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 17 Jan 2025

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01/17/2025

Average data

Episodes: 190

Frequency: every 243 days

Duration: 00:49:19

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

4. pepe&chema (2 shows)

5. APM Reports (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Acast (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. PRX (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
3	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
4	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
6	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
7	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
8	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
10	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
11	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
12	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
13	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
14	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
15	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
16	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
17	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
18	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
20	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	429	RedCircle	59
21	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
22	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
23	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
24	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
25	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
26	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
27	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
28	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
29	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
30	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	432	Acast	53
31	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
32	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
33	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
34	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	73
35	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
36	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
37	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
38	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
39	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
40	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
41	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
42	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
43	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	207	Megaphone	32
44	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1195	Acast	59
45	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
46	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
47	Order 9066	APM Reports & The Smithsonian	Society & Culture	14	American Public Media	63
48	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	48
49	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
50	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	102	BBC	38
51	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	444	Acast	74
52	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
53	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
54	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
55	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
56	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
57	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
58	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
59	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
60	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
61	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
62	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	171	Omny Studio	89
63	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
64	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
65	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
67	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
68	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
69	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	174	Unknown	83
70	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
71	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	270	Megaphone	32
72	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
73	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
74	Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative	Radiotopia	Society & Culture	6	PRX	73
75	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
76	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
77	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
78	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
79	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
80	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
81	A Breach Repairer's Song	A Breach Repairer's Song	Society & Culture	4	PRX	64
82	We the Unhoused	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	130	Omny Studio	48
83	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
84	King's Last March	APM Reports	Society & Culture	9	American Public Media	63
85	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
86	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
87	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
88	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	343	Acast	64
89	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	566	Spreaker	74
90	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
91	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	647	Acast	69
92	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
93	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
94	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	349	Simplecast	78
95	Gaia Unexplained	Gaia.com	Society & Culture	36	Buzzsprout	58
96	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
97	Cosmic Peach	Julia Hamilton	Society & Culture	321	Spreaker	49
98	The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh	Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	69
99	NATAL	You Had Me at Black, The Woodshaw	Society & Culture	38	Simplecast	63
100	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89

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