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 08 Jan 2025

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01/08/2025

Average data

Episodes: 186

Frequency: every 252 days

Duration: 00:47:06

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

3. CBC (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. APM Reports (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (16 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. BBC (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
3	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
4	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
5	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
6	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
7	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
9	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
10	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
11	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
12	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
13	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
14	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
15	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
16	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
17	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
18	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
19	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
20	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
21	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	424	RedCircle	59
22	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
23	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
24	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
25	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
26	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
27	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
28	Generation Barney	Connecticut Public	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	74
29	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
30	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
31	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
32	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
33	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
34	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
35	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
36	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
37	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
38	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
39	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
40	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
41	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
42	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
43	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
44	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
45	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
46	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
47	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
48	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
49	Order 9066	APM Reports & The Smithsonian	Society & Culture	14	American Public Media	63
50	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
51	Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative	Radiotopia	Society & Culture	6	PRX	73
52	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
53	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
54	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
55	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
56	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
57	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	53
58	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	204	Megaphone	32
59	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
60	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
61	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
62	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
63	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
64	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
65	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
66	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
67	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
68	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
69	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
70	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
71	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
72	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
73	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
74	NATAL	You Had Me at Black, The Woodshaw	Society & Culture	38	Simplecast	63
75	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
76	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
77	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
78	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
79	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
80	Backed Up	Cincinnati Public Radio / 91.7 WVXU	Society & Culture	8	Unknown	59
81	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
82	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
83	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	Society & Culture	96	Spotify for Podcasters	28
84	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
85	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
86	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
87	King's Last March	APM Reports	Society & Culture	9	American Public Media	63
88	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
89	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
90	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
91	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
92	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
93	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
94	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
95	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
96	احتيال	ثمَانِيَة /thmanyah	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	43
98	Intersections	A Human Atlas	Society & Culture	22	Libsyn	73
99	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
100	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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