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 06 Jan 2026

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01/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 210

Frequency: every 249 days

Duration: 00:47:21

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

3. Audible (2 shows)

4. pepe&chema (2 shows)

5. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (14 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Spreaker (9 shows)

5. PRX (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
4	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
5	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
6	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
7	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
9	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
11	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
12	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
13	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
14	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
15	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
16	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
17	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
18	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
19	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
20	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
21	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
22	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
23	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
24	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
25	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
26	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
27	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	7	Libsyn	58
28	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
29	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
30	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
31	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
32	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
33	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
34	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
35	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
36	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
37	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
38	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
39	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
40	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
41	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
42	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
43	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
44	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
45	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
46	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
47	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
48	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
49	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
50	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
51	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
52	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
53	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
54	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
55	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
56	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	43
57	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
58	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
59	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
60	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	699	Omny Studio	53
61	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
62	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
63	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
64	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
65	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
66	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
67	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
68	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
69	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
70	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
71	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
72	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
73	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
74	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
75	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
76	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
77	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	204	Megaphone	32
78	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	56	Spreaker	68
79	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
80	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
81	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
82	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
83	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	521	Spreaker	43
84	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
85	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
86	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
87	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
88	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	63	Spreaker	43
89	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	58
90	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	157	Omny Studio	69
91	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
92	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
93	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
94	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	32
95	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
96	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
97	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
98	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
99	The Broken Truth \| History Podcast	Garrett Greene	Society & Culture	54	Spotify for Podcasters	32
100	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68

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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