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 May 2025

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05/10/2025

Average data

Episodes: 188

Frequency: every 240 days

Duration: 00:48:11

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Audible Original (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Acast (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. ART19 (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	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
3	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	413	Megaphone	63
6	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
7	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
9	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	27	American Public Media	62
10	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
11	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69
12	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
13	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
14	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
15	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	442	Acast	53
16	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
17	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
18	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
19	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
20	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
21	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	166	Acast	69
22	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
23	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
24	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
25	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
26	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
27	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
28	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
29	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
30	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	455	RedCircle	59
31	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
32	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
33	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
34	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
35	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
36	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
37	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
38	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
39	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
40	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
41	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
42	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
43	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
44	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
45	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
46	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
47	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
48	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
49	Crumbs	My Cultura and Sonoro	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	79
50	Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power	John Williamson	Society & Culture	21	RedCircle	73
51	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1206	Acast	59
52	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
53	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
54	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
55	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
56	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	128	BBC	38
57	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
58	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
59	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	178	Unknown	83
60	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
61	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	53
62	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
63	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
64	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
65	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
66	10 Mujeres	Wondery \| Dudas Media	Society & Culture	11	ART19	89
67	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	580	Spreaker	74
68	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	192	Ximalaya	53
69	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
70	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
71	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
72	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
73	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
74	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	673	Acast	69
75	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
76	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
77	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
78	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
79	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
80	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
81	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
82	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
83	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
84	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	277	Megaphone	32
85	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
86	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
87	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
88	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
89	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
90	Niche to Meet You	Leslie Eiler Thompson	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
91	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
92	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	29	Acast	78
93	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
94	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
95	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
96	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	494	Omny Studio	68
97	The Superhero Complex	iHeartPodcasts and Novel	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
98	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
99	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
100	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	708	Megaphone	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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