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 Oct 2024

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10/30/2024

Average data

Episodes: 193

Frequency: every 252 days

Duration: 00:47:40

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (7 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

4. CBC (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Acast (17 shows)

3. Omny Studio (16 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Spreaker (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	938	Simplecast	38
2	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
3	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
4	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
6	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
7	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	303	Megaphone	42
9	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
10	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	96	BBC	53
11	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	38
12	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
13	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
14	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
15	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
16	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	432	Megaphone	32
17	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	94	Acast	79
18	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
19	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
20	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
21	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
22	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
23	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
24	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
25	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
26	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
27	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
28	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
29	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
30	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	48
31	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1189	Acast	59
32	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
33	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
34	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
35	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
36	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
37	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
38	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
39	Lights On with Carl Lentz	B-Side	Society & Culture	26	Podbean	52
40	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
41	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
42	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
43	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
44	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
45	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
46	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
47	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
48	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	262	Spreaker	69
49	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
50	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
51	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
52	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	272	PRX	43
53	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
54	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
55	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
56	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
57	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
58	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
59	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
60	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
61	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	53
62	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
63	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
64	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
65	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	33	BBC	58
66	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
67	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	636	Acast	69
68	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
69	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
70	The Courage Contagion	Joelle Benson	Society & Culture	12	Unknown	63
71	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
72	Into the Mix	Ben & Jerry's and Vox Creative	Society & Culture	41	Megaphone	64
73	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
74	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	266	Megaphone	32
75	The Chilling Podcast	Little Fang Media	Society & Culture	29	Spreaker	43
76	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	48
77	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	698	Megaphone	53
78	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	Society & Culture	251	Buzzsprout	42
79	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
80	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
81	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
82	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
83	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
84	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
85	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
86	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	440	Acast	74
87	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	542	Spreaker	60
88	The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh	Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	69
89	JULIE IN GENDERLAND	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	11	Substack	53
90	Gay Girl Gone	CBC	Society & Culture	8	Triton Digital	59
91	Spiraled	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	53
93	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	556	Spreaker	74
94	So Your Parents Are Old	Vanessa Grigoriadis	Society & Culture	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
95	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
96	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
97	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
98	Shadow of Hope	Pleasant Run Productions	Society & Culture	10	Acast	69
99	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
100	Generation Barney	Connecticut Public	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	74

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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