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 24 Jan 2025

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01/24/2025

Average data

Episodes: 195

Frequency: every 249 days

Duration: 00:49:25

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. CBC (3 shows)

4. Wavland (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (15 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (12 shows)

5. Spreaker (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
3	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
4	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
5	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
6	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
7	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
9	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
10	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
11	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
12	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
13	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
14	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
15	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
16	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
17	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
18	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
19	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
20	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
21	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
22	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
23	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
24	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
25	Little Devils	TRZ Media	Society & Culture	6	Spotify for Podcasters	53
26	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
27	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
28	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
29	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
30	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
31	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
32	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
33	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
34	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
35	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
36	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
37	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
38	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
39	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
40	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
41	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
42	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
43	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
44	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
45	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
46	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
47	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
48	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
49	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
50	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
51	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
52	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
53	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
54	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
55	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
56	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
57	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
58	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
59	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
60	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
61	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
62	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
63	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
64	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
65	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
66	Order 9066	APM Reports & The Smithsonian	Society & Culture	14	American Public Media	63
67	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
68	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
69	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
70	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
71	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	53
72	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
73	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
74	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
75	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
76	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
77	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
78	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
79	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
80	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
81	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	522	Spreaker	43
82	NATAL	You Had Me at Black, The Woodshaw	Society & Culture	38	Simplecast	63
83	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
84	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
85	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
86	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
87	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
88	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
89	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
90	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
91	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
92	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
93	Generation Barney	Connecticut Public	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	74
94	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
95	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
96	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
97	Gay Girl Gone	CBC	Society & Culture	8	Triton Digital	59
98	Cosmic Peach	Julia Hamilton	Society & Culture	321	Spreaker	49
99	Cruising \| Queer History and Culture	Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jennifer McGinity	Society & Culture	89	Buzzsprout	57
100	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	542	Spreaker	60

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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