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 nov. 2024

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11/15/2024

Average data

Episodes: 177

Frequency: every 247 days

Duration: 00:47:14

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (8 shows)

2. Wavland (2 shows)

3. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (18 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. PRX (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
2	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
4	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
6	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
7	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
8	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
9	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
11	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	96	BBC	53
12	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
13	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
14	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
15	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
16	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	38
17	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
18	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
19	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
20	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
21	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
22	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
23	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
24	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
25	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
26	Generation Barney	Connecticut Public	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	74
27	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
28	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
29	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
30	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
31	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
32	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
33	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
34	Lights On with Carl Lentz	B-Side	Society & Culture	26	Podbean	52
35	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
36	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
37	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
38	The Dennis Postema Show	Dennis M. Postema	Society & Culture	26	RedCircle	63
39	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
40	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
41	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
42	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
43	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
44	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
45	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
46	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
47	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
48	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
49	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
50	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
51	The Long Time Academy	Headspace Studios, The Long Time Project, Scenery Studios	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	79
52	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
53	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
54	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
55	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1188	Acast	59
56	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
57	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
58	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	53
59	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
60	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
61	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
62	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
63	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
64	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	262	Spreaker	69
65	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
66	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
67	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
68	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
69	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
70	The Insurgence: Sheriffs	Political Research Associates	Society & Culture	7	RedCircle	69
71	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
72	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	698	Megaphone	53
73	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
74	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	48
75	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
76	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
77	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	53
78	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	523	Spreaker	43
79	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	636	Acast	69
80	24 Hours in Austin	KUT & KUTX Studios, Matt Largey	Society & Culture	5	Blubrry Podcasting	53
81	Indigenous Vision	Indigenous Vision	Society & Culture	140	Spotify for Podcasters	43
82	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	33	BBC	58
83	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
84	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	272	PRX	43
85	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
86	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
87	Noche de Lluvia Podcast	Insólita Labs I Lourdes Gómez	Society & Culture	46	Spotify for Podcasters	28
88	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	481	Omny Studio	68
89	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
90	Into the Mix	Ben & Jerry's and Vox Creative	Society & Culture	41	Megaphone	64
91	The Tenant Association	Los Angeles Public Press	Society & Culture	19	Podbean	58
92	The Jack Hopkins Show Podcast	Jack Hopkins	Society & Culture	60	Buzzsprout	37
93	Escape From Zaqistan	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	59
94	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
95	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
96	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
97	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	555	Spreaker	74
98	Extraordinary Evidence \| ESP Is Real	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
99	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	542	Spreaker	60
100	HOMELAND	HOMELAND	Society & Culture	10	PRX	79

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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