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 Sep 2026

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09/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 177

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:47:37

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. Sony Music Entertainment (3 shows)

3. The Guardian (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (14 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. BBC (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
4	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
5	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
6	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	16	PRX	69
7	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	271	WideOrbit	48
8	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
9	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	196	Simplecast	58
10	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
11	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
12	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
13	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
14	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
15	The Rewriting Humanity	Jim Walsh	Society & Culture	20	Podbean	48
16	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
17	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
18	Theories of the Third Kind	Theories of the Third Kind	Society & Culture	306	WideOrbit	68
19	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
20	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
21	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
22	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
23	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
24	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
25	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
26	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
27	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
28	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
29	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
30	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
31	The Poet	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	6	Megaphone	73
32	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
33	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
34	Question Everything	KCRW	Society & Culture	90	Omny Studio	63
35	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
36	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
37	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
38	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
39	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
40	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
41	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
42	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
43	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	129	BBC	38
44	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
45	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
46	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
47	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1206	Acast	59
48	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
49	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
50	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	26	ART19	73
51	Fighting Crime	Arnold Ventures	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	58
52	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
53	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	83
54	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
55	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
56	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
57	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
58	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	71	Acast	83
59	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	32
60	Artifacts: Stories from the Emotional History of the Internet	Danny Brown	Society & Culture	25	Captivate	73
61	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
62	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
63	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
64	Revisiting The Gay Life	David Boyer	Society & Culture	15	PRX	79
65	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53
66	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
67	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
68	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
69	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
70	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
71	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
72	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
73	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	712	Omny Studio	53
74	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
75	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
76	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
77	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	History	56	Buzzsprout	32
78	The Consciousness Cassettes (Season 2 of The Telepathy Tapes)	TTT Media	Society & Culture	15	ART19	52
79	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
80	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
81	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
82	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
83	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	145	N/A	N/A
84	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
85	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	494	Omny Studio	68
86	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
87	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
88	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
89	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	The Obit Project	Jad Abumrad and Jule Banville	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
91	HABITUAL	Colorado Radio for Justice	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	69
92	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	354	Simplecast	78
93	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
94	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	29	Acast	78
95	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
96	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
97	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
98	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
99	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	504	RedCircle	43
100	Chameleon: Gallery of Lies	Sony Podcasts	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	42

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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