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 Jul 2025

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07/21/2025

Average data

Episodes: 203

Frequency: every 249 days

Duration: 00:48:05

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (7 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. Audible (2 shows)

4. The New York Times (2 shows)

5. pepe&chema (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Acast (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (16 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. BBC (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
4	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
6	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
7	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
8	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
10	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
11	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
12	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
13	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
14	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
15	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
16	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
18	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
19	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
20	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
21	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
22	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
23	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
24	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
25	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
26	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
27	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	424	RedCircle	59
28	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
29	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
30	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
31	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
32	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
33	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
34	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
35	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
36	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
37	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
38	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
39	The Nasty	Mark Healy	Society & Culture	4	Spotify for Podcasters	33
40	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
41	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
42	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
43	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	204	Megaphone	32
44	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
45	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
46	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
47	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
48	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
49	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
50	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
51	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
52	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
53	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
54	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
55	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
56	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
57	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
58	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
60	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
61	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
62	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
63	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
64	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
65	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
66	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
67	We the Unhoused	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	130	Omny Studio	48
68	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
69	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69
70	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
71	Architecture of Abuse	Architecture of Abuse	Society & Culture	15	Podbean	63
72	Las Raras	Las Raras	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	89
73	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
74	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
75	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
76	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
77	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
78	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
79	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	Society & Culture	96	Spotify for Podcasters	28
80	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
81	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
82	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
83	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
84	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
85	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
86	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
87	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
88	My Year in Mensa	iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	53
89	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
90	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
91	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
92	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
93	Sleep and ASMR by The French Whisperer	The French Whisperer	Religion & Spirituality	128	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
95	Unsung Heroes Among Us	CHANGE Consulting	Society & Culture	49	RedCircle	53
96	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
97	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
98	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
99	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
100	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	Society & Culture	251	Buzzsprout	42

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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