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 09 janv. 2025

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01/09/2025

Average data

Episodes: 182

Frequency: every 248 days

Duration: 00:46:13

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Wavland (2 shows)

5. APM Reports (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (16 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Acast (11 shows)

5. BBC (6 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	937	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	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
11	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
12	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
13	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
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	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
18	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
19	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
20	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
21	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
22	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
23	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
24	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
25	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
26	Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative	Radiotopia	Society & Culture	6	PRX	73
27	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
28	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
29	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
30	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
31	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
32	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
33	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
34	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
35	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
36	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
37	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
38	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
39	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
40	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
41	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
42	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
43	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
44	Generation Barney	Connecticut Public	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	74
45	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
46	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
47	Order 9066	APM Reports & The Smithsonian	Society & Culture	14	American Public Media	63
48	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
49	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
50	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
51	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
52	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
53	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
54	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
55	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
56	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
57	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
58	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
59	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
60	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
61	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
62	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	53
63	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
64	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
65	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
66	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
67	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
68	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
69	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
70	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
71	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
72	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
73	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
74	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
75	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
76	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
77	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
78	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	Society & Culture	96	Spotify for Podcasters	28
79	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
80	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
81	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
82	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
83	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
84	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
85	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
86	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
87	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
88	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
89	NATAL	You Had Me at Black, The Woodshaw	Society & Culture	38	Simplecast	63
90	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
91	King's Last March	APM Reports	Society & Culture	9	American Public Media	63
92	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
93	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
94	Backed Up	Cincinnati Public Radio / 91.7 WVXU	Society & Culture	8	Unknown	59
95	Diggin' Oak Island	Dave McBride	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	48
96	If You Heard What I Heard	If You Heard What I Heard	Society & Culture	21	Buzzsprout	63
97	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
98	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
99	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
100	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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