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 Aug 2025

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08/25/2025

Average data

Episodes: 203

Frequency: every 251 days

Duration: 00:49:05

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. pepe&chema (2 shows)

3. Audible (2 shows)

4. BBC (2 shows)

5. The New York Times (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Acast (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. BBC (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
2	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
6	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
7	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
9	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
10	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
11	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
12	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
13	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
14	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
15	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
16	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
18	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
19	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
20	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
21	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
22	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
23	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
24	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
25	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
26	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
27	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
28	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
29	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
30	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
31	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
32	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
33	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
34	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
35	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
36	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
37	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
38	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
39	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
40	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
41	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
42	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
43	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
44	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
45	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
46	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
47	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
48	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
49	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
50	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
51	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
52	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
53	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
54	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
55	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
56	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
57	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
58	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
60	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
61	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
62	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
63	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
64	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
65	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
66	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
67	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
68	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
69	Howl	Boise State Public Radio	Society & Culture	8	PRX	54
70	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
71	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
72	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
73	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
74	Las Raras	Las Raras	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	89
75	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
76	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
77	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
78	Shadows of Mystery Podcast	Shadows of Mystery Podcast	Society & Culture	69	WideOrbit	27
79	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
80	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
81	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
82	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
83	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
84	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	58
85	Death on the Lot	Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	69
86	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
87	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
88	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
89	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
90	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	146	Captivate	38
91	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
92	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
93	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
94	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
95	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
96	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
97	Her Audacity Podcast	Ceci Hendrickson & Nikki Knudson	Society & Culture	21	Podbean	52
98	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
99	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
100	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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