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 Dec 2025

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12/31/2025

Average data

Episodes: 205

Frequency: every 245 days

Duration: 00:48:18

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. Audible (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Acast (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (12 shows)

4. PRX (8 shows)

5. Spreaker (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	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	943	Simplecast	38
3	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
4	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	411	Megaphone	63
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	357	ART19	68
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	311	Megaphone	42
8	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
9	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	378	Audioboom	62
10	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
11	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	441	Megaphone	32
12	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	19	Omny Studio	63
13	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
14	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
15	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	27	American Public Media	62
16	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
17	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
18	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
19	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
20	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	68
21	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	48
22	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	43
23	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	122	BBC	38
24	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
25	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	51	Omny Studio	48
26	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	166	Acast	69
27	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	8	PRX	69
28	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
29	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	371	Omny Studio	73
30	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	441	Acast	53
31	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	11	Libsyn	62
32	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
33	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
34	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	218	Megaphone	38
35	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
36	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
37	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
38	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
39	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
40	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
41	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	101	Acast	79
42	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
43	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	270	Spreaker	69
44	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
45	Delayland – Germany and the Missing Magic	DW	Society & Culture	24	Unknown	48
46	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
47	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1203	Acast	59
48	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	529	Spreaker	43
49	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
50	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
51	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
52	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
53	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	707	Megaphone	53
54	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
55	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	284	Megaphone	43
56	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
57	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
58	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	115	Acast	73
59	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
60	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	576	Spreaker	74
61	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	192	Ximalaya	53
62	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
63	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
64	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
65	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	58
66	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
67	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
68	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
69	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
70	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	276	Megaphone	32
71	My Year in Mensa	iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	53
72	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
73	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
74	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	32
75	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
76	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
77	The Syria Trials	75 Podcasts	Society & Culture	23	Captivate	83
78	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
79	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
80	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	710	Omny Studio	53
81	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
82	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89
83	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
84	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	53
85	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
86	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	93	Libsyn	62
87	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
88	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	98	WideOrbit	68
89	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
90	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
91	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	273	PRX	43
92	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
93	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
94	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	667	Acast	69
95	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	30	ART19	53
96	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	13	Acast	69
97	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
98	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	298	Audioboom	58
99	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
100	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	58	Unknown	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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