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 Apr 2025

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04/30/2025

Average data

Episodes: 186

Frequency: every 248 days

Duration: 00:47:23

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

3. CBC (2 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. audiochuck (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (15 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
5	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
6	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
7	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
9	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
11	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
12	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
13	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
14	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
15	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
17	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
18	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
19	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
20	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
21	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
22	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
23	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
24	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
25	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
26	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
27	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
28	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	424	RedCircle	59
29	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
30	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
31	Penny Royal	Nathan Isaac	Society & Culture	19	Buzzsprout	58
32	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
33	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
34	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
35	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
36	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
37	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
38	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
39	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
40	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
41	Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez	Sonoro \| Futuro Studios	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	43
42	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
43	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
44	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
45	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
46	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
47	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
48	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
49	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
50	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
51	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
52	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
53	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
54	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
55	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
56	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	204	Megaphone	32
57	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
58	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
59	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
60	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
61	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
62	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
63	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	43	Acast	89
64	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
65	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
66	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
67	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
68	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
69	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
70	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
71	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
72	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	53
73	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
74	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
75	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
76	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
77	Niche to Meet You	Leslie Eiler Thompson	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
78	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
79	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
80	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
81	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
82	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
83	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
84	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
85	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
86	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
87	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
88	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
89	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
90	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
91	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
92	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
93	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
94	The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh	Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	69
95	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
96	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
97	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
98	10 Mujeres	Wondery \| Dudas Media	Society & Culture	11	ART19	89
99	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
100	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	490	RedCircle	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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