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 Jul 2026

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07/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 187

Frequency: every 32 days

Duration: 00:45:47

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Audible (2 shows)

3. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

4. pepe&chema (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Omny Studio (17 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. ART19 (6 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
2	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
3	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
4	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
5	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	14	PRX	69
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
7	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
8	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
9	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
10	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	73
11	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
12	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	262	WideOrbit	48
13	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
14	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
15	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	193	Simplecast	58
16	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	86	Unknown	63
17	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
18	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
19	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
20	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
21	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
22	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
23	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
24	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
25	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
26	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
27	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	488	Omny Studio	68
28	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
29	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
30	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
31	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
32	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
33	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	66	Acast	83
34	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
35	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	35	Omny Studio	83
36	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
37	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
38	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	22	ART19	73
39	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	103	BBC	38
40	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
41	Power Plays	Human Rights Foundation	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	63
42	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
43	HABITUAL	Colorado Radio for Justice	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	69
44	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	95	WideOrbit	68
45	La Voz de la Generación Irrompible	Yhon Angel	Society & Culture	120	Spotify for Podcasters	32
46	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
47	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
48	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
49	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
50	Getting Free	International Beit Din	Society & Culture	7	Podbean	63
51	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1195	Acast	59
52	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
53	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
54	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
55	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
56	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
57	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
58	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
59	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
60	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
61	Artifacts: Stories from the Emotional History of the Internet	Danny Brown	Society & Culture	22	Captivate	73
62	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	705	Omny Studio	53
63	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	207	Megaphone	32
64	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
65	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
66	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
67	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
68	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
69	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	526	Spreaker	43
70	Reaching Out	Futuro Media	Society & Culture	4	Acast	79
71	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
72	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
73	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
74	Fatal Fantasy	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	79
75	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
76	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
77	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
78	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
79	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	124	Buzzsprout	53
80	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	270	Megaphone	32
81	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
82	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
83	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
84	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
85	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	151	Spotify for Podcasters	52
86	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	140	N/A	N/A
87	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	171	Omny Studio	89
88	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
89	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	350	Simplecast	78
90	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	295	Audioboom	58
91	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
92	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	497	RedCircle	43
93	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
94	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
95	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
96	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
97	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	53
98	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	228	Acast	43
99	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
100	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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