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 Jun 2025

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06/14/2025

Average data

Episodes: 175

Frequency: every 248 days

Duration: 00:48:14

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Wavland (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

5. The New York Times (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (16 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. BBC (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	938	Simplecast	38
4	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	304	Megaphone	42
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	405	Megaphone	63
6	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
7	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
8	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
10	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
11	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	97	BBC	53
12	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
13	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	433	Megaphone	32
14	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
15	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
16	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
17	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
18	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	141	Megaphone	68
19	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
20	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	38
21	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
22	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
23	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
24	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
25	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
26	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
27	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
28	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
29	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	94	Acast	79
30	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
31	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
32	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
33	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
34	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
35	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
36	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
37	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
38	Architecture of Abuse	Architecture of Abuse	Society & Culture	15	Podbean	63
39	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
40	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
41	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
42	Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power	John Williamson	Society & Culture	21	RedCircle	73
43	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
44	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	69	Triton Digital	63
45	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
46	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	699	Megaphone	53
47	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
48	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
49	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
50	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
51	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	53
52	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
53	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
54	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
55	Howl	Boise State Public Radio	Society & Culture	8	PRX	54
56	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	88	Libsyn	62
57	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1190	Acast	59
58	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
59	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
60	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
61	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
62	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
63	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	73
64	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
65	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
66	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
67	Terrifying True Stories	Terrifying True Stories	Society & Culture	9	Blubrry	59
68	Unsung Heroes Among Us	CHANGE Consulting	Society & Culture	49	RedCircle	53
69	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
70	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
71	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
72	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
73	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
74	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	267	Megaphone	32
75	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
76	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
77	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
78	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
79	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
80	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
81	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
82	Niche to Meet You	Leslie Eiler Thompson	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
83	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
84	Let the Kids Dance!	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	73
85	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	559	Spreaker	74
86	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	400	Buzzsprout	83
87	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
88	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
89	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
90	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	33	BBC	58
91	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
92	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
93	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
94	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
95	Sleep and ASMR by The French Whisperer	The French Whisperer	Religion & Spirituality	128	Spotify for Podcasters	38
96	Death on the Lot	Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	69
97	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
98	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
99	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
100	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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