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 27 Apr 2026

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04/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 183

Frequency: every 34 days

Duration: 00:44:43

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Podgo (6 shows)

3. BBC World Service (2 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

5. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Acast (17 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. ART19 (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
2	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
3	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
4	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
5	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
6	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
7	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
8	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
9	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
10	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
11	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
12	Getting Free	International Beit Din	Society & Culture	7	Podbean	63
13	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	442	Acast	53
14	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	70	Acast	83
15	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
16	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
17	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
18	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
19	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
20	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
21	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
22	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
23	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	27	American Public Media	62
24	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
25	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
26	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
27	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	166	Acast	69
28	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
29	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
30	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
31	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
32	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
33	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
34	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
35	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
36	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
37	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
38	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
39	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	128	BBC	38
40	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
41	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
42	Confessions of an Elite Athlete with Midge Purce	Vox Media	Sports	2	Megaphone	48
43	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
44	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
45	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
46	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
47	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
48	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	83
49	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
50	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
51	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	712	Omny Studio	53
52	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
53	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
54	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
55	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
56	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
57	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
58	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
59	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43
60	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	277	Megaphone	32
61	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
62	Everyday Heroes	Podgo	Society & Culture	4	ART19	53
63	Frontier Fables	Podgo	Society & Culture	3	ART19	53
64	Crazy House Mysteries	Podgo	Society & Culture	4	ART19	53
65	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
66	Telephone Stories	Ninth Planet Audio	Society & Culture	15	Acast	63
67	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	708	Megaphone	53
68	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
69	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	15	BBC	63
70	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
71	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1206	Acast	59
72	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
73	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
74	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
75	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
76	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
77	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
78	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
79	Our Common Nature	WNYC	Society & Culture	8	Simplecast	69
80	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	192	Ximalaya	53
81	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
82	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	354	Simplecast	78
83	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
84	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
85	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	53
86	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	300	Audioboom	58
87	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
88	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
89	Cursed Business Bureau	Podgo	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
90	Empire Bones	Podgo	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
91	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
92	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
93	Historical Reframe	Podgo	Society & Culture	7	ART19	53
94	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
95	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
96	Strange Details temporarily unavailable	Strange	Documentary	10	N/A	N/A
97	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	673	Acast	69
98	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
99	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
100	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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