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 oct. 2025

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10/07/2025

Average data

Episodes: 219

Frequency: every 43 days

Duration: 00:48:09

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

3. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

4. BBC (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Acast (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Spreaker (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
2	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
3	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
5	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
6	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
7	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
8	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
9	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
10	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
11	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
12	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
13	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
14	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
15	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
16	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
17	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
18	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
19	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	7	Libsyn	58
20	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
21	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
22	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
23	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
24	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
25	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
26	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
27	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
28	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
29	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
30	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
31	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
32	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
33	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
34	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
35	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
36	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
37	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
38	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
39	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
40	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
41	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
42	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
43	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
44	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
45	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
46	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
47	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
48	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
49	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
50	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	699	Omny Studio	53
51	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
52	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
53	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
54	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
55	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
56	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
57	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
58	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
59	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
60	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
61	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
62	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
63	The Corrymeela Podcast	Corrymeela	Society & Culture	43	Squarespace	58
64	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
65	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
66	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
67	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	56	Spreaker	68
68	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
69	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
70	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
71	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
72	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
73	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
74	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
75	Las Raras	Las Raras	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	89
76	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
77	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
78	Uintah Basin High Strangeness	V6 Media	Society & Culture	6	Podbean	52
79	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
80	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
81	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
82	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
83	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
84	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	522	Spreaker	43
85	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
86	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
87	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
88	Sounds Wild	Mike Stark, Vanessa Barchfield	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	63
89	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
90	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
91	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
92	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
93	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
94	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
95	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
96	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	542	Spreaker	60
97	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
99	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	58
100	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73

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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