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 2025

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11/05/2025

Average data

Episodes: 229

Frequency: every 241 days

Duration: 00:49:40

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. pepe&chema (2 shows)

5. Tortoise Media (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (15 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. PRX (8 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	28	Spreaker	84
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
4	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
6	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
7	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
8	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
9	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
10	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
11	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
12	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
13	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
14	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
15	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
16	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
18	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
19	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
20	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
21	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
22	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	432	Acast	53
23	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
24	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	104	BBC	38
25	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
26	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
27	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
28	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
29	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
30	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
31	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
32	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	48
33	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
34	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
35	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
36	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
37	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
38	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
39	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1196	Acast	59
40	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
41	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
42	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
43	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
44	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
45	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
46	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
47	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
48	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
49	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
50	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
51	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	706	Omny Studio	53
52	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	171	Omny Studio	89
53	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
54	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
55	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
56	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
57	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
58	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	270	Megaphone	32
59	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	207	Megaphone	32
60	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	272	PRX	43
61	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
62	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	58
63	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	568	Spreaker	74
64	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
65	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
66	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
67	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
68	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
69	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
70	Witness: Sex, Lies and Streaming	news.com.au	Society & Culture	35	Omny Studio	89
71	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
72	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
73	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
74	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
75	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
76	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	649	Acast	69
77	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
78	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
79	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	95	WideOrbit	68
80	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
82	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
83	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
84	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
85	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	343	Acast	64
86	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	412	BBC	28
87	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
88	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
89	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
90	Zero Signal	David & Jay Green	Society & Culture	32	RSS.com	83
91	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	550	Spreaker	60
92	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
93	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
94	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	497	RedCircle	43
95	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	58	Unknown	68
96	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	295	Audioboom	58
97	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
98	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
99	Fringe Network: Alien State	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
100	Unearthed - The need for seeds, with Cate Blanchett	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	Society & Culture	28	Omny Studio	83

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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