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 19 Sep 2025

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09/19/2025

Average data

Episodes: 265

Frequency: every 241 days

Duration: 00:50:00

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. BBC (2 shows)

4. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

5. pepe&chema (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Acast (17 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. BBC (7 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
2	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
3	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
4	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
5	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
6	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	502	Megaphone	63
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
9	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
10	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
11	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
12	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
13	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
14	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
15	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
16	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
17	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
18	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
19	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
20	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
21	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
22	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
23	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
24	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
25	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
26	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
27	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
28	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
29	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
30	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	713	Omny Studio	53
31	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
32	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
33	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
34	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
35	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	266	Acast	69
36	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	108	PRX	74
37	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
38	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
39	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
40	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
41	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
42	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
43	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	32
44	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
45	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
46	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
47	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89
48	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
49	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
50	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	158	Acast	73
51	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
52	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
53	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
54	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
55	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	583	Spreaker	74
56	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
57	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
58	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
59	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	565	Spreaker	60
60	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
61	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	132	BBC	38
62	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
63	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
64	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
65	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
66	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
67	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
68	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
69	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
70	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
71	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
72	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
73	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	504	RedCircle	43
74	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
75	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
76	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
77	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53
78	Más Allá del Rosa	Jessica Fernández	Society & Culture	237	Acast	79
79	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
80	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
81	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
82	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
83	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
84	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	494	Omny Studio	68
85	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1108	Acast	69
86	MiedoScope Historias de Terror en Directo	Miedoscope	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	49
87	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
88	Las Raras	Las Raras	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	89
89	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
90	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
91	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
92	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
93	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
94	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
95	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
96	Death on the Lot	Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	69
97	Chris Chan: A Comprehensive History	Geno Samuel	Society & Culture	84	Spotify for Podcasters	48
98	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
99	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
100	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	300	Audioboom	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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