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 Aug 2025

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08/13/2025

Average data

Episodes: 205

Frequency: every 243 days

Duration: 00:48:24

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. pepe&chema (2 shows)

3. The New York Times (2 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Acast (17 shows)

3. Omny Studio (15 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. BBC (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	28	Spreaker	84
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
4	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
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	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
10	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
11	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
12	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
13	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
14	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
15	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
16	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
18	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
19	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	431	RedCircle	59
20	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
21	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
22	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
23	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
24	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
25	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
26	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
27	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	95	WideOrbit	68
28	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
29	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
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	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
33	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
34	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
35	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
36	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
37	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
38	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
39	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
40	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
41	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
42	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
43	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
44	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
45	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
46	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
47	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1196	Acast	59
48	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
49	Architecture of Abuse	Architecture of Abuse	Society & Culture	15	Podbean	63
50	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
51	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
52	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
53	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
54	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
55	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	171	Omny Studio	89
56	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
57	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
58	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	207	Megaphone	32
59	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	104	BBC	38
60	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
61	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
62	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
63	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	270	Megaphone	32
64	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
65	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
66	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
67	Crimson Whispers: Crimes Behind Closed Doors	Massai Edwards	Society & Culture	10	RedCircle	43
68	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
69	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
70	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
71	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
72	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
73	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	568	Spreaker	74
74	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
75	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
76	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
77	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
78	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
79	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	60	Libsyn	42
80	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
81	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
82	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
83	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
84	Reveal Presents	Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting	Society & Culture	20	PRX	79
85	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
86	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	649	Acast	69
87	Las Raras	Las Raras	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	89
88	Top Comment	BBC	News	100	BBC	48
89	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
90	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
91	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	48
92	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
93	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
94	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	444	Acast	74
95	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	343	Acast	64
96	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
97	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
98	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	488	Omny Studio	68
99	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
100	Howl	Boise State Public Radio	Society & Culture	8	PRX	54

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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