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 Dec 2025

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12/24/2025

Average data

Episodes: 217

Frequency: every 241 days

Duration: 00:48:04

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. Audible (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Acast (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (11 shows)

4. PRX (8 shows)

5. Spreaker (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	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	26	Spreaker	84
3	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
4	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
6	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
7	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	308	Megaphone	42
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	354	ART19	68
10	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
11	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
12	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
13	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	32
14	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
15	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
16	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
17	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	433	Acast	53
18	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
19	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
20	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
21	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
22	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	48
23	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
24	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
25	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
26	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	9	Libsyn	52
27	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
28	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
29	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
30	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
31	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
32	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	106	BBC	38
33	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
34	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
35	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
36	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
37	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
38	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
39	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
40	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
41	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
42	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	215	Megaphone	38
43	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	266	Spreaker	69
44	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
45	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	702	Megaphone	53
46	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1196	Acast	59
47	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
48	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
49	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	91	Libsyn	62
50	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
51	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
52	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
53	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
54	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
55	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
56	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	282	Megaphone	43
57	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
58	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
59	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
60	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
61	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	569	Spreaker	74
62	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	208	Megaphone	32
63	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
64	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
65	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
66	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
67	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	58
68	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
69	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
70	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
71	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
72	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	271	Megaphone	32
73	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	706	Omny Studio	53
74	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
75	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
76	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
77	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
78	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
79	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
80	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
81	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	58	Unknown	68
82	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
83	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	43
84	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	651	Acast	69
85	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	497	RedCircle	43
86	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	272	PRX	43
87	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
88	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
89	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
90	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
91	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
92	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
93	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
94	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	171	Omny Studio	89
95	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
96	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	95	WideOrbit	68
97	PRIDE AND PREDATOR	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	6	Substack	79
98	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
99	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	554	Spreaker	60
100	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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