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 07 Jan 2026

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01/07/2026

Average data

Episodes: 201

Frequency: every 250 days

Duration: 00:47:46

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. BBC (2 shows)

3. Audible (2 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

5. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Omny Studio (14 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. PRX (9 shows)

5. Spreaker (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	938	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	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	350	ART19	68
7	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
8	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	38
9	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
10	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	378	Audioboom	62
11	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	303	Megaphone	42
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	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	432	Megaphone	32
15	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
17	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
18	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
19	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
20	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
21	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
22	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	96	BBC	53
23	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	48	Megaphone	48
24	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
25	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
26	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
27	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	7	Libsyn	58
28	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
29	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	94	Acast	79
30	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
31	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
32	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
33	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
34	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
35	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
36	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
37	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
38	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
39	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
40	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	262	Spreaker	69
41	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
42	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
43	The Palisades Fire: A Sandcastles Special	Wave Maker Media	Society & Culture	9	PRX	69
44	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
45	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
46	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
47	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
48	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
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	1189	Acast	59
51	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
52	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
53	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
54	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	43
55	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
56	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
57	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
58	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
59	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
60	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
61	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	556	Spreaker	74
62	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
63	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
64	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
65	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
66	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	266	Megaphone	32
67	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
68	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
69	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
70	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	700	Omny Studio	53
71	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
72	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
73	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	698	Megaphone	53
74	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
75	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
76	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
77	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
78	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
79	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	146	Captivate	38
80	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
81	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	33	BBC	58
82	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
83	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	523	Spreaker	43
84	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
85	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	56	Spreaker	68
86	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
87	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
88	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
89	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
90	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	272	PRX	43
91	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	67	Spreaker	43
92	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
93	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
94	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
95	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	53
96	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
97	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
98	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	158	Omny Studio	69
99	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
100	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	491	RedCircle	43

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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