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 Apr 2025

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04/16/2025

Average data

Episodes: 190

Frequency: every 247 days

Duration: 00:48:51

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. BBC World Service (2 shows)

4. audiochuck (2 shows)

5. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (15 shows)

3. Acast (15 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. ART19 (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	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	938	Simplecast	38
3	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
4	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
5	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
6	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
7	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	303	Megaphone	42
9	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
10	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
11	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
12	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
13	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
14	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
15	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
17	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	38
18	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	432	Megaphone	32
19	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
20	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
21	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
22	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
23	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
24	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
25	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
26	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
27	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	96	BBC	53
28	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
29	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
30	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
31	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
32	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
33	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
34	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
35	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
36	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
37	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
38	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
39	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
40	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
41	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	262	Spreaker	69
42	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
43	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
44	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
45	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	94	Acast	79
46	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
47	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
48	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
49	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
50	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
51	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1189	Acast	59
52	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
53	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
54	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
55	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
56	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
57	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
58	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
59	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
60	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
61	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	53
62	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	43	Acast	89
63	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
64	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
65	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	557	Spreaker	74
66	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
67	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
68	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
69	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	398	Buzzsprout	83
70	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	636	Acast	69
71	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
72	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
73	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
74	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
75	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
76	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	266	Megaphone	32
77	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
78	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
79	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	698	Megaphone	53
80	Stories for Power	StoryTelling & Organizing Project (STOP)	Society & Culture	12	Buzzsprout	83
81	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
82	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
83	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
84	Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez	Sonoro \| Futuro Studios	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	43
85	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
86	Cosmic Peach	Julia Hamilton	Society & Culture	321	Spreaker	49
87	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
88	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
89	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
90	Sounds Like Hate	Southern Poverty Law Center	Society & Culture	27	Captivate	69
91	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
92	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
93	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
94	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
95	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	146	Captivate	38
96	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
97	Breaking Down: Collapse	Kory & Kellan	Science	362	Acast	69
98	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
99	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
100	10 Mujeres	Wondery \| Dudas Media	Society & Culture	11	ART19	89

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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