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 Aug 2026

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08/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 178

Frequency: every 40 days

Duration: 00:47:35

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (7 shows)

2. The Guardian (2 shows)

3. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. The Telegraph (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Acast (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (15 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. ART19 (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
2	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	259	WideOrbit	48
5	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	13	PRX	69
6	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
7	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
9	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
10	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	189	Simplecast	58
11	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
12	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
13	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
14	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
15	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
16	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
17	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
18	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
19	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
20	The Rewriting Humanity	Jim Walsh	Society & Culture	20	Podbean	48
21	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
22	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
23	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
24	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	20	ART19	73
25	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	82	Unknown	63
26	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	48	Megaphone	48
27	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
28	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
29	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
30	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
31	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
32	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
33	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
34	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
35	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
36	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
37	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
38	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
39	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
40	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
41	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	64	Acast	83
42	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
43	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1188	Acast	59
44	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
45	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
46	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
47	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
48	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
49	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
50	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
51	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
52	Artifacts: Stories from the Emotional History of the Internet	Danny Brown	Society & Culture	19	Captivate	73
53	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	697	Megaphone	53
54	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
55	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
56	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
57	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
58	Fighting Crime	Arnold Ventures	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	48
59	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
60	Collapse: Disaster in Surfside	Treefort Media & Miami Herald	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	69
61	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
62	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
63	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
64	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
65	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	481	Omny Studio	68
66	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
67	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	699	Omny Studio	53
68	The Missing Sister	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	53
69	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
70	Stealing Superman	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
71	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
72	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
73	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
74	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
75	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	123	Buzzsprout	53
76	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
77	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
78	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
79	The Obit Project	Jad Abumrad and Jule Banville	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
80	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
81	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	History	56	Buzzsprout	32
82	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
83	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
84	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
85	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	149	Spotify for Podcasters	52
86	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
87	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
88	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
89	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
90	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
91	HABITUAL	Colorado Radio for Justice	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	69
92	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	135	N/A	N/A
93	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
94	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
95	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
96	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
97	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
98	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
99	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
100	The Consciousness Cassettes	TTT Media	Society & Culture	14	ART19	62

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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