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 May 2025

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05/16/2025

Average data

Episodes: 187

Frequency: every 243 days

Duration: 00:47:48

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. BBC (2 shows)

3. Wavland (2 shows)

4. pepe&chema (2 shows)

5. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Acast (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. ART19 (7 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	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
7	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
8	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	308	Megaphone	42
10	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
11	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
12	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
13	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
14	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	432	Acast	53
15	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
16	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69
17	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
18	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
19	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
20	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
21	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
22	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
23	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	32
24	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
25	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
26	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
27	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
28	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
29	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
30	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
31	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
32	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
33	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
34	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	432	RedCircle	59
35	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
36	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	95	WideOrbit	68
37	Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power	John Williamson	Society & Culture	21	RedCircle	73
38	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
39	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
40	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
41	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
42	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
43	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
44	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	71	Triton Digital	63
45	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
46	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
47	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
48	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
49	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	266	Spreaker	69
50	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
51	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
52	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
53	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
54	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	207	Megaphone	32
55	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
56	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	105	BBC	38
57	Crumbs	My Cultura and Sonoro	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	79
58	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
59	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
60	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
61	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
62	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
63	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1196	Acast	59
64	Tipping Point: The True Story of "The Limits to Growth"	Katy Shields	Society & Culture	3	Podigee	58
65	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
66	Truth Be Found	Justin Yentes	Society & Culture	28	RSS.com	63
67	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
68	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
69	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
70	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
71	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	176	Unknown	83
72	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
73	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	73
74	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
75	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
76	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
77	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	526	Spreaker	43
78	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
79	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	569	Spreaker	74
80	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
81	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
82	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
83	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	271	Megaphone	32
84	Niche to Meet You	Leslie Eiler Thompson	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
85	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	650	Acast	69
86	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
87	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
88	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
89	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
90	10 Mujeres	Wondery \| Dudas Media	Society & Culture	11	ART19	89
91	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
92	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
93	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	497	RedCircle	43
94	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
95	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
96	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
97	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	48
98	Laura Flanders and Friends: Solutions-Focused Progressive Perspectives on Politics, News, and Culture	Laura Flanders, Curious Communications	Society & Culture	846	Simplecast	63
99	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
100	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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