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 2025

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10/30/2025

Average data

Episodes: 228

Frequency: every 244 days

Duration: 00:50:00

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. The New York Times (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

5. APM Reports (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (16 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
4	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
5	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
7	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
8	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
9	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
10	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
11	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
12	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
13	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
14	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
15	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
16	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
17	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
18	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
19	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
20	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
21	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
22	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
23	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
24	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
25	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
26	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
27	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
28	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
29	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
30	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
31	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
32	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
33	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
34	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
35	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
36	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
37	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
38	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
39	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
40	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
41	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
42	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
43	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	204	Megaphone	32
44	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
45	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	521	Spreaker	43
46	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
47	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
48	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
49	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
50	Unearthed - The need for seeds, with Cate Blanchett	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	Society & Culture	28	Omny Studio	83
51	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
52	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
53	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
54	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
55	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
56	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	7	Libsyn	58
57	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
58	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
59	Zero Signal	David & Jay Green	Society & Culture	32	RSS.com	83
60	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
61	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	58
62	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
63	Time Slipped	Nikki Rich	Society & Culture	17	Captivate	78
64	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
65	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
66	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	699	Omny Studio	53
67	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
68	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
69	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
70	Witness: Sex, Lies and Streaming	news.com.au	Society & Culture	35	Omny Studio	89
71	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
72	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
73	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
74	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
75	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
76	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
77	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
78	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
79	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
80	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
82	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
83	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
84	The Only Thing That Lasts	Sarah Mock / Ambrook	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	43
85	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
86	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
87	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
88	ALIEN THEORISTS THEORIZING	Big Theory Podcasts	Society & Culture	550	RedCircle	49
89	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
90	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
91	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
92	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	542	Spreaker	60
93	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
94	The Corrymeela Podcast	Corrymeela	Society & Culture	43	Squarespace	58
95	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
96	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
97	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
98	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
99	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
100	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89

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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