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 03 Sep 2026

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09/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 194

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:51:18

Top 5 authors

1. Bart Vanderzee (2 shows)

2. Pantheon Media (2 shows)

3. Osiris Media (2 shows)

4. Inception Point AI (2 shows)

5. American Public Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Acast (6 shows)

5. Podbean (6 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	61	Omny Studio	63
3	A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs	Andrew Hickey	Music	261	Unknown	48
4	Jersey Made	iHeartPodcasts	Music	2	Omny Studio	58
5	Monday Music Club with Will Anderson	Vox Media Podcast Network	Music	4	Megaphone	42
6	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
7	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	216	Spotify for Podcasters	38
8	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	135	ART19	68
9	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
10	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	73	Simplecast	63
11	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	958	Omny Studio	48
12	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Music	2	Spotify for Podcasters	27
13	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	493	Buzzsprout	32
14	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	546	Megaphone	62
15	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	87	Megaphone	48
16	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	229	ART19	58
17	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	174	Libsyn	52
18	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
19	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	235	Megaphone	32
20	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
21	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	197	Unknown	43
22	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	417	Megaphone	58
23	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
24	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
25	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
26	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	34	Megaphone	43
27	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
28	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
29	Dolly Parton - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	80	Megaphone	63
30	Made In California: A Beach Boys Podcast	LBB Productions	Music	5	Spotify for Podcasters	27
31	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
32	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	375	Megaphone	53
33	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	35	RedCircle	78
34	My Year With Dolly	Bramble Jam Podcast Network	Music	50	Spreaker	49
35	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	161	Megaphone	43
36	Songs from the Dead: Short Histories of Legendary Songs	Axioms of Mediocrity	Music	34	Spotify for Podcasters	52
37	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
38	club 30's with mjfangirl- a Michael Jackson Fan Podcast	mjfangirl	Music	83	Spotify for Podcasters	27
39	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
40	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
41	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
42	Rick Rubin - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	96	Megaphone	63
43	Summer Mix Ibiza Best Deep House Music Techno 2026 Dance Chill Out Lounge Podcast	Summer Mix Ibiza	Music	52	Ausha	52
44	Rock's Backpages	Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike	Music	235	Megaphone	63
45	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	73	Megaphone	53
46	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	132	Megaphone	58
47	Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music	Andrew Gill and Leah Payne	Music	71	PRX	63
48	Juice WRLD death conspiracy theory	Carsen	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
49	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
50	Deep Dives and Deep Cuts: the History of Punk, Post-punk and New Wave (1976-1986)	DDDC	Music	134	Cast	58
51	Guess the Year	Cortland Rose Studio	Music	91	Spotify for Podcasters	22
52	Dig Me Out: 70s & 80s Metal	Beyond the hits—exploring the albums, bands, and moments that shaped the heavy 70s & 80s metal	Music	67	Substack	48
53	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	497	Spreaker	48
54	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	472	Libsyn	52
55	Big Band Bash	Frank Miller	Music	405	Libsyn	43
56	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
57	Stories in the Room: Michael Jackson's Thriller Album	Anthony Marinelli and Steven Ray	Music	60	RedCircle	43
58	Songs That Travel Through Time	Karen Smith-Gratto	Music	2	Podbean	52
59	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
60	Bizarre Albums	Tony Thaxton	Music	181	Spotify for Podcasters	48
61	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	67	Libsyn	38
62	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	648	Megaphone	48
63	Hearing The Pulitzers	hearingthepulitzers	Music	75	Podbean	52
64	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
65	80s Music Exposed! - 80s Albums Reviewed	80s Music Exposed	Music	69	Buzzsprout	32
66	One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast	Diana Erickson	Music	69	RedCircle	38
67	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	Music	396	Libsyn	38
68	Mogul Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Gimlet	Music History	45	N/A	N/A
69	Harold's Old Time Radio	Harolds Old Time Radio	Music	1000	Spreaker	49
70	The Album Anniversary Podcast!	Caleb The Spy	Music	169	Spotify for Podcasters	27
71	Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture	Love is the Message podcast	Music	183	Spotify for Podcasters	42
72	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	758	Libsyn	38
73	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	308	Podbean	37
74	American Songcatcher	Nicholas Edward Williams	Music	52	Libsyn	58
75	Rock & Metal Combat Podcast	Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera	Music	422	Podbean	21
76	PHONK BUT 8D AUDIO	HARDCOLD	Music	1	RSS.com	58
77	Classic Vinyl Podcast	Classic Vinyl Podcast	Music	172	RSS.com	57
78	I'd Buy That For A Dollar	idbuythat	Music	332	Podbean	47
79	Buy That Guitar Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Vintage Guitar magazine	Music	37	Unknown	78
80	Rapidly Rotating Records	Glenn Robison	Music	1220	Transistor	48
81	Psychedelic Psoul	Jessie Delgado	Music	184	Buzzsprout	78
82	Discography	Marc With a C	Music	34	Acast	84
83	Growin' Up Rock	Rock Star Copy LLC	Music	706	Megaphone	59
84	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
85	Jack Norton's Old-Time Radio Show: 1920s to 1940s 78 RPM Records	BingBoo Podcast Network	Music	59	RSS.com	62
86	Helping Friendly Podcast	Osiris Media	Music	834	Megaphone	43
87	CD Burners	Emo Nite	Music	127	Acast	43
88	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
89	The Blues Legacy: Foundations of Modern Music	Earth Prime Productions LLC	Music	30	Spotify for Podcasters	32
90	Rock and Roll Heaven	LD, TJ2 and Will The Thrill	Music	333	Megaphone	53
91	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	50	Acast	38
92	BT RADIO : MIXES & MORE	Big Tigger	Music	97	Podomatic	49
93	80's Music Rewind	Ruth and Lori	Music	125	Buzzsprout	48
94	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
95	Rootsland "Stories that are Music to your ears"	Henry K	Music	107	Captivate	83
96	The Hardest Podcast to Podcast	Ryan Schaap	Music	61	Libsyn	47
97	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	372	Megaphone	32
98	EarWax	The EarWax Crew	Music	126	Buzzsprout	68
99	DC Rock History	dcrockpod	Music	39	Podbean	68
100	Only In The Green Room	Mount Tam Media	Music	61	Transistor	63

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