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 Oct 2026

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10/14/2026

Average data

Episodes: 166

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:50:21

Top 5 authors

1. Evergreen Podcasts (2 shows)

2. Bart Vanderzee (2 shows)

3. Pantheon Media (2 shows)

4. American Public Media (2 shows)

5. Orange County Library System (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. ART19 (6 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	A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs	Andrew Hickey	Music	261	Unknown	48
3	2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke	Nevermind Media	Music	6	Acast	59
4	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	79	Simplecast	68
5	One On One: The Official Tom Petty Podcast	Cup & Nuzzle	Music	3	Megaphone	37
6	Monday Music Club with Will Anderson	Vox Media Podcast Network	Music	9	Megaphone	42
7	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	222	Spotify for Podcasters	38
8	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	94	Megaphone	48
9	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	237	Megaphone	32
10	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	136	ART19	68
11	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
12	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	499	Buzzsprout	32
13	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	552	Megaphone	62
14	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
15	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
16	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
17	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	422	Megaphone	58
18	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
19	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	176	Libsyn	52
20	Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2	The Irish Times	Music	15	Acast	79
21	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	39	Megaphone	43
22	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
23	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	236	ART19	58
24	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	94	Acast	68
25	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	378	Megaphone	32
26	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
27	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	39	BBC	48
28	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	510	Spreaker	48
29	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	68	Libsyn	38
30	Legend	BBC Radio 4	Music	19	BBC	73
31	Political Beats	National Review	Music	162	Simplecast	58
32	A Heart for the Charts	Joel Whitburn Record Research	Music	3	Omny Studio	63
33	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
34	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Music	6	Spotify for Podcasters	27
35	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	163	Megaphone	43
36	Digging Deep with Robert Plant	Robert Plant	Music	30	ART19	68
37	Rock's Backpages	Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike	Music	237	Megaphone	63
38	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	313	Podbean	37
39	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
40	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	381	Megaphone	53
41	Sloancast	Rob Butcher and Ken Gildner	Music	65	Spotify for Podcasters	48
42	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	37	RedCircle	78
43	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	764	Libsyn	38
44	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
45	Punkast	Punkast	Music	89	Acast	74
46	Vintage Country Radio	The Gathering Nerds studios	Music	13	Podbean	38
47	Classic Rock Album Olympics	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	34	Libsyn	52
48	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
49	The Album Anniversary Podcast!	Caleb The Spy	Music	175	Spotify for Podcasters	27
50	Bluegrass BKLYN	Mike Willner	Music	141	Podbean	52
51	The State of Sound Podcast	Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum	Music	31	Spotify for Podcasters	42
52	FatBeats: Behind The Counter	FatBeats	Music	10	Buzzsprout	58
53	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	974	Omny Studio	48
54	No Nazi's Friend	John Hancock	Music	7	RSS.com	52
55	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
56	Juice WRLD death conspiracy theory	Carsen	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
57	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	76	Megaphone	43
58	Dolly Parton - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	80	Megaphone	63
59	Takin’ A Walk Nashville	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	67	Omny Studio	63
60	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	139	Megaphone	48
61	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	78	Megaphone	53
62	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
63	Deep Cuts Lost & Found	DCLF	Music	82	Megaphone	79
64	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	280	Megaphone	48
65	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
66	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
67	The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz	gribetzsid	Music	100	Podbean	42
68	The Original Doll with James Rodriguez: Britney Spears and more	James Rodriguez	Music	493	Spotify for Podcasters	22
69	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
70	Ghost Notes	12tone & Polyphonic	Music	95	ART19	68
71	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	665	Megaphone	48
72	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
73	Summer Mix Ibiza Best Deep House Music Techno 2026 Dance Chill Out Lounge Podcast	Summer Mix Ibiza	Music	52	Ausha	52
74	Compleatly Beatles	Ian Boothby and David Dedrick	Music	16	Blubrry	49
75	Buy That Guitar Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Vintage Guitar magazine	Music	37	Unknown	78
76	Music History Today Network	Music History Today Podcast Network	Music	2000	Spotify for Podcasters	22
77	Theoretikally R & B	Theoretikally R&B	Music	100	Podbean	43
78	Rock & Metal Combat Podcast	Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera	Music	424	Podbean	21
79	KT SlowGrind 嘻哈電台	KT SlowGrind	Music	39	Firstory	63
80	Carla and Brad Talk About Krautrock	Carla and Brad	Music	26	Buzzsprout	58
81	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	280	Megaphone	48
82	Podcast and a CD	Slayton Digital Productions, Inc	Music	118	Libsyn	32
83	Down Home Cajun Music	Jeremy	Music	2	Buzzsprout	42
84	The Music History Podcast	Bret Williams	Music	3	Libsyn	32
85	Stream the Magic	Steve Ambielli	Music	161	Buzzsprout	73
86	just for me - pink pantheress	shaianne	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	The Pink Cadillacs	Victori and Skyllar	Music	40	Spotify for Podcasters	28
88	Opera on Record	Jack Gardner	Music	1	Spreaker	84
89	Women of Substance Music Podcast	Bree Noble	Music	919	Podetize	32
90	Global English Songs Music Library Details temporarily unavailable	GMI-Global Music Industry	Music	250	RSS.com	68
91	The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast	Foxy Digitalis	Music	93	RSS.com	37
92	Listen Up - The Oasis Podcast	Oasis	Music	5	Libsyn	37
93	Тяжеловато!	Павел Лебедев	Music	33	mave	58
94	Reel to Real: Where the Stories Behind the Board Go on Record	Orange County Library System	Music	24	Libsyn	52
95	Beatles Rewind	Steve Weber	Music	15	RSS.com	42
96	The Lost Art Of Conversation - A Pink Floyd Podcast	Pink Floyd	Music	5	ART19	52
97	Centuries of Sound Details temporarily unavailable	James M Errington	Music	91	Unknown	49
98	Disney – A Recorded History	Disney Music Group, Randy Thornton	Music	13	Megaphone	73
99	Play Something Sweet	KX FM	Music	137	Spreaker	43
100	All Things Elvis	@ElvisPresleyXO	Music	7	Spotify for Podcasters	53

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