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 2026

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07/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 168

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:46:56

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (7 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. The Guardian (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Acast (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (15 shows)

4. Simplecast (6 shows)

5. BBC (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
3	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
4	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
5	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
6	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	12	PRX	69
7	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
8	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
9	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
10	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	258	WideOrbit	48
11	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
12	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
13	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
14	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
15	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
17	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
18	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	479	Omny Studio	68
19	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	188	Simplecast	58
20	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
21	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
22	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
23	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
24	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
25	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
26	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
27	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
28	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
29	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	20	ART19	73
30	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	82	Unknown	63
31	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	65	Acast	83
32	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
33	The Obit Project	Jad Abumrad and Jule Banville	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
34	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
35	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
36	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
37	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
38	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
39	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
40	Getting Free	International Beit Din	Society & Culture	7	Podbean	63
41	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
42	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
43	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
44	HABITUAL	Colorado Radio for Justice	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	69
45	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
46	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	204	Megaphone	32
47	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
48	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
49	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	Society & Culture	96	Spotify for Podcasters	28
50	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	521	Spreaker	43
51	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
52	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
53	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
54	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
55	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
56	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
57	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
58	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
60	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
61	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
62	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
63	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
64	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
65	Artifacts: Stories from the Emotional History of the Internet	Danny Brown	Society & Culture	19	Captivate	73
66	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
67	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
68	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
69	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
70	Fatal Fantasy	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	79
71	Power Plays	Human Rights Foundation	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	63
72	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
73	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
74	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
75	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
76	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
77	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
78	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
79	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
80	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
81	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	699	Omny Studio	53
82	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
83	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
84	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
85	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
86	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	148	Spotify for Podcasters	52
87	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
88	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
89	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
90	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
91	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	123	Buzzsprout	53
92	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
93	Fighting Crime	Arnold Ventures	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	48
94	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
95	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
96	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
97	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
98	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
99	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
100	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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