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 Dec 2025

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12/19/2025

Average data

Episodes: 209

Frequency: every 242 days

Duration: 00:48:18

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. Audible Original (2 shows)

3. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

4. The New York Times (2 shows)

5. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (12 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
4	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
5	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
6	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	413	Megaphone	63
7	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
9	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
10	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
11	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
12	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
13	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
14	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
15	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
16	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
17	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
18	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
19	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	29	Simplecast	63
20	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
21	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
22	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
23	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	27	American Public Media	62
24	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	166	Acast	69
25	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	12	Libsyn	62
26	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
27	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
28	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
29	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
30	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	442	Acast	53
31	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
32	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
33	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	128	BBC	38
34	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
35	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
36	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	58
37	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
38	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
39	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
40	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
41	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
42	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
43	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
44	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
45	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
46	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
47	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
48	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
49	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1206	Acast	59
50	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
51	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
52	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
53	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
54	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
55	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	192	Ximalaya	53
56	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
57	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
58	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
59	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
60	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
61	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	9	PRX	69
62	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	580	Spreaker	74
63	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
64	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
65	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
66	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
67	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	43
68	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
69	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
70	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
71	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
72	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	277	Megaphone	32
73	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
74	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
75	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	708	Megaphone	53
76	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
77	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
78	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	58	Unknown	68
79	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
80	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	712	Omny Studio	53
81	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	673	Acast	69
82	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
83	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
84	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
85	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	13	Acast	69
86	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
87	Death on the Lot	Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	69
88	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
89	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
90	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
91	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
92	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
93	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	53
94	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
95	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
96	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
97	The Broken Truth \| History Podcast	Garrett Greene	Society & Culture	54	Spotify for Podcasters	32
98	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
100	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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