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 Sep 2024

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09/21/2024

Average data

Episodes: 166

Frequency: every 249 days

Duration: 00:48:10

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. CBC (2 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. pepe&chema (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (15 shows)

3. Acast (15 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. PRX (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
2	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	413	Megaphone	63
5	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
6	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
7	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
9	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
10	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
11	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
12	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
13	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
14	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
15	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
16	What Makes Us Stronger	Women For Women International	Society & Culture	15	Omny Studio	79
17	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
18	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
19	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
20	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
21	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
22	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
23	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
24	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
25	JULIE IN GENDERLAND	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	11	Substack	53
26	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
27	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	580	Spreaker	74
28	Spiraled	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	53
29	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
30	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
31	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
32	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
33	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
34	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
35	Lights On with Carl Lentz	B-Side	Society & Culture	26	Podbean	52
36	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
37	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
38	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
39	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
40	Into the Mix	Ben & Jerry's and ABF Creative	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	59
41	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	178	Unknown	83
42	The Jack Hopkins Show Podcast	Jack Hopkins	Society & Culture	60	Buzzsprout	37
43	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
44	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
45	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	456	RedCircle	59
46	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
47	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
48	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
49	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
50	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
51	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
52	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1206	Acast	59
53	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
54	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
55	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
56	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
57	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
58	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
59	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
60	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53
61	Cellblocks to Mountaintops	Cellblocks to Mountaintops	Society & Culture	27	PRX	59
62	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
63	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
64	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
65	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
66	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
67	Shadow of Hope	Pleasant Run Productions	Society & Culture	10	Acast	69
68	HUMO: Murder and Silence in El Salvador	Sonoro	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	59
69	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
70	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
71	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
72	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	63	Libsyn	42
73	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	32
74	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	674	Acast	69
75	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
76	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
77	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
78	The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh	Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	69
79	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
80	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	530	Spreaker	43
81	The Outlier Podcast	Lauren Conlin, PopCrime.TV	Society & Culture	111	Acast	69
82	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	354	Simplecast	78
83	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
85	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
86	Gay Girl Gone	CBC	Society & Culture	8	Triton Digital	59
87	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
88	My Year in Mensa	iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	53
89	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	494	Omny Studio	68
90	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89
91	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43
92	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
93	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	565	Spreaker	60
94	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
95	Into America	MSNBC, Trymaine Lee	Society & Culture	253	Simplecast	63
96	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
97	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
98	The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop	The Washington Post	Society & Culture	10	The Washington Post	63
99	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
100	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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