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 Jul 2025

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07/09/2025

Average data

Episodes: 193

Frequency: every 246 days

Duration: 00:47:20

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. audiochuck (2 shows)

5. pepe&chema (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Acast (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. BBC (7 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	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
3	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
6	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
7	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
8	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
9	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
10	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
11	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
12	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
13	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
14	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
15	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
16	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
17	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
18	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
20	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
21	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
22	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
23	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
24	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
25	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
26	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
27	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
28	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
29	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
30	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
31	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
32	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
33	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
34	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
35	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
36	This is My Thing	Michael Lee	Society & Culture	17	PRX	79
37	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
38	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
39	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
40	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
41	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
42	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
43	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
44	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
45	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
46	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
47	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
48	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
49	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
50	Howl	Boise State Public Radio	Society & Culture	8	PRX	54
51	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
52	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
53	Heroes Behind Headlines	Heroes Behind Headlines	Society & Culture	199	Buzzsprout	58
54	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
55	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
56	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
57	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
58	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
59	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
60	Architecture of Abuse	Architecture of Abuse	Society & Culture	15	Podbean	63
61	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
62	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
63	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
64	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
65	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
66	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
67	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
68	The Nasty	Mark Healy	Society & Culture	4	Spotify for Podcasters	33
69	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
70	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
71	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
72	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
73	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
74	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
75	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
76	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
77	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
78	Las Raras	Las Raras	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	89
79	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
80	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
81	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
82	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
83	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
84	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
85	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
86	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
87	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
88	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
89	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
90	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
91	Death on the Lot	Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	69
92	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
93	Unsung Heroes Among Us	CHANGE Consulting	Society & Culture	49	RedCircle	53
94	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
95	Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power	John Williamson	Society & Culture	21	RedCircle	73
96	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
97	Taboo Treasures	EVIO Creative	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	69
98	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
99	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
100	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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