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 Jul 2025

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07/16/2025

Average data

Episodes: 202

Frequency: every 246 days

Duration: 00:49:00

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (5 shows)

3. The Observer (2 shows)

4. audiochuck (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Acast (18 shows)

3. Omny Studio (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. BBC (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	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	378	Spreaker	84
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
4	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
5	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
6	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
7	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	301	Megaphone	42
9	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
10	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
11	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
12	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
13	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
14	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	430	Megaphone	32
15	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
16	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
17	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
18	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
19	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
20	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
21	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
22	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
23	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
24	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
25	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
26	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
27	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	424	RedCircle	59
28	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
29	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
30	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
31	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
32	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
33	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
34	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
35	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
36	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	262	Spreaker	69
37	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
38	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
39	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
40	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
41	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
42	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
43	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
44	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
45	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
46	Architecture of Abuse	Architecture of Abuse	Society & Culture	15	Podbean	63
47	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
48	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
49	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
50	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	204	Megaphone	32
51	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
52	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
53	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
54	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
55	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
56	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
57	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
58	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
59	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
60	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
61	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
62	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
63	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	552	Spreaker	74
64	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
65	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
66	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
67	Unsung Heroes Among Us	CHANGE Consulting	Society & Culture	49	RedCircle	53
68	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
69	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
70	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
71	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	634	Acast	69
72	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
73	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
74	Personally: Discount Dave (and the Fix)	CBC	Society & Culture	67	Triton Digital	63
75	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	264	Megaphone	32
76	Las Raras	Las Raras	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	89
77	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	394	Buzzsprout	83
78	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	186	Ximalaya	53
79	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
80	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
81	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
82	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
83	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
84	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
85	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
86	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
87	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
88	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
89	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
90	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
91	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
92	Howl	Boise State Public Radio	Society & Culture	8	PRX	54
93	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
94	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
95	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
96	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
97	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
98	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
99	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	704	Megaphone	53
100	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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