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 13 Feb 2026

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02/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 204

Frequency: every 240 days

Duration: 00:45:55

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

5. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (15 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. PRX (7 shows)

5. BBC (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	115	Acast	73
2	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	21	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	310	Megaphone	42
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	410	Megaphone	63
6	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
7	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	941	Simplecast	38
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	356	ART19	68
9	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
10	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
11	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
12	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	144	Megaphone	68
13	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
14	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	439	Megaphone	32
15	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
16	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
17	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	52	Megaphone	48
18	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
19	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
20	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
21	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
22	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
23	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
24	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	165	Acast	69
25	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	216	Megaphone	38
26	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
27	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
28	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	100	BBC	53
29	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
30	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
31	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	52	RedCircle	73
32	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
33	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
34	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	268	Spreaker	69
35	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
36	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
37	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	99	Acast	79
38	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
39	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
40	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
41	In The Wild	Narrative.fm	Society & Culture	157	Simplecast	63
42	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
43	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
44	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
45	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1200	Acast	59
46	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
47	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	436	Acast	53
48	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	209	Megaphone	32
49	Amended! Liberty's Guide to the First Amendment	Voxtopica & Liberty Vittert	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
50	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
51	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	283	Megaphone	43
52	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	92	Libsyn	62
53	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
54	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
55	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	528	Spreaker	43
56	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
57	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
58	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
59	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
60	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	114	BBC	38
61	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
62	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
63	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
64	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
65	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
66	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
67	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	708	Omny Studio	53
68	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
69	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
70	Hidden Derbyshire - Landscapes of Time	Nine Ladies Productions	History	12	RedCircle	53
71	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	704	Megaphone	53
72	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	The Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	47	Podbean	58
73	Jay Shetty - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Society & Culture	93	Megaphone	63
74	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
75	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
76	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
77	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
78	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	191	Ximalaya	53
79	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	153	Spotify for Podcasters	52
80	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
81	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	273	Megaphone	32
82	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
83	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
84	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
85	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	24	Omny Studio	73
86	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
87	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	48
88	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	447	Acast	74
89	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
90	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	572	Spreaker	74
91	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
93	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
94	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	13	Acast	69
95	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
96	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	414	BBC	28
97	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	97	WideOrbit	68
98	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	500	RedCircle	43
99	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
100	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

The podcast landscape in USA is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

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