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 Jun 2025

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06/07/2025

Average data

Episodes: 193

Frequency: every 245 days

Duration: 00:48:07

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. audiochuck (2 shows)

3. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Acast (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. PRX (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	303	Megaphone	42
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	938	Simplecast	38
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
5	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
6	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
7	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
8	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
9	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
10	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
11	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
12	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	432	Megaphone	32
13	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
14	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	97	BBC	53
15	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	141	Megaphone	68
16	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
17	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
18	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
19	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
20	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
21	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
22	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
23	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
24	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
25	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	38
26	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
27	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
28	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
29	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
30	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
31	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
32	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
33	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	94	Acast	79
34	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	69	Triton Digital	63
35	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
36	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
37	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
38	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
39	Terrifying True Stories	Terrifying True Stories	Society & Culture	9	Blubrry	59
40	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
41	Svetlana! Svetlana!	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
42	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
43	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
44	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
45	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
46	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
47	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1190	Acast	59
48	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	262	Spreaker	69
49	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
50	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
51	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
52	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
53	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
54	Howl	Boise State Public Radio	Society & Culture	8	PRX	54
55	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
56	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
57	Architecture of Abuse	Architecture of Abuse	Society & Culture	15	Podbean	63
58	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
59	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	266	Megaphone	32
60	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
61	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	53
62	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	400	Buzzsprout	83
63	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
64	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
65	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
67	10 Mujeres	Wondery \| Dudas Media	Society & Culture	11	ART19	89
68	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
69	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
70	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
71	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
72	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
73	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	557	Spreaker	74
74	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
75	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
76	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
77	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	33	BBC	58
78	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
79	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
80	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
81	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
82	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
83	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
84	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
85	Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power	John Williamson	Society & Culture	21	RedCircle	73
86	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
87	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
88	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
89	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
90	Division Street Revisited	Mary Schmich	Society & Culture	9	PRX	63
91	Sleep and ASMR by The French Whisperer	The French Whisperer	Religion & Spirituality	128	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	698	Megaphone	53
93	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
94	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	124	Buzzsprout	53
95	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	638	Acast	69
96	White Men Can't Work!	Tim Samuels	Society & Culture	6	Acast	74
97	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
98	Niche to Meet You	Leslie Eiler Thompson	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
99	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	491	RedCircle	43
100	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	440	Acast	74

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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