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 Sep 2024

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09/23/2024

Average data

Episodes: 163

Frequency: every 250 days

Duration: 00:47:35

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

4. pepe&chema (2 shows)

5. CBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (17 shows)

3. Acast (14 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 \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	941	Simplecast	38
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	409	Megaphone	63
5	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
6	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	310	Megaphone	42
8	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
9	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
10	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	215	Megaphone	38
11	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	100	BBC	53
12	What Makes Us Stronger	Women For Women International	Society & Culture	15	Omny Studio	79
13	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
14	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
15	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	435	Acast	53
16	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
17	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	191	PRX	79
18	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
19	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	24	Omny Studio	73
20	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
21	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	439	Megaphone	32
22	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
23	JULIE IN GENDERLAND	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	11	Substack	53
24	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	572	Spreaker	74
25	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	164	Acast	69
26	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
27	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
28	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
29	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
30	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
31	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
32	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
33	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
34	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
35	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	144	Megaphone	68
36	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
37	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
38	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
39	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	440	RedCircle	59
40	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	178	Unknown	83
41	Spiraled	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	53
42	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
43	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	99	Acast	79
44	Lights On with Carl Lentz	B-Side	Society & Culture	26	Podbean	52
45	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1199	Acast	59
46	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
47	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
48	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	268	Spreaker	69
49	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
50	The Jack Hopkins Show Podcast	Jack Hopkins	Society & Culture	60	Buzzsprout	37
51	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
52	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
53	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
54	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	53
55	Into the Mix	Ben & Jerry's and ABF Creative	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	59
56	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
57	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
58	Cellblocks to Mountaintops	Cellblocks to Mountaintops	Society & Culture	27	PRX	59
59	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	208	Megaphone	32
60	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
61	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	48
62	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
63	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
64	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
65	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
66	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
67	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	343	Acast	64
68	Shadow of Hope	Pleasant Run Productions	Society & Culture	10	Acast	69
69	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	60	Libsyn	42
70	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
71	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
72	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	657	Acast	69
73	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	273	PRX	43
74	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	282	Megaphone	43
75	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	704	Megaphone	53
76	The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh	Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	69
77	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
78	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
79	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	273	Megaphone	32
80	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	171	Omny Studio	89
81	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	351	Simplecast	78
82	Generation Indoctrination: Inside the Transgender Battle	The Christian Post	Society & Culture	39	Transistor	83
83	Gay Girl Gone	CBC	Society & Culture	8	Triton Digital	59
84	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
85	Into America	MSNBC, Trymaine Lee	Society & Culture	253	Simplecast	63
86	Storytime with Seth Rogen	Earwolf & Seth Rogen	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	53
87	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
88	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
89	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
90	My Year in Mensa	iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	53
91	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
92	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	499	RedCircle	43
93	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
94	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
95	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	492	Omny Studio	68
96	HUMO: Murder and Silence in El Salvador	Sonoro	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	59
97	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	557	Spreaker	60
98	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
99	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
100	Crumbs	My Cultura and Sonoro	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	79

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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