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 sept. 2025

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09/30/2025

Average data

Episodes: 227

Frequency: every 248 days

Duration: 00:49:20

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. pepe&chema (2 shows)

3. The New York Times (2 shows)

4. BBC (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Omny Studio (15 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Spreaker (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
2	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
4	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
6	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
7	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
10	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
11	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
12	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
13	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
14	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
15	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
16	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
17	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
18	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
19	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
20	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
21	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
22	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
23	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
24	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
25	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
26	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
27	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
28	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
29	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
30	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
31	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
32	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
33	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
34	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
35	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
36	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	699	Omny Studio	53
37	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
38	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
39	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
40	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
41	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	522	Spreaker	43
42	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
43	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
44	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
45	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
46	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
47	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
48	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
49	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
50	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
51	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
52	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
53	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
54	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
55	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
56	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
57	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
58	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
59	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
60	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
61	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
62	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
63	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
64	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
65	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	7	Libsyn	58
66	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
67	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
68	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
69	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
70	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
71	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
72	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
73	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
74	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
75	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
76	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
77	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
78	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	542	Spreaker	60
79	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
80	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	56	Spreaker	68
81	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
82	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
83	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
84	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
85	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
86	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	490	RedCircle	43
87	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
88	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
89	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
90	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
91	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
92	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
93	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
94	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
95	Death on the Lot	Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	69
96	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
97	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
98	Country of Dust	Country of Dust	Society & Culture	19	Buzzsprout	38
99	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
100	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58

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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