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 Apr 2026

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04/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 172

Frequency: every 34 days

Duration: 00:46:16

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

4. Audible Original (2 shows)

5. Ky Dickens (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Omny Studio (16 shows)

3. Acast (16 shows)

4. BBC (8 shows)

5. ART19 (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
2	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
4	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
5	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
6	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
7	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
8	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
9	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
10	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	71	Acast	83
11	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
12	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
13	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
14	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
15	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
17	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
18	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
19	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
20	The Obit Project	Jad Abumrad and Jule Banville	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
21	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
22	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
23	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
24	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
25	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
26	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
27	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
28	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
29	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
30	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
31	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
32	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
33	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
34	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
35	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
36	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
37	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
38	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
39	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
40	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
41	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	83
42	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
43	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
44	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
45	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	130	BBC	38
46	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
47	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
48	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
49	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
50	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
51	My Phantom Memory	Silver Podcast Network	Society & Culture	4	RedCircle	49
52	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
53	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
54	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
55	Our Common Nature	WNYC	Society & Culture	8	Simplecast	69
56	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	32
57	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
58	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
59	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
60	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
61	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
62	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
63	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
64	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
65	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
66	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	713	Omny Studio	53
67	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
68	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
69	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
70	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
71	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
72	Migrating to America: A Dream Worth Dying For	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	19	Omny Studio	48
73	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
74	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
75	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	15	BBC	63
76	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
77	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
78	Getting Free	International Beit Din	Society & Culture	7	Podbean	63
79	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
80	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	14	Acast	59
81	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
82	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
83	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
84	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
85	Sinister with Josh Zeman	Sinister with Josh Zeman	Society & Culture	1	Unknown	59
86	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
87	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
88	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
89	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
90	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
92	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
93	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
94	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
95	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
96	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
97	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
98	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
99	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
100	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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