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 29 Oct 2026

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10/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 484

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:55:51

Top 5 authors

1. NPR (3 shows)

2. The Ringer (2 shows)

3. ABC News (2 shows)

4. NBC News (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (27 shows)

2. Simplecast (25 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (6 shows)

5. Unknown (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	Good Hang with Amy Poehler	The Ringer	Comedy	88	Megaphone	52
4	Dateline NBC	NBC News	True Crime	878	Simplecast	53
5	Up First from NPR	NPR	News	500	Simplecast	53
6	The Builders	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
7	Mick Unplugged	Mick Hunt	Education	315	Megaphone	79
8	REAL AF with Andy Frisella	Andy Frisella	Business	1397	Libsyn	32
9	The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk	Ryan Hawk	Business	712	Libsyn	42
10	The Joe Rogan Experience	Joe Rogan	Comedy	2000	Megaphone	43
11	The Dylan Gemelli Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Dylan Gemelli	Health & Fitness	155	RSS.com	62
12	Pardon My Take	Barstool Sports	Sports	926	Unknown	53
13	The Mel Robbins Podcast	Mel Robbins	Education	452	Simplecast	73
14	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
15	Coffeez with Joe Shalaby	Joseph Shalaby	Business	155	Captivate	69
16	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	147	ART19	58
17	Pod Save America	Pod Save America	News	1200	Audioboom	53
18	The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex	Paul Alex Espinoza	Business	1279	RSS.com	37
19	We Fixed It, You're Welcome	We Fixed It, You're Welcome	Business	99	Megaphone	58
20	The Code To Winning	Kagiso Dikane	Business	92	Unknown	63
21	Unblinded with Sean Callagy	Sean Callagy	Business	23	Spotify for Podcasters	32
22	Finding Peak with Ryan Hanley	Ryan Hanley	Business	468	Simplecast	68
23	Bred To Lead	Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs	Business	39	Unknown	63
24	Love Trapped	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	True Crime	34	Omny Studio	63
25	Young and Profiting (YAP) with Hala Taha: Entrepreneurship and Self-Improvement Podcast	Hala Taha \| Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing \| YAP Media Network	Business	805	Megaphone	58
26	Proven Podcast	Charles Schwartz	Business	86	Libsyn	62
27	Machine Gods	NPR	Technology	4	Simplecast	53
28	We!	Joe Mittiga	Education	69	Buzzsprout	43
29	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	901	Simplecast	68
30	Habits and Hustle	Jen Cohen	Business	278	Libsyn	53
31	Bear Brook	NHPR	True Crime	26	Megaphone	63
32	Tomorrow, Today	Shekhar Natarajan	Technology	45	Simplecast	63
33	Live Free with Josh Howerton	Lakepointe Church	Religion & Spirituality	610	Megaphone	38
34	The Bill Simmons Podcast	The Ringer	Sports	1649	Megaphone	32
35	Passion Struck with John R. Miles	Passion Struck with John R. Miles	Health & Fitness	840	Simplecast	63
36	The Megyn Kelly Show	SiriusXM	News	2006	Simplecast	58
37	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	414	Megaphone	53
38	The Team House	dee takos	History	663	Spreaker	64
39	48 Hours	48 Hours	True Crime	1144	WideOrbit	53
40	METRO with Sarah Koenig	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	58
41	The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett	DOAC	Business	903	Unknown	64
42	We're Out of Time	Richard Taite	Health & Fitness	105	Spotify for Podcasters	38
43	the bossbabe podcast	Natalie Ellis	Business	502	Megaphone	58
44	Build or Break	Daniel Lubetzky	Business	13	Unknown	69
45	The Toast	Dear Media	Comedy	1371	Megaphone	48
46	Inside AsembleAI: DeepTech, AI & Science	Mac & Sam	Technology	80	RSS.com	57
47	Betrayal Season 6	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	186	Omny Studio	63
48	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	38
49	The Better Question with Kaitlyn Schiess	Kaitlyn Schiess	Religion & Spirituality	2	Libsyn	42
50	Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard	Armchair Umbrella	Comedy	1119	ART19	63
51	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	551	ART19	58
52	Founder's Story	IBH Media	Business	394	Simplecast	63
53	Giggly Squad	Hannah Berner & Paige DeSorbo	Comedy	360	Simplecast	63
54	The Rest Is History	Goalhanger	History	736	Megaphone	63
55	Business MVP	Sammy Peterson	Business	19	Megaphone	63
56	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
57	The Drop the Needle Podcast	Jim Alstott	Religion & Spirituality	88	Audioboom	58
58	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
59	The Jamie Kern Lima Show	Jamie Kern Lima	Education	120	Megaphone	69
60	The Dropout	ABC News	True Crime	32	Libsyn	43
61	Makes Sense - with Dr. JC Doornick	Dr. JC Doornick "The Dragon"	Education	228	Simplecast	62
62	The Home Service Expert Podcast	Tommy Mello: $200 Million Founder\|Forbes, Inc., Entrepreneur Columnist	Business	519	Libsyn	32
63	3 Takeaways™	Lynn Thoman	Business	326	Buzzsprout	68
64	The Ramsey Show	Ramsey Network	Business	180	Megaphone	53
65	SmartLess	Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett	Comedy	383	Simplecast	69
66	The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)	Ascension	Religion & Spirituality	1857	Fireside	43
67	The Money Mondays	Dan Fleyshman	Business	172	Spotify for Podcasters	53
68	The Ben Shapiro Show Feed not publicly shared by the creator	The Daily Wire	News Commentary	2000	N/A	N/A
69	My Mom’s Murder	AYR Media	True Crime	7	ART19	53
70	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	29	Megaphone	69
71	The Bulwark Podcast	The Bulwark	News	506	Audioboom	32
72	Heart	Apple TV / Plan B / Blanchard House	True Crime	5	ART19	73
73	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	567	Simplecast	57
74	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
75	The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart	Comedy Central	Comedy	98	Megaphone	52
76	The Dan Le Batard Show	Dan Le Batard	Sports	350	Megaphone	43
77	Over My Dead Body	Audible Original	True Crime	18	ART19	69
78	NPR News Now	NPR	News	4	Simplecast	48
79	The Thyroid (and Hormone) Fixer Podcast: Thyropause, Menopause, Metabolism and How to Fix It	Dr. Amie Hornaman	Health & Fitness	677	Unknown	48
80	Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel	Rachel Uchitel	Society & Culture	392	Simplecast	58
81	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1238	Omny Studio	38
82	Huberman Lab	Scicomm Media	Health & Fitness	454	Megaphone	69
83	How Much Can I Make? — Real Jobs. Real Stories. Career Insights	Mirav Ozeri - Career Insights Journalist	Business	111	Buzzsprout	73
84	Pivot	New York Magazine	News	823	Megaphone	63
85	Not Just A Terrible Story	Terrible Story Productions	True Crime	12	Captivate	58
86	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	63
87	Acquired	Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal	Technology	218	Transistor	68
88	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1359	Megaphone	58
89	No Priors: Artificial Intelligence \| Technology \| Startups	Conviction	Technology	186	Megaphone	89
90	Fantasy Footballers - Fantasy Football Podcast	Fantasy Football	Sports	1992	Simplecast	48
91	Ada	Casefile Presents	True Crime	28	Acast	69
92	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise	True Crime	457	Simplecast	68
93	This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von	Theo Von	Comedy	589	Megaphone	42
94	Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley	Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley	Society & Culture	204	Audioboom	48
95	Serial	Serial Productions & The New York Times	News	65	Simplecast	69
96	Morrison Mysteries	NBC News	True Crime	23	Simplecast	69
97	Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast	Matt McCusker & Shane Gillis	Comedy	391	Megaphone	27
98	Health vs Hype with the American Medical Association	iHeartPodcasts	Health & Fitness	12	Omny Studio	68
99	On Purpose with Jay Shetty	Perfect Strangers	Health & Fitness	894	Megaphone	32
100	The Joe Budden Podcast	The Joe Budden Network	Music	774	Libsyn	32

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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