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 sept. 2026

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09/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 170

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:50:27

Top 5 authors

1. Pantheon Media (3 shows)

2. Osiris Media (2 shows)

3. American Public Media (2 shows)

4. Inception Point AI (2 shows)

5. Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. ART19 (7 shows)

5. Podbean (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Dolly Parton's America	WNYC Studios & OSM Audio	Music	12	Simplecast	68
2	Takin’ A Walk Nashville	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	62	Omny Studio	63
3	A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs	Andrew Hickey	Music	261	Unknown	48
4	Monday Music Club with Will Anderson	Vox Media Podcast Network	Music	4	Megaphone	42
5	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	135	ART19	68
6	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
7	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	217	Spotify for Podcasters	38
8	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
9	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	74	Simplecast	68
10	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	961	Omny Studio	48
11	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
12	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	493	Buzzsprout	32
13	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	235	Megaphone	32
14	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	89	Megaphone	48
15	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	547	Megaphone	62
16	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
17	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	35	Megaphone	43
18	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	230	ART19	58
19	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
20	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
21	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	418	Megaphone	58
22	Dolly Parton - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	80	Megaphone	63
23	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	161	Megaphone	43
24	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	174	Libsyn	52
25	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
26	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
27	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Music	3	Spotify for Podcasters	27
28	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
29	Songs from the Dead: Short Histories of Legendary Songs	Axioms of Mediocrity	Music	34	Spotify for Podcasters	52
30	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
31	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	36	RedCircle	78
32	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
33	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	376	Megaphone	53
34	club 30's with mjfangirl- a Michael Jackson Fan Podcast	mjfangirl	Music	84	Spotify for Podcasters	27
35	My Year With Dolly	Bramble Jam Podcast Network	Music	50	Spreaker	49
36	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	308	Podbean	37
37	Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture	Love is the Message podcast	Music	183	Spotify for Podcasters	42
38	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	50	Acast	38
39	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
40	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
41	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
42	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
43	Guess the Year	Cortland Rose Studio	Music	91	Spotify for Podcasters	22
44	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
45	History of Jazz	Sami Çatak	Music	4	Spotify for Podcasters	63
46	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
47	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	133	Megaphone	58
48	Harold's Old Time Radio	Harolds Old Time Radio	Music	1000	Spreaker	49
49	One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast	Diana Erickson	Music	69	RedCircle	38
50	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
51	Growin' Up Rock	Rock Star Copy LLC	Music	707	Megaphone	59
52	The Original Doll with James Rodriguez: Britney Spears and more	James Rodriguez	Music	480	Spotify for Podcasters	22
53	Big Band Bash	Frank Miller	Music	405	Libsyn	43
55	Bluegrass BKLYN	Mike Willner	Music	131	Podbean	52
56	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
57	Digging Deep with Robert Plant	Robert Plant	Music	30	ART19	68
58	Deep Dives and Deep Cuts: the History of Punk, Post-punk and New Wave (1976-1986)	DDDC	Music	134	Cast	58
59	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	759	Libsyn	38
60	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	472	Libsyn	52
61	BT RADIO : MIXES & MORE	Big Tigger	Music	97	Podomatic	49
62	Jack Norton's Old-Time Radio Show: 1920s to 1940s 78 RPM Records	BingBoo Podcast Network	Music	60	RSS.com	62
63	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	649	Megaphone	48
64	CD Burners	Emo Nite	Music	128	Acast	49
65	Chris Gaines: The Podcast	Ashley Spurgeon / Michael Eades / We Own This Town	Music	7	Blubrry Podcasting	38
66	Dig Me Out: 70s & 80s Metal	Beyond the hits—exploring the albums, bands, and moments that shaped the heavy 70s & 80s metal	Music	68	Substack	48
67	Riki Rachtman's Cathouse Hollywood Podcast	Riki Rachtman	Music	6	Libsyn	38
68	Summer Mix Ibiza Best Deep House Music Techno 2026 Dance Chill Out Lounge Podcast	Summer Mix Ibiza	Music	52	Ausha	52
69	States of Independence	Talkhouse / Cup & Nuzzle	Music	16	Megaphone	59
70	Rock N Roll Archaeology	Pantheon Media	Music	59	Megaphone	49
71	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer	Music	9	Megaphone	48
72	Classic Vinyl Podcast	Classic Vinyl Podcast	Music	172	RSS.com	57
73	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	73	Megaphone	53
74	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
75	Helping Friendly Podcast	Osiris Media	Music	834	Megaphone	43
76	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	373	Megaphone	32
77	Insights In Sound	Daniel Liston Keller	Music	209	Libsyn	63
78	Winter of Discontent - A Beatles Podcast	Nick Anthony	Music	56	Spotify for Podcasters	47
79	Roots Rednecks and Radicals	Will Houk	Music	100	Podbean	42
80	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
81	Rock and Roll Heaven	LD, TJ2 and Will The Thrill	Music	334	Megaphone	53
82	Fixing A Hole - The Beatles podcast you didn't know you needed	Paul Humbley & Mark Wakely	Music	68	Transistor	62
83	Mogul Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Gimlet	Music History	45	N/A	N/A
84	Hardcore Will Never Die	Dj EZC	Music	608	Podbean	32
85	Rick Rubin - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	96	Megaphone	63
86	La Canción Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Music History	17	N/A	N/A
87	Buy That Guitar Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Vintage Guitar magazine	Music	37	Unknown	78
88	Ghost Notes	12tone & Polyphonic	Music	94	ART19	68
89	Gimme Some Truth	Obadiah Jones	Music	46	Podbean	52
90	Who's On Drums?	Who's On Drums?	Music	3	Captivate	58
91	Stories & Sounds	Wise Company	Music	7	ART19	69
92	Juice WRLD death conspiracy theory	Carsen	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
93	Buskin with The Beatles	Buskin with The Beatles	Music	100	Blubrry	38
94	American Songcatcher	Nicholas Edward Williams	Music	52	Libsyn	58
95	Mind relaxing music for stress relief in hindi, Shree krishna mashup song lofi, Bhajan songs krishna	Anil kumar	Music	1	RSS.com	52
96	THE REST IS Shifty	Solid Gold Podcasts #BeHeard	Music	6	iono.fm	89
97	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	67	Libsyn	38
98	DJ Drama’s Gangsta Grillz Podcast	Khalabo Ink Society	Music	10	ART19	58
99	The Ballad Lounge Podcast	Rory Makem; Máirtín de Cógáin	Music	17	Spotify for Podcasters	42
100	Lyrics Of Their Life - The Music Biography Podcast	Adam Hampton	Music	103	Audioboom	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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