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 Jul 2025

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07/07/2025

Average data

Episodes: 189

Frequency: every 248 days

Duration: 00:47:08

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (4 shows)

3. BBC (2 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Omny Studio (16 shows)

3. Acast (15 shows)

4. BBC (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
5	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
6	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
8	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
9	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
10	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
11	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
12	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
13	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
14	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
15	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
16	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
17	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
18	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
20	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
21	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
22	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
23	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
24	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
25	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
26	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
27	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
28	This is My Thing	Michael Lee	Society & Culture	17	PRX	79
29	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
30	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
31	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
32	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
33	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
34	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
35	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
36	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
37	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
38	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
39	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
40	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
41	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
42	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
43	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
44	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
45	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
46	Heroes Behind Headlines	Heroes Behind Headlines	Society & Culture	199	Buzzsprout	58
47	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
48	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
49	Architecture of Abuse	Architecture of Abuse	Society & Culture	15	Podbean	63
50	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
51	The Nasty	Mark Healy	Society & Culture	4	Spotify for Podcasters	33
52	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
53	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
54	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
55	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
56	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
57	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
58	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
59	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
60	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
61	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
62	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
63	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
64	Welcome Legacy Podcast	James Welcome	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
65	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
66	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
67	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
69	Howl	Boise State Public Radio	Society & Culture	8	PRX	54
70	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
71	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
72	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
73	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
74	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
75	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
76	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
77	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
78	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
79	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
80	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
81	Death on the Lot	Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	69
82	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
83	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
84	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
85	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
86	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
87	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
88	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
89	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
90	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
91	Las Raras	Las Raras	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	89
92	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
93	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
94	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
95	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
96	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
97	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
98	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
99	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
100	Crumbs	My Cultura and Sonoro	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	79

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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