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 May 2025

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05/13/2025

Average data

Episodes: 189

Frequency: every 239 days

Duration: 00:48:14

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. audiochuck (2 shows)

3. The New York Times (2 shows)

4. BBC (2 shows)

5. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Acast (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (11 shows)

5. ART19 (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	359	ART19	68
7	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
8	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
9	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	315	Megaphone	42
11	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
12	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
13	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
14	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
15	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
16	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	444	Acast	53
17	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
18	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
19	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69
20	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	445	Megaphone	32
21	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
22	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
23	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
24	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
25	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
26	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
27	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
28	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
29	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
30	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
31	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	374	Omny Studio	73
32	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
33	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
34	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	461	RedCircle	59
35	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
36	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
37	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	220	Megaphone	38
38	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
39	Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power	John Williamson	Society & Culture	21	RedCircle	73
40	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
41	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
42	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
43	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
44	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
45	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
46	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
47	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
48	Crumbs	My Cultura and Sonoro	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	79
49	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
50	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	102	BBC	53
51	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	272	Spreaker	69
52	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
53	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
54	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	95	Libsyn	62
55	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
56	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	178	Unknown	83
57	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
58	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
59	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
60	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
61	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
62	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
63	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
64	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
65	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	587	Spreaker	74
66	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1208	Acast	59
67	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	133	BBC	38
68	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
69	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	413	Buzzsprout	83
70	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	32
71	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
72	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
73	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	678	Acast	69
74	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
75	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
76	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
77	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
78	Niche to Meet You	Leslie Eiler Thompson	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
79	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
80	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53
81	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
82	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
83	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	53	Omny Studio	48
84	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
85	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	286	Megaphone	43
86	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	530	Spreaker	43
87	Laura Flanders and Friends: Solutions-Focused Progressive Perspectives on Politics, News, and Culture	Laura Flanders, Curious Communications	Society & Culture	846	Simplecast	63
88	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
89	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
90	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
91	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
92	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
93	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
94	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
95	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
96	10 Mujeres	Wondery \| Dudas Media	Society & Culture	11	ART19	89
97	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	32
98	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
99	Tampa Bay Developer	Garrett Greco	Society & Culture	138	Spotify for Podcasters	33
100	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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