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 11 janv. 2026

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01/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 209

Frequency: every 249 days

Duration: 00:46:19

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

4. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

5. pepe&chema (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (13 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. PRX (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	938	Simplecast	38
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
5	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
6	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
7	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	378	Audioboom	62
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	350	ART19	68
9	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
10	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
11	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	303	Megaphone	42
12	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
13	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	48	Megaphone	48
14	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	432	Megaphone	32
15	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
16	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
18	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
19	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
20	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	38
21	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
22	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	96	BBC	53
23	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
24	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	94	Acast	79
25	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
26	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
27	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	7	Libsyn	58
28	The Palisades Fire: A Sandcastles Special	Wave Maker Media	Society & Culture	9	PRX	69
29	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
30	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
31	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
32	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
33	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
34	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
35	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
36	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
37	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
38	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
39	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
40	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
41	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
42	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
43	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	262	Spreaker	69
44	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
45	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
46	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
47	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
48	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1189	Acast	59
49	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	700	Omny Studio	53
50	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
51	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
52	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
53	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
54	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
55	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
56	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
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	188	Ximalaya	53
59	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
60	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	266	Megaphone	32
61	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
62	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
63	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
64	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	523	Spreaker	43
65	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
66	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
67	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
68	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
69	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	556	Spreaker	74
70	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
71	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
72	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	698	Megaphone	53
73	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
74	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	43
75	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
76	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
77	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
78	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
79	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
80	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	33	BBC	58
81	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
82	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
83	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	146	Captivate	38
84	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
85	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
86	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
87	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
88	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	636	Acast	69
89	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
90	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	58
91	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
92	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	491	RedCircle	43
93	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	272	PRX	43
94	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	84	Spotify for Podcasters	32
95	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
96	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
97	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
98	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
99	Las Raras	Las Raras	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	89
100	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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