
95	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
96	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
97	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
98	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
99	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
100	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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