Apple Podcast Rankings - USA - General

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 16 Oct 2026

Country

Main category

Sub category

Date

10/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 487

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:54:50

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. ABC News (3 shows)

3. The New York Times (2 shows)

4. 48 Hours (2 shows)

5. The Ringer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (31 shows)

2. Simplecast (25 shows)

3. Omny Studio (6 shows)

4. Libsyn (5 shows)

5. ART19 (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Daily	The New York Times	News	67	Simplecast	48
2	Crime Junkie	Audiochuck	True Crime	533	Simplecast	63
3	The Joe Rogan Experience	Joe Rogan	Comedy	2000	Megaphone	43
4	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	29	Megaphone	69
5	Dateline NBC	NBC News	True Crime	871	Simplecast	53
6	REAL AF with Andy Frisella	Andy Frisella	Business	1393	Libsyn	32
7	Up First from NPR	NPR	News	500	Simplecast	53
8	Mick Unplugged	Mick Hunt	Education	311	Megaphone	79
9	The Team House	dee takos	History	658	Spreaker	64
10	The Dylan Gemelli Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Dylan Gemelli	Health & Fitness	155	RSS.com	62
11	Good Hang with Amy Poehler	The Ringer	Comedy	86	Megaphone	52
12	Tomorrow, Today	Shekhar Natarajan	Technology	39	Simplecast	63
13	Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?	iHeartPodcasts	Health & Fitness	242	Omny Studio	48
14	Coffeez with Joe Shalaby	Joseph Shalaby	Business	153	Captivate	69
15	Not Just A Terrible Story	Terrible Story Productions	True Crime	10	Captivate	72
16	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	897	Simplecast	68
17	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	136	ART19	58
18	The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk	Ryan Hawk	Business	711	Libsyn	42
19	The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett	DOAC	Business	898	Unknown	64
20	The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex	Paul Alex Espinoza	Business	1247	RSS.com	37
21	Finding Peak with Ryan Hanley	Ryan Hanley	Business	466	Simplecast	68
22	The Bill Simmons Podcast	The Ringer	Sports	1643	Megaphone	32
23	The Code To Winning	Kagiso Dikane	Business	91	Unknown	63
24	We Fixed It, You're Welcome	We Fixed It, You're Welcome	Business	97	Megaphone	58
25	Live Free with Josh Howerton	Lakepointe Church	Religion & Spirituality	606	Megaphone	38
26	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	408	Megaphone	53
27	The Mel Robbins Podcast	Mel Robbins	Education	447	Simplecast	73
28	Unblinded with Sean Callagy	Sean Callagy	Business	23	Spotify for Podcasters	32
29	Proven Podcast	Charles Schwartz	Business	86	Libsyn	62
30	Pardon My Take	Barstool Sports	Sports	926	Unknown	53
31	Tony Mantor's : Almost Live..... Nashville	iHeartPodcasts	Music	83	Omny Studio	58
32	Passion Struck with John R. Miles	Passion Struck with John R. Miles	Health & Fitness	835	Simplecast	63
33	We!	Joe Mittiga	Education	65	Buzzsprout	43
34	Young and Profiting (YAP) with Hala Taha: Entrepreneurship and Self-Improvement Podcast	Hala Taha \| Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing \| YAP Media Network	Business	800	Megaphone	58
35	Habits and Hustle	Jen Cohen	Business	278	Libsyn	53
36	On The Line with Jim Pyne	Jim	Sports	14	Buzzsprout	68
37	The Megyn Kelly Show	SiriusXM	News	1986	Simplecast	58
38	Betrayal Season 6	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	184	Omny Studio	63
39	The Rest Is History	Goalhanger	History	733	Megaphone	63
40	Pod Save America	Pod Save America	News	1200	Audioboom	53
41	On Purpose with Jay Shetty	Perfect Strangers	Health & Fitness	889	Megaphone	32
42	My Mom’s Murder	AYR Media	True Crime	5	ART19	53
43	This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von	Theo Von	Comedy	587	Megaphone	42
44	the bossbabe podcast	Natalie Ellis	Business	500	Megaphone	58
45	The Toast	Dear Media	Comedy	1362	Megaphone	48
46	The Jamie Kern Lima Show	Jamie Kern Lima	Education	120	Megaphone	69
47	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	438	Megaphone	63
48	Reaching Out	Futuro Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	79
49	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	38
50	48 Hours	48 Hours	True Crime	1135	WideOrbit	53
51	The Ramsey Show	Ramsey Network	Business	180	Megaphone	53
52	SmartLess	Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett	Comedy	380	Simplecast	69
53	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
54	Happy Hour with Ina Garten	Vox Media	Society & Culture	6	Megaphone	58
55	Giggly Squad	Hannah Berner & Paige DeSorbo	Comedy	357	Simplecast	63
56	The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)	Ascension	Religion & Spirituality	1846	Fireside	43
57	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1232	Omny Studio	38
58	The Money Mondays	Dan Fleyshman	Business	172	Spotify for Podcasters	53
59	The Home Service Expert Podcast	Tommy Mello: $200 Million Founder\|Forbes, Inc., Entrepreneur Columnist	Business	517	Libsyn	32
60	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	561	Simplecast	57
61	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
62	3 Takeaways™	Lynn Thoman	Business	324	Buzzsprout	68
63	Huberman Lab	Scicomm Media	Health & Fitness	450	Megaphone	69
64	Love Trapped	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	True Crime	32	Omny Studio	63
65	The Dan Le Batard Show	Dan Le Batard	Sports	350	Megaphone	43
66	Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard	Armchair Umbrella	Comedy	1112	ART19	63
67	The Woman in the Woods	48 Hours	True Crime	6	WideOrbit	48
68	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise	True Crime	453	Simplecast	68
69	Founder's Story	IBH Media	Business	390	Simplecast	63
70	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1352	Megaphone	58
71	NPR News Now	NPR	News	4	Simplecast	48
72	Fantasy Footballers - Fantasy Football Podcast	Fantasy Football	Sports	1983	Simplecast	48
73	IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson	Higher Ground	Education	117	ART19	58
74	The Bulwark Podcast	The Bulwark	News	506	Audioboom	32
75	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	22	Megaphone	58
76	Psycho Politics with George Conway	Psycho Politics with George Conway	News	2	Audioboom	52
77	Bred To Lead	Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs	Business	38	Unknown	63
78	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	26	American Public Media	62
79	Biohack-it Details temporarily unavailable	Iman Hasan	Health & Fitness	126	Spotify for Podcasters	53
80	Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast	Matt McCusker & Shane Gillis	Comedy	389	Megaphone	27
81	Makes Sense - with Dr. JC Doornick	Dr. JC Doornick "The Dragon"	Education	223	Simplecast	62
82	Cruel Summer: The Violent Death of Tiffany Valiante	Wavland and Street Smart Audio	True Crime	9	Megaphone	58
83	The Tucker Carlson Show	Tucker Carlson Network	News	456	Megaphone	53
84	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
85	Pablo Torre Finds Out	The Athletic	Sports	496	Acast	64
86	The Drop the Needle Podcast	Jim Alstott	Religion & Spirituality	86	Audioboom	58
87	The Ben Shapiro Show Feed not publicly shared by the creator	The Daily Wire	News Commentary	2000	N/A	N/A
88	Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel	Rachel Uchitel	Society & Culture	388	Simplecast	58
89	The Binge Crimes: What Happened to the Harrisons?	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	160	Megaphone	48
90	What Happened to the McStays?	ABC News	True Crime	8	Megaphone	48
91	Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend	Team Coco & Earwolf	Comedy	740	Simplecast	68
92	Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce	Wave	Comedy	87	Megaphone	83
93	Acquired	Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal	Technology	217	Transistor	68
94	The Snare	ABC News	True Crime	9	Megaphone	53
95	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	548	ART19	58
96	Serial	Serial Productions & The New York Times	News	134	Simplecast	69
97	The Headlines	The New York Times	News	558	Simplecast	63
98	World War II with Tom Hanks	The HISTORY Channel \| Back Pocket Studios \| Audacy	History	23	WideOrbit	68
99	The Room Podcast	Claudia Laurie and Madison McIlwain	Technology	148	Simplecast	68
100	Candace	Candace Owens	News	449	Megaphone	63

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.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in USA.
Explore more data on podcast rankings by diving into other categories and countries, and stay ahead in the ever-changing podcast scene.

Previous charts Next charts

About Methodology Contact Support me Privacy Policy Legal Notice