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 Sep 2025

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09/11/2025

Average data

Episodes: 199

Frequency: every 241 days

Duration: 00:48:43

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. audiochuck (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. BBC (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Acast (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. BBC (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	23	Spreaker	84
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	946	Simplecast	38
5	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	315	Megaphone	42
6	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
7	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	359	ART19	68
9	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
10	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
11	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
12	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	445	Megaphone	32
13	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	55	RedCircle	73
14	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
15	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
16	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
17	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
18	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
19	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
20	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
21	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	220	Megaphone	38
22	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	168	Acast	69
23	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
24	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
25	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
26	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
27	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
28	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
29	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	444	Acast	53
30	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	374	Omny Studio	73
31	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
32	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
33	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
34	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	102	BBC	53
35	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
36	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	100	WideOrbit	68
37	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
38	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	32
39	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	95	Libsyn	62
40	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
41	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	286	Megaphone	43
42	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
43	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	133	BBC	38
44	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	588	Spreaker	74
45	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	63	Libsyn	42
46	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1209	Acast	59
47	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	32
48	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	272	Spreaker	69
49	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
50	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
51	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	194	Ximalaya	53
52	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
53	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
54	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
55	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	53	Omny Studio	48
56	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
57	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
58	Las Raras	Las Raras	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	89
59	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	413	Buzzsprout	83
60	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
61	Shadows of Mystery Podcast	Shadows of Mystery Podcast	Society & Culture	69	WideOrbit	27
62	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
63	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
64	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
65	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
66	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
67	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	53
68	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
69	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89
70	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
71	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
72	Unsung Heroes Among Us	CHANGE Consulting	Society & Culture	49	RedCircle	53
73	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
74	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
75	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
76	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
77	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	710	Megaphone	53
78	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
79	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
80	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	679	Acast	69
81	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43
82	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
84	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
85	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
86	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
87	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
88	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
89	Into America	MSNBC, Trymaine Lee	Society & Culture	253	Simplecast	63
90	Top Comment	BBC	News	104	BBC	48
91	Death on the Lot	Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	69
92	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
93	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
94	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
95	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	53
96	No me provoquen: Breaking the Palace	Sonoro	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	73
97	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
98	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	63
99	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
100	给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	113	Ximalaya	59

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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