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 oct. 2025

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10/10/2025

Average data

Episodes: 235

Frequency: every 247 days

Duration: 00:49:46

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

4. pepe&chema (2 shows)

5. The New York Times (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (14 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Spreaker (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
2	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
3	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
4	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
6	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
7	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
8	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
10	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
11	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
12	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
13	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
14	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
15	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
16	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
17	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
18	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
19	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
20	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
21	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
22	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
23	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
24	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	7	Libsyn	58
25	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
26	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
27	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
28	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
29	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
30	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
31	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
32	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
33	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
34	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
35	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
36	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
37	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
38	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
39	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
40	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	204	Megaphone	32
41	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
42	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	55	Libsyn	53
43	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
44	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
45	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
46	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
47	ALIEN THEORISTS THEORIZING	Big Theory Podcasts	Society & Culture	550	RedCircle	49
48	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
49	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
50	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
51	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
52	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
53	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
54	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
55	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
56	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
57	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
58	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
60	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
61	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
62	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
63	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
64	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
65	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
66	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
67	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	699	Omny Studio	53
68	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
69	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
70	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
71	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
72	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
73	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
74	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
75	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
76	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
77	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
78	Las Raras	Las Raras	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	89
79	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
80	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
81	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
82	Uintah Basin High Strangeness	V6 Media	Society & Culture	6	Podbean	52
83	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
84	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
85	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
86	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
87	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
88	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
89	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
90	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
91	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	490	RedCircle	43
92	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
93	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
94	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
95	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	56	Spreaker	68
96	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
97	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
98	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	542	Spreaker	60
99	Death on the Lot	Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	69
100	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	479	Omny Studio	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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