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. 2026

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01/09/2026

Average data

Episodes: 201

Frequency: every 251 days

Duration: 00:48:08

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

5. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Acast (13 shows)

3. Omny Studio (12 shows)

4. PRX (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	938	Simplecast	38
4	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
5	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
7	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	303	Megaphone	42
9	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	378	Audioboom	62
10	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
11	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	48	Megaphone	48
12	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
13	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	38
14	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
15	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
16	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
18	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	432	Megaphone	32
20	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
21	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
22	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
23	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
24	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	96	BBC	53
25	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	7	Libsyn	58
26	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	94	Acast	79
27	The Palisades Fire: A Sandcastles Special	Wave Maker Media	Society & Culture	9	PRX	69
28	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
29	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
30	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
31	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
32	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
33	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
34	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
35	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
36	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
37	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
38	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
39	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
40	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
41	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
42	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
43	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
44	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
45	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
46	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
47	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
48	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
49	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1189	Acast	59
50	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
51	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	262	Spreaker	69
52	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	523	Spreaker	43
53	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
54	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
55	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
56	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	266	Megaphone	32
57	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
58	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
59	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	557	Spreaker	74
60	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
61	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	698	Megaphone	53
62	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
63	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
64	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
65	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
66	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
67	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	398	Buzzsprout	83
68	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
69	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
70	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
71	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	43
72	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	146	Captivate	38
73	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
74	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
75	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
76	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	700	Omny Studio	53
77	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	33	BBC	58
78	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
79	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
80	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
81	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
82	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	57	Spreaker	68
83	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	272	PRX	43
84	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
85	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
86	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
87	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
88	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	84	Spotify for Podcasters	32
89	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
90	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
91	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
92	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
93	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
94	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
95	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
96	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
97	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
98	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	636	Acast	69
99	Death on the Lot	Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	69
100	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

The podcast landscape in USA is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

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