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 28 Oct 2026

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10/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 490

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:54:52

Top 5 authors

1. NPR (3 shows)

2. Serial Productions & The New York Times (2 shows)

3. The New York Times (2 shows)

4. ABC News (2 shows)

5. The Ringer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (27 shows)

2. Megaphone (24 shows)

3. Libsyn (7 shows)

4. Unknown (7 shows)

5. ART19 (6 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	528	Simplecast	53
3	Up First from NPR	NPR	News	500	Simplecast	53
4	Dateline NBC	NBC News	True Crime	877	Simplecast	53
5	Pod Save America	Pod Save America	News	1200	Audioboom	53
6	The Builders	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
7	Good Hang with Amy Poehler	The Ringer	Comedy	88	Megaphone	52
8	REAL AF with Andy Frisella	Andy Frisella	Business	1397	Libsyn	32
9	Mick Unplugged	Mick Hunt	Education	314	Megaphone	79
10	The Dylan Gemelli Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Dylan Gemelli	Health & Fitness	155	RSS.com	62
11	The Joe Rogan Experience	Joe Rogan	Comedy	2000	Megaphone	43
12	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
13	The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk	Ryan Hawk	Business	712	Libsyn	42
14	Love Trapped	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	True Crime	34	Omny Studio	63
15	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	900	Simplecast	68
16	Coffeez with Joe Shalaby	Joseph Shalaby	Business	154	Captivate	69
17	Tomorrow, Today	Shekhar Natarajan	Technology	43	Simplecast	63
18	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	146	ART19	58
19	Unblinded with Sean Callagy	Sean Callagy	Business	23	Spotify for Podcasters	32
20	Habits and Hustle	Jen Cohen	Business	278	Libsyn	53
21	The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex	Paul Alex Espinoza	Business	1276	RSS.com	37
22	The Code To Winning	Kagiso Dikane	Business	92	Unknown	63
23	Young and Profiting (YAP) with Hala Taha: Entrepreneurship and Self-Improvement Podcast	Hala Taha \| Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing \| YAP Media Network	Business	805	Megaphone	58
24	Finding Peak with Ryan Hanley	Ryan Hanley	Business	468	Simplecast	68
25	We Fixed It, You're Welcome	We Fixed It, You're Welcome	Business	99	Megaphone	58
26	Bred To Lead	Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs	Business	39	Unknown	63
27	We!	Joe Mittiga	Education	68	Buzzsprout	43
28	Proven Podcast	Charles Schwartz	Business	86	Libsyn	62
29	The Mel Robbins Podcast	Mel Robbins	Education	451	Simplecast	73
30	METRO with Sarah Koenig	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	58
31	Machine Gods	NPR	Technology	4	Simplecast	53
32	Pardon My Take	Barstool Sports	Sports	926	Unknown	53
33	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
34	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	413	Megaphone	53
35	Live Free with Josh Howerton	Lakepointe Church	Religion & Spirituality	610	Megaphone	38
36	Passion Struck with John R. Miles	Passion Struck with John R. Miles	Health & Fitness	839	Simplecast	63
37	The Megyn Kelly Show	SiriusXM	News	2000	Simplecast	58
38	The Team House	dee takos	History	662	Spreaker	64
39	The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett	DOAC	Business	902	Unknown	64
40	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	38
41	Betrayal Season 6	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	185	Omny Studio	63
42	The Rest Is History	Goalhanger	History	736	Megaphone	63
43	48 Hours	48 Hours	True Crime	1143	WideOrbit	53
44	the bossbabe podcast	Natalie Ellis	Business	502	Megaphone	58
45	We're Out of Time	Richard Taite	Health & Fitness	105	Spotify for Podcasters	38
46	Build or Break	Daniel Lubetzky	Business	13	Unknown	69
47	Bear Brook	NHPR	True Crime	26	Megaphone	63
48	SmartLess	Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett	Comedy	382	Simplecast	69
49	The Bill Simmons Podcast	The Ringer	Sports	1648	Megaphone	32
50	The Toast	Dear Media	Comedy	1370	Megaphone	48
51	Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard	Armchair Umbrella	Comedy	1119	ART19	63
52	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	550	ART19	58
53	Inside AsembleAI: DeepTech, AI & Science	Mac & Sam	Technology	79	RSS.com	57
54	Founder's Story	IBH Media	Business	394	Simplecast	63
55	Giggly Squad	Hannah Berner & Paige DeSorbo	Comedy	360	Simplecast	63
56	The Drop the Needle Podcast	Jim Alstott	Religion & Spirituality	87	Audioboom	58
57	The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)	Ascension	Religion & Spirituality	1856	Fireside	43
58	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
59	Makes Sense - with Dr. JC Doornick	Dr. JC Doornick "The Dragon"	Education	228	Simplecast	62
60	The Jamie Kern Lima Show	Jamie Kern Lima	Education	120	Megaphone	69
61	Heart	Apple TV / Plan B / Blanchard House	True Crime	5	ART19	73
62	The Dropout	ABC News	True Crime	32	Libsyn	43
63	The Ramsey Show	Ramsey Network	Business	180	Megaphone	53
64	The Home Service Expert Podcast	Tommy Mello: $200 Million Founder\|Forbes, Inc., Entrepreneur Columnist	Business	519	Libsyn	32
65	3 Takeaways™	Lynn Thoman	Business	326	Buzzsprout	68
66	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	566	Simplecast	57
67	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	27	American Public Media	62
68	The Money Mondays	Dan Fleyshman	Business	172	Spotify for Podcasters	53
69	The Thyroid (and Hormone) Fixer Podcast: Thyropause, Menopause, Metabolism and How to Fix It	Dr. Amie Hornaman	Health & Fitness	677	Unknown	48
70	Over My Dead Body	Audible Original	True Crime	18	ART19	69
71	Business MVP	Sammy Peterson	Business	19	Megaphone	63
72	NPR News Now	NPR	News	4	Simplecast	48
73	Huberman Lab	Scicomm Media	Health & Fitness	453	Megaphone	69
74	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	29	Megaphone	69
75	The Dan Le Batard Show	Dan Le Batard	Sports	350	Megaphone	43
76	Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel	Rachel Uchitel	Society & Culture	391	Simplecast	58
77	The Tucker Carlson Show	Tucker Carlson Network	News	461	Megaphone	53
78	The Ben Shapiro Show Feed not publicly shared by the creator	The Daily Wire	News Commentary	2000	N/A	N/A
79	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1237	Omny Studio	38
80	Pivot	New York Magazine	News	823	Megaphone	63
81	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise	True Crime	456	Simplecast	68
82	My Mom’s Murder	AYR Media	True Crime	7	ART19	53
83	The Bulwark Podcast	The Bulwark	News	506	Audioboom	32
84	How Much Can I Make? — Real Jobs. Real Stories. Career Insights	Mirav Ozeri - Career Insights Journalist	Business	111	Buzzsprout	73
85	Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley	Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley	Society & Culture	204	Audioboom	48
86	Not Just A Terrible Story	Terrible Story Productions	True Crime	12	Captivate	58
87	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
88	Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend	Team Coco & Earwolf	Comedy	743	Simplecast	68
89	Acquired	Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal	Technology	218	Transistor	68
90	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1358	Megaphone	58
91	Ada	Casefile Presents	True Crime	28	Acast	69
92	This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von	Theo Von	Comedy	589	Megaphone	42
93	Serial	Serial Productions & The New York Times	News	65	Simplecast	69
94	Biohack-it Details temporarily unavailable	Iman Hasan	Health & Fitness	126	Spotify for Podcasters	53
95	All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg	All-In Podcast, LLC	Technology	440	Libsyn	42
96	The Headlines	The New York Times	News	566	Simplecast	63
97	Fantasy Footballers - Fantasy Football Podcast	Fantasy Football	Sports	1991	Simplecast	48
98	Crimes Of Reddit with Sabrina Deana-Roga & Alexis Linkletter	Crime House	True Crime	58	WideOrbit	62
99	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	63
100	Life is an Inside Job with Coach Mike Basevic	Coach Mike Basevic	Education	19	Unknown	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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