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 Nov 2024

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11/25/2024

Average data

Episodes: 172

Frequency: every 246 days

Duration: 00:48:49

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (7 shows)

2. CBC (3 shows)

3. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

4. pepe&chema (2 shows)

5. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (17 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. PRX (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
2	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
5	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
6	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
7	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
9	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
10	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
11	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	73
12	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
13	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
14	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
15	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
16	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
17	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
18	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	432	Acast	53
19	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
20	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
21	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
22	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
23	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
24	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
25	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
26	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
27	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
28	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
29	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
30	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
31	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	48
32	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
33	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
34	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
35	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
36	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
37	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	174	Unknown	83
38	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	429	RedCircle	59
39	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
40	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
41	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
42	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
43	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
44	Generation Barney	Connecticut Public	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	74
45	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
46	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
47	Escape From Zaqistan	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	59
48	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
49	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
50	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
51	Lights On with Carl Lentz	B-Side	Society & Culture	26	Podbean	52
52	The Dennis Postema Show	Dennis M. Postema	Society & Culture	26	RedCircle	63
53	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
54	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
55	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
56	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
57	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1195	Acast	59
58	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
59	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
60	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
61	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
62	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
63	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
64	NATAL	You Had Me at Black, The Woodshaw	Society & Culture	38	Simplecast	63
65	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
66	Into the Mix	Ben & Jerry's and ABF Creative	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	59
67	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
68	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
69	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
70	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
71	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
72	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
73	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
74	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
75	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
76	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
77	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
78	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	207	Megaphone	32
79	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
80	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	349	Simplecast	78
81	بودكاست روايتهم	Aware Media	Society & Culture	52	Spotify for Podcasters	63
82	Magic in the United States	Magic in the United States	Society & Culture	32	PRX	59
83	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	566	Spreaker	74
84	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
85	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
86	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	488	Omny Studio	68
87	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	171	Omny Studio	89
88	24 Hours in Austin	KUT & KUTX Studios, Matt Largey	Society & Culture	5	Blubrry Podcasting	53
89	The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh	Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	69
90	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	272	PRX	43
91	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
92	Telephone Stories	Ninth Planet Audio	Society & Culture	15	Acast	63
93	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
94	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	270	Megaphone	32
95	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
96	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
97	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	647	Acast	69
98	Gay Girl Gone	CBC	Society & Culture	8	Triton Digital	59
99	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
100	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	343	Acast	64

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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