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 16 Feb 2026

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02/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 213

Frequency: every 237 days

Duration: 00:46:46

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

3. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

4. Ky Dickens (2 shows)

5. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Acast (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. PRX (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	411	Megaphone	63
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	942	Simplecast	38
3	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
4	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	311	Megaphone	42
5	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
6	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
7	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	116	Acast	73
8	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
9	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
10	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	356	ART19	68
11	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
12	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
13	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	68
14	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
15	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	438	Acast	53
16	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
17	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	52	Megaphone	48
18	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
19	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
20	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	441	Megaphone	32
21	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
22	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	26	American Public Media	62
23	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
24	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
25	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
26	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
27	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	101	Acast	79
28	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
29	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
30	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	165	Acast	69
31	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
32	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	217	Megaphone	38
33	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	269	Spreaker	69
34	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
35	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
36	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
37	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
38	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	53	RedCircle	73
39	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
40	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
41	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
42	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
43	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1202	Acast	59
44	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
45	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
46	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
47	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
48	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
49	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	710	Omny Studio	53
50	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	706	Megaphone	53
51	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	283	Megaphone	43
52	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	119	BBC	38
53	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
54	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	92	Libsyn	62
55	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
56	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
57	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
58	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
59	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
60	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
61	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
62	In The Wild	Narrative.fm	Society & Culture	157	Simplecast	63
63	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
64	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
65	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
66	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
67	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	The Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	47	Podbean	58
68	Hidden Derbyshire - Landscapes of Time	Nine Ladies Productions	History	12	RedCircle	53
69	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
70	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	209	Megaphone	32
71	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	273	PRX	43
72	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
73	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
74	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
75	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
76	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	50	Omny Studio	48
77	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	343	Acast	64
78	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	528	Spreaker	43
79	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	275	Megaphone	32
80	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	Jay Shetty - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Society & Culture	93	Megaphone	63
82	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
83	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	153	Spotify for Podcasters	52
84	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
85	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
86	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	53
87	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	575	Spreaker	74
88	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
89	Made in China	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	5	BBC	49
90	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
91	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
92	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
93	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	13	Acast	69
94	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	664	Acast	69
95	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
96	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	191	Ximalaya	53
97	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
98	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
99	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
100	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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