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 30 Mar 2025

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03/30/2025

Average data

Episodes: 190

Frequency: every 242 days

Duration: 00:47:09

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. The New York Times (2 shows)

5. BBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Acast (17 shows)

3. Simplecast (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (12 shows)

5. PRX (6 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	943	Simplecast	38
3	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	115	Acast	73
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	411	Megaphone	63
5	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
6	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	27	American Public Media	62
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	311	Megaphone	42
8	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	98	WideOrbit	68
9	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
10	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
11	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
12	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	357	ART19	68
13	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
14	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
15	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	68
17	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
18	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	371	Omny Studio	73
19	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
20	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	93	Libsyn	62
21	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
22	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
23	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
24	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	218	Megaphone	38
25	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	441	Acast	53
26	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	166	Acast	69
27	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
28	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
29	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
30	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
31	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	451	RedCircle	59
32	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
33	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
34	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
35	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
36	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	441	Megaphone	32
37	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
38	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	284	Megaphone	43
39	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	101	Acast	79
40	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
41	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
42	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	270	Spreaker	69
43	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
44	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
45	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
46	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
47	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
48	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
49	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
50	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
51	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	122	BBC	38
52	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
53	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1203	Acast	59
54	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	192	Ximalaya	53
55	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
56	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
57	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
58	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
59	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
60	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	32
61	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
62	The Superhero Complex	iHeartPodcasts and Novel	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
63	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
64	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
65	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	53
66	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	147	Captivate	38
67	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
68	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	276	Megaphone	32
69	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
70	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	667	Acast	69
71	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
72	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
73	10 Mujeres	Wondery \| Dudas Media	Society & Culture	11	ART19	89
74	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
75	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
76	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	500	RedCircle	43
77	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	273	PRX	43
78	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
79	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
80	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
81	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
82	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
83	BUZZKILL, presented by REAP/SOW	FERN	Society & Culture	29	PRX	73
84	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
85	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
86	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	529	Spreaker	43
87	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
88	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
89	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	576	Spreaker	74
90	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
91	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
92	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
93	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
94	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	298	Audioboom	58
95	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
96	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
97	The Experiment	The Atlantic and WNYC Studios	Society & Culture	60	Simplecast	73
98	Noche de Lluvia Podcast	Insólita Labs I Lourdes Gómez	Society & Culture	46	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
100	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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