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 Dec 2025

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12/29/2025

Average data

Episodes: 213

Frequency: every 247 days

Duration: 00:47:35

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. Audible (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. audiochuck (2 shows)

5. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Acast (12 shows)

3. Omny Studio (11 shows)

4. PRX (8 shows)

5. Spreaker (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	938	Simplecast	38
2	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
5	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
6	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	303	Megaphone	42
7	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	350	ART19	68
8	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
9	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	378	Audioboom	62
10	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
11	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
12	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	96	BBC	53
13	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	432	Megaphone	32
14	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
15	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
16	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
17	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
18	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
19	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
20	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
21	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
22	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
23	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
24	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	48	Megaphone	48
25	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
26	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
27	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
28	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
29	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
30	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
31	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
32	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
33	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
34	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	7	Libsyn	58
35	Delayland – Germany and the Missing Magic	DW	Society & Culture	24	Unknown	48
36	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
37	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
38	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	94	Acast	79
39	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1189	Acast	59
40	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
41	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
42	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
43	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
44	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
45	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
46	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
47	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
48	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	38
49	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
50	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	262	Spreaker	69
51	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	48
52	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
53	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
54	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
55	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
56	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
57	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
58	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
59	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
60	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	556	Spreaker	74
61	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
62	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	700	Omny Studio	53
63	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
64	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	698	Megaphone	53
65	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
66	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
67	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
68	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
69	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
70	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	33	BBC	58
71	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
72	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
73	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
74	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
75	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
76	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
77	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	491	RedCircle	43
78	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
80	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
81	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	636	Acast	69
82	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
83	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
84	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
85	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	272	PRX	43
86	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
87	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	43
88	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
89	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
90	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
91	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	58
92	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	56	Spreaker	68
93	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
94	Sounds Like Hate	Southern Poverty Law Center	Society & Culture	27	Captivate	69
95	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
96	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	266	Megaphone	32
97	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
99	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
100	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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