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 May 2025

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05/17/2025

Average data

Episodes: 175

Frequency: every 245 days

Duration: 00:47:58

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. The New York Times (2 shows)

3. BBC (2 shows)

4. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

5. CBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Acast (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. ART19 (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	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
3	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	354	ART19	68
7	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
8	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
9	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	308	Megaphone	42
11	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
12	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	433	Acast	53
13	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
14	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69
15	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
16	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
17	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
18	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
19	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
20	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
21	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
22	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	32
23	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
24	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
25	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
26	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
27	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
28	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
29	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	215	Megaphone	38
30	To Altadena, With Love	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	59
31	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
32	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
33	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
34	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
35	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
36	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
37	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	434	RedCircle	59
38	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
39	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	98	Omny Studio	89
40	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	95	WideOrbit	68
41	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
42	Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power	John Williamson	Society & Culture	21	RedCircle	73
43	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
44	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
45	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	71	Triton Digital	63
46	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	106	BBC	38
47	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
48	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	282	Megaphone	43
49	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
50	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	266	Spreaker	69
51	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
52	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1196	Acast	59
53	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
54	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
55	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
56	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	208	Megaphone	32
57	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
58	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
59	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
60	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	91	Libsyn	62
61	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
62	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
63	Crumbs	My Cultura and Sonoro	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	79
64	Tipping Point: The True Story of "The Limits to Growth"	Katy Shields	Society & Culture	3	Podigee	58
65	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
66	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
67	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	569	Spreaker	74
68	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
69	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
70	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
71	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
72	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
73	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
74	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
75	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
76	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	73
77	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
78	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
79	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
80	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	176	Unknown	83
81	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
82	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
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	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
85	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	48
86	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	271	Megaphone	32
87	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
88	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
89	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	651	Acast	69
90	10 Mujeres	Wondery \| Dudas Media	Society & Culture	11	ART19	89
91	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
92	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
93	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
94	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
95	Truth Be Found	Justin Yentes	Society & Culture	28	RSS.com	63
96	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
97	Niche to Meet You	Leslie Eiler Thompson	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
98	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
99	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
100	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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