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 Dec 2025

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12/17/2025

Average data

Episodes: 221

Frequency: every 239 days

Duration: 00:47:55

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. Audible Original (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

5. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Acast (13 shows)

3. Omny Studio (12 shows)

4. PRX (7 shows)

5. Spreaker (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	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
3	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	413	Megaphone	63
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	359	ART19	68
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
8	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
9	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	378	Audioboom	62
10	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
11	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
12	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
13	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
14	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
15	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
16	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
17	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	54	Megaphone	48
18	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
19	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
20	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	27	American Public Media	62
21	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
22	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
23	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
24	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	12	Libsyn	62
25	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
26	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
27	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
28	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
29	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	127	BBC	38
30	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	191	PRX	79
31	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	58
32	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
33	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	442	Acast	53
34	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
35	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
36	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
37	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
38	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	166	Acast	69
39	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
40	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
41	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
42	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
43	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
44	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
45	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
46	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
47	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
48	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
49	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	6	ART19	63
50	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
51	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
52	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	530	Spreaker	43
53	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1205	Acast	59
54	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
55	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
56	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	9	PRX	69
57	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	192	Ximalaya	53
58	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
59	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	580	Spreaker	74
60	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	43
61	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
62	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
63	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
64	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	411	Buzzsprout	83
65	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	357	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
67	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
68	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
69	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	277	Megaphone	32
70	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
71	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
72	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
73	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	712	Omny Studio	53
74	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	58	Unknown	68
75	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	6	ART19	63
76	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
77	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
78	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
79	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	708	Megaphone	53
80	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
81	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
82	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
83	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
84	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	13	Acast	69
85	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
86	WESA Reports: KING	Susan Scott Peterson	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	53
87	The Broken Truth \| History Podcast	Garrett Greene	Society & Culture	54	Spotify for Podcasters	32
88	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	672	Acast	69
89	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
90	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
91	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
92	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
93	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
94	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
95	Delayland – Germany and the Missing Magic	DW	Society & Culture	24	Unknown	48
96	Las Raras	Las Raras	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	89
97	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	504	RedCircle	43
98	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
99	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	494	Omny Studio	68
100	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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