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 Sep 2024

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09/28/2024

Average data

Episodes: 153

Frequency: every 254 days

Duration: 00:47:10

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. CBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (17 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. PRX (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	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
4	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	413	Megaphone	63
6	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
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	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
15	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
16	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
17	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
18	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
19	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
20	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
21	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
22	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
23	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
24	Into the Mix	Ben & Jerry's and ABF Creative	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	59
25	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
26	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
27	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
28	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
29	Cellblocks to Mountaintops	Cellblocks to Mountaintops	Society & Culture	27	PRX	59
30	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	456	RedCircle	59
31	Spiraled	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	53
32	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
33	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
34	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
35	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
36	Tipping Point: The True Story of "The Limits to Growth"	Katy Shields	Society & Culture	3	Podigee	58
37	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
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	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
41	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
42	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
43	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
44	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
45	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	178	Unknown	83
46	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
47	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
48	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
49	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
50	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
51	JULIE IN GENDERLAND	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	11	Substack	53
52	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1206	Acast	59
53	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
54	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
55	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
56	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	580	Spreaker	74
57	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
58	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
59	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
60	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
61	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
62	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53
63	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
64	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
65	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
66	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	674	Acast	69
67	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
68	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
69	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
70	Shadow of Hope	Pleasant Run Productions	Society & Culture	10	Acast	69
71	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
72	The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh	Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	69
73	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
74	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89
75	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
76	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
77	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
79	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
80	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	63	Libsyn	42
81	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
82	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
83	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	565	Spreaker	60
84	The Vaping Fix	Wondery	Society & Culture	3	ART19	69
85	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
86	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	354	Simplecast	78
87	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
88	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	32
89	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
90	Gay Girl Gone	CBC	Society & Culture	8	Triton Digital	59
91	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43
92	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	29	Acast	78
93	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	494	Omny Studio	68
94	My Year in Mensa	iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	53
95	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
96	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
97	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
98	Moonless Nights	Moonless Nights Media • Perri Farlow	Society & Culture	31	Spotify for Podcasters	53
99	Storytime with Seth Rogen	Earwolf & Seth Rogen	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	53
100	Crumbs	My Cultura and Sonoro	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	79

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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