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 Aug 2026

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08/30/2026

Average data

Episodes: 178

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:48:24

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope (2 shows)

3. The Guardian (2 shows)

4. audiochuck (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Omny Studio (14 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. BBC (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1008	Simplecast	38
2	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	261	WideOrbit	48
3	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	19	Omny Studio	73
4	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	306	Megaphone	42
5	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	531	ART19	68
7	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	434	Megaphone	32
8	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	13	PRX	69
9	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
10	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
11	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	103	PRX	64
12	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
13	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
14	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	149	Acast	73
15	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
16	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
17	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	203	Simplecast	58
18	The Rewriting Humanity	Jim Walsh	Society & Culture	20	Podbean	48
19	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
20	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
21	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
22	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
23	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
24	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
25	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	264	Spreaker	69
26	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
27	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	49	Megaphone	48
28	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	94	WideOrbit	68
29	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	213	Megaphone	38
30	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
31	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	85	Unknown	63
32	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	700	Megaphone	53
33	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	21	ART19	73
34	Theories of the Third Kind	Theories of the Third Kind	Society & Culture	302	WideOrbit	68
35	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	189	PRX	79
36	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
37	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	404	Buzzsprout	83
38	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	95	Acast	79
39	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
40	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
41	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
42	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
43	Bailey Sarian	Bailey Sarian	Society & Culture	158	Spreaker	43
44	The Poet	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	6	Megaphone	73
45	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
46	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1193	Acast	59
47	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
48	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	102	BBC	53
49	The Obit Project	Jad Abumrad and Jule Banville	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
50	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
51	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
52	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	65	Acast	83
53	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	206	Megaphone	32
54	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
55	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	73
56	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
57	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	49	RedCircle	73
58	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	34	Omny Studio	83
59	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
60	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
61	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
62	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	40	BBC	58
63	Revisiting The Gay Life	David Boyer	Society & Culture	15	PRX	79
64	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
65	Artifacts: Stories from the Emotional History of the Internet	Danny Brown	Society & Culture	21	Captivate	73
66	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	704	Omny Studio	53
67	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	53
68	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
69	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
70	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	89	Libsyn	62
71	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
72	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
73	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	525	Spreaker	43
74	Fighting Crime	Arnold Ventures	Society & Culture	10	Megaphone	58
75	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
76	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
77	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
78	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	268	Megaphone	32
79	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	280	Megaphone	43
80	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
81	The Consciousness Cassettes (Season 2 of The Telepathy Tapes)	TTT Media	Society & Culture	15	ART19	52
82	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	136	N/A	N/A
83	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
84	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
85	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
86	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	486	Omny Studio	68
87	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
88	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	History	56	Buzzsprout	32
90	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	150	Spotify for Podcasters	52
91	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
92	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
93	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
95	HABITUAL	Colorado Radio for Justice	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	69
96	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
97	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
98	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
99	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
100	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	349	Simplecast	78

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

The podcast landscape in USA is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

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