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 Oct 2024

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10/26/2024

Average data

Episodes: 176

Frequency: every 244 days

Duration: 00:47:31

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (4 shows)

3. The Observer (2 shows)

4. Wavland (2 shows)

5. pepe&chema (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Acast (17 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. PRX (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	947	Simplecast	38
3	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
4	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	415	Megaphone	63
6	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
7	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
8	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	102	BBC	53
9	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	107	Acast	79
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	316	Megaphone	42
11	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	29	American Public Media	62
12	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
13	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
14	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
15	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	220	Megaphone	38
16	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
17	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	446	Megaphone	32
18	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	444	Acast	53
19	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	53	Omny Studio	48
20	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
21	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	107	Acast	73
22	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
23	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
24	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	168	Acast	69
25	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
26	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
27	Lights On with Carl Lentz	B-Side	Society & Culture	26	Podbean	52
28	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	275	PRX	43
29	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
30	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
31	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1210	Acast	59
32	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
33	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
34	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	464	RedCircle	59
35	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
36	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
37	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	374	Omny Studio	73
38	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
39	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
40	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
41	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
42	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
43	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
44	Split Screen: There Goes My Childhood	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	58
45	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
46	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
47	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	273	Spreaker	69
48	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
49	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
50	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
51	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	24	Buzzsprout	42
52	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	6	Megaphone	48
53	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	Society & Culture	251	Buzzsprout	42
54	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
55	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
56	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
57	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	178	Unknown	83
58	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	53
59	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
60	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
61	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
62	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	286	Megaphone	43
63	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
64	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	59	PRX	74
65	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
66	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	32
67	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
68	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	679	Acast	69
69	JULIE IN GENDERLAND	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	11	Substack	53
70	Into the Mix	Ben & Jerry's and ABF Creative	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	59
71	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
72	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
73	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	454	Acast	74
74	Spiraled	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	53
75	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
76	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	31	Acast	83
77	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	348	Acast	64
78	The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh	Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	69
79	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
80	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	531	Spreaker	43
81	The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop	The Washington Post	Society & Culture	10	The Washington Post	63
82	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
83	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	569	Spreaker	60
84	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	68
85	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	413	Buzzsprout	83
86	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
87	Cruising \| Queer History and Culture	Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jennifer McGinity	Society & Culture	92	Megaphone	58
88	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
89	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
90	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	711	Megaphone	53
91	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	206	Spreaker	68
92	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	173	Omny Studio	89
93	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	280	Megaphone	32
94	So Your Parents Are Old	Vanessa Grigoriadis	Society & Culture	32	Spotify for Podcasters	48
95	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	589	Spreaker	74
96	Noche de Lluvia Podcast	Insólita Labs I Lourdes Gómez	Society & Culture	46	Spotify for Podcasters	28
97	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	64	Libsyn	42
98	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
99	HOMELAND	HOMELAND	Society & Culture	10	PRX	79
100	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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