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 Dec 2025

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12/13/2025

Average data

Episodes: 217

Frequency: every 239 days

Duration: 00:47:54

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. Audible (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. The New York Times (2 shows)

5. Inception Point Ai (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (13 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Spreaker (9 shows)

5. PRX (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	21	Spreaker	84
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	409	Megaphone	63
4	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	941	Simplecast	38
6	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	376	Audioboom	62
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	310	Megaphone	42
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	354	ART19	68
9	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
10	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	48
11	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
12	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
13	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
14	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
15	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	144	Megaphone	68
17	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	439	Megaphone	32
18	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	99	Acast	79
19	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	48
20	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
21	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	215	Megaphone	38
22	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	10	Libsyn	62
23	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	58
24	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
25	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	191	PRX	79
26	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
27	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
28	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
29	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
30	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	164	Acast	69
31	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
32	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	100	BBC	53
33	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
34	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	435	Acast	53
35	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
36	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
37	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
38	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	112	BBC	38
39	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
40	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
41	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
42	Zero Signal	David & Jay Green	Society & Culture	32	RSS.com	83
43	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
44	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
45	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	268	Spreaker	69
46	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
47	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1199	Acast	59
48	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
49	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
50	The Long Time Academy	Headspace Studios, The Long Time Project, Scenery Studios	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	79
51	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
52	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
53	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
54	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
55	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
56	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	208	Megaphone	32
57	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	704	Megaphone	53
58	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	282	Megaphone	43
59	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	273	Megaphone	32
60	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	91	Libsyn	62
61	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
62	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
63	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	43
64	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
65	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	572	Spreaker	74
66	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
67	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	527	Spreaker	43
68	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
69	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	708	Omny Studio	53
70	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	171	Omny Studio	89
71	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
72	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
73	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
74	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
75	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
76	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
77	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	58	Unknown	68
78	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
79	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
80	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	13	Acast	69
81	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	51	RedCircle	63
82	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	24	Omny Studio	73
83	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	190	Ximalaya	53
84	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	298	Audioboom	58
85	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
86	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	499	RedCircle	43
87	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	96	WideOrbit	68
88	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	53
89	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	343	Acast	64
90	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	657	Acast	69
91	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
92	Las Raras	Las Raras	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	89
93	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
94	Anderson Cooper Audio Biography	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	40	Spreaker	59
95	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
96	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
97	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
98	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
99	Mark Rober - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	62	Spreaker	69
100	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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