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 mai 2025

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05/06/2025

Average data

Episodes: 179

Frequency: every 250 days

Duration: 00:47:06

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. BBC (2 shows)

3. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

4. CBC (2 shows)

5. audiochuck (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Omny Studio (15 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. ART19 (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
4	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
6	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
7	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
8	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
10	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
11	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
12	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
13	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
14	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
15	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
17	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
18	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
19	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
20	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
21	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
22	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
23	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
24	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
25	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
26	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
27	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
28	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
29	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
30	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
31	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	424	RedCircle	59
32	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
33	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
34	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
35	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
36	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
37	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
38	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
39	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
40	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
41	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
42	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
43	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
44	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
45	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
46	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
47	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
48	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
49	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
50	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
51	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
52	Crumbs	My Cultura and Sonoro	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	79
53	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
54	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
55	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
56	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
57	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
58	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
59	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
60	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
61	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	204	Megaphone	32
62	The Superhero Complex	iHeartPodcasts and Novel	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
63	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
64	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
65	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
66	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
67	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
68	Niche to Meet You	Leslie Eiler Thompson	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
69	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
70	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
71	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
72	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
73	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
74	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	43	Acast	89
75	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
76	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
77	Before Me	Lisa Phu and Self Evident Media	Society & Culture	8	Libsyn	53
78	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
79	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
80	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	53
81	Laura Flanders and Friends: Solutions-Focused Progressive Perspectives on Politics, News, and Culture	Laura Flanders, Curious Communications	Society & Culture	846	Simplecast	63
82	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
83	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
85	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
86	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
87	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
88	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
89	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
90	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
91	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
92	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
93	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
94	Death on the Lot	Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	69
95	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
96	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
97	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
98	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
99	Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez	Sonoro \| Futuro Studios	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	43
100	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58

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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