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 2026

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08/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 177

Frequency: every 40 days

Duration: 00:48:31

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (7 shows)

2. The Observer (2 shows)

3. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

4. The Guardian (2 shows)

5. The Telegraph (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Acast (17 shows)

3. Omny Studio (15 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
2	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	350	ART19	68
5	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	259	WideOrbit	48
6	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	13	PRX	69
7	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
8	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
9	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
10	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
11	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	190	Simplecast	58
12	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
13	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
14	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
15	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
16	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	38
17	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
18	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
19	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
20	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
21	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
22	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	20	ART19	73
23	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
24	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	48	Megaphone	48
25	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	83	Unknown	63
26	The Rewriting Humanity	Jim Walsh	Society & Culture	20	Podbean	48
27	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	262	Spreaker	69
28	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
29	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
30	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
31	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
32	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
33	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
34	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
35	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
36	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
37	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
38	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
39	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
40	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	64	Acast	83
41	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
42	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
43	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	96	BBC	53
44	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
45	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
46	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
47	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
48	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
49	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	523	Spreaker	43
50	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
51	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1188	Acast	59
52	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
53	Artifacts: Stories from the Emotional History of the Internet	Danny Brown	Society & Culture	19	Captivate	73
54	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
55	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
56	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
57	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	149	Spotify for Podcasters	52
58	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
59	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
60	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
61	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
62	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	698	Megaphone	53
63	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
64	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	481	Omny Studio	68
65	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
66	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
67	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	266	Megaphone	32
68	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
69	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
70	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
71	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
72	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
73	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
74	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
75	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
76	Fighting Crime	Arnold Ventures	Society & Culture	10	Megaphone	58
77	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
78	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
79	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
80	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	699	Omny Studio	53
81	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	33	BBC	58
82	The Obit Project	Jad Abumrad and Jule Banville	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
83	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
84	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	123	Buzzsprout	53
85	The Missing Sister	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	53
86	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
87	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
88	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
89	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
90	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
91	HABITUAL	Colorado Radio for Justice	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	69
92	Stealing Superman	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
93	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
94	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	33	Omny Studio	83
95	Collapse: Disaster in Surfside	Treefort Media & Miami Herald	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	69
96	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
97	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	History	56	Buzzsprout	32
98	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	135	N/A	N/A
99	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	223	Acast	43
100	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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