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 Mar 2026

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03/09/2026

Average data

Episodes: 186

Frequency: every 244 days

Duration: 00:46:52

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (7 shows)

2. Sony Music Entertainment (3 shows)

3. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

4. Ky Dickens (2 shows)

5. Al Jazeera Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (17 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. BBC (6 shows)

5. Spreaker (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
2	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
3	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
5	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	65	Acast	83
6	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
8	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
9	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
10	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
11	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
12	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
13	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
14	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
15	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
17	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
18	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
19	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
20	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
21	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
22	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
23	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
24	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
25	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
26	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
27	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
28	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
29	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
30	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
31	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
32	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
33	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
34	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
35	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
36	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
37	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
38	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
39	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
40	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
41	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
42	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
43	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
44	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
45	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
46	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
47	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
48	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
49	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
50	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
51	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
52	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
53	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
54	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
55	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
56	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	204	Megaphone	32
57	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	699	Omny Studio	53
58	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
59	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
60	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
61	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
62	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	63	Spreaker	43
63	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
64	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
65	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
66	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
67	Al Jazeera English	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	11	Spreaker	49
68	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
69	The Silenced Truth	Carolyn McCulley \| Citygate Communications	Society & Culture	2	Buzzsprout	73
70	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
71	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
72	Ghost Herd	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	43
73	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
74	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
75	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
76	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
77	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
78	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
79	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
80	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
81	In The Wild	Narrative.fm	Society & Culture	157	Simplecast	63
82	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
83	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
84	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	521	Spreaker	43
85	Our Common Nature	WNYC	Society & Culture	8	Simplecast	69
86	Crime Scene	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	20	Megaphone	83
87	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
88	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	148	Spotify for Podcasters	52
89	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
90	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
91	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
92	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
93	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	Society & Culture	251	Buzzsprout	42
94	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
95	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	490	RedCircle	43
96	Shadows of Mystery Podcast	Shadows of Mystery Podcast	Society & Culture	69	WideOrbit	27
97	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
98	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
100	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74

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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