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 Oct 2026

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10/25/2026

Average data

Episodes: 193

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:45:59

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. BBC World Service (2 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. TTT Media (2 shows)

5. Audible Original (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (16 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. ART19 (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	METRO with Sarah Koenig	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	58
2	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	27	American Public Media	62
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
4	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
5	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
6	Reaching Out	Futuro Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
7	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	270	WideOrbit	48
8	Behind The Story Show	Jelani Gonzalez	Society & Culture	69	Buzzsprout	59
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	359	ART19	68
10	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89
11	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
12	Deep Secrets	Nothing To See Here, Inc.	Society & Culture	7	RedCircle	69
13	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
14	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
15	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	54	Megaphone	48
16	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
18	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	15	PRX	69
19	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
20	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	196	Simplecast	58
21	No One Is Coming	Ten Cats Media	Society & Culture	13	Acast	84
22	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
23	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
24	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
25	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
26	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
27	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	127	BBC	38
28	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
29	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
30	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	191	PRX	79
31	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	166	Acast	69
32	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
33	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
34	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
35	Question Everything	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	89	Omny Studio	63
36	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
37	Theories of the Third Kind	Theories of the Third Kind	Society & Culture	305	WideOrbit	68
38	The Reincarnation Records (The Telepathy Tapes Season 3)	TTT Media	Society & Culture	4	ART19	58
39	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
40	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	29	Acast	78
41	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	26	ART19	73
42	Unquiet Realities	Winchester	Society & Culture	9	RedCircle	79
43	Kendall Rae Details temporarily unavailable	Kendall Rae	Documentary	90	N/A	N/A
44	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
45	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
46	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
47	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
48	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1205	Acast	59
49	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
50	The Consciousness Cassettes (Season 2 of The Telepathy Tapes)	TTT Media	Society & Culture	15	ART19	52
51	The Speaker	KQED	Society & Culture	6	PRX	59
52	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
53	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
54	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
55	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	98	WideOrbit	68
56	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
57	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
58	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
59	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
60	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	411	Buzzsprout	83
61	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
62	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	12	Libsyn	62
63	Revisiting The Gay Life	David Boyer	Society & Culture	15	PRX	79
64	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	277	Megaphone	32
65	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
66	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	83
67	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	708	Megaphone	53
68	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	6	ART19	63
69	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
70	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	712	Omny Studio	53
71	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
72	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
73	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
74	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43
75	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
76	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	bgty	Society & Culture	307	Acast	48
77	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
78	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	15	BBC	63
79	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
80	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
81	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
82	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	70	Acast	83
83	Falling Tree	Falling Tree	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	63
84	Lore Lodge Podcast	Lodge	Society & Culture	178	Spreaker	38
85	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	192	Ximalaya	53
86	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
87	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
88	Call Sign Condor: Latino Soldiers Fighting in Ukraine	DW, LA Times Studios, Futuro Studios	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	68
89	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
90	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	88	Spotify for Podcasters	52
91	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	6	ART19	63
92	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	234	Acast	43
93	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
94	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	179	Unknown	83
95	The Poet	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	6	Megaphone	73
96	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	354	Simplecast	78
97	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	504	RedCircle	43
98	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	53
99	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
100	The Cryptid Podcast	The Cryptid Podcast - Daniel "Dano" Hamilton	Society & Culture	280	PodServe.fm	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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