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 Dec 2025

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12/23/2025

Average data

Episodes: 213

Frequency: every 239 days

Duration: 00:47:51

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Audible Original (2 shows)

5. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Acast (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (11 shows)

4. PRX (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
3	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	413	Megaphone	63
6	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
7	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
9	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
10	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
11	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
12	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
13	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
14	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
15	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
16	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
17	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
18	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	29	Simplecast	63
19	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
20	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
21	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
22	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
23	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
24	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
25	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
26	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
27	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	12	Libsyn	62
28	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
29	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
30	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
31	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
32	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
33	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
34	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
35	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
36	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
37	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
38	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1206	Acast	59
39	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
40	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
41	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
42	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	129	BBC	38
43	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
44	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
45	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
46	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
47	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
48	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
49	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
50	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
51	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
52	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
53	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
54	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	580	Spreaker	74
55	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
56	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
57	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	712	Omny Studio	53
58	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	58
59	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
60	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
61	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
62	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
63	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
64	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
65	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
66	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	9	PRX	69
67	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
68	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
69	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
70	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
71	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
72	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
73	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
74	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
75	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
76	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	32
77	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	14	Acast	59
78	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	674	Acast	69
79	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43
80	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
81	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
82	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	43
83	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	504	RedCircle	43
84	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
85	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	58	Unknown	68
86	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
87	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
88	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
89	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
91	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
92	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
93	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
94	The Modern West	Wyoming Public Media	Society & Culture	134	PRX	69
95	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
96	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
97	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	53
98	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
99	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
100	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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