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 May 2025

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05/07/2025

Average data

Episodes: 172

Frequency: every 247 days

Duration: 00:47:42

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. BBC (2 shows)

3. CBC (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. audiochuck (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Acast (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (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	937	Simplecast	38
4	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
5	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69
6	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
7	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
8	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
9	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
11	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
12	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
13	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
14	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
15	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
16	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
17	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
18	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
19	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
20	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
21	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
22	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
23	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
24	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
25	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
26	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
27	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
28	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
29	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
30	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
31	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
32	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
33	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
34	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
35	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
36	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
37	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
38	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
39	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
40	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
41	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
42	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
43	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
44	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
45	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
46	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
47	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
48	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
49	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
50	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
51	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
52	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
53	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
54	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
55	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
56	Crumbs	My Cultura and Sonoro	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	79
57	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
58	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
59	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
60	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
61	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
62	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
63	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
64	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
65	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
66	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
67	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
68	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
69	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
70	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
71	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
72	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
73	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
74	The Superhero Complex	iHeartPodcasts and Novel	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
75	Niche to Meet You	Leslie Eiler Thompson	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
76	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
77	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
78	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
79	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
80	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	43	Acast	89
81	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
82	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
83	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
85	Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power	John Williamson	Society & Culture	21	RedCircle	73
86	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
87	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
88	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
89	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
90	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
91	Before Me	Lisa Phu and Self Evident Media	Society & Culture	8	Libsyn	53
92	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	53
93	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
94	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
95	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
96	Stories for Power	StoryTelling & Organizing Project (STOP)	Society & Culture	12	Buzzsprout	83
97	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
98	10 Mujeres	Wondery \| Dudas Media	Society & Culture	11	ART19	89
99	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
100	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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