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 Jul 2025

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07/17/2025

Average data

Episodes: 199

Frequency: every 246 days

Duration: 00:49:05

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (4 shows)

3. The Observer (2 shows)

4. The New York Times (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Acast (17 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. PRX (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
4	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
5	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
6	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
7	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
8	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
9	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
11	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
12	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
13	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
14	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
15	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
16	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
17	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
18	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
19	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
20	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
21	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
22	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
23	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
24	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
25	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
26	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
27	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
28	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
29	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	424	RedCircle	59
30	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
31	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
32	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
33	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
34	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
35	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
36	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
37	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
38	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
39	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
40	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
41	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	204	Megaphone	32
42	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
43	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
44	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
45	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
46	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
47	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
48	Architecture of Abuse	Architecture of Abuse	Society & Culture	15	Podbean	63
49	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
50	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
51	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
52	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
53	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
54	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
55	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
56	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
57	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
58	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
59	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
60	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
61	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
62	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
63	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
64	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
65	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
66	We the Unhoused	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	130	Omny Studio	48
67	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
68	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
69	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
70	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
71	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
72	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
73	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
74	Las Raras	Las Raras	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	89
75	Unsung Heroes Among Us	CHANGE Consulting	Society & Culture	49	RedCircle	53
76	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
77	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
78	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
79	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
80	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
81	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
82	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
83	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
84	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
85	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
86	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
87	Howl	Boise State Public Radio	Society & Culture	8	PRX	54
88	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
89	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
90	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
91	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
92	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	55	Libsyn	53
93	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
94	Verified	Scripps	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	64
95	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
96	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
97	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
98	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
99	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
100	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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