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 15 May 2026

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05/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 179

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:58:45

Top 5 authors

1. Pantheon Media (3 shows)

2. Gamut Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. Evergreen Podcasts (2 shows)

4. American Public Media (2 shows)

5. Chondritic Sound (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Acast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Takin’ A Walk Nashville	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	61	Omny Studio	63
2	A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs	Andrew Hickey	Music	261	Unknown	48
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	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	87	Megaphone	48
6	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	958	Omny Studio	48
7	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	73	Simplecast	63
8	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	34	Megaphone	43
9	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	493	Buzzsprout	32
10	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	216	Spotify for Podcasters	38
11	The Hidden Stories of Music Podcast	Jeremyne Patellers LRT	Music	6	Podbean	52
12	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	197	Unknown	43
13	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	546	Megaphone	62
14	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	417	Megaphone	58
15	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
16	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	229	ART19	58
17	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	132	Megaphone	58
18	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	235	Megaphone	32
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	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
23	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
24	Sounds of the Caribbean with Selecta Jerry	Reggae Radio by Selecta Jerry	Music	224	Podbean	52
25	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
26	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
27	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
28	Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music	Andrew Gill and Leah Payne	Music	71	PRX	63
29	Straight From The Hat With Ben Vaughn	Straight From The Hat	Music	17	Podbean	37
30	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
31	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
32	CD Burners	Emo Nite	Music	127	Acast	43
33	The Chico's Vibe-Cast	Chico's Vibe	Music History	23	N/A	N/A
34	DC Rock History	dcrockpod	Music	39	Podbean	68
35	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
36	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
37	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	472	Libsyn	52
38	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	375	Megaphone	53
39	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
40	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	67	Libsyn	38
41	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	648	Megaphone	48
42	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
43	Harold's Old Time Radio	Harolds Old Time Radio	Music	1000	Spreaker	49
44	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
45	Dope Nostalgia	dopenostalgia	Music	313	Libsyn	58
46	So Many Roads: A Grateful Dead Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	P.Bouley	Music	15	Buzzsprout	52
47	The Hardest Podcast to Podcast	Ryan Schaap	Music	61	Libsyn	47
48	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	50	Acast	38
49	Stories in the Room: Michael Jackson's Thriller Album	Anthony Marinelli and Steven Ray	Music	60	RedCircle	43
50	Classic Rock Album Olympics	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	32	Megaphone	52
51	The Brian Turner Show	Brian Turner	Music	214	Buzzsprout	38
52	Rock N Roll Archaeology	Pantheon Media	Music	59	Megaphone	49
53	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
54	Rock's Backpages	Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike	Music	235	Megaphone	63
55	Official Tapes	Cory	Music	125	Blubrry Podcasting	49
56	Gnarly Origins	Artist Friendly Media	Music	3	Megaphone	38
57	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	35	BBC	48
58	Rock & Metal Combat Podcast	Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera	Music	422	Podbean	21
59	Udo. Ein Leben an der Grenze	Norddeutscher Rundfunk	Music	7	NDR Info	48
60	Inside the Milky Way - A Look at Early Alternative Music	ITMW Music	Music	105	Transistor	52
61	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
62	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	Music	396	Libsyn	38
63	Madonna Songbook Podcast	Giulio Mazzoleni	Music	22	Podbean	42
64	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	497	Spreaker	48
65	Allison Unchained	Allison Hagendorf	Music	16	Megaphone	79
66	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
67	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
68	One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast	Diana Erickson	Music	69	RedCircle	38
69	Bizarre Albums	Tony Thaxton	Music	181	Spotify for Podcasters	48
70	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	308	Podbean	37
71	I'd Buy That For A Dollar	idbuythat	Music	332	Podbean	47
72	Deep Dives and Deep Cuts: the History of Punk, Post-punk and New Wave (1976-1986)	DDDC	Music	134	Cast	58
73	NOISEXTRA - The noise podcast.	Chondritic Sound	Music	303	Blubrry Podcasting	58
74	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	758	Libsyn	38
75	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
76	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	161	Megaphone	43
77	FatBeats: Behind The Counter	FatBeats	Music	8	Buzzsprout	52
78	Guess the Year	Cortland Rose Studio	Music	91	Spotify for Podcasters	22
79	Tinsel Tunes - The Christmas Music Podcast	Tinsel Tunes	Music	83	Spotify for Podcasters	42
80	Oh! Brother Details temporarily unavailable	Paul and Steve Hanley	Music	74	Acast	43
81	Talk of Ages	Mike Tully	Music	356	Libsyn	43
82	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	372	Megaphone	32
83	Keep The Dream Flowing - Celebrating the History of Woodstock 1969	Scott Parker	Music	72	Spotify for Podcasters	22
84	Modern Classical Music Podcast	Tandy Venice	Music	192	podcasts.com	32
85	Mogul Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Gimlet	Music History	45	N/A	N/A
86	Rock N Roll Story Guys	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	137	ART19	53
87	The Fully Vented Podcast	Fully Vented Media LLC	Music	38	Megaphone	48
88	Hidden History of Rock & Roll Details temporarily unavailable	Tiffany Scott	Music	20	Libsyn	58
89	THEMIXLAB	DJ Fresh Vince	Music	114	Podomatic	59
90	Ranking The Beatles	Jonathan and Julia Pretus	Music	160	Spotify for Podcasters	63
91	The Rock & Roll History Show	Hudson River Radio .com	Music	188	Spreaker	38
92	Growin' Up Rock	Rock Star Copy LLC	Music	706	Megaphone	59
93	The Music History Podcast	Bret Williams	Music	3	Libsyn	32
94	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	76	Megaphone	43
96	Classical For Everyone Details temporarily unavailable	Peter Cudlipp	Music	95	Libsyn	53
97	PHONK BUT 8D AUDIO	HARDCOLD	Music	1	RSS.com	58
98	Country Hits 101	Country 93.5 FM	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
99	Michael Jackson: Unspun	the detail.	Music	15	Spotify for Podcasters	53
100	Music History Monday	Robert Greenberg	Music	120	Blubrry Podcasting	59

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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