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 Dec 2025

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12/08/2025

Average data

Episodes: 237

Frequency: every 241 days

Duration: 00:48:03

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. Audible (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Acast (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. PRX (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
2	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
5	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
6	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
7	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
9	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
10	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
11	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
12	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
13	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
14	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
15	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
16	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
17	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	48
18	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
19	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	432	Acast	53
20	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
21	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
22	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
23	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
24	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
25	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
26	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
27	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
28	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
29	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	58
30	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
31	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
32	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
33	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	8	Libsyn	52
34	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
35	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
36	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
37	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
38	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1195	Acast	59
39	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	103	BBC	38
40	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
41	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
42	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
43	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
44	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
45	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
46	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	705	Omny Studio	53
47	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
48	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
49	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
50	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
51	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
52	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
53	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
54	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
55	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
56	Zero Signal	David & Jay Green	Society & Culture	32	RSS.com	83
57	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
58	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
59	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
60	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	207	Megaphone	32
61	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
62	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
63	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	567	Spreaker	74
64	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
65	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
67	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
68	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	526	Spreaker	43
69	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
70	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	648	Acast	69
71	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
72	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	58	Unknown	68
73	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	270	Megaphone	32
74	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
75	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
76	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
77	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
78	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	497	RedCircle	43
79	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
80	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
81	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	73
82	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	95	WideOrbit	68
83	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
84	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
85	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
86	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	343	Acast	64
87	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
88	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
89	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	295	Audioboom	58
90	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
91	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
92	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	86	Spotify for Podcasters	32
93	Into America	MSNBC, Trymaine Lee	Society & Culture	253	Simplecast	63
94	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
95	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
96	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
97	Leaked	TFLabs	Science	9	Megaphone	53
98	Las Raras	Las Raras	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	89
99	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
100	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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