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 23 May 2026

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05/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 211

Frequency: every 33 days

Duration: 00:46:11

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Sony Music Entertainment (4 shows)

3. BBC World Service (2 shows)

4. Ky Dickens (2 shows)

5. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Acast (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (16 shows)

4. ART19 (7 shows)

5. BBC (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
2	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	381	Spreaker	84
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1016	Simplecast	38
4	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
5	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
6	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
7	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	536	ART19	68
8	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
9	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
10	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	26	ART19	73
11	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
12	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
13	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	445	Megaphone	32
14	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	235	PRX	79
15	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
16	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
17	Getting Free	International Beit Din	Society & Culture	7	Podbean	63
18	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	79
19	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	234	Acast	79
20	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	108	PRX	64
21	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	266	Acast	69
22	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	158	Acast	73
23	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	72	Acast	83
24	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
25	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
26	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	100	WideOrbit	68
27	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	272	Spreaker	69
28	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	606	Simplecast	69
29	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
30	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	104	BBC	53
31	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
32	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
33	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
34	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
35	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
36	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
37	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
38	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	200	BBC	38
39	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
40	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
41	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	19	ART19	63
42	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
43	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	985	Megaphone	52
44	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
45	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
46	Fatal Fantasy	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	79
47	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
48	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
49	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	83
50	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
51	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
52	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
53	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	32
54	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
55	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43
56	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
57	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
58	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	377	Megaphone	43
59	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
60	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
61	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	714	Omny Studio	53
62	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
63	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	42
64	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89
65	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
66	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	11	ART19	63
67	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	831	Megaphone	53
68	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
69	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	58
70	Humankind on Public Radio	David Freudberg	Society & Culture	77	Blubrry	43
71	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
72	Telephone Stories	Ninth Planet Audio	Society & Culture	15	Acast	63
73	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
74	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
75	Oliver’s Reality	Oliver Sims IV	Society & Culture	1	Spotify for Podcasters	53
76	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
77	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
78	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
79	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
80	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
81	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
82	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	300	Audioboom	58
83	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	44	BBC	58
84	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
86	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
87	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
88	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	14	Acast	59
89	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
90	The Obit Project	Jad Abumrad and Jule Banville	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
91	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
92	Power Plays	Human Rights Foundation	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	63
93	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
94	MiedoScope Historias de Terror en Directo	Miedoscope	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	49
95	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
97	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	236	Acast	43
98	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
99	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
100	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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