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 Dec 2025

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12/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 213

Frequency: every 240 days

Duration: 00:48:33

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

3. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

4. pepe&chema (2 shows)

5. Audible (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (14 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. PRX (7 shows)

5. Spreaker (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	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	26	Spreaker	84
3	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
6	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
7	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	354	ART19	68
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	308	Megaphone	42
9	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
10	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	32
11	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
12	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
13	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
14	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
15	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
16	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
17	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	215	Megaphone	38
18	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
19	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	48
20	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
21	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
22	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
23	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	58
24	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
25	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
26	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	9	Libsyn	52
27	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
28	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
29	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
30	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
31	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
32	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	433	Acast	53
33	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	106	BBC	38
34	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
35	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
36	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
37	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
38	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
39	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
40	Zero Signal	David & Jay Green	Society & Culture	32	RSS.com	83
41	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
42	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
43	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
44	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	266	Spreaker	69
45	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
46	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
47	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	91	Libsyn	62
48	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1196	Acast	59
49	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
50	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	282	Megaphone	43
51	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
52	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
53	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
54	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
55	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	208	Megaphone	32
56	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
57	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
58	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
59	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
60	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
61	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	702	Megaphone	53
62	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	271	Megaphone	32
63	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
64	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
65	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
66	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
67	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
68	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
69	Leaked	TFLabs	Science	9	Megaphone	53
70	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	569	Spreaker	74
71	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
72	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
73	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	58	Unknown	68
74	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
75	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
76	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	343	Acast	64
77	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
78	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
79	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
81	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
82	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	706	Omny Studio	53
83	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	651	Acast	69
84	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	43
85	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	73
86	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	497	RedCircle	43
87	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
88	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	171	Omny Studio	89
89	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
90	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
91	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	86	Spotify for Podcasters	32
92	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	95	WideOrbit	68
93	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
94	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
95	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
96	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
97	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
98	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
99	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
100	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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