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 31 Oct 2025

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10/31/2025

Average data

Episodes: 232

Frequency: every 236 days

Duration: 00:49:54

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. The New York Times (2 shows)

5. Andrew Callaghan (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (13 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
4	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
5	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
6	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
7	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
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	55	Megaphone	48
11	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
12	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
13	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	29	Simplecast	63
14	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
15	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
17	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
18	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
20	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
21	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
22	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
23	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	132	BBC	38
24	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
25	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
26	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
27	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
28	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
29	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
30	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
31	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
32	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
33	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
34	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
35	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
36	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
37	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
38	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
39	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
40	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
41	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
42	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	530	Spreaker	43
43	Zero Signal	David & Jay Green	Society & Culture	32	RSS.com	83
44	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
45	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
46	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
47	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
48	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
49	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
50	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
51	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	58
52	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	12	Libsyn	62
53	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
54	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
55	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	676	Acast	69
56	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	14	Acast	59
57	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
58	Unearthed - The need for seeds, with Cate Blanchett	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	Society & Culture	28	Omny Studio	83
59	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	32
60	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
61	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
62	Time Slipped	Nikki Rich	Society & Culture	17	Captivate	78
63	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
64	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
65	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
66	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
67	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
68	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
69	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
70	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	713	Omny Studio	53
71	Witness: Sex, Lies and Streaming	news.com.au	Society & Culture	35	Omny Studio	89
72	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
73	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	583	Spreaker	74
74	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
75	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
76	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
77	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
78	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
79	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	300	Audioboom	58
80	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
81	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
82	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
83	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
84	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
85	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
86	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
87	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	9	PRX	69
88	ALIEN THEORISTS THEORIZING	Big Theory Podcasts	Society & Culture	550	RedCircle	49
89	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
90	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	565	Spreaker	60
91	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
92	The Only Thing That Lasts	Sarah Mock / Ambrook	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	43
93	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
94	Uintah Basin High Strangeness	V6 Media	Society & Culture	6	Podbean	52
95	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
96	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
97	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89
98	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	504	RedCircle	43
99	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
100	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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