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 15 Feb 2026

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02/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 199

Frequency: every 242 days

Duration: 00:47:43

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

3. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

4. pepe&chema (2 shows)

5. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (14 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. PRX (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
3	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	26	Spreaker	84
4	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
5	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
6	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	308	Megaphone	42
8	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	354	ART19	68
10	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
11	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
12	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
13	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
14	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
15	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
16	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
17	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	48
18	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	32
20	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
21	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
22	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
23	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	434	Acast	53
24	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	191	PRX	79
25	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
26	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
27	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
28	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
29	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
30	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	164	Acast	69
31	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	215	Megaphone	38
32	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
33	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
34	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	71	Triton Digital	63
35	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	266	Spreaker	69
36	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
37	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
38	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
39	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
40	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
41	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1197	Acast	59
42	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
43	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
44	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
45	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
46	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
47	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
48	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
49	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
50	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	91	Libsyn	62
51	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
52	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
53	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	706	Omny Studio	53
54	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	107	BBC	38
55	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	282	Megaphone	43
56	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
57	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
58	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
59	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	208	Megaphone	32
60	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	702	Megaphone	53
61	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
62	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
63	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
64	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
65	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	272	PRX	43
66	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
67	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	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
69	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	271	Megaphone	32
70	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
71	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
72	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
73	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
74	Hidden Derbyshire - Landscapes of Time	Nine Ladies Productions	History	12	RedCircle	53
75	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	152	Spotify for Podcasters	52
76	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	The Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	47	Podbean	58
77	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
78	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
79	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
80	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	48
81	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
82	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
83	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	190	Ximalaya	53
84	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
85	Jay Shetty - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Society & Culture	92	Megaphone	63
86	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
87	Amended! Liberty's Guide to the First Amendment	Voxtopica & Liberty Vittert	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
88	In The Wild	Narrative.fm	Society & Culture	157	Simplecast	63
89	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
90	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	343	Acast	64
91	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	73
92	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
93	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	295	Audioboom	58
94	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	96	WideOrbit	68
95	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
96	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
97	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	570	Spreaker	74
98	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
99	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
100	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

The podcast landscape in USA is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

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