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 Mar 2026

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03/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 188

Frequency: every 247 days

Duration: 00:47:06

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (7 shows)

2. Sony Music Entertainment (3 shows)

3. Al Jazeera Network (2 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Omny Studio (16 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. BBC (6 shows)

5. Spreaker (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	938	Simplecast	38
3	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
4	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
5	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	303	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	378	Audioboom	62
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	350	ART19	68
9	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
10	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
11	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	64	Acast	83
12	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	432	Megaphone	32
13	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	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	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
17	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
18	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	96	BBC	53
19	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
20	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
21	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
22	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
23	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
24	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
25	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
26	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
27	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
28	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
29	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
30	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	48	Megaphone	48
31	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	94	Acast	79
32	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
33	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	38
34	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	33	Omny Studio	83
35	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
36	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
37	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	262	Spreaker	69
38	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
39	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	272	PRX	43
40	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
41	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
42	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1189	Acast	59
43	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
44	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
45	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
46	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
47	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
48	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
49	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
50	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
51	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
52	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	700	Omny Studio	53
53	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	67	Spreaker	43
54	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
55	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
56	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
57	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
58	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	Society & Culture	251	Buzzsprout	42
59	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	266	Megaphone	32
60	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
61	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
62	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
63	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
64	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	149	Spotify for Podcasters	52
65	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
66	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
67	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
68	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
69	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
70	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	698	Megaphone	53
71	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
72	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	440	Acast	74
73	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
74	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	48
75	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
76	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
77	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
78	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
79	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
80	Al Jazeera English	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	11	Spreaker	49
81	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
82	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
83	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
84	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
85	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
86	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
87	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
88	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
89	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
90	Crime Scene	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	20	Megaphone	83
91	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	636	Acast	69
92	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	33	BBC	58
93	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
94	Death on the Lot	Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	69
95	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
96	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
97	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
98	Our Common Nature	WNYC	Society & Culture	8	Simplecast	69
99	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	556	Spreaker	74
100	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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