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 May 2025

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05/21/2025

Average data

Episodes: 173

Frequency: every 247 days

Duration: 00:47:57

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Wavland (2 shows)

3. The New York Times (2 shows)

4. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

5. pepe&chema (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (16 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. ART19 (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	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
5	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
6	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
7	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
8	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
9	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
10	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
11	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69
12	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
13	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
14	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
15	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
16	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
18	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
19	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
20	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
21	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
22	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
23	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
24	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
25	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
26	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
27	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
28	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
29	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
30	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
31	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
32	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
33	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
34	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
35	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
36	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
37	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
38	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
39	Tipping Point: The True Story of "The Limits to Growth"	Katy Shields	Society & Culture	3	Podigee	58
40	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
41	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
42	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
43	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
44	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
45	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
46	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
47	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
48	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
49	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
50	Crumbs	My Cultura and Sonoro	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	79
51	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
52	Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power	John Williamson	Society & Culture	21	RedCircle	73
53	To Altadena, With Love	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	59
54	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
55	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
56	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
57	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
58	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
59	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
60	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
61	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
62	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
63	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
64	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
65	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
66	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
67	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
68	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
69	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
70	10 Mujeres	Wondery \| Dudas Media	Society & Culture	11	ART19	89
71	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
72	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
73	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
74	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
75	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
76	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
77	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
78	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
79	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
80	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
81	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
82	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
83	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
84	Niche to Meet You	Leslie Eiler Thompson	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
85	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
86	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
87	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
88	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
89	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
90	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
91	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
92	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
93	The Takeover	Canada's National Observer	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
94	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
95	Tampa Bay Developer	Garrett Greco	Society & Culture	138	Spotify for Podcasters	33
96	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
97	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
98	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
99	Before Me	Lisa Phu and Self Evident Media	Society & Culture	8	Libsyn	53
100	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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