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 Aug 2025

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08/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 200

Frequency: every 243 days

Duration: 00:48:26

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. audiochuck (2 shows)

4. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

5. The New York Times (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Acast (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 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	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
3	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
5	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
6	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
8	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
9	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
10	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
11	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
12	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
13	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
14	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
15	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
16	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
17	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
18	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
19	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
20	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
21	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
22	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
23	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
24	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
25	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	95	WideOrbit	68
26	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
27	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
28	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
29	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	430	RedCircle	59
30	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	432	Acast	53
31	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
32	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
33	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
34	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
35	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
36	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
37	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
38	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
39	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
40	Architecture of Abuse	Architecture of Abuse	Society & Culture	15	Podbean	63
41	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
42	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
43	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
44	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
45	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
46	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
47	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
48	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
49	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	103	BBC	38
50	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
51	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1195	Acast	59
52	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
53	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
54	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	207	Megaphone	32
55	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
56	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
57	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
58	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
59	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
60	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
61	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
62	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
63	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	171	Omny Studio	89
64	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
65	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
66	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
67	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	60	Libsyn	42
68	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
69	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
70	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
71	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
72	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
73	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
74	Top Comment	BBC	News	100	BBC	48
75	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	567	Spreaker	74
76	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
77	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
78	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	53
79	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	270	Megaphone	32
80	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
81	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
82	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
83	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	48
84	Las Raras	Las Raras	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	89
85	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
86	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
87	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
88	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	648	Acast	69
89	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
90	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
92	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	444	Acast	74
93	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
94	Death on the Lot	Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	69
95	Appalachian Spooky Hour	Sam Arthurs	Society & Culture	86	Spotify for Podcasters	53
96	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
97	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
98	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	526	Spreaker	43
99	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
100	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	146	Captivate	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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