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 Dec 2024

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12/05/2024

Average data

Episodes: 175

Frequency: every 240 days

Duration: 00:47:43

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (7 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. CBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (16 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (12 shows)

5. Spreaker (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
2	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	943	Simplecast	38
4	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	27	American Public Media	62
5	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
6	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	411	Megaphone	63
7	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	115	Acast	73
8	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
9	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	311	Megaphone	42
11	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
12	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
13	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
14	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
15	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	218	Megaphone	38
16	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	441	Megaphone	32
17	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
18	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	51	Omny Studio	48
19	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
20	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	166	Acast	69
21	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
22	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	441	Acast	53
23	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
24	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
25	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
26	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
27	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	68
28	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	371	Omny Studio	73
29	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
30	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	451	RedCircle	59
31	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
32	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	101	Acast	79
33	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
34	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
35	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
36	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
37	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
38	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	192	Ximalaya	53
39	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
40	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
41	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1203	Acast	59
42	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
43	Into the Mix	Ben & Jerry's and ABF Creative	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	59
44	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
45	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
46	NATAL	You Had Me at Black, The Woodshaw	Society & Culture	38	Simplecast	63
47	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	270	Spreaker	69
48	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	284	Megaphone	43
49	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
50	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
51	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
52	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
53	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
54	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
55	Division Street Revisited	Mary Schmich	Society & Culture	9	PRX	63
56	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	179	Unknown	83
57	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
58	Lights On with Carl Lentz	B-Side	Society & Culture	26	Podbean	52
59	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
60	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
61	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
62	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
63	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
64	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
65	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	529	Spreaker	43
66	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	53
67	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	707	Megaphone	53
68	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	32
69	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
70	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
71	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
72	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
73	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
74	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
75	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
76	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
77	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	353	Simplecast	78
78	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
79	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
80	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	276	Megaphone	32
81	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	576	Spreaker	74
82	Cellblocks to Mountaintops	Cellblocks to Mountaintops	Society & Culture	27	PRX	59
83	بودكاست روايتهم	Aware Media	Society & Culture	52	Spotify for Podcasters	63
84	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	30	ART19	53
85	Loved To Death True Crime	Ali	Society & Culture	10	Acast	68
86	Generation Barney	Connecticut Public	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	74
87	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
88	Escape From Zaqistan	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	59
89	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	667	Acast	69
90	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
91	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
92	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	Society & Culture	96	Spotify for Podcasters	28
93	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
94	Cosmic Peach	Julia Hamilton	Society & Culture	321	Spreaker	49
95	UNAFRAID	Eddie Penney	Society & Culture	33	Spreaker	49
96	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	494	Omny Studio	68
97	The Donor Podcast: A DNA Horror Story	Costard & Touchstone Productions, Inc.	Society & Culture	8	WideOrbit	37
98	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89
99	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
100	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	561	Spreaker	60

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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