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 May 2025

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05/15/2025

Average data

Episodes: 182

Frequency: every 245 days

Duration: 00:47:06

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. Audible (2 shows)

3. BBC (2 shows)

4. Wavland (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Acast (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. BBC (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
4	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	354	ART19	68
7	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
8	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
9	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	308	Megaphone	42
11	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
12	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
13	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
14	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
15	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
16	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	433	Acast	53
17	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
18	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	32
20	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
21	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
22	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
23	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
24	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
25	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	215	Megaphone	38
26	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
27	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
28	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
29	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
30	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69
31	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
32	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
33	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
34	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
35	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	434	RedCircle	59
36	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
37	Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power	John Williamson	Society & Culture	21	RedCircle	73
38	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
39	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
40	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	95	WideOrbit	68
41	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
42	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	71	Triton Digital	63
43	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
44	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
45	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
46	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
47	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
48	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
49	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	91	Libsyn	62
50	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
51	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	266	Spreaker	69
52	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
53	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	106	BBC	38
54	Crumbs	My Cultura and Sonoro	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	79
55	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	176	Unknown	83
56	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1196	Acast	59
57	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
58	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
60	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	208	Megaphone	32
61	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
62	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
63	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
64	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
65	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
66	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
67	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
68	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
69	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
70	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	73
71	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
72	Truth Be Found	Justin Yentes	Society & Culture	28	RSS.com	63
73	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	282	Megaphone	43
74	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
75	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
76	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
77	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
78	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
79	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	569	Spreaker	74
80	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
81	Niche to Meet You	Leslie Eiler Thompson	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
82	Tipping Point: The True Story of "The Limits to Growth"	Katy Shields	Society & Culture	3	Podigee	58
83	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
84	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
85	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
86	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
87	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	651	Acast	69
88	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	271	Megaphone	32
89	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
90	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
91	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
92	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	48
93	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
94	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
95	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	48
96	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
97	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	497	RedCircle	43
98	Laura Flanders and Friends: Solutions-Focused Progressive Perspectives on Politics, News, and Culture	Laura Flanders, Curious Communications	Society & Culture	846	Simplecast	63
99	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
100	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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