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 17 Oct 2026

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10/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 163

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:47:32

Top 5 authors

1. Osiris Media (4 shows)

2. Pantheon Media (2 shows)

3. American Public Media (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 2 (1 shows)

5. Music History Today Podcast Network (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

4. ART19 (7 shows)

5. Acast (7 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	67	Omny Studio	63
3	Jersey Made	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	12	Omny Studio	63
4	A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs	Andrew Hickey	Music	261	Unknown	48
5	One On One: The Official Tom Petty Podcast	Cup & Nuzzle	Music	4	Megaphone	37
6	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	975	Omny Studio	48
7	2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke	Nevermind Media	Music	7	Acast	59
8	Monday Music Club with Will Anderson	Vox Media Podcast Network	Music	10	Megaphone	42
9	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	79	Simplecast	68
10	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	222	Spotify for Podcasters	38
11	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	136	ART19	68
12	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
13	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	95	Megaphone	48
14	A (Mostly) 80s Music Podcast: What Difference Does It Make?	Dave Sloan and Holly Cantos - 80s Music Podcast	Music	318	Megaphone	62
15	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
16	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	500	Buzzsprout	32
17	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	238	Megaphone	32
18	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	553	Megaphone	62
19	Inak Ahang \| اینک آهنگ	خانه موزه بتهوون	Music	29	Acast	63
20	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
21	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
22	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	39	Megaphone	43
23	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	379	Megaphone	32
24	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	39	BBC	48
25	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	423	Megaphone	58
26	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
27	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	237	ART19	58
28	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	280	Megaphone	48
29	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
30	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	176	Libsyn	52
31	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
32	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	78	Megaphone	53
33	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	37	RedCircle	78
34	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
35	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	94	Acast	68
36	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
37	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Music	7	Spotify for Podcasters	27
38	Digging Deep with Robert Plant	Robert Plant	Music	30	ART19	68
39	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
40	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	511	Spreaker	48
41	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	764	Libsyn	38
42	club 30's with mjfangirl- a Michael Jackson Fan Podcast	mjfangirl	Music	87	Spotify for Podcasters	27
43	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
44	Helping Friendly Podcast	Osiris Media	Music	834	Megaphone	43
45	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
46	Music's Greatest Mysteries	AXS TV	Music	28	Omny Studio	58
47	Who Ordered the Pie? \| Classic Rock Music History & Cocktails	Christopher Machado	Music	53	Buzzsprout	63
48	Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2	The Irish Times	Music	15	Acast	79
49	I'd Buy That For A Dollar	idbuythat	Music	336	Podbean	47
50	Buskin with The Beatles	Buskin with The Beatles	Music	100	Blubrry	38
51	Off The Record - On The Charts: A Podcast	Offtherecordonthecharts	Music	19	Podbean	31
52	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
53	Bluegrass BKLYN	Mike Willner	Music	141	Podbean	52
54	Summer Mix Ibiza Best Deep House Music Techno 2026 Dance Chill Out Lounge Podcast	Summer Mix Ibiza	Music	52	Ausha	52
55	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
56	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	668	Megaphone	48
57	Rick Rubin - Biography Flash	Liquid Studios	Music	0	Megaphone	53
58	The Metallica Podcast: Volume 1 — The Black Album	Metallica & Amazon	Music	11	ART19	42
59	Gaucho Amigos	baddantakes	Music	54	Buzzsprout	69
60	Say a Song.	RTÉ Radio 1	Music	6	Omny Studio	38
61	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
62	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	383	Megaphone	53
63	Inside the Milky Way - A Look at Early Alternative Music	ITMW Music	Music	111	Transistor	52
64	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
65	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
66	Missing Man-The Vince Welnick Story	Thom Jennings	Music	9	Spreaker	49
67	Political Beats	National Review	Music	162	Simplecast	58
68	Theoretikally R & B	Theoretikally R&B	Music	100	Podbean	43
69	Legend	BBC Radio 4	Music	19	BBC	73
70	Ghost Notes	12tone & Polyphonic	Music	95	ART19	68
71	Music History Today Network	Music History Today Podcast Network	Music	2000	Spotify for Podcasters	22
72	Rock's Backpages	Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike	Music	238	Megaphone	63
73	Straight From The Hat With Ben Vaughn	Straight From The Hat	Music	17	Podbean	37
74	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	164	Megaphone	43
75	No Nazi's Friend	No Nazi's Friend	Music	9	RSS.com	52
76	FatBeats: Behind The Counter	FatBeats	Music	10	Buzzsprout	58
77	Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music	Andrew Gill and Leah Payne	Music	75	PRX	63
78	Dance Classics mixed by Dj Luttz	Dj Luttz	Music	27	Podomatic	63
79	After Midnight: Phish's Big Cypress Festival	Osiris Media	Music	11	ART19	53
81	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	77	Megaphone	43
82	Dastan-e Mousighi \| داستان موسیقی	Persian Media Production \| رسانه پارسی	Music	13	Transistor	58
83	Iowa Basement Tapes	Kristian Day	Music	407	Simplecast	63
84	Finding Lucinda	The Bluegrass Situation	Music	16	RedCircle	63
86	Psychedelic Psoul	Jessie Delgado	Music	187	Buzzsprout	78
87	A Heart for the Charts	Joel Whitburn Record Research	Music	3	Omny Studio	63
88	Sloancast	Rob Butcher and Ken Gildner	Music	65	Spotify for Podcasters	48
89	Alive Again	Osiris Media	Music	5	Acast	58
90	Mellow Night Music, Quiet Storm. Blueprint, Velvet Series & Tribute By Roby Bellini Details temporarily unavailable	Roberto	Music	424	RSS.com	47
91	Train To Skaville	Brian Tomsic	Music	97	Buzzsprout	68
92	Modern Classical Music Podcast	Tandy Venice	Music	196	Unknown	32
93	رادیو سرگذشت/RadioSargozasht	رادیو سرگذشت	Music	22	Spotify for Podcasters	48
94	In The Name Of Wax	Creative Reactive Choice Records, LLC	Music	24	Buzzsprout	68
95	Don’t Scratch The Vinyl	chadjones	Music	15	Podbean	42
96	The Dean Zelinsky Show	Dean Zelinsky	Music	11	Spotify for Podcasters	28
97	Synth Icons with Andy Whitmore	Andy Whitmore (andy@andywhitmore.com)	Music	33	Buzzsprout	62
98	Billy Joel - Biography Flash Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Music	1	Spreaker	59
99	Madonna Songbook Podcast	Giulio Mazzoleni	Music	22	Podbean	42
100	Sonidos Olvidados del Flamenco	José Miguel Hernández Jaramillo	Music	72	Spotify for Podcasters	52

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