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 May 2025

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05/11/2025

Average data

Episodes: 188

Frequency: every 240 days

Duration: 00:47:31

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. audiochuck (2 shows)

3. BBC (2 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. Wavland (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Acast (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (12 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	942	Simplecast	38
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	411	Megaphone	63
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	356	ART19	68
7	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
8	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
9	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
10	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	26	American Public Media	62
11	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	310	Megaphone	42
12	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	115	Acast	73
13	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69
14	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
15	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	438	Acast	53
16	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
17	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
18	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	101	Acast	79
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	440	Megaphone	32
20	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
21	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	68
22	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	165	Acast	69
23	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
24	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
25	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
26	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
27	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
28	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
29	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
30	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
31	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	217	Megaphone	38
32	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
33	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
34	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	447	RedCircle	59
35	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
36	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
37	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	97	WideOrbit	68
38	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
39	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	268	Spreaker	69
40	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
41	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
42	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
43	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
44	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
45	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
46	Crumbs	My Cultura and Sonoro	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	79
47	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
48	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
49	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1202	Acast	59
50	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	92	Libsyn	62
51	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
52	Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power	John Williamson	Society & Culture	21	RedCircle	73
53	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
54	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
55	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
56	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
57	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	118	BBC	38
58	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
59	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	178	Unknown	83
60	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
61	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	53
62	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	191	Ximalaya	53
63	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
64	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
65	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
66	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
67	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	573	Spreaker	74
68	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
69	Niche to Meet You	Leslie Eiler Thompson	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
70	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	209	Megaphone	32
71	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
72	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
73	10 Mujeres	Wondery \| Dudas Media	Society & Culture	11	ART19	89
74	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
75	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
76	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	528	Spreaker	43
77	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	58	BBC	58
78	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
79	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	663	Acast	69
80	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	274	Megaphone	32
81	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
82	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
83	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
84	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
85	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
86	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
87	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
88	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	283	Megaphone	43
89	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
90	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	50	Omny Studio	48
91	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
92	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
93	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
94	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	500	RedCircle	43
95	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	26	Acast	83
96	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
97	Laura Flanders and Friends: Solutions-Focused Progressive Perspectives on Politics, News, and Culture	Laura Flanders, Curious Communications	Society & Culture	846	Simplecast	63
98	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
99	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
100	Delirios Crónicos	Ibero 90.9	Society & Culture	25	RSS.com	52

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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