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 Jun 2025

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06/29/2025

Average data

Episodes: 200

Frequency: every 245 days

Duration: 00:50:15

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. SpectreVision Radio (2 shows)

3. audiochuck (2 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Acast (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 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	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
3	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
4	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
5	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
6	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
7	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	378	Audioboom	62
8	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
9	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	96	BBC	53
10	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
11	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
12	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	350	ART19	68
13	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
14	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
15	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
16	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
17	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
18	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
19	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
20	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
21	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
22	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
23	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
24	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	38
25	Architecture of Abuse	Architecture of Abuse	Society & Culture	15	Podbean	63
26	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
27	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
28	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
29	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
30	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
31	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
32	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
33	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
34	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
35	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
36	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
37	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
38	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
39	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
40	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
41	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
42	Welcome Legacy Podcast	James Welcome	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
43	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
44	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
45	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
46	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	262	Spreaker	69
47	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
48	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
49	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
50	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
51	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
52	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
53	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
54	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
55	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
56	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1188	Acast	59
57	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
58	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
59	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
60	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	266	Megaphone	32
61	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
62	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	53
63	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
64	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
65	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
66	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
67	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
68	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
69	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
70	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	33	BBC	58
71	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
72	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
73	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
74	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	523	Spreaker	43
75	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
76	Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power	John Williamson	Society & Culture	21	RedCircle	73
77	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
78	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	555	Spreaker	74
79	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
80	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
81	Más Allá del Rosa	Jessica Fernández	Society & Culture	228	Acast	79
82	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
83	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	636	Acast	69
84	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
85	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	698	Megaphone	53
86	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
87	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
88	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
89	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
90	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
91	The Jack Hopkins Show Podcast	Jack Hopkins	Society & Culture	60	Buzzsprout	37
92	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	491	RedCircle	43
93	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
94	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
95	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
96	The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop	The Washington Post	Society & Culture	10	The Washington Post	63
97	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
98	Las Raras	Las Raras	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	89
99	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
100	Extraordinary Evidence \| ESP Is Real	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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