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 Dec 2024

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12/07/2024

Average data

Episodes: 178

Frequency: every 239 days

Duration: 00:48:38

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. CBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (15 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. PRX (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
2	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
3	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
5	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
6	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	412	Megaphone	63
7	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	27	American Public Media	62
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	312	Megaphone	42
9	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
10	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
11	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	115	Acast	73
12	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
13	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
14	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
15	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	441	Acast	53
16	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	218	Megaphone	38
17	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	441	Megaphone	32
18	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	Society & Culture	96	Spotify for Podcasters	28
19	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
20	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
21	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
22	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	166	Acast	69
23	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
24	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	51	Omny Studio	48
25	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
26	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
27	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	68
28	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
29	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
30	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
31	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	371	Omny Studio	73
32	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	101	Acast	79
33	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	451	RedCircle	59
34	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
35	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1204	Acast	59
36	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
37	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
38	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	357	Spotify for Podcasters	38
39	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
40	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
41	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
42	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	192	Ximalaya	53
43	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
44	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
45	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
46	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
47	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
48	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
49	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	270	Spreaker	69
50	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	276	Megaphone	32
51	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
52	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
53	NATAL	You Had Me at Black, The Woodshaw	Society & Culture	38	Simplecast	63
54	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
55	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
56	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43
57	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	179	Unknown	83
58	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
59	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
60	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
61	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	284	Megaphone	43
62	Lights On with Carl Lentz	B-Side	Society & Culture	26	Podbean	52
63	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	529	Spreaker	43
64	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
65	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
66	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	707	Megaphone	53
67	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	32
68	Division Street Revisited	Mary Schmich	Society & Culture	9	PRX	63
69	Into the Mix	Ben & Jerry's and ABF Creative	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	59
70	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
71	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	53
72	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
73	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
74	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
75	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
76	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
77	Cellblocks to Mountaintops	Cellblocks to Mountaintops	Society & Culture	27	PRX	59
78	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
79	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
80	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
81	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	353	Simplecast	78
82	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	668	Acast	69
83	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
84	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
85	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
86	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	576	Spreaker	74
87	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	30	ART19	53
88	Generation Barney	Connecticut Public	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	74
89	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
90	بودكاست روايتهم	Aware Media	Society & Culture	52	Spotify for Podcasters	63
91	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	561	Spreaker	60
92	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89
93	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	494	Omny Studio	68
94	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
95	Cosmic Peach	Julia Hamilton	Society & Culture	321	Spreaker	49
96	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
97	UNAFRAID	Eddie Penney	Society & Culture	33	Spreaker	49
98	The Donor Podcast: A DNA Horror Story	Costard & Touchstone Productions, Inc.	Society & Culture	8	WideOrbit	37
99	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
100	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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