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 Aug 2026

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08/09/2026

Average data

Episodes: 185

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:48:58

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (7 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

3. The Guardian (2 shows)

4. pepe&chema (2 shows)

5. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Acast (17 shows)

3. Omny Studio (15 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. BBC (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	943	Simplecast	38
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	311	Megaphone	42
4	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	115	Acast	73
5	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	357	ART19	68
6	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	15	PRX	69
7	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
8	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	441	Megaphone	32
9	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	195	Simplecast	58
10	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	68
11	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
12	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	269	WideOrbit	48
13	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
14	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	30	ART19	53
15	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
16	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
17	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
18	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
19	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
20	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
21	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	270	Spreaker	69
22	The Rewriting Humanity	Jim Walsh	Society & Culture	20	Podbean	48
23	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	101	Acast	79
24	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
25	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	89	Unknown	63
26	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	53	RedCircle	73
27	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	48
28	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	27	American Public Media	62
29	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	218	Megaphone	38
30	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
31	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	25	ART19	73
32	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
33	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	371	Omny Studio	73
34	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	98	WideOrbit	68
35	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
36	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	166	Acast	69
37	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
38	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
39	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	26	Acast	83
40	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	69	Acast	83
41	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
42	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
43	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
44	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
45	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1203	Acast	59
46	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	122	BBC	38
47	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
48	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
49	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
50	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
51	The Missing Sister	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	53
52	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
53	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
54	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
55	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	83
56	Fighting Crime	Arnold Ventures	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	58
57	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
58	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
59	Artifacts: Stories from the Emotional History of the Internet	Danny Brown	Society & Culture	24	Captivate	73
60	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	529	Spreaker	43
61	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
62	Stealing Superman	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
63	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	494	Omny Studio	68
64	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	32
65	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	284	Megaphone	43
66	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
67	The Obit Project	Jad Abumrad and Jule Banville	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
68	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	710	Omny Studio	53
69	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
70	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	History	56	Buzzsprout	32
71	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
72	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
73	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	276	Megaphone	32
74	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
75	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	139	N/A	N/A
76	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
77	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	707	Megaphone	53
78	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
79	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	93	Libsyn	62
80	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	192	Ximalaya	53
81	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	154	Spotify for Podcasters	52
82	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
83	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
84	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
85	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
86	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
87	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
88	HABITUAL	Colorado Radio for Justice	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	69
89	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	19	Omny Studio	63
90	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
91	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
92	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
93	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
94	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	125	Buzzsprout	53
95	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	449	Acast	74
96	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	233	Acast	43
97	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
98	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
99	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	500	RedCircle	43
100	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	353	Simplecast	78

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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