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 Oct 2025

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10/23/2025

Average data

Episodes: 226

Frequency: every 245 days

Duration: 00:50:34

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. SpectreVision Radio (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Acast (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (13 shows)

4. PRX (8 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
2	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
6	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
7	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
9	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
10	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
11	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
12	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
13	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
14	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
15	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
16	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
18	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
19	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
20	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
21	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
22	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
23	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
24	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
25	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	102	BBC	38
26	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	432	Acast	53
27	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
28	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
29	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1195	Acast	59
30	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	8	Libsyn	52
31	Unearthed - The need for seeds, with Cate Blanchett	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	Society & Culture	28	Omny Studio	83
32	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
33	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
34	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
35	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	58
36	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
37	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
38	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
39	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	207	Megaphone	32
40	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
41	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
42	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
43	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
44	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
45	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
46	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
47	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
48	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
49	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
50	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
51	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
52	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	647	Acast	69
53	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
54	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	270	Megaphone	32
55	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
56	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	705	Omny Studio	53
57	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
58	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	95	WideOrbit	68
59	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
60	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
61	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	526	Spreaker	43
62	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
63	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
64	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
65	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
66	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
67	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
68	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
69	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
70	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
71	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
72	ALIEN THEORISTS THEORIZING	Big Theory Podcasts	Society & Culture	550	RedCircle	49
73	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
74	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	58	Unknown	68
75	Extraordinary Evidence \| ESP Is Real	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
76	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
77	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
78	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
79	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	343	Acast	64
80	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
81	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	550	Spreaker	60
82	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
83	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
84	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
85	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	566	Spreaker	74
86	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
87	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
88	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	444	Acast	74
89	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
90	Systemic	Colorado Public Radio	Society & Culture	15	PRX	84
91	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
92	Las Raras	Las Raras	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	89
93	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	272	PRX	43
94	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
95	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	48
96	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	86	Spotify for Podcasters	32
97	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
98	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
99	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
100	Death on the Lot	Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	69

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