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 Apr 2025

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04/11/2025

Average data

Episodes: 187

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:47:43

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. Wavland (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Acast (17 shows)

3. Omny Studio (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
3	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
4	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
5	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
7	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	413	Megaphone	63
8	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
9	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
11	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
12	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
13	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
14	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
15	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
16	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
18	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
19	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
20	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
21	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
22	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
23	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
24	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
25	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
26	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
27	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
28	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
29	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
30	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
31	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
32	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
33	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
34	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
35	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
36	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	456	RedCircle	59
37	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
38	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
39	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
40	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
41	Sounds Like Hate	Southern Poverty Law Center	Society & Culture	27	Captivate	69
42	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
43	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
44	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
45	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
46	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
47	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
48	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
49	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
50	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
51	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
52	The Superhero Complex	iHeartPodcasts and Novel	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
53	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1206	Acast	59
54	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	580	Spreaker	74
55	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
56	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
57	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
58	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
59	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
60	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
61	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
62	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	129	BBC	38
63	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53
64	Cosmic Peach	Julia Hamilton	Society & Culture	321	Spreaker	49
65	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
66	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
67	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
68	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	674	Acast	69
69	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
70	Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez	Sonoro \| Futuro Studios	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	43
71	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
72	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
73	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	178	Unknown	83
74	The Banksy Story	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	19	BBC	33
75	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
76	We the Unhoused	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	130	Omny Studio	48
77	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
78	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
79	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	32
80	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
81	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
82	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
83	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
84	Silent Voices Whisper	Cassi	Society & Culture	11	Buzzsprout	49
85	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
86	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
87	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
88	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
89	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
90	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
91	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
92	Stories for Power	StoryTelling & Organizing Project (STOP)	Society & Culture	12	Buzzsprout	83
93	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
94	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
95	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
96	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
97	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
98	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	29	Acast	78
99	Sold a Story en español	APM Reports	Society & Culture	2	American Public Media	79
100	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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