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 Apr 2025

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04/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 198

Frequency: every 42 days

Duration: 00:47:13

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (8 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. audiochuck (2 shows)

5. CBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Omny Studio (17 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. BBC (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	938	Simplecast	38
3	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
4	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
5	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	350	ART19	68
6	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
7	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
8	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
9	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	303	Megaphone	42
11	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
12	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
13	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
14	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
15	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
16	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
17	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
18	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	432	Megaphone	32
20	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
21	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
22	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
23	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
24	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
25	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
26	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
27	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
28	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
29	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	38
30	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
31	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
32	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	96	BBC	53
33	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
34	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
35	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
36	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
37	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
38	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
39	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
40	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
41	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
42	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
43	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	94	Acast	79
44	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
45	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	262	Spreaker	69
46	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
47	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
48	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
49	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	43	Acast	89
50	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
51	Sounds Like Hate	Southern Poverty Law Center	Society & Culture	27	Captivate	69
52	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
53	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
54	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1189	Acast	59
55	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	53
56	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
57	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
58	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
59	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
60	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
61	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	556	Spreaker	74
62	Cosmic Peach	Julia Hamilton	Society & Culture	321	Spreaker	49
63	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
64	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
65	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
66	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
67	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
68	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	266	Megaphone	32
69	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
70	The Superhero Complex	iHeartPodcasts and Novel	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
71	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
72	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
73	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
74	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
75	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
76	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
77	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
78	Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez	Sonoro \| Futuro Studios	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	43
79	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	636	Acast	69
80	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
81	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
82	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	523	Spreaker	43
83	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	48
84	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
85	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
86	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
87	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
88	We the Unhoused	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	130	Omny Studio	48
89	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
90	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
91	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
92	The Banksy Story	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	19	BBC	33
93	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	698	Megaphone	53
94	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
95	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	482	Omny Studio	68
96	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
97	Into America	MSNBC, Trymaine Lee	Society & Culture	253	Simplecast	63
98	Sold a Story en español	APM Reports	Society & Culture	2	American Public Media	79
99	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	58
100	Cruising \| Queer History and Culture	Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jennifer McGinity	Society & Culture	89	Buzzsprout	57

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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