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 Sep 2024

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09/07/2024

Average data

Episodes: 161

Frequency: every 260 days

Duration: 00:47:26

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. CBC (3 shows)

4. Vox Media Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (15 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (12 shows)

5. Spreaker (4 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
2	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
4	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
5	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
6	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
8	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
9	Spiraled	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	53
10	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
11	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
12	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
13	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
14	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
15	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
16	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
17	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
18	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
19	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
20	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
21	Lights On with Carl Lentz	B-Side	Society & Culture	26	Podbean	52
22	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
23	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
24	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
25	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
26	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
27	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
28	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
29	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
30	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
31	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
32	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
33	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
34	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
35	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	424	RedCircle	59
36	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
37	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
38	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
39	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
40	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
41	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
42	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
43	Into the Mix	Ben & Jerry's and Vox Creative	Society & Culture	41	Megaphone	64
44	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
45	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
46	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
47	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
48	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
49	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
50	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
51	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
52	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
53	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
54	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
55	人間動物園：厭世姬外出取材	厭世姬＆邊角料	Society & Culture	208	Firstory	43
56	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
57	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	204	Megaphone	32
58	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
59	Violence Week	Emily Reeves & The Silver Podcast Network	Society & Culture	6	RedCircle	63
60	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
61	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
62	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
63	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
64	Dreamtown: The Story of Adelanto	Crooked Media	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	58
65	CORRECT with Ryan Hamilton	Ryan Hamilton	Society & Culture	8	Simplecast	48
66	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
67	Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People	Guy Kawasaki	Society & Culture	269	Simplecast	63
68	Blind Landing	Ari Saperstein	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	79
69	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
70	Tipping Point: The True Story of "The Limits to Growth"	Katy Shields	Society & Culture	3	Podigee	58
71	Boom Town: A Uranium Story	Alec Cowan	Society & Culture	7	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
72	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
73	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
74	Chicano Squad	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	69
75	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
76	My Year in Mensa	iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	53
77	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
78	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	521	Spreaker	43
79	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
80	Gay Girl Gone	CBC	Society & Culture	8	Triton Digital	59
81	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
82	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	55	Libsyn	53
83	The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh	Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	69
84	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
85	Into America	MSNBC, Trymaine Lee	Society & Culture	253	Simplecast	63
86	Elon Musk Thinking	Astronaut Man	News	197	Spreaker	43
87	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
88	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	479	Omny Studio	68
89	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
90	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
91	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
92	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
93	Kalam	Edgar Mannheimer	Society & Culture	114	Captivate	73
94	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	542	Spreaker	60
95	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
97	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
99	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
100	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59

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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