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 19 Aug 2026

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08/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 180

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:50:35

Top 5 authors

1. Pantheon Media (3 shows)

2. Osiris Media (3 shows)

3. American Public Media (2 shows)

4. Buskin with The Beatles (1 shows)

5. Futuro Media (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Podbean (9 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (7 shows)

5. Acast (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	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
5	Dolly Parton's America	WNYC Studios & OSM Audio	Music	12	Simplecast	68
6	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	959	Omny Studio	48
7	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
8	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	216	Spotify for Podcasters	38
9	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	73	Simplecast	63
10	Guess the Year	Cortland Rose Studio	Music	91	Spotify for Podcasters	22
11	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	88	Megaphone	48
12	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	493	Buzzsprout	32
13	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	546	Megaphone	62
14	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	174	Libsyn	52
15	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	34	Megaphone	43
16	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
17	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	417	Megaphone	58
18	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
19	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	50	Acast	38
20	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
21	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	235	Megaphone	32
22	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	229	ART19	58
23	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
24	Buskin with The Beatles	Buskin with The Beatles	Music	100	Blubrry	38
25	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
26	Rock's Backpages	Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike	Music	235	Megaphone	63
27	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
28	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	308	Podbean	37
29	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
30	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
31	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	472	Libsyn	52
32	Harold's Old Time Radio	Harolds Old Time Radio	Music	1000	Spreaker	49
33	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	497	Spreaker	48
34	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	376	Megaphone	53
35	American Songcatcher	Nicholas Edward Williams	Music	52	Libsyn	58
36	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
37	Discography	Marc With a C	Music	34	Acast	84
38	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
39	club 30's with mjfangirl- a Michael Jackson Fan Podcast	mjfangirl	Music	84	Spotify for Podcasters	27
40	melanie martinez sped up	Kriii	Music	16	Hubhopper	43
41	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
42	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
43	Ugly Things	Ugly Things Magazine	Music	54	Megaphone	59
44	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
45	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
46	The Whipping Post Express	Richard Brent, Kyler Mosley & John Lynskey	Music	4	Transistor	63
47	CD Burners	Emo Nite	Music	128	Acast	49
48	Rick Rubin - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	96	Megaphone	63
49	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	73	Megaphone	53
50	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
51	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	132	Megaphone	58
52	Bluegrass BKLYN	Mike Willner	Music	130	Podbean	52
53	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
54	The Grateful Dead 60 Years in San Francisco	Pantheon Media	Music	6	Megaphone	63
55	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	161	Megaphone	43
56	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
57	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	76	Megaphone	43
58	Women of Substance Music Podcast	Bree Noble	Music	907	Podetize	32
59	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	648	Megaphone	48
60	One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast	Diana Erickson	Music	69	RedCircle	38
61	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	Music	396	Libsyn	38
62	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	758	Libsyn	38
63	Only In The Green Room	Mount Tam Media	Music	61	Transistor	63
64	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer	Music	9	Megaphone	48
65	Gimme Some Truth	Obadiah Jones	Music	45	Podbean	52
66	Madonna Songbook Podcast	Giulio Mazzoleni	Music	22	Podbean	42
67	Inside the Milky Way - A Look at Early Alternative Music	ITMW Music	Music	105	Transistor	52
68	Down and Off	HMB Alumni Band	Music	43	Buzzsprout	58
69	So Many Roads: A Grateful Dead Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	P.Bouley	Music	15	Buzzsprout	52
70	Dig Me Out: 70s & 80s Metal	Beyond the hits—exploring the albums, bands, and moments that shaped the heavy 70s & 80s metal	Music	67	Substack	48
71	Cassette Culture	Cassette Culture & DIY Music	Music	28	Omny Studio	68
72	Nba_youngboy	Kentrell Gaulden	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	Growin' Up Rock	Rock Star Copy LLC	Music	706	Megaphone	59
74	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	372	Megaphone	32
75	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	67	Libsyn	38
76	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
77	Honcho Campout's Camp Cast	Honcho Campout	Music	5	Acast	63
78	Straight From The Hat With Ben Vaughn	Straight From The Hat	Music	17	Podbean	37
79	Big Band Bash	Frank Miller	Music	405	Libsyn	43
80	Rock & Metal Combat Podcast	Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera	Music	422	Podbean	21
81	Helping Friendly Podcast	Osiris Media	Music	834	Megaphone	43
82	Tinsel Tunes - The Christmas Music Podcast	Tinsel Tunes	Music	83	Spotify for Podcasters	42
84	After Midnight: Phish's Big Cypress Festival	Osiris Media	Music	11	Megaphone	43
85	Legend	BBC Radio 4	Music	19	BBC	73
86	Summer Mix Ibiza Best Deep House Music Techno 2026 Dance Chill Out Lounge Podcast	Summer Mix Ibiza	Music	52	Ausha	52
87	Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture	Love is the Message podcast	Music	183	Spotify for Podcasters	42
88	DJ Drama’s Gangsta Grillz Podcast	Khalabo Ink Society	Music	10	ART19	58
89	Primer	Maximum Fun	Music	15	Simplecast	69
90	Roots Rednecks and Radicals	Will Houk	Music	100	Podbean	42
91	Juice WRLD death conspiracy theory	Carsen	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	Digging Deep with Robert Plant	Robert Plant	Music	30	ART19	68
93	NOISEXTRA - The noise podcast.	Chondritic Sound	Music	303	Blubrry Podcasting	58
94	ROCK AND/OR ROLL	Rock and/or Roll	Music	339	Megaphone	43
95	The Metallica Podcast: Volume 1 — The Black Album	Metallica & Amazon	Music	11	ART19	42
96	Heavy Metal 101	Eric Schwartz	Music	63	Spotify for Podcasters	73
97	Off The Record - On The Charts: A Podcast	Offtherecordonthecharts	Music	15	Podbean	31
98	The Blues Legacy: Foundations of Modern Music	Earth Prime Productions LLC	Music	30	Spotify for Podcasters	32
99	The Saxophone History Podcast	Andrew D. Meyer	Music	15	RSS.com	47
100	An Honest Man’s Podcast Talkin’ Mellencamp	mellencougarrock	Music	15	Podbean	31

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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