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 14 Mar 2026

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03/14/2026

Average data

Episodes: 189

Frequency: every 37 days

Duration: 00:45:41

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Sony Music Entertainment (3 shows)

3. Ky Dickens (2 shows)

4. Al Jazeera Network (2 shows)

5. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (17 shows)

3. Acast (15 shows)

4. PRX (6 shows)

5. Spreaker (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	73
2	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	941	Simplecast	38
4	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	26	Spreaker	84
5	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
6	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	309	Megaphone	42
7	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	375	Audioboom	62
8	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
9	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	67	Acast	83
10	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	354	ART19	68
11	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
12	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	438	Megaphone	32
13	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
14	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
15	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
16	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
17	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
18	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
19	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
20	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	96	WideOrbit	68
21	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
22	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	48
23	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	164	Acast	69
24	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	191	PRX	79
25	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	435	Acast	53
26	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
27	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
28	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
29	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
30	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
31	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	215	Megaphone	38
32	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
33	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	273	PRX	43
34	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	36	Omny Studio	83
35	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	99	Acast	79
36	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	267	Spreaker	69
37	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
38	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	51	RedCircle	63
39	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
40	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
41	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	Society & Culture	251	Buzzsprout	42
42	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	71	Triton Digital	63
43	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
44	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1198	Acast	59
45	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
46	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	272	Megaphone	32
47	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
48	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
49	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	208	Megaphone	32
50	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	80	Spreaker	43
51	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
52	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
53	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
54	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
55	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
56	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
57	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	190	Ximalaya	53
58	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	282	Megaphone	43
59	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
60	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
61	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	109	BBC	38
62	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
63	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
64	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
65	Al Jazeera English	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	11	Spreaker	49
66	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	91	Libsyn	62
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	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
69	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
70	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
71	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
72	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	703	Megaphone	53
73	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	152	Spotify for Podcasters	52
74	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
75	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	707	Omny Studio	53
76	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
77	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
78	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
79	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
80	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
81	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
82	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	446	Acast	74
83	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
84	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
85	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
86	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
87	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
88	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
89	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
90	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	48
91	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	654	Acast	69
92	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	295	Audioboom	58
93	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
94	Our Common Nature	WNYC	Society & Culture	8	Simplecast	69
95	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	343	Acast	64
96	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	13	Acast	69
97	Crime Scene	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	20	Megaphone	83
98	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
99	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
100	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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