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 14 May 2026

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05/14/2026

Average data

Episodes: 171

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:57:13

Top 5 authors

1. Pantheon Media (3 shows)

2. Osiris Media (2 shows)

3. Evergreen Podcasts (2 shows)

4. American Public Media (2 shows)

5. Bart Vanderzee (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Takin’ A Walk Nashville	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	62	Omny Studio	63
2	A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs	Andrew Hickey	Music	261	Unknown	48
3	Dolly Parton's America	WNYC Studios & OSM Audio	Music	12	Simplecast	68
4	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	89	Megaphone	48
5	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	135	ART19	68
6	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	961	Omny Studio	48
7	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	35	Megaphone	43
8	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	74	Simplecast	68
9	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	493	Buzzsprout	32
10	The Hidden Stories of Music Podcast	Jeremyne Patellers LRT	Music	6	Podbean	52
11	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	217	Spotify for Podcasters	38
12	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	547	Megaphone	62
13	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
14	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	230	ART19	58
15	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	418	Megaphone	58
16	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	133	Megaphone	58
17	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	235	Megaphone	32
18	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
19	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
20	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	73	Megaphone	53
21	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	174	Libsyn	52
22	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
23	Sounds of the Caribbean with Selecta Jerry	Reggae Radio by Selecta Jerry	Music	224	Podbean	52
24	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
25	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
26	DC Rock History	dcrockpod	Music	39	Podbean	68
27	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	376	Megaphone	53
28	Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music	Andrew Gill and Leah Payne	Music	72	PRX	63
29	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
30	CD Burners	Emo Nite	Music	128	Acast	49
31	The Hardest Podcast to Podcast	Ryan Schaap	Music	62	Libsyn	47
32	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
33	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
34	Classic Rock Album Olympics	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	32	Megaphone	52
35	Rock's Backpages	Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike	Music	235	Megaphone	63
36	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
37	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
38	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
39	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	Music	396	Libsyn	38
40	Gnarly Origins	Artist Friendly Media	Music	3	Megaphone	38
41	Straight From The Hat With Ben Vaughn	Straight From The Hat	Music	17	Podbean	37
42	Harold's Old Time Radio	Harolds Old Time Radio	Music	1000	Spreaker	49
43	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	472	Libsyn	52
44	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
45	Guess the Year	Cortland Rose Studio	Music	91	Spotify for Podcasters	22
46	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	308	Podbean	37
47	NOISEXTRA - The noise podcast.	Chondritic Sound	Music	303	Blubrry Podcasting	58
48	Rock & Metal Combat Podcast	Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera	Music	422	Podbean	21
49	So Many Roads: A Grateful Dead Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	P.Bouley	Music	15	Buzzsprout	52
50	Stories in the Room: Michael Jackson's Thriller Album	Anthony Marinelli and Steven Ray	Music	60	RedCircle	43
51	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	67	Libsyn	38
52	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
53	One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast	Diana Erickson	Music	69	RedCircle	38
54	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
55	FatBeats: Behind The Counter	FatBeats	Music	8	Buzzsprout	52
56	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	649	Megaphone	48
57	Hidden History of Rock & Roll Details temporarily unavailable	Tiffany Scott	Music	20	Libsyn	58
58	Rock N Roll Archaeology	Pantheon Media	Music	59	Megaphone	49
59	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
60	Allison Unchained	Allison Hagendorf	Music	16	Megaphone	79
61	The Music History Podcast	Bret Williams	Music	3	Libsyn	32
62	The Rock & Roll History Show	Hudson River Radio .com	Music	188	Spreaker	38
63	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	373	Megaphone	32
64	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
65	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	50	Acast	38
66	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
67	PHONK BUT 8D AUDIO	HARDCOLD	Music	1	RSS.com	58
68	Country Hits 101	Country 93.5 FM	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
69	Ranking The Beatles	Jonathan and Julia Pretus	Music	160	Spotify for Podcasters	63
70	The Fully Vented Podcast	Fully Vented Media LLC	Music	38	Megaphone	48
71	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	759	Libsyn	38
72	Oh! Brother Details temporarily unavailable	Paul and Steve Hanley	Music	74	Acast	43
73	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	35	BBC	48
74	Madonna Songbook Podcast	Giulio Mazzoleni	Music	22	Podbean	42
75	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
76	The Brian Turner Show	Brian Turner	Music	215	Buzzsprout	38
77	The Classical Music Minute	Steven Hobé, Composer & Host	Music	292	Buzzsprout	68
78	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
79	DANGEROUS SOUNDS: Danish Jazz in 8 Stories	WRTI	Music	8	Omny Studio	48
80	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
81	Inside the Milky Way - A Look at Early Alternative Music	ITMW Music	Music	105	Transistor	52
82	States of Independence	Talkhouse / Cup & Nuzzle	Music	16	Megaphone	59
83	ROCK AND/OR ROLL	Rock and/or Roll	Music	340	Megaphone	43
84	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	498	Spreaker	48
85	The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz	gribetzsid	Music	100	Podbean	42
86	Keep The Dream Flowing - Celebrating the History of Woodstock 1969	Scott Parker	Music	72	Spotify for Podcasters	22
87	Udo. Ein Leben an der Grenze	Norddeutscher Rundfunk	Music	7	NDR Info	48
88	Blackfold - a Black Metal Podcast	blackfoldpodcast	Music	10	Podbean	37
89	Dope Nostalgia	dopenostalgia	Music	314	Libsyn	58
90	Rearranged	Osiris Media	Music	12	Megaphone	53
91	History of Jazz	Sami Çatak	Music	4	Spotify for Podcasters	63
92	Mogul Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Gimlet	Music History	45	N/A	N/A
93	Growin' Up Rock	Rock Star Copy LLC	Music	707	Megaphone	59
94	Deep Dives and Deep Cuts: the History of Punk, Post-punk and New Wave (1976-1986)	DDDC	Music	134	Cast	58
95	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	76	Megaphone	43
96	BT RADIO : MIXES & MORE	Big Tigger	Music	97	Podomatic	49
97	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer	Music	9	Megaphone	48
99	Music In My Shoes	Jim	Music	148	Buzzsprout	52
100	Fingal's Cave - A Podcast for all dedicated Pink Floyd Fans	Nils Zehnpfennig / Ian Priston / Phil Salathé / Kyle V	Music	38	LetsCast.fm	47

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