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 Dec 2025

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12/21/2025

Average data

Episodes: 218

Frequency: every 245 days

Duration: 00:47:54

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

5. Audacy (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (14 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Spreaker (9 shows)

5. PRX (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
4	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
5	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
6	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
7	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
9	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
10	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
11	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
12	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
13	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
14	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
15	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
16	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
17	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	48	Megaphone	48
18	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
19	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
20	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
21	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
22	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
23	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
24	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
25	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
26	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
27	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
28	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
29	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
30	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	7	Libsyn	58
31	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
32	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
33	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
34	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
35	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
36	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
37	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
38	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
39	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
40	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
41	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
42	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
43	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1188	Acast	59
44	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
45	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
46	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
47	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
48	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
49	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
50	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
51	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
52	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	522	Spreaker	43
53	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
54	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
55	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
56	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	555	Spreaker	74
57	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
58	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
59	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
60	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
61	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
62	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
63	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
64	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	699	Omny Studio	53
65	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
66	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
67	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
68	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
69	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
70	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
71	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
72	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
73	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
74	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
75	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	43
76	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	697	Megaphone	53
77	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
78	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
79	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
80	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	491	RedCircle	43
81	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
82	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	53
83	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
84	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
86	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
87	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	58
88	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
89	Unclaimed	Ancestry	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	69
90	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
91	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
92	The Modern West	Wyoming Public Media	Society & Culture	134	PRX	69
93	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
94	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	56	Spreaker	68
95	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
96	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
97	Cosmic Peach	Julia Hamilton	Society & Culture	321	Spreaker	49
98	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
99	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
100	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	83	Spotify for Podcasters	32

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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