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 12 Sep 2026

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09/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 166

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:51:35

Top 5 authors

1. Osiris Media (3 shows)

2. Pantheon Media (3 shows)

3. American Public Media (2 shows)

4. Gamut Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Nevermind Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Podbean (9 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (7 shows)

5. ART19 (7 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	68	Omny Studio	63
3	Jersey Made	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	12	Omny Studio	63
4	A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs	Andrew Hickey	Music	261	Unknown	48
5	Monday Music Club with Will Anderson	Vox Media Podcast Network	Music	10	Megaphone	42
6	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	976	Omny Studio	48
7	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	79	Simplecast	68
8	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
9	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	223	Spotify for Podcasters	38
10	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	136	ART19	68
11	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	11	Acast	73
12	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	95	Megaphone	48
13	Chris's Billboard Top 3000 Countdown Podcast	Christopher Williams	Music	89	Buzzsprout	57
14	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	553	Megaphone	62
15	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	500	Buzzsprout	32
16	2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke	Nevermind Media	Music	7	Acast	59
17	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	423	Megaphone	58
18	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	237	ART19	58
19	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
20	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Music	7	Spotify for Podcasters	27
21	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	39	Megaphone	43
22	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
23	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	238	Megaphone	32
24	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
25	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	164	Megaphone	43
26	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
27	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	176	Libsyn	52
28	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
29	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
30	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
31	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	78	Megaphone	53
32	Audio Archive by Cue the Record	Cue the Record	Music	1	Simplecast	63
33	Bluegrass BKLYN	Mike Willner	Music	141	Podbean	52
34	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	94	Acast	68
35	Straight Stuntin' Digital with BX Thunder & Yami Doll	StreetSweepers Ent. Inc	Music	3	Simplecast	58
36	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	140	Megaphone	48
37	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
38	Harold's Old Time Radio	Harolds Old Time Radio	Music	1000	Spreaker	49
39	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	765	Libsyn	38
40	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
41	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
42	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
43	Dolly Parton - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	80	Megaphone	63
44	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	384	Megaphone	53
45	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	380	Megaphone	32
46	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
47	The Original Doll with James Rodriguez: Britney Spears and more	James Rodriguez	Music	496	Spotify for Podcasters	22
48	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	476	Libsyn	52
49	Theoretikally R & B	Theoretikally R&B	Music	100	Podbean	43
50	Helping Friendly Podcast	Osiris Media	Music	834	Megaphone	43
51	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
52	Classic Rock Album Olympics	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	35	Libsyn	52
53	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer	Music	9	Megaphone	48
54	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	52	Acast	38
55	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	37	RedCircle	78
56	Banding Together: A Tulsa Music Podcast	Saied Music Company and Dan Potter	Music	4	Blubrry	21
57	Guess the Year	Cortland Rose Studio	Music	93	Spotify for Podcasters	22
58	Made In California: A Beach Boys Podcast	LBB Productions	Music	11	Spotify for Podcasters	27
59	After Midnight: Phish's Big Cypress Festival	Osiris Media	Music	11	ART19	53
60	Political Beats	National Review	Music	162	Simplecast	58
61	San Joaquin Sound	AJ Rodriguez	Music	23	RSS.com	42
62	Rock's Backpages	Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike	Music	238	Megaphone	63
63	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	669	Megaphone	48
64	American Songcatcher	Nicholas Edward Williams	Music	53	Libsyn	58
65	The Grateful Dead 60 Years in San Francisco	Pantheon Media	Music	6	Megaphone	63
66	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	77	Megaphone	43
67	Dance Classics mixed by Dj Luttz	Dj Luttz	Music	27	Podomatic	63
68	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	Music	402	Libsyn	38
69	Growin' Up Rock	Rock Star Copy LLC	Music	719	Megaphone	59
70	Off The Record - On The Charts: A Podcast	Offtherecordonthecharts	Music	19	Podbean	31
71	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	314	Podbean	37
72	Jazz Focus	jazzbnd	Music	100	Podbean	53
73	Rock and Roll Heaven	LD, TJ2 and Will The Thrill	Music	338	Megaphone	53
74	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	280	Megaphone	48
75	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
76	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
77	A Sorta Young Person’s Guide to Prog Rock	helloprogfrog	Music	54	Podbean	52
78	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	68	Libsyn	38
79	Country Hits 101	Country 93.5 FM	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
80	CD Burners	Emo Nite	Music	134	Acast	49
81	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
82	Bring The Noise Podcast	Str8 the Clippa	Music	155	PodServe.fm	48
83	The Holmes Archive of Electronic Music	Thom Holmes	Music	100	Podbean	52
84	Rock N Roll Story Guys	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	140	ART19	53
85	50 Years of Hip Hop Podcast Series	iHeartPodcasts	Music	13	Omny Studio	47
86	DJ Drama’s Gangsta Grillz Podcast	Khalabo Ink Society	Music	10	ART19	58
87	Groundwater: The Blues Beneath American Music	Thomas Stubbs	Music	14	Transistor	58
88	Billy Joel - Biography Flash Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Music	1	Spreaker	59
89	club 30's with mjfangirl- a Michael Jackson Fan Podcast	mjfangirl	Music	88	Spotify for Podcasters	27
90	Have You Heard This One?	Nevermind Media	Music	18	ART19	69
91	I'd Buy That For A Dollar	idbuythat	Music	337	Podbean	47
92	Reelin' In The Years (RITY)	Ryan Janson	Music	300	RSS.com	47
93	The Blog Era	ItsTheReal	Music	13	Megaphone	53
94	The Splice Point	Rehearsary	Music	11	RedCircle	59
95	The Album Anniversary Podcast!	Caleb The Spy	Music	175	Spotify for Podcasters	27
96	Legend	BBC Radio 4	Music	19	BBC	73
97	Albums Under The Radar	Ron Monte	Music	32	Buzzsprout	58
98	Mogul Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Gimlet	Music History	45	N/A	N/A
99	Defining Albums 1970s (1975 - 1979)	The Lowdown Music Podcast	Music	1	Spreaker	59
100	Songs On The Couch	Mo & AJ	Music	32	Podbean	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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