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 Oct 2024

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10/09/2024

Average data

Episodes: 163

Frequency: every 247 days

Duration: 00:47:38

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Acast (17 shows)

3. Omny Studio (17 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. PRX (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
2	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	941	Simplecast	38
4	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	409	Megaphone	63
6	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
7	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
8	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	215	Megaphone	38
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	310	Megaphone	42
10	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
11	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
12	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	439	Megaphone	32
13	What Makes Us Stronger	Women For Women International	Society & Culture	15	Omny Studio	79
14	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
15	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	435	Acast	53
16	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
17	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	191	PRX	79
18	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
19	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	440	RedCircle	59
20	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
21	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	24	Omny Studio	73
22	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
23	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1199	Acast	59
24	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
25	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
26	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
27	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	100	BBC	53
28	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
29	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
30	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
31	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
32	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
33	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
34	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	144	Megaphone	68
35	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
36	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	164	Acast	69
37	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
38	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
39	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
40	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
41	Lights On with Carl Lentz	B-Side	Society & Culture	26	Podbean	52
42	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
43	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
44	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
45	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
46	Spiraled	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	53
47	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	268	Spreaker	69
48	Let the Kids Dance!	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	73
49	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
50	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
51	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
52	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
53	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	48
54	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
55	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
56	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	178	Unknown	83
57	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
58	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	282	Megaphone	43
59	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
60	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	99	Acast	79
61	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	343	Acast	64
62	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
63	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	53
64	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	Society & Culture	251	Buzzsprout	42
65	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	351	Simplecast	78
66	Cellblocks to Mountaintops	Cellblocks to Mountaintops	Society & Culture	27	PRX	59
67	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	657	Acast	69
68	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	572	Spreaker	74
69	Into the Mix	Ben & Jerry's and ABF Creative	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	59
70	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
71	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
72	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
73	My Year in Mensa	iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	53
74	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
75	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
76	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
77	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	45	Acast	89
78	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
79	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	527	Spreaker	43
80	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	208	Megaphone	32
81	HOMELAND	HOMELAND	Society & Culture	10	PRX	79
82	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
83	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
84	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	704	Megaphone	53
85	Shadow of Hope	Pleasant Run Productions	Society & Culture	10	Acast	69
86	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	557	Spreaker	60
87	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
88	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
89	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
90	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	273	PRX	43
91	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
92	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	273	Megaphone	32
93	The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh	Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	69
94	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
95	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
96	Generation Indoctrination: Inside the Transgender Battle	The Christian Post	Society & Culture	39	Transistor	83
97	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	492	Omny Studio	68
98	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	446	Acast	74
99	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	171	Omny Studio	89
100	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	60	Libsyn	42

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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