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 01 Jun 2026

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06/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 168

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:51:49

Top 5 authors

1. Pantheon Media (3 shows)

2. American Public Media (2 shows)

3. Evergreen Podcasts (2 shows)

4. Thomas Stubbs (1 shows)

5. Robert Plant (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Takin’ A Walk Nashville	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	61	Omny Studio	63
2	A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs	Andrew Hickey	Music	261	Unknown	48
3	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
4	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
5	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	135	ART19	68
6	Dolly Parton's America	WNYC Studios & OSM Audio	Music	12	Simplecast	68
7	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	960	Omny Studio	48
8	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	73	Simplecast	63
9	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	235	Megaphone	32
10	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	89	Megaphone	48
11	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	493	Buzzsprout	32
12	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	216	Spotify for Podcasters	38
13	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	547	Megaphone	62
14	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	418	Megaphone	58
15	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
16	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	35	BBC	48
17	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
18	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	230	ART19	58
19	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
20	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
21	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
22	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	174	Libsyn	52
23	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
24	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
25	CD Burners	Emo Nite	Music	128	Acast	49
26	Legend	BBC Radio 4	Music	19	BBC	73
27	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
28	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
29	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	34	Megaphone	43
30	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
31	Growin' Up Rock	Rock Star Copy LLC	Music	706	Megaphone	59
32	Rock N Roll Archaeology	Pantheon Media	Music	59	Megaphone	49
33	Rock's Backpages	Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike	Music	235	Megaphone	63
34	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	308	Podbean	37
35	The Hardest Podcast to Podcast	Ryan Schaap	Music	62	Libsyn	47
36	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	132	Megaphone	58
37	Straight From The Hat With Ben Vaughn	Straight From The Hat	Music	17	Podbean	37
38	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	73	Megaphone	53
39	Nba_youngboy	Kentrell Gaulden	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
40	One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast	Diana Erickson	Music	69	RedCircle	38
41	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
42	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
43	Harold's Old Time Radio	Harolds Old Time Radio	Music	1000	Spreaker	49
44	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
45	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
46	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	67	Libsyn	38
47	豐音樂 Feng Yin Yue－华语流行音乐青春小传	熊儒賢、陳永龍	Music	300	Unknown	43
48	Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music	Andrew Gill and Leah Payne	Music	72	PRX	63
49	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	Music	396	Libsyn	38
50	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	376	Megaphone	53
51	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	649	Megaphone	48
52	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	76	Megaphone	43
53	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	758	Libsyn	38
54	FatBeats: Behind The Counter	FatBeats	Music	8	Buzzsprout	52
55	Juice WRLD death conspiracy theory	Carsen	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
56	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
57	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	472	Libsyn	52
59	Country Hits 101	Country 93.5 FM	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
60	PHONK BUT 8D AUDIO	HARDCOLD	Music	1	RSS.com	58
61	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	372	Megaphone	32
62	Bluegrass BKLYN	Mike Willner	Music	131	Podbean	52
63	Rick Rubin - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	96	Megaphone	63
64	Dance Classics mixed by Dj Luttz	Dj Luttz	Music	27	Podomatic	63
65	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	161	Megaphone	43
66	The J. S. Bach Files Podcast	Terence J. O'Grady	Music	50	Podbean	37
67	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
68	ROCK AND/OR ROLL	Rock and/or Roll	Music	339	Megaphone	43
69	BT RADIO : MIXES & MORE	Big Tigger	Music	97	Podomatic	49
71	The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz	gribetzsid	Music	100	Podbean	42
72	Rock & Metal Combat Podcast	Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera	Music	422	Podbean	21
73	The Violet Vault	Ava Cyr	Music	21	Buzzsprout	78
74	Classic Rock Album Olympics	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	32	Megaphone	52
75	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	498	Spreaker	48
76	Classic Country Corner	Eric the Driftless Cowboy	Music	99	Substack	59
77	Groundwater: The Blues Beneath American Music	Thomas Stubbs	Music	12	Transistor	58
78	History of Jazz	Sami Çatak	Music	4	Spotify for Podcasters	63
79	Dustbin Prophecies	Dustbin Prophecies	Music	14	Spotify for Podcasters	58
80	Deep Dives and Deep Cuts: the History of Punk, Post-punk and New Wave (1976-1986)	DDDC	Music	134	Cast	58
81	Digging Deep with Robert Plant	Robert Plant	Music	30	ART19	68
82	Guess the Year	Cortland Rose Studio	Music	91	Spotify for Podcasters	22
83	ROOTS Music History Podcast	ROOTS \| Music History Podcast	Music	77	Spotify for Podcasters	22
84	The Clave Chronicles	Rebecca Bodenheimer	Music	63	Buzzsprout	48
85	Stories in the Room: Michael Jackson's Thriller Album	Anthony Marinelli and Steven Ray	Music	60	RedCircle	43
86	Duran Duran Albums Podcast	Paul Cuddihy and Molly Williams	Music	28	Spotify for Podcasters	52
87	Album Archives \| The Vault of Music History	Sidereal Media Group	Music	68	Podbean	62
88	Juke In The Back	Matt The Cat	Music	4	Unknown	59
89	Compleatly Beatles	Ian Boothby and David Dedrick	Music	16	Blubrry	49
90	Accelerated Culture	acceleratedculture	Music	90	Podbean	58
91	Music In My Shoes	Jim	Music	148	Buzzsprout	52
92	EarWax	The EarWax Crew	Music	126	Buzzsprout	68
93	Big Band Bash	Frank Miller	Music	405	Libsyn	43
94	Fixing A Hole - The Beatles podcast you didn't know you needed	Paul Humbley & Mark Wakely	Music	68	Transistor	62
95	What You Didn’t Know: Rock ’n’ Roll History	WYDK Podcast	Music	12	Podbean	42
96	Mogul Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Gimlet	Music History	45	N/A	N/A
97	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
98	Audiomover - Moving the Past into the Awesome!	Robert John Hadfield	Music	24	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	80's Music Rewind	Ruth and Lori	Music	125	Buzzsprout	48
100	Snoop Dogg - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Music	76	Spreaker	59

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