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 Sep 2024

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09/26/2024

Average data

Episodes: 154

Frequency: every 254 days

Duration: 00:47:21

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. Wondery (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (16 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. ART19 (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
2	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
3	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
5	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
6	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	413	Megaphone	63
7	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
8	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
10	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
11	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
12	What Makes Us Stronger	Women For Women International	Society & Culture	15	Omny Studio	79
13	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
14	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
15	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
16	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
17	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
18	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
19	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
20	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
21	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
22	Tipping Point: The True Story of "The Limits to Growth"	Katy Shields	Society & Culture	3	Podigee	58
23	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
24	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
25	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
26	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
27	Spiraled	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	53
28	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
29	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
30	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
31	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
32	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
33	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
34	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	456	RedCircle	59
35	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
36	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
37	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	580	Spreaker	74
38	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
39	Lights On with Carl Lentz	B-Side	Society & Culture	26	Podbean	52
40	JULIE IN GENDERLAND	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	11	Substack	53
41	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
42	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
43	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
44	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	178	Unknown	83
45	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
46	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
47	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
48	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
49	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
50	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
51	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
52	Cellblocks to Mountaintops	Cellblocks to Mountaintops	Society & Culture	27	PRX	59
53	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1206	Acast	59
54	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
55	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
56	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
57	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
58	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
59	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
60	Into the Mix	Ben & Jerry's and ABF Creative	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	59
61	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
62	Shadow of Hope	Pleasant Run Productions	Society & Culture	10	Acast	69
63	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53
64	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
65	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
66	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
67	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
68	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
69	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
70	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	674	Acast	69
71	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
72	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
73	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
74	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	63	Libsyn	42
75	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89
76	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
77	The Jack Hopkins Show Podcast	Jack Hopkins	Society & Culture	60	Buzzsprout	37
78	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
79	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
80	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
81	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
82	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
83	The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh	Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	69
84	The Vaping Fix	Wondery	Society & Culture	3	ART19	69
85	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	32
86	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	565	Spreaker	60
87	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	354	Simplecast	78
88	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
89	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
90	My Year in Mensa	iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	53
92	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
93	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
94	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
95	Into America	MSNBC, Trymaine Lee	Society & Culture	253	Simplecast	63
96	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	494	Omny Studio	68
97	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
98	Storytime with Seth Rogen	Earwolf & Seth Rogen	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	53
99	When We Were Wizards	Traction Media	Society & Culture	15	Podbean	63
100	Moonless Nights	Moonless Nights Media • Perri Farlow	Society & Culture	31	Spotify for Podcasters	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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