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 Oct 2025

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10/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 153

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:49:48

Top 5 authors

1. Pantheon Media (3 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

3. Osiris Media (2 shows)

4. Talkhouse / Cup & Nuzzle (1 shows)

5. Nils Zehnpfennig / Ian Priston / Phil Salathé / Kyle V (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

3. Podbean (8 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs	Andrew Hickey	Music	261	Unknown	48
2	Accelerated Culture	acceleratedculture	Music	90	Podbean	58
3	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	135	ART19	68
4	Dolly Parton's America	WNYC Studios & OSM Audio	Music	12	Simplecast	68
5	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	219	Spotify for Podcasters	38
6	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	966	Omny Studio	48
7	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	91	Megaphone	48
8	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	76	Simplecast	68
9	Hit Parade \| Music History and Music Trivia	Slate Podcasts	Music	223	Acast	63
10	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
11	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	232	ART19	58
12	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	495	Buzzsprout	32
13	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	236	Megaphone	32
14	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	549	Megaphone	62
15	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
16	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
17	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
18	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	420	Megaphone	58
19	TAYLORE Swiftie Theory 101	GGW Media	Music	25	Spotify for Podcasters	58
20	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
21	Music Uncovered	BBC	Music	36	BBC	53
22	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	175	Libsyn	52
23	Rock N Roll Archaeology	Pantheon Media	Music	59	Megaphone	49
24	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
25	CD Burners	Emo Nite	Music	128	Acast	49
26	States of Independence	Talkhouse / Cup & Nuzzle	Music	16	Megaphone	59
27	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
28	Music, Money & Mayhem	Novel & BBC Studios	Music	7	Omny Studio	59
29	Helping Friendly Podcast	Osiris Media	Music	834	Megaphone	43
30	Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music	Andrew Gill and Leah Payne	Music	73	PRX	63
31	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	37	Megaphone	43
32	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
33	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
34	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	761	Libsyn	38
35	Harold's Old Time Radio	Harolds Old Time Radio	Music	1000	Spreaker	49
36	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
37	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	75	Megaphone	53
38	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
39	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	135	Megaphone	58
40	Bluegrass BKLYN	© Copyright 2026 Bluegrass BKLYN LLC, all rights reserved	Music	135	Podbean	52
41	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
42	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	378	Megaphone	53
43	Storied: The Untold Jewish Stories Behind Your Favorite Music	benji Rosenzweig	Music	15	Unknown	63
44	Mind relaxing music for stress relief in hindi, Shree krishna mashup song lofi, Bhajan songs krishna	Anil kumar	Music	1	RSS.com	52
45	Ranking The Beatles	Jonathan and Julia Pretus	Music	160	Spotify for Podcasters	63
46	Madonna Songbook Podcast	Giulio Mazzoleni	Music	22	Podbean	42
47	Juice WRLD death conspiracy theory	Carsen	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
48	Rick Rubin - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	99	Megaphone	63
49	American Songcatcher	Nicholas Edward Williams	Music	52	Libsyn	58
50	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
51	Electric Friends: A Gary Numan Podcast	Tom Eames	Music	65	Captivate	62
52	Country Hits 101	Country 93.5 FM	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
53	One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast	Diana Erickson	Music	69	RedCircle	38
54	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer	Music	9	Megaphone	48
55	2026 House / Techno / Progressive / Deep / Melodic / Tech / Edm / Afro / ibiza DJ Mix / Set / Podcast / Electronic Dance Music Radio Club Afterhours Workout Playlist Tribal - DJ TEKNESS Sessions	DJ TeKness \| Techno / House & Electronic Dance Music Mixes	Music	31	Libsyn	48
56	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	375	Megaphone	32
57	50 Years of Hip Hop Podcast Series	iHeartPodcasts	Music	13	Omny Studio	47
58	Finding Lucinda	The Bluegrass Situation	Music	16	RedCircle	63
59	Soul Incarcerated	iHeartPodcasts	Music	8	Omny Studio	59
60	Who Ordered the Pie? \| Classic Rock Music History & Cocktails	Christopher	Music	48	Buzzsprout	48
61	Gimme Some Truth	Obadiah Jones	Music	48	Podbean	52
62	Origins of Hip-Hop	A&E®	Music	11	Acast	89
63	BASAMAD بسامد	Pouya Pour-Amin	Music	18	Acast	79
64	Classical For Everyone Details temporarily unavailable	Peter Cudlipp	Music	95	Libsyn	53
65	melanie martinez sped up	Kriii	Music	16	Hubhopper	43
67	The Blog Era	ItsTheReal	Music	13	Megaphone	53
68	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	473	Libsyn	52
69	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
70	All Your Favorite Bands SUCK!	Podcast Playground	Music	56	Unknown	73
71	Witness To History	Urban One Podcast Network	Music	17	Omny Studio	73
72	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
73	Heavy Metal 101	Eric Schwartz	Music	65	Spotify for Podcasters	73
74	Growin' Up Rock	Rock Star Copy LLC	Music	712	Megaphone	59
75	TOKYO MUSIC INSTITUTE for classical music	ニッポン放送	Music	100	Omny Studio	58
76	ROCK AND/OR ROLL	Rock and/or Roll	Music	342	Megaphone	43
77	Poetic Wax: Music History Hidden in the Grooves	Andy Fenstermaker	Music	71	Podbean	52
78	Rock's Backpages	Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike	Music	236	Megaphone	63
79	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
80	Digging Deep with Robert Plant	Robert Plant	Music	30	ART19	68
81	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	51	Acast	38
82	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	76	Megaphone	43
83	Legend	BBC Radio 4	Music	19	BBC	73
84	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	656	Megaphone	48
85	Metronom - مترونوم	metronom	Music	42	Podbean	48
86	History of Jazz	Sami Çatak	Music	4	Spotify for Podcasters	63
87	Roots Rednecks and Radicals	Will Houk	Music	100	Podbean	42
88	Mogul Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Gimlet	Music History	45	N/A	N/A
89	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
90	Rock & Metal Combat Podcast	Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera	Music	423	Podbean	21
91	Billy Joel - Biography Flash Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Music	1	Spreaker	59
92	Dance Classics mixed by Dj Luttz	Dj Luttz	Music	27	Podomatic	63
93	Tinsel Tunes - The Christmas Music Podcast	Tinsel Tunes	Music	83	Spotify for Podcasters	42
94	Inak Ahang \| اینک آهنگ	خانه موزه بتهوون	Music	28	Acast	63
95	Fingal's Cave - A Podcast for all dedicated Pink Floyd Fans	Nils Zehnpfennig / Ian Priston / Phil Salathé / Kyle V	Music	39	LetsCast.fm	47
96	A Bing Crosby Christmas	Quiet.Please	Music	1	Spreaker	64
97	Live at dublab Radio	dublab Radio	Music	69	Simplecast	53
98	Inside the Milky Way - A Look at Early Alternative Music	ITMW Music	Music	108	Transistor	52
99	Runnin' With the Dweezil	Premier Guitar	Music	15	Captivate	53
100	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	162	Megaphone	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

The podcast landscape in USA is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

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