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 Sep 2025

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09/29/2025

Average data

Episodes: 229

Frequency: every 248 days

Duration: 00:48:50

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. BBC (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

5. Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Omny Studio (16 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Spreaker (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
2	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
3	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
4	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
5	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
6	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
7	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
10	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
11	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
12	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
13	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
14	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
15	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
16	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
17	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
18	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
19	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
20	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
21	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
22	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
23	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
24	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
25	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
26	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
27	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
28	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
29	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
30	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
31	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
32	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
33	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
34	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
35	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	699	Omny Studio	53
36	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
37	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
38	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
39	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
40	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
41	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
42	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
43	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
44	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
45	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	204	Megaphone	32
46	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	521	Spreaker	43
47	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
48	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
49	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
50	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
51	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
52	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
53	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
54	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
55	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
56	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
57	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
58	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
59	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
60	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
61	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
62	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
63	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
64	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
65	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
66	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
67	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
68	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	490	RedCircle	43
69	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
70	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
71	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
72	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
73	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	7	Libsyn	58
74	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
75	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
76	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
77	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
78	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
79	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
80	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	56	Spreaker	68
81	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
82	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
83	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
84	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
85	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
86	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
87	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	542	Spreaker	60
88	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
89	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
90	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
91	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
92	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
93	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
94	Las Raras	Las Raras	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	89
95	The Red Treehouse: Scary Stories to Keep You Up at Night	Will Soto	Society & Culture	288	Megaphone	72
96	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
97	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
98	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
99	Chris Chan: A Comprehensive History	Geno Samuel	Society & Culture	84	Spotify for Podcasters	48
100	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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