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 05 sept. 2026

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09/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 189

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:53:10

Top 5 authors

1. American Public Media (3 shows)

2. Bart Vanderzee (2 shows)

3. Inception Point AI (2 shows)

4. Pantheon Media (2 shows)

5. Joy Division / New Order (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

3. Podbean (7 shows)

4. Acast (7 shows)

5. Unknown (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	62	Omny Studio	63
3	A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs	Andrew Hickey	Music	261	Unknown	48
4	Jersey Made	iHeartPodcasts	Music	3	Omny Studio	63
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	217	Spotify for Podcasters	38
8	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	960	Omny Studio	48
9	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	135	ART19	68
10	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
11	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	74	Simplecast	68
12	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Music	3	Spotify for Podcasters	27
13	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	493	Buzzsprout	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	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
17	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	230	ART19	58
18	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
19	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	174	Libsyn	52
20	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	34	Megaphone	43
21	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	235	Megaphone	32
22	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
23	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
24	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
25	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	418	Megaphone	58
26	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
27	The Album Anniversary Podcast!	Caleb The Spy	Music	170	Spotify for Podcasters	27
28	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
29	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	35	RedCircle	78
30	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
31	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
32	My Year With Dolly	Bramble Jam Podcast Network	Music	50	Spreaker	49
33	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
34	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
35	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	50	Acast	38
36	Songs from the Dead: Short Histories of Legendary Songs	Axioms of Mediocrity	Music	34	Spotify for Podcasters	52
37	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	376	Megaphone	53
38	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	133	Megaphone	58
39	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
40	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
41	Guess the Year	Cortland Rose Studio	Music	91	Spotify for Podcasters	22
42	Dolly Parton - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	80	Megaphone	63
43	Bluegrass BKLYN	Mike Willner	Music	131	Podbean	52
44	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	67	Libsyn	38
45	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	472	Libsyn	52
46	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	161	Megaphone	43
47	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
48	club 30's with mjfangirl- a Michael Jackson Fan Podcast	mjfangirl	Music	84	Spotify for Podcasters	27
49	Summer Mix Ibiza Best Deep House Music Techno 2026 Dance Chill Out Lounge Podcast	Summer Mix Ibiza	Music	52	Ausha	52
50	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	372	Megaphone	32
51	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	498	Spreaker	48
52	Rock's Backpages	Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike	Music	235	Megaphone	63
53	Made In California: A Beach Boys Podcast	LBB Productions	Music	5	Spotify for Podcasters	27
54	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	308	Podbean	37
55	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
56	Juice WRLD death conspiracy theory	Carsen	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
57	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	759	Libsyn	38
58	Stories in the Room: Michael Jackson's Thriller Album	Anthony Marinelli and Steven Ray	Music	60	RedCircle	43
59	Deep Dives and Deep Cuts: the History of Punk, Post-punk and New Wave (1976-1986)	DDDC	Music	134	Cast	58
60	The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz	gribetzsid	Music	100	Podbean	42
61	The Ballad Lounge Podcast	Rory Makem; Máirtín de Cógáin	Music	17	Spotify for Podcasters	42
62	Mogul Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Gimlet	Music History	45	N/A	N/A
63	Ghost Notes	12tone & Polyphonic	Music	94	ART19	68
64	Growin' Up Rock	Rock Star Copy LLC	Music	706	Megaphone	59
65	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
66	Best Yacht Rock Mixes Ever!	Robert	Music	3	Podomatic	68
67	One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast	Diana Erickson	Music	69	RedCircle	38
68	DJ Drama’s Gangsta Grillz Podcast	Khalabo Ink Society	Music	10	ART19	58
69	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	53
70	Buy That Guitar Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Vintage Guitar magazine	Music	37	Unknown	78
71	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	73	Megaphone	53
72	The J. S. Bach Files Podcast	Terence J. O'Grady	Music	50	Podbean	37
73	Being The Beatles - eine Pop-Revolution	Norddeutscher Rundfunk	Music	16	NDR Info	42
74	Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music	Andrew Gill and Leah Payne	Music	72	PRX	63
75	Harold's Old Time Radio	Harolds Old Time Radio	Music	1000	Spreaker	49
76	CD Burners	Emo Nite	Music	128	Acast	49
77	Big Band Bash	Frank Miller	Music	405	Libsyn	43
78	Rock and Roll Heaven	LD, TJ2 and Will The Thrill	Music	334	Megaphone	53
79	Tinsel Tunes - The Christmas Music Podcast	Tinsel Tunes	Music	83	Spotify for Podcasters	42
80	What You Didn’t Know: Rock ’n’ Roll History	WYDK Podcast	Music	12	Podbean	42
81	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
82	Women of Notes	Sandra Mogensen	Music	3	Transistor	73
83	Jazz Focus	jazzbnd	Music	100	Podbean	53
84	Rick Rubin - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	96	Megaphone	63
85	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	35	BBC	48
86	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	76	Megaphone	43
87	Fixing A Hole - The Beatles podcast you didn't know you needed	Paul Humbley & Mark Wakely	Music	68	Transistor	62
88	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
89	Only In The Green Room	Mount Tam Media	Music	61	Transistor	63
90	Punkast	Punkast	Music	83	Acast	64
91	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
92	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
93	Pantheon - Home for Music Lovers	Pantheon Media	Music	2005	Megaphone	59
95	Make Believe Ballroom	Jeff Bressler	Music	255	Spreaker	49
96	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
97	I'd Buy That For A Dollar	idbuythat	Music	332	Podbean	47
98	Discography	Marc With a C	Music	35	Acast	84
99	不靠谱音乐史｜不分析乐谱不解析音乐不让你失望	音乐人赵靖容	Music	926	Ximalaya	49
100	Prisoners of Rock and Roll	Prisoners of Rock and Roll	Music	125	Megaphone	72

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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