Apple Podcast Rankings - USA - Music History

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 27 Aug 2026

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08/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 159

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:48:32

Top 5 authors

1. Osiris Media (3 shows)

2. American Public Media (2 shows)

3. Evergreen Podcasts (2 shows)

4. Bree Noble (1 shows)

5. FatBeats (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Dolly Parton's America	WNYC Studios & OSM Audio	Music	14	Simplecast	73
2	Takin’ A Walk Nashville	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	58	Omny Studio	63
3	A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs	Andrew Hickey	Music	260	Unknown	48
4	Monday Music Club with Will Anderson	Vox Media Podcast Network	Music	1	Megaphone	58
5	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	953	Omny Studio	48
6	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
7	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	134	ART19	68
8	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	211	Spotify for Podcasters	43
9	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	11	Acast	73
10	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	487	Buzzsprout	32
11	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	571	Megaphone	62
12	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	73	Simplecast	63
13	Dolly Parton - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Music	76	Spreaker	59
14	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	85	Megaphone	48
15	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	The Drive \| Hubbard Radio	Music	224	Megaphone	59
16	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	32	Megaphone	43
17	Songs from the Dead: 10-Minute Histories of Legendary Songs	Axioms of Mediocrity	Music	34	Spotify for Podcasters	52
18	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	27
19	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
20	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	234	Megaphone	32
21	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	172	Libsyn	58
22	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
23	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	411	Megaphone	63
24	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
25	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	197	Unknown	43
26	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
27	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
28	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	225	Buzzsprout	38
29	Rock N Roll Story Guys	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
30	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
31	My Year With Dolly	Bramble Jam Podcast Network	Music	50	Spreaker	49
32	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	373	Megaphone	53
33	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
34	Country Hits 101	Country 93.5 FM	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
35	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
36	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
37	Classic Rock Album Olympics	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	31	Megaphone	52
38	Guess the Year	Cortland Rose Studio	Music	91	Podbean	38
39	Inside the Milky Way - A Look at Early Alternative Music	ITMW Music	Music	102	Transistor	52
40	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	Music	393	Megaphone	38
41	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer	Music	9	Megaphone	48
42	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	76	Megaphone	43
43	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	49	Acast	38
44	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	158	Megaphone	43
45	Cassette Culture	Cassette Culture & DIY Music	Music	28	Omny Studio	68
46	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	71	Megaphone	53
47	FatBeats: Behind The Counter	FatBeats	Music	8	Buzzsprout	52
48	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	34	Spotify for Podcasters	53
49	The Whipping Post Express	Richard Brent, Kyler Mosley & John Lynskey	Music	3	Transistor	63
50	Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture	Love is the Message podcast	Music	181	Spotify for Podcasters	42
51	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
52	Buy That Guitar Podcast	Vintage Guitar magazine	Music	34	Unknown	78
53	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	305	Podbean	37
54	La Canción	France Inter	Music History	17	N/A	N/A
55	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	67	Libsyn	43
56	Gaelic Song Stories	Deirdre Graham	Music	13	Podbean	68
57	After Midnight: Phish's Big Cypress Festival	Osiris Media	Music	11	Acast	69
58	Rock & Metal Combat Podcast	Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera	Music	421	Podbean	21
59	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
60	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	226	Megaphone	59
61	Dance Classics mixed by Dj Luttz	Dj Luttz	Music	27	Podomatic	63
62	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
63	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
64	Gimme Some Truth	Obadiah Jones	Music	45	Podbean	52
66	One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast	Diana Erickson	Music	69	RedCircle	38
67	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	35	BBC	48
68	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
69	Anuel AA	Obed Santos	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	33
70	Percy and Face	Percy	Music	100	Podbean	22
71	American Songcatcher	Nicholas Edward Williams	Music	52	Spotify for Podcasters	53
72	Groundwater: The Blues Beneath American Music	Thomas Stubbs	Music	11	Transistor	58
73	Discography	Marc With a C	Music	32	Acast	84
74	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	491	Spreaker	48
75	Lyrics Of Their Life - The Music Biography Podcast	Adam Hampton	Music	100	Audioboom	58
76	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	466	Libsyn	58
77	Ghost Notes	12tone & Polyphonic	Music	93	ART19	73
78	Helping Friendly Podcast	Osiris Media	Music	834	Megaphone	43
79	Juice WRLD death conspiracy theory	Carsen	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	CD Burners	Emo Nite	Music	122	Spotify for Podcasters	39
81	NOISEXTRA - The noise podcast.	Chondritic Sound	Music	303	Blubrry Podcasting	58
82	Digging Deep with Robert Plant	Robert Plant	Music	30	ART19	68
83	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer \| Luminary	Music	13	Acast	73
84	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	752	Libsyn	43
85	Rose-Colored Headphones	Ralph Mangeno and Michael Stohrer	Music	38	Libsyn	58
86	Classical For Everyone	Peter Cudlipp	Music	95	Libsyn	53
87	The Music History Podcast	Bret Williams	Music	3	Libsyn	32
88	A (Mostly) 80s Music Podcast: What Difference Does It Make?	Dave Sloan and Holly Cantos - 80s Music Podcast	Music	312	Megaphone	62
89	Women of Substance Music Podcast	Bree Noble	Music	899	Podetize	32
90	Mogul	Gimlet	Music History	45	N/A	N/A
91	Harold's Old Time Radio	Harolds Old Time Radio	Music	1000	Spreaker	49
92	The NY Phil Story: Made in New York	WQXR, The New York Philharmonic	Music	6	Simplecast	58
93	Vintage Country Radio	The Gathering Nerds studios	Music	13	Podbean	38
94	Punkast	Punkast	Music	81	Acast	64
95	Dastan-e Mousighi \| داستان موسیقی	Persian Media Production \| رسانه پارسی	Music	13	Transistor	58
96	club 30's with mjfangirl- a Michael Jackson Fan Podcast	mjfangirl	Music	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
97	The Hardest Podcast to Podcast	Ryan Schaap	Music	58	Libsyn	52
98	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	369	Megaphone	32
99	The Crate 808 Podcast	Crate 808	Music	100	Libsyn	48
100	BT RADIO : MIXES & MORE	Big Tigger	Music	97	Podomatic	49

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