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 20 May 2026

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05/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 162

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:53:00

Top 5 authors

1. Osiris Media (2 shows)

2. Evergreen Podcasts (2 shows)

3. American Public Media (2 shows)

4. Pantheon Media (2 shows)

5. Buzz Knight Media Productions (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Podbean (12 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Unknown (6 shows)

5. Acast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Takin’ A Walk Nashville	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	63	Omny Studio	63
2	A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs	Andrew Hickey	Music	261	Unknown	48
3	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	75	Simplecast	68
4	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	135	ART19	68
5	Dolly Parton's America	WNYC Studios & OSM Audio	Music	12	Simplecast	68
6	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	90	Megaphone	48
7	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	495	Buzzsprout	32
8	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	964	Omny Studio	48
9	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	11	Acast	73
10	FatBeats: Behind The Counter	FatBeats	Music	9	Buzzsprout	52
11	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	218	Spotify for Podcasters	38
12	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	548	Megaphone	62
13	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	175	Libsyn	52
14	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	36	Megaphone	43
15	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
16	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
17	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	419	Megaphone	58
18	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	231	ART19	58
19	Sounds of the Caribbean with Selecta Jerry	Reggae Radio by Selecta Jerry	Music	224	Podbean	52
20	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
21	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
22	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	134	Megaphone	58
23	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
24	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	36	RedCircle	78
25	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
26	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	236	Megaphone	32
27	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	51	Acast	38
28	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
29	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	162	Megaphone	43
30	Inside the Milky Way - A Look at Early Alternative Music	ITMW Music	Music	107	Transistor	52
31	The Hidden Stories of Music Podcast	Jeremyne Patellers LRT	Music	6	Podbean	52
32	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
33	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	310	Podbean	37
35	All You Need Is Pod	1289 Productions	Music	7	Spreaker	58
36	The Album Anniversary Podcast!	Caleb The Spy	Music	171	Spotify for Podcasters	27
37	Classic Rock Album Olympics	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	32	Megaphone	52
38	CD Burners	Emo Nite	Music	128	Acast	49
39	History of Jazz	Sami Çatak	Music	4	Spotify for Podcasters	63
40	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
41	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
42	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
43	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	74	Megaphone	53
44	Allison Unchained	Allison Hagendorf	Music	16	Megaphone	79
45	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
46	Deep Dives and Deep Cuts: the History of Punk, Post-punk and New Wave (1976-1986)	DDDC	Music	135	Cast	58
47	Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music	Andrew Gill and Leah Payne	Music	72	PRX	63
48	The J. S. Bach Files Podcast	Terence J. O'Grady	Music	50	Podbean	37
49	Nba_youngboy	Kentrell Gaulden	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
50	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
51	Udo. Ein Leben an der Grenze	Norddeutscher Rundfunk	Music	7	NDR Info	48
52	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	377	Megaphone	53
53	Helping Friendly Podcast	Osiris Media	Music	834	Megaphone	43
54	Runnin' With the Dweezil	Premier Guitar	Music	15	Captivate	53
55	Off The Record - On The Charts: A Podcast	Offtherecordonthecharts	Music	16	Podbean	31
56	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer \| Luminary	Music	14	Acast	73
57	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	35	BBC	48
59	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
60	Digging Deep with Robert Plant	Robert Plant	Music	30	ART19	68
61	Rock & Metal Combat Podcast	Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera	Music	423	Podbean	21
62	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	Music	397	Libsyn	38
63	豐音樂 Feng Yin Yue－华语流行音乐青春小传	熊儒賢、陳永龍	Music	300	Unknown	43
64	Rock and Roll Heaven	LD, TJ2 and Will The Thrill	Music	334	Megaphone	53
65	An Honest Man’s Podcast Talkin’ Mellencamp	mellencougarrock	Music	15	Podbean	31
66	Straight From The Hat With Ben Vaughn	Straight From The Hat	Music	17	Podbean	37
67	Summer Mix Ibiza Best Deep House Music Techno 2026 Dance Chill Out Lounge Podcast	Summer Mix Ibiza	Music	52	Ausha	52
68	One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast	Diana Erickson	Music	69	RedCircle	38
69	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
70	Riki Rachtman's Cathouse Hollywood Podcast	Riki Rachtman	Music	1	Libsyn	42
71	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	472	Libsyn	52
72	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	760	Libsyn	38
73	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	653	Megaphone	48
74	2Legs: A Paul McCartney Podcast	Tom Hunyady and Andy Nicholes	Music	34	Podbean	37
75	Ghost Notes	12tone & Polyphonic	Music	94	ART19	68
76	Vintage Country Radio	The Gathering Nerds studios	Music	13	Podbean	38
77	Best Yacht Rock Mixes Ever!	Robert	Music	3	Podomatic	68
78	Legend	BBC Radio 4	Music	19	BBC	73
79	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	374	Megaphone	32
80	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
81	Growin' Up Rock	Rock Star Copy LLC	Music	710	Megaphone	59
82	Danny Rants	Danny Rants	Music	136	Buzzsprout	48
83	The Blog Era	ItsTheReal	Music	13	Megaphone	53
84	Buy That Guitar Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Vintage Guitar magazine	Music	37	Unknown	78
85	Buskin with The Beatles	Buskin with The Beatles	Music	100	Blubrry	38
86	The Original Doll with James Rodriguez: Britney Spears and more	James Rodriguez	Music	485	Spotify for Podcasters	22
87	Mojack Stacks!	You Don't Know Mojack	Music	26	Substack	49
88	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	67	Libsyn	38
89	Songs of Note	Ryan Gregg	Music	100	Spotify for Podcasters	53
90	The Brian Turner Show	Brian Turner	Music	216	Buzzsprout	38
91	Jack Norton's Old-Time Radio Show: 1920s to 1940s 78 RPM Records	BingBoo Podcast Network	Music	60	RSS.com	62
92	The Blues Legacy: Foundations of Modern Music	Earth Prime Productions LLC	Music	30	Spotify for Podcasters	32
93	AMERICAN GROOVES RADIO HOUR hosted by JOE LAURO	Joe Lauro	Music	160	Spotify for Podcasters	48
94	Tinsel Tunes - The Christmas Music Podcast	Tinsel Tunes	Music	83	Spotify for Podcasters	42
95	Fingal's Cave - A Podcast for all dedicated Pink Floyd Fans	Nils Zehnpfennig / Ian Priston / Phil Salathé / Kyle V	Music	38	LetsCast.fm	47
96	I'd Buy That For A Dollar	idbuythat	Music	333	Podbean	47
97	Bluegrass BKLYN	© Copyright 2026 Bluegrass BKLYN LLC, all rights reserved	Music	133	Podbean	52
98	Groundwater: The Blues Beneath American Music	Thomas Stubbs	Music	12	Transistor	58
99	Country Hits 101	Country 93.5 FM	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
100	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer	Music	9	Megaphone	48

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