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 Mar 2026

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03/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 184

Frequency: every 242 days

Duration: 00:46:09

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Sony Music Entertainment (4 shows)

3. Ky Dickens (2 shows)

4. Al Jazeera Network (2 shows)

5. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Omny Studio (15 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. PRX (6 shows)

5. BBC (6 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	24	Spreaker	84
5	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	309	Megaphone	42
6	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
7	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	376	Audioboom	62
8	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	354	ART19	68
10	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	67	Acast	83
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	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
18	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
19	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
20	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
21	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	191	PRX	79
22	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	96	WideOrbit	68
23	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	164	Acast	69
24	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
25	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
26	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	48
27	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	435	Acast	53
28	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
29	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
30	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	99	Acast	79
31	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
32	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	36	Omny Studio	83
33	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
34	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	215	Megaphone	38
35	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
36	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	273	PRX	43
37	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	267	Spreaker	69
38	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
39	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	51	RedCircle	63
40	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
41	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
42	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1198	Acast	59
43	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
44	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
45	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
46	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	71	Triton Digital	63
47	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	Society & Culture	251	Buzzsprout	42
48	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
49	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
50	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
51	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	208	Megaphone	32
52	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
53	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	272	Megaphone	32
54	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
55	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	81	Spreaker	43
56	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
57	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
58	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
59	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	110	BBC	38
60	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
61	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
62	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	190	Ximalaya	53
63	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	282	Megaphone	43
64	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
65	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
66	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
67	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
68	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	703	Megaphone	53
69	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	152	Spotify for Podcasters	52
70	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
71	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	91	Libsyn	62
72	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
73	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	707	Omny Studio	53
74	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	446	Acast	74
75	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
76	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	48
77	Al Jazeera English	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	11	Spreaker	49
78	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
79	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
80	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
81	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
82	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
83	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
84	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
85	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
86	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
87	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
88	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
89	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
90	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
91	Crime Scene	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	20	Megaphone	83
92	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
93	Our Common Nature	WNYC	Society & Culture	8	Simplecast	69
94	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
95	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
96	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	53
97	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
98	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
99	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	295	Audioboom	58
100	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	497	RedCircle	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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