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 12 Jan 2025

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01/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 191

Frequency: every 243 days

Duration: 00:47:11

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. APM Reports (2 shows)

3. Wavland (2 shows)

4. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

5. CBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (14 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (12 shows)

5. PRX (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
4	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
6	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
7	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
8	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
9	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	308	Megaphone	42
11	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
12	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
13	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
14	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
15	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
16	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
17	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	91	Libsyn	62
18	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	71	Triton Digital	63
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	32
20	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
21	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
22	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	191	PRX	79
23	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
24	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	434	Acast	53
25	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
26	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	435	RedCircle	59
27	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
28	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
29	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
30	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	73
31	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	215	Megaphone	38
32	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
33	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
34	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
35	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
36	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	164	Acast	69
37	Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative	Radiotopia	Society & Culture	6	PRX	73
38	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	48
39	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
40	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
41	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
42	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
43	Order 9066	APM Reports & The Smithsonian	Society & Culture	14	American Public Media	63
44	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	107	BBC	38
45	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
46	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1197	Acast	59
47	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
48	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	190	Ximalaya	53
49	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
50	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
51	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
52	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
53	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
54	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	266	Spreaker	69
55	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
56	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
57	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
58	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
60	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
61	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	208	Megaphone	32
62	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
63	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	282	Megaphone	43
64	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	53
65	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
66	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
67	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
68	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
69	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
70	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
71	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
72	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
73	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
74	King's Last March	APM Reports	Society & Culture	9	American Public Media	63
75	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
76	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
77	NATAL	You Had Me at Black, The Woodshaw	Society & Culture	38	Simplecast	63
78	Generation Barney	Connecticut Public	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	74
79	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
80	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
81	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	350	Simplecast	78
82	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
83	A Breach Repairer's Song	A Breach Repairer's Song	Society & Culture	4	PRX	64
84	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	176	Unknown	83
85	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	652	Acast	69
86	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	272	PRX	43
87	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	146	Captivate	38
88	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
89	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	Society & Culture	251	Buzzsprout	42
90	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	570	Spreaker	74
91	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
92	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	702	Megaphone	53
93	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	491	Omny Studio	68
94	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	527	Spreaker	43
95	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
96	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	271	Megaphone	32
97	Cosmic Peach	Julia Hamilton	Society & Culture	321	Spreaker	49
98	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
99	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
100	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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