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 Nov 2025

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11/14/2025

Average data

Episodes: 210

Frequency: every 247 days

Duration: 00:50:23

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

5. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (14 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
5	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
6	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
7	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
8	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	48	Megaphone	48
9	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
11	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
12	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
13	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	7	Libsyn	58
14	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
15	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
16	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
17	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
18	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
19	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
20	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
21	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
22	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
23	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
24	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
25	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
26	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
27	Zero Signal	David & Jay Green	Society & Culture	32	RSS.com	83
28	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
29	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
30	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
31	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
32	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
33	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
34	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
35	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
36	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
37	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
38	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
39	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
40	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
41	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
42	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
43	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
44	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
45	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
46	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
47	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
48	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1188	Acast	59
49	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
50	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
51	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
52	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
53	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
54	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
55	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
56	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	555	Spreaker	74
57	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
58	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
59	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
60	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
61	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
62	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
63	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
64	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
65	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	699	Omny Studio	53
66	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
67	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
68	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
69	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	522	Spreaker	43
70	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
71	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
72	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
73	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
74	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
75	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
76	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	53
77	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
78	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
79	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
80	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
81	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
82	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
83	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
84	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	697	Megaphone	53
85	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	56	Spreaker	68
86	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
87	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
88	Death on the Lot	Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	69
89	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
90	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
91	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
92	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
93	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
94	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
95	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
96	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
97	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
98	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
99	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
100	Sounds Wild	Mike Stark, Vanessa Barchfield	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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