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 Apr 2026

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04/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 199

Frequency: every 34 days

Duration: 00:45:47

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

3. BBC World Service (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Acast (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (15 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. BBC (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
2	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	71	Acast	83
3	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
4	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
6	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
7	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
9	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
10	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
11	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
12	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
13	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
14	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
15	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
16	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
17	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	130	BBC	38
18	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
19	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
20	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
21	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
22	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
23	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
24	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
25	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
26	Where Is John's Daughter?	Jamie & Natalie	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	63
27	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
28	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
29	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
30	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
31	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
32	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
33	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
34	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
35	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
36	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	83
37	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
38	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
39	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
40	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
41	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
42	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
43	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
44	SMOKE SIGNALS The Little Shawn Files	shawnpen1	Society & Culture	17	Podbean	42
45	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
46	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
47	Creatures of the Wind	Mae Nagusky	Society & Culture	28	Buzzsprout	53
48	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
49	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
50	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
51	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	32
52	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
53	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
54	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
55	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
56	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
57	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
58	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
59	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
60	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
61	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
62	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
63	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
64	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
65	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	15	BBC	63
66	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	713	Omny Studio	53
67	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
68	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
69	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
70	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
71	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
72	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
73	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
74	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
75	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
76	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
77	The Obit Project	Jad Abumrad and Jule Banville	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
78	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	530	Spreaker	43
79	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
80	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
81	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
82	给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	113	Ximalaya	59
83	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	675	Acast	69
84	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	14	Acast	59
86	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
87	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
88	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
89	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
90	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
91	In The Wild	Narrative.fm	Society & Culture	157	Simplecast	63
92	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43
93	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
94	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
95	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
96	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
97	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	565	Spreaker	60
98	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
99	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	53
100	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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