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 11 Sep 2026

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09/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 157

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:47:54

Top 5 authors

1. Pantheon Media (4 shows)

2. Osiris Media (3 shows)

3. American Public Media (2 shows)

4. Evergreen Podcasts (2 shows)

5. Andrew Gill and Leah Payne (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

3. Simplecast (7 shows)

4. Podbean (6 shows)

5. Libsyn (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	Jersey Made	iHeartPodcasts	Music	2	Omny Studio	58
4	A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs	Andrew Hickey	Music	261	Unknown	48
5	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	958	Omny Studio	48
6	Monday Music Club with Will Anderson	Vox Media Podcast Network	Music	4	Megaphone	42
7	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	216	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	73	Simplecast	63
10	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	135	ART19	68
11	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	87	Megaphone	48
12	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
13	Chris's Billboard Top 3000 Countdown Podcast	Christopher Williams	Music	82	Buzzsprout	57
14	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	546	Megaphone	62
15	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	493	Buzzsprout	32
16	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	229	ART19	58
17	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Music	2	Spotify for Podcasters	27
18	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	161	Megaphone	43
19	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	417	Megaphone	58
20	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	34	Megaphone	43
21	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
22	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	197	Unknown	43
23	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
24	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
25	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
26	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	235	Megaphone	32
27	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
28	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	174	Libsyn	52
29	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
30	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	375	Megaphone	53
31	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	73	Megaphone	53
32	2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke	Nevermind Media	Music	1	Megaphone	53
33	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	758	Libsyn	38
34	Helping Friendly Podcast	Osiris Media	Music	834	Megaphone	43
35	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
36	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
37	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
38	Dolly Parton - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	80	Megaphone	63
39	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
40	After Midnight: Phish's Big Cypress Festival	Osiris Media	Music	11	Megaphone	43
41	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer	Music	9	Megaphone	48
42	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	648	Megaphone	48
43	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
44	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
45	Off The Record - On The Charts: A Podcast	Offtherecordonthecharts	Music	15	Podbean	31
46	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	76	Megaphone	43
47	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
48	Harold's Old Time Radio	Harolds Old Time Radio	Music	1000	Spreaker	49
49	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
50	Country Hits 101	Country 93.5 FM	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
51	Bring The Noise Podcast	Str8 the Clippa	Music	155	PodServe.fm	48
52	DJ Drama’s Gangsta Grillz Podcast	Khalabo Ink Society	Music	10	ART19	58
53	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
54	CD Burners	Emo Nite	Music	127	Acast	43
55	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
56	Billy Joel - Biography Flash Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Music	1	Spreaker	59
57	Straight Stuntin' Digital with BX Thunder & Yami Doll	StreetSweepers Ent. Inc	Music	3	Simplecast	58
58	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	Music	396	Libsyn	38
59	Theoretikally R & B	Theoretikally R&B	Music	100	Podbean	43
60	club 30's with mjfangirl- a Michael Jackson Fan Podcast	mjfangirl	Music	83	Spotify for Podcasters	27
61	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
62	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	472	Libsyn	52
63	Made In California: A Beach Boys Podcast	LBB Productions	Music	5	Spotify for Podcasters	27
64	Punkast	Punkast	Music	83	Acast	64
65	Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music	Andrew Gill and Leah Payne	Music	71	PRX	63
66	Classic Rock Album Olympics	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	32	Megaphone	52
67	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	35	RedCircle	78
68	Bizarre Albums	Tony Thaxton	Music	181	Spotify for Podcasters	48
70	Digging Deep with Robert Plant	Robert Plant	Music	30	ART19	68
71	I'd Buy That For A Dollar	idbuythat	Music	332	Podbean	47
72	San Joaquin Sound	AJ Rodriguez	Music	22	RSS.com	42
73	The Album Anniversary Podcast!	Caleb The Spy	Music	169	Spotify for Podcasters	27
74	Songs from the Dead: Short Histories of Legendary Songs	Axioms of Mediocrity	Music	34	Spotify for Podcasters	52
75	Mogul Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Gimlet	Music History	45	N/A	N/A
76	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	67	Libsyn	38
77	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	132	Megaphone	58
78	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	497	Spreaker	48
79	The Grateful Dead 60 Years in San Francisco	Pantheon Media	Music	6	Megaphone	63
80	Rock N Roll Archaeology	Pantheon Media	Music	59	Megaphone	49
81	The Whipping Post Express	Richard Brent, Kyler Mosley & John Lynskey	Music	4	Transistor	63
82	Bluegrass BKLYN	Mike Willner	Music	130	Podbean	52
83	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
84	Rock & Metal Combat Podcast	Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera	Music	422	Podbean	21
85	Make Believe Ballroom	Jeff Bressler	Music	255	Spreaker	49
86	NOISEXTRA - The noise podcast.	Chondritic Sound	Music	303	Blubrry Podcasting	58
87	Primer	Maximum Fun	Music	15	Simplecast	69
88	Tinsel Tunes - The Christmas Music Podcast	Tinsel Tunes	Music	83	Spotify for Podcasters	42
89	The Hip Hop Files	The Hip Hop Files	Music	10	Spotify for Podcasters	73
90	Hearing The Pulitzers	hearingthepulitzers	Music	75	Podbean	52
91	Return to Vinyls: Golden Age and New Jazz, Classic Soul, RnB and Blues	David Husom	Music	31	Spotify for Podcasters	62
92	Mixtape Hotline: Alternative Rock History	Stephen Sigl	Music	18	Libsyn	58
93	Finding Lucinda	The Bluegrass Situation	Music	16	RedCircle	63
94	The NY Phil Story: Made in New York	WQXR, The New York Philharmonic	Music	6	Simplecast	58
95	Paul Weller Fan Podcast	HenFred Studio	Music	274	Acast	89
96	Down Home Cajun Music	Jeremy	Music	3	Buzzsprout	42
97	Centuries of Sound Details temporarily unavailable	James M Errington	Music	91	Unknown	49
98	FreestyleMixtapes.Com	FreestyleMixtapes.Com	Music	59	Blubrry Podcasting	43
99	Let's Talk Elvis	Let's Talk Elvis	Music	43	Spotify for Podcasters	63
100	Sounds with Simon Tesler	Simon Tesler	Music	115	Transistor	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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