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 Nov 2025

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11/29/2025

Average data

Episodes: 236

Frequency: every 239 days

Duration: 00:48:00

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. The New York Times (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Acast (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (12 shows)

4. PRX (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	942	Simplecast	38
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	411	Megaphone	63
5	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	21	Spreaker	84
6	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	310	Megaphone	42
7	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	356	ART19	68
9	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
10	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
11	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	50	Omny Studio	48
12	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	68
13	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
14	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
15	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
16	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
17	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	438	Acast	53
18	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	52	Megaphone	48
19	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	10	Libsyn	62
20	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	26	American Public Media	62
21	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
22	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	101	Acast	79
23	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	440	Megaphone	32
24	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	217	Megaphone	38
25	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
26	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
27	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
28	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
29	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	165	Acast	69
30	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
31	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
32	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
33	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
34	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
35	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	118	BBC	38
36	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
37	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
38	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
39	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
40	Unclaimed	Ancestry	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	69
41	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
42	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	58
43	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
44	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
45	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
46	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	268	Spreaker	69
47	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
48	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	115	Acast	73
49	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1202	Acast	59
50	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
51	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
52	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
53	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
54	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
55	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
56	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	710	Omny Studio	53
57	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	528	Spreaker	43
58	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
59	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	209	Megaphone	32
60	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
61	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
62	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	283	Megaphone	43
63	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	58	Unknown	68
64	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
65	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
66	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	92	Libsyn	62
67	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
68	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
69	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	191	Ximalaya	53
70	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	274	Megaphone	32
71	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
72	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	13	Acast	69
73	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
74	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	52	RedCircle	73
75	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
76	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
77	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
78	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
79	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
80	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	663	Acast	69
81	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
82	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	573	Spreaker	74
83	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	53
84	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
85	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	97	WideOrbit	68
86	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
87	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	500	RedCircle	43
88	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
89	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
90	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
91	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	171	Omny Studio	89
92	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
93	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
94	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	273	PRX	43
95	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
96	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
97	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
98	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
99	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
100	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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