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 Feb 2025

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02/06/2025

Average data

Episodes: 181

Frequency: every 241 days

Duration: 00:48:09

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

3. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

4. The New York Times (2 shows)

5. CBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Acast (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. BBC (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	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
3	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
4	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	412	Megaphone	63
6	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	27	American Public Media	62
7	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
9	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
10	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
11	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	6	ART19	63
12	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	218	Megaphone	38
13	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	441	Acast	53
14	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
15	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	98	WideOrbit	68
16	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
18	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
19	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	453	RedCircle	59
20	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
21	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	93	Libsyn	62
22	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
23	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
24	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	6	ART19	63
25	Division Street Revisited	Mary Schmich	Society & Culture	9	PRX	63
26	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
27	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	371	Omny Studio	73
28	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
29	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
30	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	166	Acast	69
31	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	191	PRX	79
32	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
33	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
34	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
35	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
36	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
37	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	32
38	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	284	Megaphone	43
39	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
40	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
41	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	126	BBC	38
42	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
43	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
44	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
45	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	115	Acast	73
46	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
47	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	192	Ximalaya	53
48	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	357	Spotify for Podcasters	38
49	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
50	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1205	Acast	59
51	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
52	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
53	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
54	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
55	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
56	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	147	Captivate	38
57	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
58	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
59	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	580	Spreaker	74
60	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
61	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
62	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
63	The Jack Hopkins Show Podcast	Jack Hopkins	Society & Culture	60	Buzzsprout	37
64	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
65	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
66	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	53
67	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
68	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	179	Unknown	83
69	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	28	Acast	83
70	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
71	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	409	Buzzsprout	83
72	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	277	Megaphone	32
73	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
74	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	51	Omny Studio	48
75	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
76	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
77	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
78	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
79	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
80	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
81	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
82	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
83	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89
84	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
85	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	671	Acast	69
86	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
87	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	504	RedCircle	43
88	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
89	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
90	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
91	BUZZKILL, presented by REAP/SOW	FERN	Society & Culture	29	PRX	73
92	Noche de Lluvia Podcast	Insólita Labs I Lourdes Gómez	Society & Culture	46	Spotify for Podcasters	28
93	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
94	The Blonde Fixer	Michelle Boxx	Society & Culture	3	Buzzsprout	79
95	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
96	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
97	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
98	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
99	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
100	Cosmic Peach	Julia Hamilton	Society & Culture	321	Spreaker	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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