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 26 Jul 2026

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07/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 176

Frequency: every 33 days

Duration: 00:47:28

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope (2 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

4. pepe&chema (2 shows)

5. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Omny Studio (15 shows)

3. Acast (15 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. BBC (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	306	Megaphone	42
5	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	73
6	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
7	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	13	PRX	69
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
9	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
10	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
11	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	261	WideOrbit	48
12	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	193	Simplecast	58
13	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	435	Megaphone	32
14	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
15	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
16	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
17	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
18	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	189	PRX	79
19	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
20	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	95	Acast	79
21	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
22	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
23	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
24	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
25	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
26	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
27	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
28	The Obit Project	Jad Abumrad and Jule Banville	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
29	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	94	WideOrbit	68
30	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
31	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
32	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
33	The Missing Sister	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	53
34	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	22	ART19	73
35	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	66	Acast	83
36	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
37	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
38	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
39	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
40	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
41	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	85	Unknown	63
42	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	49	Megaphone	48
43	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
44	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	488	Omny Studio	68
45	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
46	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	34	Omny Studio	83
47	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
48	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
49	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1193	Acast	59
50	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
51	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
52	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
53	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
54	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
55	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
56	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	704	Omny Studio	53
57	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
58	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
59	Fighting Crime	Arnold Ventures	Society & Culture	10	Megaphone	58
60	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
61	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
62	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
63	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
64	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
65	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
66	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	207	Megaphone	32
67	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
68	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
69	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
70	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
71	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
72	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
73	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
74	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	137	N/A	N/A
75	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	269	Megaphone	32
76	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
77	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
78	Truth or Demons Podcast	Stevi	Society & Culture	59	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	404	Buzzsprout	83
80	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	151	Spotify for Podcasters	52
81	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
82	HABITUAL	Colorado Radio for Justice	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	69
83	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	171	Omny Studio	89
84	Fatal Fantasy	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	79
85	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	349	Simplecast	78
86	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
87	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
88	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	86	Spotify for Podcasters	32
89	Artifacts: Stories from the Emotional History of the Internet	Danny Brown	Society & Culture	21	Captivate	73
90	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
91	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
92	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	36	BBC	58
94	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
95	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
96	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
97	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
98	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
99	Power Plays	Human Rights Foundation	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	63
100	Blue square \| مربع آبی	Raad charity	Society & Culture	4	Acast	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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