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 Dec 2024

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12/10/2024

Average data

Episodes: 172

Frequency: every 247 days

Duration: 00:47:27

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (8 shows)

2. Wavland (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. CBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (18 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. PRX (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
5	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
6	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
7	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
8	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
10	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
11	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
12	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
13	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
14	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
15	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
16	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
17	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
18	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
19	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
20	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
21	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
22	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
23	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
24	Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative	Radiotopia	Society & Culture	6	PRX	73
25	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
26	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
27	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
28	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
29	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
30	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
31	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	Society & Culture	96	Spotify for Podcasters	28
32	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
33	Escape From Zaqistan	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	59
34	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
35	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
36	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
37	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
38	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
39	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
40	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
41	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
42	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
43	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
44	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
45	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
46	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
47	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
48	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
49	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
50	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
51	NATAL	You Had Me at Black, The Woodshaw	Society & Culture	38	Simplecast	63
52	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
53	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
54	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
55	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
56	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
57	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
58	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
59	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
60	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
61	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
62	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
63	Generation Barney	Connecticut Public	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	74
64	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
65	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	53
66	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
67	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
68	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
69	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
70	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
71	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
72	Lights On with Carl Lentz	B-Side	Society & Culture	26	Podbean	52
73	Into the Mix	Ben & Jerry's and Vox Creative	Society & Culture	41	Megaphone	64
74	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
75	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
76	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
77	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
78	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
79	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
80	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
81	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
82	پادکست داستانی ترپند /TarPand	Tarpand	Society & Culture	57	Acast	79
83	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
84	بودكاست روايتهم	Aware Media	Society & Culture	52	Spotify for Podcasters	63
85	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
86	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
87	Cellblocks to Mountaintops	Cellblocks to Mountaintops	Society & Culture	27	PRX	59
88	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	522	Spreaker	43
89	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
90	UNAFRAID	Eddie Penney	Society & Culture	33	Spreaker	49
91	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
92	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
93	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
94	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
95	The Donor Podcast: A DNA Horror Story	Costard & Touchstone Productions, Inc.	Society & Culture	8	WideOrbit	37
96	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	481	Omny Studio	68
97	Crumbs	My Cultura and Sonoro	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	79
98	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	542	Spreaker	60
99	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
100	Fat Leonard	Brazen	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	94

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

The podcast landscape in USA is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

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