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 Feb 2026

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02/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 200

Frequency: every 242 days

Duration: 00:46:36

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Acast (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (15 shows)

4. PRX (7 shows)

5. BBC (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	115	Acast	73
2	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	311	Megaphone	42
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	943	Simplecast	38
6	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
7	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	411	Megaphone	63
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	357	ART19	68
9	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	378	Audioboom	62
10	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
11	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
12	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
13	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
14	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	441	Megaphone	32
15	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	68
16	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
17	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	19	Omny Studio	63
18	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
19	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	48
20	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	371	Omny Studio	73
21	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	27	American Public Media	62
22	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
23	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
24	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	218	Megaphone	38
25	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
26	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
27	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
28	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	166	Acast	69
29	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	53	RedCircle	73
30	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
31	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
32	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
33	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
34	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	101	Acast	79
35	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	270	Spreaker	69
36	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
37	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
38	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
39	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
40	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
41	In The Wild	Narrative.fm	Society & Culture	157	Simplecast	63
42	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
43	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
44	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
45	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
46	Hidden Derbyshire - Landscapes of Time	Nine Ladies Productions	History	12	RedCircle	53
47	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	441	Acast	53
48	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
49	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	284	Megaphone	43
50	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	32
51	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
52	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	93	Libsyn	62
53	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1203	Acast	59
54	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
55	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	710	Omny Studio	53
56	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
57	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	122	BBC	38
58	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
59	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
60	Jay Shetty - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Society & Culture	93	Megaphone	63
61	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	529	Spreaker	43
62	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
63	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
64	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
65	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	The Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	47	Podbean	58
66	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
67	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
68	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
69	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	154	Spotify for Podcasters	52
70	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
71	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
72	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	707	Megaphone	53
73	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	8	PRX	69
74	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
75	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
76	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
77	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
78	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
79	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
80	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	192	Ximalaya	53
81	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	276	Megaphone	32
82	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	51	Omny Studio	48
83	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
84	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
85	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
86	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
87	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	449	Acast	74
88	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
89	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
90	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
91	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	576	Spreaker	74
92	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
93	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
94	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	13	Acast	69
95	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	98	WideOrbit	68
96	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
97	The Last Soviet	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	59
98	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
99	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	415	BBC	28
100	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	26	Acast	83

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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