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 25 Apr 2025

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04/25/2025

Average data

Episodes: 197

Frequency: every 247 days

Duration: 00:47:23

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. CBC (2 shows)

3. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

4. audiochuck (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (15 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. PRX (6 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	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
4	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
6	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
7	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	527	ART19	68
8	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
10	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
11	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
12	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
13	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
14	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
15	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
16	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
17	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
18	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
19	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	228	PRX	79
20	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	100	PRX	64
21	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
22	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
23	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
24	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
25	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
26	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
27	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
28	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
29	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
30	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
31	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
32	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
33	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
34	White Smoke - Pope Leo XIV the American Pope	Caloroga Shark Media	News	132	Spreaker	59
35	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
36	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
37	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	975	Megaphone	52
38	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
39	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
40	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
41	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
42	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
43	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
44	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
45	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	216	Acast	79
46	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
47	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
48	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
49	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
50	Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez	Sonoro \| Futuro Studios	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	43
51	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
52	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
53	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
54	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
55	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
56	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
57	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
58	This is My Thing	Michael Lee	Society & Culture	17	PRX	79
59	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	366	Megaphone	43
60	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
61	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
62	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
63	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
64	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
65	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
66	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
67	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
68	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
69	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
70	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
71	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
72	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
73	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
74	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
75	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
76	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
77	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
78	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
79	Noche de Lluvia Podcast	Insólita Labs I Lourdes Gómez	Society & Culture	46	Spotify for Podcasters	28
80	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
81	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
82	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	53
83	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
84	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
85	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
86	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
87	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
88	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
89	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
90	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
91	Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative	Radiotopia	Society & Culture	6	PRX	73
92	HUMO: Murder and Silence in El Salvador	Sonoro	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	59
93	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
94	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
95	10 Mujeres	Wondery \| Dudas Media	Society & Culture	11	ART19	89
96	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
97	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
98	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
99	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
100	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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