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 2025

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12/10/2025

Average data

Episodes: 223

Frequency: every 240 days

Duration: 00:48:51

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. Audible (2 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. pepe&chema (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (15 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Spreaker (8 shows)

5. PRX (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
8	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
9	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
10	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
11	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
12	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
13	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
14	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
15	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
16	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
17	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
18	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
19	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
20	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	48
21	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
22	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
23	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	58
24	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
25	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
26	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
27	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
28	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	432	Acast	53
29	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	8	Libsyn	52
30	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
31	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	103	BBC	38
32	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
33	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
34	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
35	Zero Signal	David & Jay Green	Society & Culture	32	RSS.com	83
36	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
37	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
38	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
39	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
40	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
41	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
42	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
43	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
44	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
45	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
46	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
47	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
48	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1195	Acast	59
49	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	270	Megaphone	32
50	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
51	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
52	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
53	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
54	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
55	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
56	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
57	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
58	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	207	Megaphone	32
59	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
60	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
61	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	567	Spreaker	74
62	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
63	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
64	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
65	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
66	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
67	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	705	Omny Studio	53
68	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	58	Unknown	68
69	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
70	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	343	Acast	64
71	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
72	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
74	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	526	Spreaker	43
75	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
76	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
77	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	648	Acast	69
78	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
79	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
80	Leaked	TFLabs	Science	9	Megaphone	53
81	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
82	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	73
83	The Turning: Room of Mirrors	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	15	Omny Studio	68
84	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
85	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
86	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	43
87	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	95	WideOrbit	68
88	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
89	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
90	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	497	RedCircle	43
91	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
92	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
93	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
94	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
95	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
96	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
97	Into America	MSNBC, Trymaine Lee	Society & Culture	253	Simplecast	63
98	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
99	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	550	Spreaker	60
100	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	488	Omny Studio	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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