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 18 Mar 2026

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03/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 195

Frequency: every 241 days

Duration: 00:46:52

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. The Observer (2 shows)

3. Ky Dickens (2 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Omny Studio (15 shows)

3. Acast (15 shows)

4. ART19 (6 shows)

5. BBC (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
2	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
3	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
4	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
6	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
7	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
8	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
9	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
10	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
11	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
12	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	71	Acast	83
13	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
14	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
15	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
16	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
17	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
18	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
19	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
20	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
21	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	83
22	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
23	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
24	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
25	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
26	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
27	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
28	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
29	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
30	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
31	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
32	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
33	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
34	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
35	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
36	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
37	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
38	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
39	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
40	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
41	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
42	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
43	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
44	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43
45	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
46	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
47	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
48	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
49	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
50	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
51	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
52	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
53	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	32
54	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
55	Invisible Force: MRI Accident Investigations	CAIREreporting.org & Tobias Gilk	Society & Culture	16	ART19	83
56	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1206	Acast	59
57	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
58	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
59	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
60	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	129	BBC	38
61	Where Is John's Daughter?	Jamie & Natalie	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	63
62	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
63	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	712	Omny Studio	53
64	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
65	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
66	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
67	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
69	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
70	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
71	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
72	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
73	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
74	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
75	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	Society & Culture	251	Buzzsprout	42
76	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
77	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
78	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	580	Spreaker	74
79	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
80	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
81	Al Jazeera English	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	12	Spreaker	43
82	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
83	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
84	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
85	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
86	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
87	Uncovering Roots	Uncovering Roots	Society & Culture	14	Buzzsprout	58
88	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
89	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
90	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
91	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	674	Acast	69
92	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
93	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
94	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
95	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
96	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
97	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
98	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
99	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
100	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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