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 Aug 2026

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08/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 159

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 01:36:25

Top 5 authors

1. Pantheon Media (3 shows)

2. Bart Vanderzee (2 shows)

3. American Public Media (2 shows)

4. Osiris Media (2 shows)

5. KCRW (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Acast (9 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 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	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	216	Spotify for Podcasters	38
6	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
7	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	958	Omny Studio	48
8	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
9	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	73	Simplecast	63
10	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	87	Megaphone	48
11	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	493	Buzzsprout	32
12	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	546	Megaphone	62
13	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
14	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	229	ART19	58
15	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	34	Megaphone	43
16	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
17	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	417	Megaphone	58
18	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	197	Unknown	43
19	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	235	Megaphone	32
20	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
21	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
22	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
23	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
24	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
25	Only In The Green Room	Mount Tam Media	Music	61	Transistor	63
26	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	174	Libsyn	52
27	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
28	Discography	Marc With a C	Music	34	Acast	84
29	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Music	2	Spotify for Podcasters	27
30	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	50	Acast	38
31	An Honest Man’s Podcast Talkin’ Mellencamp	mellencougarrock	Music	15	Podbean	31
32	Bluegrass BKLYN	Mike Willner	Music	130	Podbean	52
33	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
34	Harold's Old Time Radio	Harolds Old Time Radio	Music	1000	Spreaker	49
35	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer	Music	9	Megaphone	48
36	CD Burners	Emo Nite	Music	127	Acast	43
37	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	472	Libsyn	52
38	club 30's with mjfangirl- a Michael Jackson Fan Podcast	mjfangirl	Music	83	Spotify for Podcasters	27
39	Inak Ahang \| اینک آهنگ	خانه موزه بتهوون	Music	28	Acast	63
40	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	375	Megaphone	53
41	One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast	Diana Erickson	Music	69	RedCircle	38
42	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	648	Megaphone	48
43	Origins of Hip-Hop	A&E®	Music	11	Acast	89
44	The Original Doll with James Rodriguez: Britney Spears and more	James Rodriguez	Music	477	Spotify for Podcasters	22
45	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
46	Tinsel Tunes - The Christmas Music Podcast	Tinsel Tunes	Music	83	Spotify for Podcasters	42
47	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
48	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
49	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	132	Megaphone	58
50	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	73	Megaphone	53
51	After Midnight: Phish's Big Cypress Festival	Osiris Media	Music	11	Megaphone	43
52	Straight Stuntin' Digital with BX Thunder & Yami Doll	StreetSweepers Ent. Inc	Music	3	Simplecast	58
53	Buy That Guitar Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Vintage Guitar magazine	Music	37	Unknown	78
54	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	497	Spreaker	48
55	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
56	Rick Rubin - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	96	Megaphone	63
57	Rootsland "Stories that are Music to your ears"	Henry K	Music	107	Captivate	83
58	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
59	Centuries of Sound Details temporarily unavailable	James M Errington	Music	91	Unknown	49
60	Rock and Roll Heaven	LD, TJ2 and Will The Thrill	Music	333	Megaphone	53
61	Rock N Roll Archaeology	Pantheon Media	Music	59	Megaphone	49
62	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	76	Megaphone	43
63	50 Years of Hip Hop Podcast Series	iHeartPodcasts	Music	13	Omny Studio	52
64	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
65	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
66	Hunter Prince Khalid	HUNTER PRINCE KHALID	Music	19	Hubhopper	43
67	DJ Drama’s Gangsta Grillz Podcast	Khalabo Ink Society	Music	10	ART19	58
68	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
69	Gaelic Song Stories	Deirdre Graham	Music	13	Podbean	68
70	Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music	Andrew Gill and Leah Payne	Music	71	PRX	63
71	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	372	Megaphone	32
72	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	161	Megaphone	43
73	The Music History Podcast	Bret Williams	Music	3	Libsyn	32
74	Big Band Bash	Frank Miller	Music	405	Libsyn	43
75	Deep Dives and Deep Cuts: the History of Punk, Post-punk and New Wave (1976-1986)	DDDC	Music	134	Cast	58
76	Gnarly Origins	Artist Friendly Media	Music	3	Megaphone	38
77	FatBeats: Behind The Counter	FatBeats	Music	8	Buzzsprout	52
78	Juice WRLD death conspiracy theory	Carsen	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	WAN DEEP SESSION	QUANTOM \| Techno Collective Records Ltd.	Music	252	podcasts.com	48
80	Madonna Songbook Podcast	Giulio Mazzoleni	Music	22	Podbean	42
81	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
82	Theoretikally R & B	Theoretikally R&B	Music	100	Podbean	43
83	Growin' Up Rock	Rock Star Copy LLC	Music	706	Megaphone	59
84	Love Failure	Sana Sana	Music	2	Spotify for Podcasters	33
85	Mogul Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Gimlet	Music History	45	N/A	N/A
86	Tum Mere Ho	Aman Kashyap	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	63
87	6 and Daz	QUALITER	Music	36	Acast	79
88	ROCK AND/OR ROLL	Rock and/or Roll	Music	339	Megaphone	43
89	Jazz Focus	jazzbnd	Music	100	Podbean	53
90	San Joaquin Sound	AJ Rodriguez	Music	22	RSS.com	42
91	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
92	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	758	Libsyn	38
94	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	67	Libsyn	38
95	TalkToTheChip	TalkToTheChip	Music	31	Podbean	52
96	70's Groove	Vanni	Music	97	Unknown	69
97	The Blog Era	ItsTheReal	Music	13	Megaphone	53
98	The Metallica Podcast: Volume 1 — The Black Album	Metallica & Amazon	Music	11	ART19	42
99	Just Ace: A podcast about the 90s Australian alternative music scene	Danny Yau	Music	44	Unknown	48
100	Kritical KISS	Kritical KISS	Music	22	Spotify for Podcasters	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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