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 oct. 2024

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10/20/2024

Average data

Episodes: 155

Frequency: every 255 days

Duration: 00:48:16

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Wavland (2 shows)

3. The Observer (2 shows)

4. CBC (2 shows)

5. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (16 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. PRX (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
2	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	938	Simplecast	38
4	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
6	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
7	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	303	Megaphone	42
9	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	97	BBC	53
10	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
11	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
12	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
13	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	432	Megaphone	32
14	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
15	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
16	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
17	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
18	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
19	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	38
20	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
21	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
22	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
23	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
24	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
25	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
26	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
27	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
28	Lights On with Carl Lentz	B-Side	Society & Culture	26	Podbean	52
29	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
30	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
31	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
32	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
33	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
34	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
35	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
36	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
37	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
38	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	141	Megaphone	68
39	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
40	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
41	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
42	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1190	Acast	59
43	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
44	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
45	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
46	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
47	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
48	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	48
49	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
50	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
51	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
52	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
53	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
54	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	262	Spreaker	69
55	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
56	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
57	The Jack Hopkins Show Podcast	Jack Hopkins	Society & Culture	60	Buzzsprout	37
58	Intersections	A Human Atlas	Society & Culture	22	Libsyn	73
59	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
60	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	94	Acast	79
61	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
62	HOMELAND	HOMELAND	Society & Culture	10	PRX	79
63	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
64	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	638	Acast	69
65	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	33	BBC	58
66	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
67	Into the Mix	Ben & Jerry's and Vox Creative	Society & Culture	41	Megaphone	64
68	So Your Parents Are Old	Vanessa Grigoriadis	Society & Culture	32	Spotify for Podcasters	48
69	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	53
70	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
71	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	698	Megaphone	53
72	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
73	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	Society & Culture	251	Buzzsprout	42
74	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
75	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	542	Spreaker	60
76	JULIE IN GENDERLAND	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	11	Substack	53
77	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
78	The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop	The Washington Post	Society & Culture	10	The Washington Post	63
79	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
80	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	557	Spreaker	74
81	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	266	Megaphone	32
82	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
83	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
84	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
85	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
86	The Insurgence: Sheriffs	Political Research Associates	Society & Culture	7	RedCircle	69
87	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	523	Spreaker	43
88	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
89	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	348	Simplecast	78
90	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	482	Omny Studio	68
91	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	440	Acast	74
92	The Vaping Fix	Wondery	Society & Culture	3	ART19	69
93	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
94	Noche de Lluvia Podcast	Insólita Labs I Lourdes Gómez	Society & Culture	46	Spotify for Podcasters	28
95	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
96	Gay Girl Gone	CBC	Society & Culture	8	Triton Digital	59
97	Shadow of Hope	Pleasant Run Productions	Society & Culture	10	Acast	69
98	Into America	MSNBC, Trymaine Lee	Society & Culture	253	Simplecast	63
99	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
100	Dog In The Yard	Dog In The Yard	Society & Culture	153	Spreaker	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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