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 Jun 2025

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06/22/2025

Average data

Episodes: 196

Frequency: every 242 days

Duration: 00:46:54

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. pepe&chema (2 shows)

3. BBC (2 shows)

4. The New York Times (2 shows)

5. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Acast (13 shows)

3. Omny Studio (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. PRX (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	941	Simplecast	38
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	409	Megaphone	63
5	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
6	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	24	Spreaker	84
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	309	Megaphone	42
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	354	ART19	68
9	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
10	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	435	Acast	53
11	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
12	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	100	BBC	53
13	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
14	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
15	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
16	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	51	RedCircle	63
17	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	438	Megaphone	32
18	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
19	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	144	Megaphone	68
20	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
21	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	164	Acast	69
22	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	191	PRX	79
23	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
24	The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop	The Washington Post	Society & Culture	10	The Washington Post	63
25	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
26	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	439	RedCircle	59
27	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
28	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
29	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
30	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
31	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
32	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
33	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
34	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
35	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	111	BBC	38
36	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
37	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	215	Megaphone	38
38	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	99	Acast	79
39	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	96	WideOrbit	68
40	Architecture of Abuse	Architecture of Abuse	Society & Culture	15	Podbean	63
41	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
42	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
43	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	71	Triton Digital	63
44	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
45	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
46	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
47	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
48	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
49	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	282	Megaphone	43
50	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1199	Acast	59
51	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	267	Spreaker	69
52	Blind Guy Travels	Radiotopia	Society & Culture	8	PRX	79
53	I Am Refocused Radio	I Am Refocused Radio	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	64
54	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
55	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
56	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	208	Megaphone	32
57	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
58	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
59	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
60	Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative	Radiotopia	Society & Culture	6	PRX	73
61	Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power	John Williamson	Society & Culture	21	RedCircle	73
62	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	53
63	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
64	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
65	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	272	Megaphone	32
66	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	91	Libsyn	62
67	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	176	Unknown	83
68	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
69	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	57	BBC	48
70	Howl	Boise State Public Radio	Society & Culture	8	PRX	54
71	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
72	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	656	Acast	69
73	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
74	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	571	Spreaker	74
75	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
76	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
77	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
78	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
79	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
80	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
81	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
82	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
83	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	703	Megaphone	53
84	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	190	Ximalaya	53
85	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
86	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
87	Niche to Meet You	Leslie Eiler Thompson	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
88	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
89	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	48
90	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
91	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
92	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
93	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
94	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	171	Omny Studio	89
95	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
96	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	527	Spreaker	43
97	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	73
98	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	499	RedCircle	43
99	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
100	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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