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 20 Mar 2026

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03/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 196

Frequency: every 34 days

Duration: 00:46:26

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Sony Music Entertainment (3 shows)

3. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Acast (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. ART19 (6 shows)

5. PRX (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
2	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
3	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
4	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
5	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
6	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
7	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
8	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
10	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
11	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
12	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
13	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	71	Acast	83
14	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
15	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	712	Omny Studio	53
16	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
18	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
19	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	83
20	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
21	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
22	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
23	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
24	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
25	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
26	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
27	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
28	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
29	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
30	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
31	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
32	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
33	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
34	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
35	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
36	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
37	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
38	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
39	Invisible Force: MRI Accident Investigations	CAIREreporting.org & Tobias Gilk	Society & Culture	16	ART19	83
40	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
41	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
42	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
43	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
44	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
45	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
46	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
47	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43
48	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
49	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
50	In The Wild	Narrative.fm	Society & Culture	157	Simplecast	63
51	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	32
52	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
53	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
54	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
55	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
56	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1206	Acast	59
57	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
58	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
59	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
60	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
61	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
62	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
63	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	129	BBC	38
64	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
65	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
66	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
67	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
68	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
69	Where Is John's Daughter?	Jamie & Natalie	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	63
70	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
71	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
72	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89
73	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
74	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
75	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
76	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
77	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
78	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
79	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
80	Al Jazeera English	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	12	Spreaker	43
81	Crime Scene	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	20	Megaphone	83
82	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
83	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
84	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
85	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
86	给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	113	Ximalaya	59
87	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
88	Uncovering Roots	Uncovering Roots	Society & Culture	14	Buzzsprout	58
89	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	674	Acast	69
90	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
91	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	580	Spreaker	74
92	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
93	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	Society & Culture	251	Buzzsprout	42
94	SMOKE SIGNALS The Little Shawn Files	shawnpen1	Society & Culture	17	Podbean	42
95	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
96	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
97	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
98	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
100	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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