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 Jun 2025

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06/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 176

Frequency: every 247 days

Duration: 00:47:59

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (7 shows)

2. audiochuck (2 shows)

3. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Omny Studio (17 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. ART19 (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	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
4	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	304	Megaphone	42
5	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
7	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	405	Megaphone	63
8	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
9	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
10	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
11	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	97	BBC	53
12	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	433	Megaphone	32
13	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
14	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
15	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
16	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	141	Megaphone	68
18	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	38
19	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
20	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
21	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
22	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
23	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
24	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
25	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
26	Architecture of Abuse	Architecture of Abuse	Society & Culture	15	Podbean	63
27	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
28	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
29	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
30	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
31	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
32	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
33	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
34	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
35	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	69	Triton Digital	63
36	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
37	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	94	Acast	79
38	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
39	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
40	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
41	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
42	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
43	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
44	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
45	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	73
46	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
47	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
48	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
49	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
50	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	88	Libsyn	62
51	Howl	Boise State Public Radio	Society & Culture	8	PRX	54
52	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
53	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
54	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
55	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
56	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
57	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	267	Megaphone	32
58	Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power	John Williamson	Society & Culture	21	RedCircle	73
59	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
60	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
61	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	53
62	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
63	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
64	Terrifying True Stories	Terrifying True Stories	Society & Culture	9	Blubrry	59
65	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
66	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1190	Acast	59
67	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
68	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
69	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
70	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
71	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
72	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	559	Spreaker	74
73	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	33	BBC	58
74	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
75	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
76	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
77	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
78	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
79	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
80	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
81	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
82	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
83	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
84	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
85	10 Mujeres	Wondery \| Dudas Media	Society & Culture	11	ART19	89
86	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	124	Buzzsprout	53
87	Niche to Meet You	Leslie Eiler Thompson	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
88	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	400	Buzzsprout	83
89	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	638	Acast	69
90	Sleep and ASMR by The French Whisperer	The French Whisperer	Religion & Spirituality	128	Spotify for Podcasters	38
91	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
92	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
93	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
94	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
95	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
96	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
97	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
98	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
99	Svetlana! Svetlana!	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
100	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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