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 28 May 2025

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05/28/2025

Average data

Episodes: 189

Frequency: every 239 days

Duration: 00:47:11

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. BBC World Service (2 shows)

3. The New York Times (2 shows)

4. Audible (2 shows)

5. audiochuck (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Acast (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. ART19 (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
3	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
4	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	312	Megaphone	42
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	412	Megaphone	63
6	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
7	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	357	ART19	68
8	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	27	American Public Media	62
9	Division Street Revisited	Mary Schmich	Society & Culture	9	PRX	63
10	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
11	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
12	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	115	Acast	73
13	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	441	Acast	53
14	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	442	Megaphone	32
15	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
16	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	166	Acast	69
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	68
18	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
19	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
20	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
21	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
22	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
23	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
24	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	371	Omny Studio	73
25	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
26	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
27	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	218	Megaphone	38
28	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
29	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
30	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
31	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
32	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
33	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
34	I Am Refocused Radio	I Am Refocused Radio	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	64
35	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
36	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
37	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	452	RedCircle	59
38	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
39	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	270	Spreaker	69
40	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
41	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
42	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	98	WideOrbit	68
43	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
44	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
45	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	93	Libsyn	62
46	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	124	BBC	38
47	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	357	Spotify for Podcasters	38
48	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69
49	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
50	Crumbs	My Cultura and Sonoro	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	79
51	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	284	Megaphone	43
52	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
53	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	192	Ximalaya	53
54	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
55	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
56	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	32
57	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
58	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
59	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
60	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
61	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
62	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
63	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
64	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
65	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
66	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	53
67	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
68	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
69	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1204	Acast	59
70	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	707	Megaphone	53
71	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	276	Megaphone	32
72	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
73	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	30	ART19	53
74	Architecture of Abuse	Architecture of Abuse	Society & Culture	15	Podbean	63
75	Searching for America with Robyn Curnow	Robyn Curnow, Bleav	Society & Culture	58	Simplecast	58
76	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
77	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	408	Buzzsprout	83
78	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	179	Unknown	83
79	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
80	Dog In The Yard	Dog In The Yard	Society & Culture	153	Spreaker	49
81	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	669	Acast	69
82	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
83	Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power	John Williamson	Society & Culture	21	RedCircle	73
84	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
85	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
86	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	58	BBC	58
87	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
88	Tipping Point: The True Story of "The Limits to Growth"	Katy Shields	Society & Culture	3	Podigee	58
89	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
90	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
91	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
92	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
93	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
94	10 Mujeres	Wondery \| Dudas Media	Society & Culture	11	ART19	89
95	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89
96	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	28	Acast	83
97	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
98	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
99	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	577	Spreaker	74
100	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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