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 21 Oct 2026

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10/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 556

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:55:06

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. The Ringer (2 shows)

3. ABC News (2 shows)

4. Vox Media (2 shows)

5. 48 Hours (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (28 shows)

2. Simplecast (26 shows)

3. Libsyn (7 shows)

4. Unknown (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Daily	The New York Times	News	66	Simplecast	48
2	Crime Junkie	Audiochuck	True Crime	534	Simplecast	63
3	Pod Save America	Pod Save America	News	1200	Audioboom	53
4	Dateline NBC	NBC News	True Crime	875	Simplecast	53
5	Mick Unplugged	Mick Hunt	Education	313	Megaphone	79
6	REAL AF with Andy Frisella	Andy Frisella	Business	1395	Libsyn	32
7	The Joe Rogan Experience	Joe Rogan	Comedy	2000	Megaphone	43
8	Up First from NPR	NPR	News	500	Simplecast	53
9	Good Hang with Amy Poehler	The Ringer	Comedy	87	Megaphone	52
10	Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?	iHeartPodcasts	Health & Fitness	243	Omny Studio	48
11	Tony Mantor's : Almost Live..... Nashville	iHeartPodcasts	Music	84	Omny Studio	58
12	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	899	Simplecast	68
13	The Dylan Gemelli Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Dylan Gemelli	Health & Fitness	155	RSS.com	62
14	Tomorrow, Today	Shekhar Natarajan	Technology	41	Simplecast	63
15	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	411	Megaphone	53
16	Coffeez with Joe Shalaby	Joseph Shalaby	Business	154	Captivate	69
17	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	141	ART19	58
18	We Fixed It, You're Welcome	We Fixed It, You're Welcome	Business	98	Megaphone	58
19	Unblinded with Sean Callagy	Sean Callagy	Business	23	Spotify for Podcasters	32
20	The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex	Paul Alex Espinoza	Business	1262	RSS.com	37
21	Pardon My Take	Barstool Sports	Sports	926	Unknown	53
22	We!	Joe Mittiga	Education	67	Buzzsprout	43
23	Proven Podcast	Charles Schwartz	Business	86	Libsyn	62
24	Finding Peak with Ryan Hanley	Ryan Hanley	Business	466	Simplecast	68
25	Young and Profiting (YAP) with Hala Taha: Entrepreneurship and Self-Improvement Podcast	Hala Taha \| Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing \| YAP Media Network	Business	803	Megaphone	58
26	The Code To Winning	Kagiso Dikane	Business	92	Unknown	63
27	Betrayal Season 6	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	185	Omny Studio	63
28	The Mel Robbins Podcast	Mel Robbins	Education	449	Simplecast	73
29	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	29	Megaphone	69
30	Passion Struck with John R. Miles	Passion Struck with John R. Miles	Health & Fitness	838	Simplecast	63
31	The Megyn Kelly Show	SiriusXM	News	1997	Simplecast	58
32	The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk	Ryan Hawk	Business	711	Libsyn	42
33	Habits and Hustle	Jen Cohen	Business	278	Libsyn	53
34	Live Free with Josh Howerton	Lakepointe Church	Religion & Spirituality	608	Megaphone	38
35	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
36	Bred To Lead	Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs	Business	39	Unknown	63
37	SmartLess	Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett	Comedy	381	Simplecast	69
38	The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett	DOAC	Business	907	Unknown	64
39	The Bill Simmons Podcast	The Ringer	Sports	1646	Megaphone	32
40	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
41	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	38
42	the bossbabe podcast	Natalie Ellis	Business	501	Megaphone	58
43	The Toast	Dear Media	Comedy	1367	Megaphone	48
44	Build or Break	Daniel Lubetzky	Business	12	Unknown	69
45	The Team House	dee takos	History	660	Spreaker	64
46	Not Just A Terrible Story	Terrible Story Productions	True Crime	11	Captivate	78
47	The Rest Is History	Goalhanger	History	734	Megaphone	63
48	The Jamie Kern Lima Show	Jamie Kern Lima	Education	120	Megaphone	69
49	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	27	American Public Media	62
50	Business MVP	Sammy Peterson	Business	18	Megaphone	63
51	48 Hours	48 Hours	True Crime	1140	WideOrbit	53
52	The Home Service Expert Podcast	Tommy Mello: $200 Million Founder\|Forbes, Inc., Entrepreneur Columnist	Business	518	Libsyn	32
53	3 Takeaways™	Lynn Thoman	Business	325	Buzzsprout	68
54	The Money Mondays	Dan Fleyshman	Business	172	Spotify for Podcasters	53
55	The Ramsey Show	Ramsey Network	Business	180	Megaphone	53
56	We're Out of Time	Richard Taite	Health & Fitness	104	Spotify for Podcasters	38
57	Giggly Squad	Hannah Berner & Paige DeSorbo	Comedy	359	Simplecast	63
58	The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)	Ascension	Religion & Spirituality	1851	Fireside	43
59	Pivot	New York Magazine	News	821	Megaphone	63
60	Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard	Armchair Umbrella	Comedy	1116	ART19	63
61	My Mom’s Murder	AYR Media	True Crime	6	ART19	53
62	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
63	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1355	Megaphone	58
64	Fantasy Footballers - Fantasy Football Podcast	Fantasy Football	Sports	1988	Simplecast	48
65	The Dan Le Batard Show	Dan Le Batard	Sports	350	Megaphone	43
66	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	565	Simplecast	57
67	Acquired	Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal	Technology	218	Transistor	68
68	Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend	Team Coco & Earwolf	Comedy	742	Simplecast	68
69	NPR News Now	NPR	News	4	Simplecast	48
70	The Ben Shapiro Show Feed not publicly shared by the creator	The Daily Wire	News Commentary	2000	N/A	N/A
71	The Bulwark Podcast	The Bulwark	News	506	Audioboom	32
72	Life is an Inside Job with Coach Mike Basevic	Coach Mike Basevic	Education	18	Unknown	68
73	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1235	Omny Studio	38
74	METRO with Sarah Koenig	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	58
75	This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von	Theo Von	Comedy	588	Megaphone	42
76	Happy Hour with Ina Garten	Vox Media	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	58
77	Huberman Lab	Scicomm Media	Health & Fitness	452	Megaphone	69
78	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	549	ART19	58
79	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
80	All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg	All-In Podcast, LLC	Technology	440	Libsyn	42
81	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise	True Crime	455	Simplecast	68
82	On Purpose with Jay Shetty	Perfect Strangers	Health & Fitness	892	Megaphone	32
83	Founder's Story	IBH Media	Business	393	Simplecast	63
84	Crimes Of Reddit with Sabrina Deana-Roga & Alexis Linkletter	Crime House	True Crime	57	WideOrbit	62
85	Love Trapped	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	True Crime	34	Omny Studio	63
86	The Tucker Carlson Show	Tucker Carlson Network	News	459	Megaphone	53
87	Makes Sense - with Dr. JC Doornick	Dr. JC Doornick "The Dragon"	Education	226	Simplecast	62
88	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	312	Megaphone	42
89	The X Button Video Game Podcast	X Button	Leisure	1	Spotify for Podcasters	41
90	The Drop the Needle Podcast	Jim Alstott	Religion & Spirituality	87	Audioboom	58
91	Park Predators	Audiochuck	True Crime	185	Simplecast	63
92	The Dropout	ABC News	True Crime	32	Libsyn	43
93	The Thyroid (and Hormone) Fixer Podcast: Thyropause, Menopause, Metabolism and How to Fix It	Dr. Amie Hornaman	Health & Fitness	676	Unknown	48
94	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	441	Megaphone	63
95	The Woman in the Woods	48 Hours	True Crime	7	WideOrbit	48
96	Morning Wire	The Daily Wire	News	2000	Simplecast	43
97	The Headlines	The New York Times	News	563	Simplecast	63
98	Biohack-it Details temporarily unavailable	Iman Hasan	Health & Fitness	126	Spotify for Podcasters	53
99	The Dan Bongino Show	Cumulus Podcast Network \| Dan Bongino	News	2000	Megaphone	49
100	IHIP News	Jennifer Welch & Angie Sullivan	News	1879	Megaphone	53

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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