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 Apr 2025

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04/09/2025

Average data

Episodes: 188

Frequency: every 243 days

Duration: 00:47:19

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. CBC (3 shows)

3. audiochuck (2 shows)

4. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

5. The New York Times (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Acast (17 shows)

3. Omny Studio (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (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	945	Simplecast	38
3	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
4	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
5	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
6	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
7	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
8	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
10	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
11	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
12	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
13	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
14	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
15	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
17	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
18	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
19	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
20	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
21	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
22	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
23	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
24	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
25	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
26	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
27	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
28	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
29	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
30	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
31	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
32	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
33	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
34	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
35	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
36	Sounds Like Hate	Southern Poverty Law Center	Society & Culture	27	Captivate	69
37	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
38	The Superhero Complex	iHeartPodcasts and Novel	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
39	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	457	RedCircle	59
40	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
41	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
42	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
43	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
44	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
45	The Banksy Story	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	19	BBC	33
46	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
47	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
48	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
49	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
50	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
51	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
52	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
53	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	583	Spreaker	74
54	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
55	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
56	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
57	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
58	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
59	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	132	BBC	38
60	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
61	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
62	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
63	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
64	Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez	Sonoro \| Futuro Studios	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	43
65	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
66	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
67	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
68	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
69	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	676	Acast	69
70	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
71	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
72	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
73	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
74	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
75	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53
76	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	32
77	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
78	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
79	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
80	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
81	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	178	Unknown	83
82	Silent Voices Whisper	Cassi	Society & Culture	11	Buzzsprout	49
83	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
84	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
85	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
86	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
87	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
88	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
89	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
90	Invisible Histories	Cari Simson Elke Hautala	Society & Culture	18	Acast	94
91	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
92	10 Mujeres	Wondery \| Dudas Media	Society & Culture	11	ART19	89
93	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
94	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
95	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
96	Cruising \| Queer History and Culture	Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jennifer McGinity	Society & Culture	92	Megaphone	58
97	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
98	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
99	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
100	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	147	Captivate	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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