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 Oct 2024

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10/28/2024

Average data

Episodes: 183

Frequency: every 247 days

Duration: 00:47:25

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (7 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. pepe&chema (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Acast (17 shows)

3. Omny Studio (16 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. PRX (5 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	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	415	Megaphone	63
5	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
6	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	53	Omny Studio	48
7	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
8	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
9	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	102	BBC	53
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	316	Megaphone	42
11	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	107	Acast	79
12	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
13	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	29	American Public Media	62
14	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
15	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	445	Acast	53
16	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
17	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	220	Megaphone	38
18	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
19	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	107	Acast	73
20	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
21	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	446	Megaphone	32
22	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
23	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
24	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
25	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
26	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
27	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	168	Acast	69
28	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1210	Acast	59
29	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
30	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
31	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
32	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	464	RedCircle	59
33	Lights On with Carl Lentz	B-Side	Society & Culture	26	Podbean	52
34	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	374	Omny Studio	73
35	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
36	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
37	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
38	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
39	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
40	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	275	PRX	43
41	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
42	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
43	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
44	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
45	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
46	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
47	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
48	Split Screen: There Goes My Childhood	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	58
49	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
50	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	6	Megaphone	48
51	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	273	Spreaker	69
52	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
53	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
54	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	178	Unknown	83
55	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
56	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	Society & Culture	282	Buzzsprout	42
57	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
58	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	59	PRX	74
59	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	24	Buzzsprout	42
60	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
61	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
62	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	680	Acast	69
63	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
64	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	53
65	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
66	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	712	Megaphone	53
67	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	286	Megaphone	43
68	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	32
69	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
70	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
71	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
72	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
73	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	32	Acast	83
74	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
75	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	348	Acast	64
76	The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop	The Washington Post	Society & Culture	10	The Washington Post	63
77	JULIE IN GENDERLAND	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	11	Substack	53
78	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	413	Buzzsprout	83
79	The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh	Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	69
80	Into the Mix	Ben & Jerry's and ABF Creative	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	59
81	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
82	Spiraled	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	53
83	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
84	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	454	Acast	74
85	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	68
86	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
87	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
88	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	569	Spreaker	60
89	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
90	Shadow of Hope	Pleasant Run Productions	Society & Culture	10	Acast	69
91	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	589	Spreaker	74
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	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	504	Omny Studio	68
95	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	357	Simplecast	78
97	So Your Parents Are Old	Vanessa Grigoriadis	Society & Culture	32	Spotify for Podcasters	48
98	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
99	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
100	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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