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 18 Aug 2026

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08/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 146

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:50:45

Top 5 authors

1. Pantheon Media (3 shows)

2. American Public Media (2 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

4. Paul Humbley & Mark Wakely (1 shows)

5. Ian Boothby and David Dedrick (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Podbean (9 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Takin’ A Walk Nashville	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	62	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	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
6	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
7	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	960	Omny Studio	48
8	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	217	Spotify for Podcasters	38
9	Guess the Year	Cortland Rose Studio	Music	91	Spotify for Podcasters	22
10	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	74	Simplecast	68
11	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	89	Megaphone	48
12	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	493	Buzzsprout	32
13	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	174	Libsyn	52
14	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
15	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	547	Megaphone	62
16	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	34	Megaphone	43
17	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	50	Acast	38
18	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	418	Megaphone	58
19	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	230	ART19	58
20	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
21	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
22	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
23	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	235	Megaphone	32
24	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
25	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
26	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	308	Podbean	37
27	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
28	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
29	Discography	Marc With a C	Music	35	Acast	84
30	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
31	Ugly Things	Ugly Things Magazine	Music	54	Megaphone	59
32	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	498	Spreaker	48
33	The Whipping Post Express	Richard Brent, Kyler Mosley & John Lynskey	Music	4	Transistor	63
34	Rock's Backpages	Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike	Music	235	Megaphone	63
35	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	472	Libsyn	52
36	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
37	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
38	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
39	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer	Music	9	Megaphone	48
40	CD Burners	Emo Nite	Music	128	Acast	49
41	Madonna Songbook Podcast	Giulio Mazzoleni	Music	22	Podbean	42
42	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
43	Growin' Up Rock	Rock Star Copy LLC	Music	706	Megaphone	59
44	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	67	Libsyn	38
45	The Grateful Dead 60 Years in San Francisco	Pantheon Media	Music	6	Megaphone	63
46	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	Music	396	Libsyn	38
47	Gimme Some Truth	Obadiah Jones	Music	46	Podbean	52
48	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
49	Bluegrass BKLYN	Mike Willner	Music	131	Podbean	52
50	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
51	An Honest Man’s Podcast Talkin’ Mellencamp	mellencougarrock	Music	15	Podbean	31
52	Harold's Old Time Radio	Harolds Old Time Radio	Music	1000	Spreaker	49
53	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
54	club 30's with mjfangirl- a Michael Jackson Fan Podcast	mjfangirl	Music	84	Spotify for Podcasters	27
55	DJ Drama’s Gangsta Grillz Podcast	Khalabo Ink Society	Music	10	ART19	58
56	Rick Rubin - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	96	Megaphone	63
57	One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast	Diana Erickson	Music	69	RedCircle	38
58	Dig Me Out: 70s & 80s Metal	Beyond the hits—exploring the albums, bands, and moments that shaped the heavy 70s & 80s metal	Music	68	Substack	48
59	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	133	Megaphone	58
60	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	759	Libsyn	38
61	The Blues Legacy: Foundations of Modern Music	Earth Prime Productions LLC	Music	30	Spotify for Podcasters	32
62	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	376	Megaphone	53
63	Primer	Maximum Fun	Music	15	Simplecast	69
64	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
65	ROCK AND/OR ROLL	Rock and/or Roll	Music	339	Megaphone	43
66	Only In The Green Room	Mount Tam Media	Music	61	Transistor	63
67	Heavy Metal 101	Eric Schwartz	Music	63	Spotify for Podcasters	73
68	Compleatly Beatles	Ian Boothby and David Dedrick	Music	16	Blubrry	49
69	Percy and Face	Percy	Music	100	Podbean	22
70	The Metallica Podcast: Volume 1 — The Black Album	Metallica & Amazon	Music	11	ART19	42
71	Juice WRLD death conspiracy theory	Carsen	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
72	melanie martinez sped up	Kriii	Music	16	Hubhopper	43
73	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	161	Megaphone	43
74	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Music	3	Spotify for Podcasters	27
75	50 Years of Hip Hop Podcast Series	iHeartPodcasts	Music	14	Omny Studio	37
76	Legend	BBC Radio 4	Music	19	BBC	73
77	Inside the Milky Way - A Look at Early Alternative Music	ITMW Music	Music	105	Transistor	52
78	So Many Roads: A Grateful Dead Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	P.Bouley	Music	15	Buzzsprout	52
79	Jack Norton's Old-Time Radio Show: 1920s to 1940s 78 RPM Records	BingBoo Podcast Network	Music	60	RSS.com	62
80	Summer Mix Ibiza Best Deep House Music Techno 2026 Dance Chill Out Lounge Podcast	Summer Mix Ibiza	Music	52	Ausha	52
81	Fixing A Hole - The Beatles podcast you didn't know you needed	Paul Humbley & Mark Wakely	Music	68	Transistor	62
82	Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music	Andrew Gill and Leah Payne	Music	72	PRX	63
83	Nba_youngboy	Kentrell Gaulden	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	Off The Record: David Bowie	iHeartPodcasts	Music	34	Omny Studio	62
85	Origins of Hip-Hop	A&E®	Music	11	Acast	89
86	Fingal's Cave - A Podcast for all dedicated Pink Floyd Fans	Nils Zehnpfennig / Ian Priston / Phil Salathé / Kyle V	Music	38	LetsCast.fm	47
87	От хора до хардкора	Arzamas	Music	27	mave	49
88	The Clave Chronicles	Rebecca Bodenheimer	Music	63	Buzzsprout	48
89	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
90	Deep Dives and Deep Cuts: the History of Punk, Post-punk and New Wave (1976-1986)	DDDC	Music	134	Cast	58
91	Rock N Roll Archaeology	Pantheon Media	Music	59	Megaphone	49
92	Rock & Metal Combat Podcast	Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera	Music	422	Podbean	21
93	Somewhere in Time Podcast	Somewhere in Time Podcast	Music	100	Podbean	47
94	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	76	Megaphone	43
95	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	35	RedCircle	78
96	2Legs: A Paul McCartney Podcast	Tom Hunyady and Andy Nicholes	Music	34	Podbean	37
97	Just Ace: A podcast about the 90s Australian alternative music scene	Danny Yau	Music	44	Unknown	48
98	Buy That Guitar Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Vintage Guitar magazine	Music	37	Unknown	78
99	Jhalak: A Glimpse into Indian Classical Music.	Siya	Music	6	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
100	Inak Ahang \| اینک آهنگ	خانه موزه بتهوون	Music	28	Acast	63

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