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 Jun 2025

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06/24/2025

Average data

Episodes: 198

Frequency: every 239 days

Duration: 00:46:36

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. audiochuck (2 shows)

3. BBC (2 shows)

4. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

5. Radiotopia (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Acast (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. PRX (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	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
5	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	23	Spreaker	84
6	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	315	Megaphone	42
8	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	359	ART19	68
10	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
11	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	55	RedCircle	73
12	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	102	BBC	53
13	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	444	Acast	53
14	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
15	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
16	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
17	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
18	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	445	Megaphone	32
20	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
21	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
22	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
23	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
24	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	461	RedCircle	59
25	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	374	Omny Studio	73
26	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
27	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
28	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
29	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
30	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
31	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
32	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
33	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
34	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
35	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	220	Megaphone	38
36	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
37	The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop	The Washington Post	Society & Culture	10	The Washington Post	63
38	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
39	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
40	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	133	BBC	38
41	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
42	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
43	Blind Guy Travels	Radiotopia	Society & Culture	8	PRX	79
44	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	272	Spreaker	69
45	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
46	Architecture of Abuse	Architecture of Abuse	Society & Culture	15	Podbean	63
47	Top Comment	BBC	News	104	BBC	48
48	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
49	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
50	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
51	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
52	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
53	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	286	Megaphone	43
54	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
55	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
56	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
57	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1208	Acast	59
58	Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative	Radiotopia	Society & Culture	6	PRX	73
59	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53
60	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
61	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
62	Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power	John Williamson	Society & Culture	21	RedCircle	73
63	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	32
64	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	95	Libsyn	62
65	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
66	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
67	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
68	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
69	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
70	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	587	Spreaker	74
71	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	178	Unknown	83
72	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
73	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
74	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
75	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
76	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
77	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
78	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
79	Howl	Boise State Public Radio	Society & Culture	8	PRX	54
80	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
81	I Am Refocused Radio	I Am Refocused Radio	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	64
82	Tampa Bay Developer	Garrett Greco	Society & Culture	138	Spotify for Podcasters	33
83	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
84	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	32
85	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	710	Megaphone	53
86	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
87	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
88	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
89	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	678	Acast	69
90	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
91	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
92	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
93	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89
94	Cosmic Peach	Julia Hamilton	Society & Culture	321	Spreaker	49
95	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	507	RedCircle	43
96	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	53	Omny Studio	48
97	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
98	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	413	Buzzsprout	83
99	Division Street Revisited	Mary Schmich	Society & Culture	9	PRX	63
100	Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	92	Acast	89

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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