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 22 févr. 2025

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02/22/2025

Average data

Episodes: 203

Frequency: every 247 days

Duration: 00:46:00

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (7 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope (3 shows)

4. The New York Times (2 shows)

5. pepe&chema (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Omny Studio (18 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. PRX (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	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
3	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
4	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
5	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
7	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
9	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
10	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
11	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
12	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
13	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
14	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
15	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
16	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
17	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
18	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
19	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
20	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
21	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
22	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
23	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
24	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
25	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
26	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
27	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
28	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
29	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
30	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
31	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
32	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
33	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
34	Crumbs	My Cultura and Sonoro	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	79
35	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
36	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
37	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
38	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
39	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
40	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
41	Division Street Revisited	Mary Schmich	Society & Culture	9	PRX	63
42	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
43	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
44	OUTLAWS: The Good Thief	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	59
45	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
46	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
47	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
48	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
49	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
50	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
51	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	146	Captivate	38
52	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
53	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
54	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
55	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
56	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
57	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
58	OBSESSIONS: Wild Chocolate	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
59	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
60	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
61	Storytime with Seth Rogen	Earwolf & Seth Rogen	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	53
62	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
63	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
64	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
65	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
66	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
67	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	58
68	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
69	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
70	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
71	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
72	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
73	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
74	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
75	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
76	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
77	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
78	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
79	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
80	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
81	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
82	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
83	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
84	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
85	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
86	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
87	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	490	RedCircle	43
88	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
89	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	481	Omny Studio	68
90	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
91	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
92	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	53
93	BUZZKILL, presented by REAP/SOW	FERN	Society & Culture	29	PRX	73
94	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
95	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
96	The Dennis Postema Show	Dennis M. Postema	Society & Culture	26	RedCircle	63
97	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
98	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
99	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
100	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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