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 Nov 2024

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11/19/2024

Average data

Episodes: 177

Frequency: every 242 days

Duration: 00:48:34

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (7 shows)

2. The Observer (2 shows)

3. CBC (2 shows)

4. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

5. Wavland (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Omny Studio (17 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. PRX (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	26	American Public Media	62
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	942	Simplecast	38
3	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
4	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
5	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
6	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	411	Megaphone	63
7	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
8	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	217	Megaphone	38
9	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
10	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
11	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	310	Megaphone	42
12	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
13	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
14	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
15	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
16	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	438	Acast	53
17	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
18	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
19	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
20	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
21	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	115	Acast	73
22	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
23	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
24	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	50	Omny Studio	48
25	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
26	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
27	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
28	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	440	Megaphone	32
29	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
30	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
31	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	178	Unknown	83
32	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
33	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	68
34	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
35	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
36	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	165	Acast	69
37	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	101	Acast	79
38	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
39	Generation Barney	Connecticut Public	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	74
40	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
41	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
42	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
43	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	447	RedCircle	59
44	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
45	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
46	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
47	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
48	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
49	Lights On with Carl Lentz	B-Side	Society & Culture	26	Podbean	52
50	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
51	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
52	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
53	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1202	Acast	59
54	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
55	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
56	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
57	Into the Mix	Ben & Jerry's and ABF Creative	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	59
58	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
59	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
60	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
61	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	268	Spreaker	69
62	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	283	Megaphone	43
63	24 Hours in Austin	KUT & KUTX Studios, Matt Largey	Society & Culture	5	Blubrry Podcasting	53
64	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
65	Indigenous Vision	Indigenous Vision	Society & Culture	140	Spotify for Podcasters	43
66	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
67	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
68	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
69	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
70	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	209	Megaphone	32
71	Escape From Zaqistan	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	59
72	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
73	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
74	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
75	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	343	Acast	64
76	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	573	Spreaker	74
77	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
78	The Dennis Postema Show	Dennis M. Postema	Society & Culture	26	RedCircle	63
79	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
80	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	273	PRX	43
81	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	353	Simplecast	78
82	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	30	ART19	53
83	The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh	Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	69
84	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	663	Acast	69
85	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
86	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	494	Omny Studio	68
87	The Jack Hopkins Show Podcast	Jack Hopkins	Society & Culture	60	Buzzsprout	37
88	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
89	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
90	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	171	Omny Studio	89
91	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	448	Acast	74
92	Noche de Lluvia Podcast	Insólita Labs I Lourdes Gómez	Society & Culture	46	Spotify for Podcasters	28
93	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	53
94	The Long Time Academy	Headspace Studios, The Long Time Project, Scenery Studios	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	79
95	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
96	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
97	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	274	Megaphone	32
98	Gay Girl Gone	CBC	Society & Culture	8	Triton Digital	59
99	Cosmic Peach	Julia Hamilton	Society & Culture	321	Spreaker	49
100	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	528	Spreaker	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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