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 2026

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03/30/2026

Average data

Episodes: 206

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:46:42

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (7 shows)

2. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

4. pepe&chema (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (16 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. BBC (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
2	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
4	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
5	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
6	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
7	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	378	Audioboom	62
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	350	ART19	68
9	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
10	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
11	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
12	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	64	Acast	83
13	Crime Scene	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	20	Megaphone	83
14	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
15	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
17	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	33	Omny Studio	83
18	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
19	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
20	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	96	BBC	53
21	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	48	Megaphone	48
22	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
23	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
24	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
25	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
26	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	48
27	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
28	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
29	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
30	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
31	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
32	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	38
33	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
34	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
35	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
36	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
37	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
38	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
39	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
40	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
41	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
42	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
43	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	699	Omny Studio	53
44	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
45	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
46	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	262	Spreaker	69
47	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	66	Spreaker	43
48	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
49	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1188	Acast	59
50	Where Is John's Daughter?	Jamie & Natalie	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	63
51	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
52	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
53	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
54	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
55	SMOGLANDIA	LA Times Studios, Patt Morrison	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	69
56	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
57	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	149	Spotify for Podcasters	52
58	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	272	PRX	43
59	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
60	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
61	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	266	Megaphone	32
62	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
63	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
64	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
65	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
66	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
67	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
68	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	555	Spreaker	74
69	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
70	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
71	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
72	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
73	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
74	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
75	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
76	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
77	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
78	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
79	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
80	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
81	Uncovering Roots	Uncovering Roots	Society & Culture	14	Buzzsprout	58
82	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
83	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
84	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
86	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
88	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	58
89	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	698	Megaphone	53
90	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
91	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	636	Acast	69
92	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
93	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	123	Buzzsprout	53
94	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	491	RedCircle	43
95	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	33	BBC	58
96	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
97	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	Society & Culture	251	Buzzsprout	42
98	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
99	My Phantom Memory	Silver Podcast Network	Society & Culture	4	RedCircle	49
100	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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