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 Jun 2025

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06/25/2025

Average data

Episodes: 190

Frequency: every 240 days

Duration: 00:49:14

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. BBC (3 shows)

3. Audible Original (2 shows)

4. Radiotopia (2 shows)

5. audiochuck (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Acast (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. BBC (7 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	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	23	Spreaker	84
5	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	315	Megaphone	42
6	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
7	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
8	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
10	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	102	BBC	53
11	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
12	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
13	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
14	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	445	Megaphone	32
15	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
16	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
17	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
18	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
19	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
20	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
21	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
22	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
23	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
24	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
25	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	458	RedCircle	59
26	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
27	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
28	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
29	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
30	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
31	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
32	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
33	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
34	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
35	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
36	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
37	Top Comment	BBC	News	104	BBC	48
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	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
41	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	132	BBC	38
42	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
43	The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop	The Washington Post	Society & Culture	10	The Washington Post	63
44	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	272	Spreaker	69
45	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
46	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
47	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
48	Architecture of Abuse	Architecture of Abuse	Society & Culture	15	Podbean	63
49	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
50	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
51	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
52	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
53	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
54	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
55	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
56	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
57	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
58	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53
59	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
60	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
61	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
62	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
63	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1208	Acast	59
64	Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power	John Williamson	Society & Culture	21	RedCircle	73
65	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
66	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
67	Blind Guy Travels	Radiotopia	Society & Culture	8	PRX	79
68	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	710	Megaphone	53
69	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	587	Spreaker	74
70	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
71	Howl	Boise State Public Radio	Society & Culture	8	PRX	54
72	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
73	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
74	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
75	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
76	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	178	Unknown	83
77	Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	92	Acast	89
78	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
79	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
80	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	32
81	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
82	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
83	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
84	Más Allá del Rosa	Jessica Fernández	Society & Culture	237	Acast	79
85	Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative	Radiotopia	Society & Culture	6	PRX	73
86	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
87	Tampa Bay Developer	Garrett Greco	Society & Culture	138	Spotify for Podcasters	33
88	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	678	Acast	69
89	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
90	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
91	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
92	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
93	Las Raras	Las Raras	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	89
94	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
95	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	413	Buzzsprout	83
96	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
97	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
98	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
99	Cosmic Peach	Julia Hamilton	Society & Culture	321	Spreaker	49
100	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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