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 Oct 2025

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10/16/2025

Average data

Episodes: 242

Frequency: every 245 days

Duration: 00:50:30

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. pepe&chema (2 shows)

5. Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jennifer McGinity (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (15 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Spreaker (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
2	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
4	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
6	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
7	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
8	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
10	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
11	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
12	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
13	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
14	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
15	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
17	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
18	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
19	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
20	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
21	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	7	Libsyn	58
22	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
23	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
24	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
25	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
26	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
27	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
28	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
29	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
30	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
31	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
32	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
33	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
34	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
35	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
36	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
37	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
38	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
39	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
40	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
41	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
42	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
43	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
44	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
45	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
46	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
47	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
48	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	204	Megaphone	32
49	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
50	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
51	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
52	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
53	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
54	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
55	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
56	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
57	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
58	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
59	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
60	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
61	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
62	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
63	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
64	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
65	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
66	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	699	Omny Studio	53
67	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
68	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
69	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
70	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
71	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
72	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
73	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
74	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
75	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
76	ALIEN THEORISTS THEORIZING	Big Theory Podcasts	Society & Culture	550	RedCircle	49
77	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
78	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	542	Spreaker	60
79	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
80	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
81	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	490	RedCircle	43
82	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
83	I Talk To Ghosts	Jennifer Page	Society & Culture	301	Buzzsprout	73
84	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	56	Spreaker	68
85	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	479	Omny Studio	68
86	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
87	The Red Treehouse: Scary Stories to Keep You Up at Night	Will Soto	Society & Culture	288	Megaphone	72
88	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
89	Cruising \| Queer History and Culture	Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jennifer McGinity	Society & Culture	89	Buzzsprout	57
90	Las Raras	Las Raras	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	89
91	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
93	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
94	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
95	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
96	Uintah Basin High Strangeness	V6 Media	Society & Culture	6	Podbean	52
97	Chris Chan: A Comprehensive History	Geno Samuel	Society & Culture	84	Spotify for Podcasters	48
98	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
99	Witness: Sex, Lies and Streaming	news.com.au	Society & Culture	35	Omny Studio	89
100	Death on the Lot	Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	69

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