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 Dec 2024

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12/30/2024

Average data

Episodes: 168

Frequency: every 248 days

Duration: 00:48:31

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

3. APM Reports (2 shows)

4. SpectreVision Radio (2 shows)

5. CBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Omny Studio (14 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. PRX (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
3	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
6	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
7	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
8	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
9	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
10	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
11	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
12	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
13	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
14	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
15	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
16	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
17	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
18	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
19	Backed Up	Cincinnati Public Radio / 91.7 WVXU	Society & Culture	8	Unknown	59
20	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
21	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
22	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
23	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
24	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
25	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
26	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
27	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
28	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
29	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
30	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
31	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
32	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
33	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
34	Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative	Radiotopia	Society & Culture	6	PRX	73
35	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
36	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
37	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
38	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
39	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
40	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
41	Generation Barney	Connecticut Public	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	74
42	Cosmic Peach	Julia Hamilton	Society & Culture	321	Spreaker	49
43	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
44	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
45	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
46	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
47	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
48	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
49	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
50	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
51	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
52	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
53	Order 9066	APM Reports & The Smithsonian	Society & Culture	14	American Public Media	63
54	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
55	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
56	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
57	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
58	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
59	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
60	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
61	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
62	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
63	Extraordinary Evidence \| ESP Is Real	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
64	Tampa Bay Developer	Garrett Greco	Society & Culture	138	Spotify for Podcasters	33
65	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
66	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
67	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
68	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
69	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
70	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
71	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
72	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
73	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
74	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
75	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
76	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
77	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	53
78	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	Society & Culture	96	Spotify for Podcasters	28
79	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
80	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
81	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
82	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
83	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
84	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
85	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
86	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
87	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
88	Intersections	A Human Atlas	Society & Culture	22	Libsyn	73
89	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	157	Omny Studio	69
90	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
91	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
92	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
93	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	490	RedCircle	43
94	King's Last March	APM Reports	Society & Culture	9	American Public Media	63
95	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
96	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
97	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
98	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
99	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
100	NATAL	You Had Me at Black, The Woodshaw	Society & Culture	38	Simplecast	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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