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 Sep 2026

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09/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 167

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:49:33

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

2. American Public Media (2 shows)

3. Pantheon Media (2 shows)

4. Osiris Media (2 shows)

5. The Ringer | Luminary (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (7 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (6 shows)

5. Acast (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	62	Omny Studio	63
3	Jersey Made	iHeartPodcasts	Music	3	Omny Studio	63
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	961	Omny Studio	48
6	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	74	Simplecast	68
7	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
8	Monday Music Club with Will Anderson	Vox Media Podcast Network	Music	4	Megaphone	42
9	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
10	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	135	ART19	68
11	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	217	Spotify for Podcasters	38
12	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	89	Megaphone	48
13	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	35	Megaphone	43
14	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	493	Buzzsprout	32
15	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	547	Megaphone	62
16	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	230	ART19	58
17	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	418	Megaphone	58
18	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
19	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	235	Megaphone	32
20	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
21	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Music	3	Spotify for Podcasters	27
22	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
23	Chris's Billboard Top 3000 Countdown Podcast	Christopher Williams	Music	83	Buzzsprout	57
24	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
25	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	174	Libsyn	52
26	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
27	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
28	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
29	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
30	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	161	Megaphone	43
31	2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke	Nevermind Media	Music	1	Megaphone	53
32	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
33	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	472	Libsyn	52
34	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
35	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
36	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	308	Podbean	37
37	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
38	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	76	Megaphone	43
39	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	73	Megaphone	53
40	Bluegrass BKLYN	Mike Willner	Music	131	Podbean	52
41	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
42	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
43	melanie martinez sped up	Kriii	Music	16	Hubhopper	43
44	Rock's Backpages	Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike	Music	235	Megaphone	63
45	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	373	Megaphone	32
46	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	36	RedCircle	78
47	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
48	BT RADIO : MIXES & MORE	Big Tigger	Music	97	Podomatic	49
49	Banding Together: A Tulsa Music Podcast	Saied Music Company and Dan Potter	Music	4	Blubrry	21
50	Women of Notes	Sandra Mogensen	Music	3	Transistor	73
51	Mogul Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Gimlet	Music History	45	N/A	N/A
52	Growin' Up Rock	Rock Star Copy LLC	Music	707	Megaphone	59
53	Discography	Marc With a C	Music	35	Acast	84
54	The Violin Chronicles Podcast	Linda Lespets	Music	49	Podbean	42
55	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
56	So Many Roads: A Grateful Dead Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	P.Bouley	Music	15	Buzzsprout	52
57	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	376	Megaphone	53
58	Klassik für Taktlose	Die Presse	Music	273	Podigee	49
59	Harold's Old Time Radio	Harolds Old Time Radio	Music	1000	Spreaker	49
60	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer	Music	9	Megaphone	48
61	Digging Deep with Robert Plant	Robert Plant	Music	30	ART19	68
62	Music Uncovered	BBC	Music	36	BBC	53
63	Let's Talk Elvis	Let's Talk Elvis	Music	43	Spotify for Podcasters	63
64	Dolly Parton - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	80	Megaphone	63
65	Play That Rock n‘ Roll	playthatpodcast	Music	123	Megaphone	43
66	Eurodance Story	Hakim Maadadi	Music	212	Podcastics	59
67	The Blog Era	ItsTheReal	Music	13	Megaphone	53
68	Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music	Andrew Gill and Leah Payne	Music	72	PRX	63
69	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	133	Megaphone	58
70	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	649	Megaphone	48
71	Rock and Roll Heaven	LD, TJ2 and Will The Thrill	Music	334	Megaphone	53
72	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	759	Libsyn	38
73	The Album Anniversary Podcast!	Caleb The Spy	Music	170	Spotify for Podcasters	27
74	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	Music	396	Libsyn	38
75	Rock & Metal Combat Podcast	Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera	Music	422	Podbean	21
76	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
77	Straight Stuntin' Digital with BX Thunder & Yami Doll	StreetSweepers Ent. Inc	Music	3	Simplecast	58
78	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	35	BBC	48
79	Music History Monday	Robert Greenberg	Music	120	Blubrry Podcasting	59
80	Audio Archive by Cue the Record	Cue the Record	Music	1	Simplecast	63
81	Love Failure	Sana Sana	Music	2	Spotify for Podcasters	33
82	From Akron & Beyond Podcast	The Summit FM	Music	101	Podbean	31
83	Finding Lucinda	The Bluegrass Situation	Music	16	RedCircle	63
84	Women of Substance Music Podcast	Bree Noble	Music	907	Podetize	32
85	The Rock N’ Roll True Stories podcast	rocknrolltruestories	Music	13	Podbean	57
86	Stones Touring Party	iHeartPodcasts	Music	25	Omny Studio	79
87	Who Ordered the Pie? \| Classic Rock Music History & Cocktails	Christopher	Music	48	Buzzsprout	48
88	Radio Rebel Gael	D.J. Rory Dubh	Music	68	podcasts.com	53
89	THE FIRST 50 GIGS: Guns N‘ Roses and the Making of Appetite for Destruction	Jason Porath & Marc Canter	Music	11	Megaphone	73
90	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer \| Luminary	Music	14	Acast	73
91	The NY Phil Story: Made in New York	WQXR, The New York Philharmonic	Music	6	Simplecast	58
92	American Song	Joe Hines	Music	57	Buzzsprout	73
93	The Great Song Podcast	Rob Alley	Music	299	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	Juice WRLD death conspiracy theory	Carsen	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	Helping Friendly Podcast	Osiris Media	Music	834	Megaphone	43
96	Made In California: A Beach Boys Podcast	LBB Productions	Music	5	Spotify for Podcasters	27
97	Destroy! The Influence of Punk.	Richard Smith, BRB Studios, Inc.	Music	24	Acast	68
98	One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast	Diana Erickson	Music	69	RedCircle	38
99	Jungle Natives - Classic Unofficial Guns n' Roses Podcast from 2015	Brooke Ellis	Music	4	Spotify for Podcasters	42
100	#song	Attitude Queen	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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