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 Nov 2024

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11/16/2024

Average data

Episodes: 179

Frequency: every 246 days

Duration: 00:47:21

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (7 shows)

2. Wavland (2 shows)

3. The Observer (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (18 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	941	Simplecast	38
3	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
4	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	409	Megaphone	63
6	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
7	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
8	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	435	Acast	53
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	310	Megaphone	42
10	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
11	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	100	BBC	53
12	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	48
13	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
14	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
15	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
16	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	191	PRX	79
17	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
18	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	215	Megaphone	38
19	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
20	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
21	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	24	Omny Studio	73
22	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
23	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
24	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
25	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	439	Megaphone	32
26	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
27	Generation Barney	Connecticut Public	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	74
28	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	164	Acast	69
29	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
30	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
31	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
32	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
33	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	178	Unknown	83
34	Lights On with Carl Lentz	B-Side	Society & Culture	26	Podbean	52
35	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
36	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
37	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	144	Megaphone	68
38	The Dennis Postema Show	Dennis M. Postema	Society & Culture	26	RedCircle	63
39	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
40	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
41	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	440	RedCircle	59
42	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	99	Acast	79
43	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
44	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
45	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
46	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
47	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
48	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
49	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
50	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
51	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
52	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
53	24 Hours in Austin	KUT & KUTX Studios, Matt Largey	Society & Culture	5	Blubrry Podcasting	53
54	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
55	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
56	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1199	Acast	59
57	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
58	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
59	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
60	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
61	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	282	Megaphone	43
62	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	268	Spreaker	69
63	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
64	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
65	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
66	The Long Time Academy	Headspace Studios, The Long Time Project, Scenery Studios	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	79
67	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
68	Into the Mix	Ben & Jerry's and ABF Creative	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	59
69	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	208	Megaphone	32
70	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
71	Escape From Zaqistan	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	59
72	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
73	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
74	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	704	Megaphone	53
75	The Insurgence: Sheriffs	Political Research Associates	Society & Culture	7	RedCircle	69
76	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
77	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	53
78	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
79	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
80	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
81	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	351	Simplecast	78
82	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	527	Spreaker	43
83	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	273	PRX	43
84	Noche de Lluvia Podcast	Insólita Labs I Lourdes Gómez	Society & Culture	46	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
86	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
87	My Year in Mensa	iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	53
88	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	657	Acast	69
89	Indigenous Vision	Indigenous Vision	Society & Culture	140	Spotify for Podcasters	43
90	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	492	Omny Studio	68
91	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
92	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
93	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
94	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	171	Omny Studio	89
95	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	446	Acast	74
96	Extraordinary Evidence \| ESP Is Real	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
97	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	343	Acast	64
98	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	557	Spreaker	60
99	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	572	Spreaker	74
100	So Your Parents Are Old	Vanessa Grigoriadis	Society & Culture	32	Spotify for Podcasters	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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