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 13 sept. 2026

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09/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 199

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:48:51

Top 5 authors

1. Osiris Media (4 shows)

2. Pantheon Media (3 shows)

3. American Public Media (2 shows)

4. Evergreen Podcasts (2 shows)

5. Nevermind Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (26 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Acast (7 shows)

4. Simplecast (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	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	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
8	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	73	Simplecast	63
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	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	216	Spotify for Podcasters	38
12	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	87	Megaphone	48
13	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	546	Megaphone	62
14	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	493	Buzzsprout	32
15	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	34	Megaphone	43
16	Chris's Billboard Top 3000 Countdown Podcast	Christopher Williams	Music	82	Buzzsprout	57
17	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	417	Megaphone	58
18	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	229	ART19	58
19	2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke	Nevermind Media	Music	1	Megaphone	53
20	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
21	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
22	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
23	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	174	Libsyn	52
24	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	235	Megaphone	32
25	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Music	2	Spotify for Podcasters	27
26	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
27	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	197	Unknown	43
28	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
29	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	161	Megaphone	43
30	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
31	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
32	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
33	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
34	Bluegrass BKLYN	Mike Willner	Music	130	Podbean	52
35	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	132	Megaphone	58
36	Straight Stuntin' Digital with BX Thunder & Yami Doll	StreetSweepers Ent. Inc	Music	3	Simplecast	58
37	Audio Archive by Cue the Record	Cue the Record	Music	1	Simplecast	63
38	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	472	Libsyn	52
39	Harold's Old Time Radio	Harolds Old Time Radio	Music	1000	Spreaker	49
40	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
41	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	372	Megaphone	32
42	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	758	Libsyn	38
43	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	73	Megaphone	53
44	Made In California: A Beach Boys Podcast	LBB Productions	Music	5	Spotify for Podcasters	27
45	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
46	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	375	Megaphone	53
47	Have You Heard This One?	Nevermind Media	Music	18	ART19	69
48	Songs from the Dead: Short Histories of Legendary Songs	Axioms of Mediocrity	Music	34	Spotify for Podcasters	52
49	Banding Together: A Tulsa Music Podcast	Saied Music Company and Dan Potter	Music	4	Blubrry	21
50	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
51	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
52	Growin' Up Rock	Rock Star Copy LLC	Music	706	Megaphone	59
53	The Ruler's Back: The Making of The Blueprint by Jay-Z	Breaking Atoms	Music	4	Acast	63
54	Super Progressive	Super Progressive	Music	52	Buzzsprout	58
55	Discography	Marc With a C	Music	34	Acast	84
56	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
57	Summer Mix Ibiza Best Deep House Music Techno 2026 Dance Chill Out Lounge Podcast	Summer Mix Ibiza	Music	52	Ausha	52
58	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
59	So Many Roads: A Grateful Dead Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	P.Bouley	Music	15	Buzzsprout	52
60	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer	Music	9	Megaphone	48
61	Dolly Parton - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	80	Megaphone	63
62	The Original Doll with James Rodriguez: Britney Spears and more	James Rodriguez	Music	477	Spotify for Podcasters	22
63	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
64	Mogul Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Gimlet	Music History	45	N/A	N/A
65	Digging Deep with Robert Plant	Robert Plant	Music	30	ART19	68
66	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	648	Megaphone	48
67	Pantheon - Home for Music Lovers	Pantheon Media	Music	2005	Megaphone	59
68	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
69	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	76	Megaphone	43
70	Rock's Backpages	Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike	Music	235	Megaphone	63
71	Theoretikally R & B	Theoretikally R&B	Music	100	Podbean	43
72	Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture	Love is the Message podcast	Music	183	Spotify for Podcasters	42
73	Rootsland "Stories that are Music to your ears"	Henry K	Music	107	Captivate	83
74	BT RADIO : MIXES & MORE	Big Tigger	Music	97	Podomatic	49
75	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
76	Late Era	Osiris Media	Music History	25	Acast	63
77	Classic Rock Album Olympics	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	32	Megaphone	52
78	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	35	RedCircle	78
79	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	308	Podbean	37
80	Guess the Year	Cortland Rose Studio	Music	91	Spotify for Podcasters	22
81	Music History Today Network	Music History Today Podcast Network	Music	2000	Spotify for Podcasters	22
82	The NY Phil Story: Made in New York	WQXR, The New York Philharmonic	Music	6	Simplecast	58
83	After Midnight: Phish's Big Cypress Festival	Osiris Media	Music	11	Megaphone	43
84	Say a Song.	RTÉ Radio 1	Music	6	Omny Studio	38
85	Helping Friendly Podcast	Osiris Media	Music	834	Megaphone	43
86	Let's Talk Elvis	Let's Talk Elvis	Music	43	Spotify for Podcasters	63
87	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	35	BBC	48
88	The Dean Zelinsky Show	Dean Zelinsky	Music	11	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	50	Acast	38
90	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	67	Libsyn	38
91	club 30's with mjfangirl- a Michael Jackson Fan Podcast	mjfangirl	Music	83	Spotify for Podcasters	27
92	Only In The Green Room	Mount Tam Media	Music	61	Transistor	63
93	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	Music	396	Libsyn	38
94	San Joaquin Sound	AJ Rodriguez	Music	22	RSS.com	42
95	Buy That Guitar Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Vintage Guitar magazine	Music	37	Unknown	78
96	Michael Jackson: Unspun	the detail.	Music	15	Spotify for Podcasters	53
97	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
98	Jazz Focus	jazzbnd	Music	100	Podbean	53
99	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
100	The Blues Legacy: Foundations of Modern Music	Earth Prime Productions LLC	Music	30	Spotify for Podcasters	32

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