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 Nov 2024

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11/05/2024

Average data

Episodes: 175

Frequency: every 245 days

Duration: 00:47:09

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. CBC (2 shows)

5. Wavland (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Acast (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	29	American Public Media	62
2	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
3	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	53	Omny Studio	48
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	947	Simplecast	38
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	415	Megaphone	63
6	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
7	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
8	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	316	Megaphone	42
10	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
11	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
12	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	102	BBC	53
13	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
14	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
15	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
16	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	220	Megaphone	38
17	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
18	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	446	Megaphone	32
20	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	107	Acast	73
21	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	445	Acast	53
22	The Insurgence: Sheriffs	Political Research Associates	Society & Culture	7	RedCircle	69
23	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
24	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
25	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
26	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
27	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
28	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
29	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
30	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	168	Acast	69
31	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
32	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	178	Unknown	83
33	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
34	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
35	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	107	Acast	79
36	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
37	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	464	RedCircle	59
38	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
39	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
40	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	6	Megaphone	48
41	Lights On with Carl Lentz	B-Side	Society & Culture	26	Podbean	52
42	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	59	PRX	74
43	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
44	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	374	Omny Studio	73
45	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	24	Buzzsprout	42
46	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
47	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
48	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
49	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1210	Acast	59
50	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
51	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
52	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
53	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
54	Split Screen: There Goes My Childhood	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	58
55	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
56	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
57	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
58	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
59	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
60	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
61	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
62	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
63	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	275	PRX	43
64	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
65	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	53
66	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
67	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	32
68	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	273	Spreaker	69
69	أصوات	ثمانية/thmanyah	Society & Culture	33	Unknown	53
70	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	286	Megaphone	43
71	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
72	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	712	Megaphone	53
73	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
74	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
75	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	589	Spreaker	74
76	Into the Mix	Ben & Jerry's and ABF Creative	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	59
77	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	531	Spreaker	43
78	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	357	Simplecast	78
79	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	680	Acast	69
80	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
81	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	504	Omny Studio	68
82	The Jack Hopkins Show Podcast	Jack Hopkins	Society & Culture	60	Buzzsprout	37
83	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	68
84	So Your Parents Are Old	Vanessa Grigoriadis	Society & Culture	32	Spotify for Podcasters	48
85	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	68
86	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	348	Acast	64
87	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
88	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	173	Omny Studio	89
89	JULIE IN GENDERLAND	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	11	Substack	53
90	The Dennis Postema Show	Dennis M. Postema	Society & Culture	26	RedCircle	63
91	Extraordinary Evidence \| ESP Is Real	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
92	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	413	Buzzsprout	83
93	The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh	Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	69
94	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	Society & Culture	282	Buzzsprout	42
95	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	280	Megaphone	32
96	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
97	Shadow of Hope	Pleasant Run Productions	Society & Culture	10	Acast	69
98	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
99	Into America	MSNBC, Trymaine Lee	Society & Culture	253	Simplecast	63
100	Gay Girl Gone	CBC	Society & Culture	8	Triton Digital	59

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

The podcast landscape in USA is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

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