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 Nov 2025

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11/10/2025

Average data

Episodes: 223

Frequency: every 240 days

Duration: 00:49:16

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. pepe&chema (2 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

4. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

5. Superreal (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Acast (13 shows)

3. Omny Studio (12 shows)

4. PRX (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	23	Spreaker	84
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	946	Simplecast	38
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
5	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
6	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
7	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	56	Megaphone	48
8	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	63
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	315	Megaphone	42
10	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
11	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	359	ART19	68
12	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
13	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	444	Acast	53
14	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	14	Acast	59
15	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
17	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	29	Simplecast	63
18	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	53	Omny Studio	48
19	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
20	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
21	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
22	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	445	Megaphone	32
23	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
24	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	168	Acast	69
25	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
26	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
27	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	102	BBC	53
28	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
29	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	220	Megaphone	38
30	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
31	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
32	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
33	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	374	Omny Studio	73
34	Zero Signal	David & Jay Green	Society & Culture	32	RSS.com	83
35	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	133	BBC	38
36	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	272	Spreaker	69
37	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
38	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
39	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
40	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
41	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1209	Acast	59
42	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	58
43	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
44	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
45	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	717	Omny Studio	53
46	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
47	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
48	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
49	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
50	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
51	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	55	RedCircle	73
52	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	9	PRX	69
53	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	588	Spreaker	74
54	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
55	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	413	Buzzsprout	83
56	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
57	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
58	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	194	Ximalaya	53
59	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89
60	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	286	Megaphone	43
61	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
62	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
63	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
64	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	32
65	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
66	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
67	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
68	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
69	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
70	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
71	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	32
72	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
74	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	679	Acast	69
75	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	100	WideOrbit	68
76	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
77	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
78	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
79	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	95	Libsyn	62
80	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	710	Megaphone	53
81	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
82	Unsung Heroes Among Us	CHANGE Consulting	Society & Culture	49	RedCircle	53
83	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
84	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
85	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
86	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
87	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
88	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	507	RedCircle	43
89	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	68
90	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	53
91	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	58	Unknown	68
92	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
93	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
94	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
95	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
96	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
97	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
98	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	300	Audioboom	58
99	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
100	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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