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 Jun 2025

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06/20/2025

Average data

Episodes: 200

Frequency: every 241 days

Duration: 00:46:27

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. pepe&chema (2 shows)

3. Audible (2 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. audiochuck (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Acast (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. PRX (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	942	Simplecast	38
5	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	310	Megaphone	42
6	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
7	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	411	Megaphone	63
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	356	ART19	68
9	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	26	American Public Media	62
10	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
11	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	438	Acast	53
12	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
13	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
14	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	52	RedCircle	73
15	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
16	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	440	Megaphone	32
17	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
18	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	115	Acast	73
19	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	68
20	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	447	RedCircle	59
21	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
22	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
23	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	165	Acast	69
24	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
25	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
26	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
27	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
28	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
29	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
30	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	217	Megaphone	38
31	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
32	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
33	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	97	WideOrbit	68
34	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	101	Acast	79
35	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
36	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
37	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
38	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	118	BBC	38
39	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
40	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	268	Spreaker	69
41	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
42	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
43	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
44	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
45	Howl	Boise State Public Radio	Society & Culture	8	PRX	54
46	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	209	Megaphone	32
47	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
48	The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop	The Washington Post	Society & Culture	10	The Washington Post	63
49	Architecture of Abuse	Architecture of Abuse	Society & Culture	15	Podbean	63
50	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	178	Unknown	83
51	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
52	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	53
53	Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power	John Williamson	Society & Culture	21	RedCircle	73
54	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	92	Libsyn	62
55	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
56	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
57	Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative	Radiotopia	Society & Culture	6	PRX	73
58	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
59	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
60	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
61	Blind Guy Travels	Radiotopia	Society & Culture	8	PRX	79
62	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	573	Spreaker	74
63	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
64	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
65	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
66	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	191	Ximalaya	53
67	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
68	I Am Refocused Radio	I Am Refocused Radio	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	64
69	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
70	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
71	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	274	Megaphone	32
72	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
73	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1202	Acast	59
74	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	283	Megaphone	43
75	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	663	Acast	69
76	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
77	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
78	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
79	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
80	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	50	Omny Studio	48
81	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	89	Spreaker	43
82	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
83	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
84	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	58	BBC	58
85	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
86	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
87	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
88	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
89	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
90	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
91	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	171	Omny Studio	89
92	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
93	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
94	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	30	ART19	53
95	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	500	RedCircle	43
96	Death on the Lot	Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	69
97	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
98	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
99	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	343	Acast	64
100	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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