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 21 Feb 2026

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02/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 190

Frequency: every 240 days

Duration: 00:47:43

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

3. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (16 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. PRX (8 shows)

5. BBC (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
2	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
3	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	308	Megaphone	42
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
5	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
6	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	26	Spreaker	84
7	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
8	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
9	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
10	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
11	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	354	ART19	68
12	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	272	PRX	43
13	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
14	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
15	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
16	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
17	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	71	Triton Digital	63
18	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	32
20	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
21	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	48
22	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
23	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
24	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
25	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	35	Omny Studio	83
26	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
27	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	434	Acast	53
28	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	215	Megaphone	38
29	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
30	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
31	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
32	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
33	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
34	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
35	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
36	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	191	PRX	79
37	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	266	Spreaker	69
38	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	164	Acast	69
39	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
40	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
41	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
42	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
43	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
44	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	208	Megaphone	32
45	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
46	Hidden Derbyshire - Landscapes of Time	Nine Ladies Productions	History	12	RedCircle	53
47	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
48	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	282	Megaphone	43
49	Amended! Liberty's Guide to the First Amendment	Voxtopica & Liberty Vittert	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
50	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
51	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1197	Acast	59
52	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
53	Made in China	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	5	BBC	49
54	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
55	给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	111	Ximalaya	59
56	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	190	Ximalaya	53
57	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
58	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
59	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
60	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
61	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
62	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
63	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	73
64	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
65	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	271	Megaphone	32
66	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
67	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
68	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
69	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	107	BBC	38
70	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
71	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	706	Omny Studio	53
72	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	91	Libsyn	62
73	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	527	Spreaker	43
74	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
75	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	171	Omny Studio	89
76	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	The Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	47	Podbean	58
77	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
78	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
79	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
80	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
81	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	702	Megaphone	53
82	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
83	Top Comment	BBC	News	100	BBC	48
84	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
85	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	53
86	Jay Shetty - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Society & Culture	92	Megaphone	63
87	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
88	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
89	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
90	Invisible Force: MRI Accident Investigations	CAIREreporting.org & Tobias Gilk	Society & Culture	16	ART19	83
91	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
92	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
93	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	445	Acast	74
94	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
95	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
96	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	570	Spreaker	74
97	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
98	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	48
99	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
100	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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