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 juin 2026

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06/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 175

Frequency: every 37 days

Duration: 00:47:14

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (7 shows)

2. pepe&chema (2 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope (2 shows)

4. Audible (2 shows)

5. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Omny Studio (18 shows)

2. Megaphone (18 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. ART19 (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
2	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
7	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
8	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
9	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	258	WideOrbit	48
10	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
11	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
12	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
13	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
14	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
15	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
16	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
17	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
18	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
19	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	20	ART19	73
20	Artifacts: Stories from the Emotional History of the Internet	Danny Brown	Society & Culture	19	Captivate	73
21	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
22	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
23	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
24	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
25	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
26	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
27	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	65	Acast	83
28	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
29	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
30	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
31	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
32	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
33	Getting Free	International Beit Din	Society & Culture	7	Podbean	63
34	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
35	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
36	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
37	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
38	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
39	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
40	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
41	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
42	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
43	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
44	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
45	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
46	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
47	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
48	Real Unexplained Stories	Real Unexplained Stories	Society & Culture	16	Buzzsprout	73
49	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	123	Buzzsprout	53
50	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
51	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
52	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
53	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
54	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
55	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	82	Unknown	63
56	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	204	Megaphone	32
57	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
58	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
59	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
60	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
61	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
62	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
63	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
64	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
65	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
66	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
67	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
68	Fatal Fantasy	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	79
69	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
70	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
71	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
72	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	148	Spotify for Podcasters	52
73	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
74	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
75	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
76	Girl Overboard	Reece Carman	Society & Culture	3	Spreaker	84
77	Control Freaks	Consumer Choice Center	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	63
78	Power Plays	Human Rights Foundation	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	63
79	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
80	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
81	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
82	Fighting Crime	Arnold Ventures	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	48
83	The Compendium: An Assembly of Fascinating Things	Strange True Stories with Kyle Risi & Adam Cox	Society & Culture	159	Simplecast	73
84	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
85	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
86	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
87	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
88	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	53
89	Telephone Stories	Ninth Planet Audio	Society & Culture	15	Acast	63
90	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	699	Omny Studio	53
91	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
92	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	55	Libsyn	53
93	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
95	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
96	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
97	Everyday Abundance: The hidden stories behind everyday technologies	Virginia Postrel and Charles C. Mann	Society & Culture	8	Castos	52
98	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
99	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
100	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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