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 10 Jan 2025

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01/10/2025

Average data

Episodes: 180

Frequency: every 249 days

Duration: 00:46:43

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. CBC (3 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

5. The New York Times (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Acast (11 shows)

5. PRX (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	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
4	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
5	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
6	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
7	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
9	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
10	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
11	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
12	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
13	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
14	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
15	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
16	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
17	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
18	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
19	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
20	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
21	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
22	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
23	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
24	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
25	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
26	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
27	Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative	Radiotopia	Society & Culture	6	PRX	73
28	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	424	RedCircle	59
29	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
30	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
31	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
32	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
33	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
34	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
35	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
36	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
37	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
38	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
39	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
40	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
41	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
42	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
43	Order 9066	APM Reports & The Smithsonian	Society & Culture	14	American Public Media	63
44	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
45	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
46	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
47	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
48	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
49	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
50	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
51	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
52	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
53	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
54	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
55	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
56	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	53
57	Generation Barney	Connecticut Public	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	74
58	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	204	Megaphone	32
59	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
60	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
61	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
62	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
63	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
64	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
65	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
66	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
67	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
68	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
69	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
70	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
71	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
72	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
73	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
74	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
75	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
76	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
77	King's Last March	APM Reports	Society & Culture	9	American Public Media	63
78	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
79	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
80	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
81	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
82	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
83	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
84	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
85	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
86	NATAL	You Had Me at Black, The Woodshaw	Society & Culture	38	Simplecast	63
87	A Breach Repairer's Song	A Breach Repairer's Song	Society & Culture	4	PRX	64
88	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	Society & Culture	96	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
90	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
91	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
92	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	146	Captivate	38
93	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
94	Backed Up	Cincinnati Public Radio / 91.7 WVXU	Society & Culture	8	Unknown	59
95	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
96	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
97	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
98	Sorry About The Kid	CBC	Society & Culture	6	Triton Digital	53
99	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
100	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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