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 Jul 2025

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07/18/2025

Average data

Episodes: 196

Frequency: every 242 days

Duration: 00:48:46

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. The Observer (2 shows)

4. The New York Times (2 shows)

5. pepe&chema (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Acast (17 shows)

3. Omny Studio (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. BBC (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	446	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	23	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	55	RedCircle	73
6	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	947	Simplecast	38
7	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	316	Megaphone	42
9	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
10	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	359	ART19	68
11	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	415	Megaphone	63
12	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	107	Acast	79
13	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
14	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
15	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	29	American Public Media	62
16	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
17	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	102	BBC	53
18	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
19	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	444	Acast	53
20	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
21	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	73
22	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
23	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
24	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	168	Acast	69
25	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	107	Acast	73
26	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
27	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
28	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
29	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	464	RedCircle	59
30	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	220	Megaphone	38
31	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
32	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	374	Omny Studio	73
33	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
34	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	59	PRX	74
35	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
36	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
37	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
38	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	100	WideOrbit	68
39	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
40	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	273	Spreaker	69
41	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
42	We the Unhoused	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	130	Omny Studio	48
43	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
44	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
45	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
46	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	32
47	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
48	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
49	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	24	Buzzsprout	42
50	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1210	Acast	59
51	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
52	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	286	Megaphone	43
53	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
54	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
55	Architecture of Abuse	Architecture of Abuse	Society & Culture	15	Podbean	63
56	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
57	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
58	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	133	BBC	38
59	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
60	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	178	Unknown	83
61	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	589	Spreaker	74
62	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
63	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	280	Megaphone	32
64	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	53
65	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
66	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
67	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
68	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
69	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
70	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
71	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
72	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
73	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
74	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	679	Acast	69
75	Las Raras	Las Raras	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	89
76	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	68
77	Unsung Heroes Among Us	CHANGE Consulting	Society & Culture	49	RedCircle	53
78	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	95	Libsyn	62
79	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
80	Sleep and ASMR by The French Whisperer	The French Whisperer	Religion & Spirituality	130	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
82	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
83	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	194	Ximalaya	53
84	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
85	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
86	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	531	Spreaker	43
87	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
88	Top Comment	BBC	News	105	BBC	48
89	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
90	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
91	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	348	Acast	64
92	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
93	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
94	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
95	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
96	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	53	Omny Studio	48
97	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	454	Acast	74
98	Howl	Boise State Public Radio	Society & Culture	8	PRX	54
99	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
100	Michelle Obama - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	130	Spreaker	59

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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