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 29 Apr 2025

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04/29/2025

Average data

Episodes: 180

Frequency: every 245 days

Duration: 00:47:31

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. The New York Times (2 shows)

5. Audible (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Acast (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. BBC (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
5	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
6	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
7	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
9	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
10	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
11	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
12	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	432	Acast	53
13	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
14	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
15	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
16	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
18	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
19	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
20	Penny Royal	Nathan Isaac	Society & Culture	19	Buzzsprout	58
21	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
22	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
23	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
24	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
25	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
26	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
27	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
28	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
29	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	95	WideOrbit	68
30	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
31	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
32	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
33	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
34	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
35	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
36	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
37	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
38	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	429	RedCircle	59
39	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
40	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
41	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
42	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
43	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
44	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
45	Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez	Sonoro \| Futuro Studios	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	43
46	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
47	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
48	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
49	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
50	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
51	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1195	Acast	59
52	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
53	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
54	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	73
55	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
56	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
57	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
58	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
59	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	102	BBC	38
60	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	207	Megaphone	32
61	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	45	Acast	89
62	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	647	Acast	69
63	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
64	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
65	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
66	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
67	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
68	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
69	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
70	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
71	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
72	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
73	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	270	Megaphone	32
74	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
75	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
76	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
77	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	55	BBC	48
78	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	566	Spreaker	74
79	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
80	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
81	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
82	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
83	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
84	The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh	Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	69
85	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
86	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
87	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
88	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
89	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
90	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	48
91	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
92	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
93	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
94	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	494	RedCircle	43
95	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
96	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
97	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
98	Sold a Story en español	APM Reports	Society & Culture	2	American Public Media	79
99	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
100	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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