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 Oct 2026

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10/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 150

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:46:33

Top 5 authors

1. Pantheon Media (2 shows)

2. Gamut Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. The Bluegrass Situation (2 shows)

4. American Public Media (2 shows)

5. Consequence Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. RedCircle (6 shows)

5. Acast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Takin’ A Walk Nashville	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	67	Omny Studio	63
2	Jersey Made	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	12	Omny Studio	63
3	Dolly Parton's America	WNYC Studios & OSM Audio	Music	12	Simplecast	68
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 Media Productions	Music	975	Omny Studio	48
6	2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke	Nevermind Media	Music	7	Acast	59
7	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	79	Simplecast	68
8	Monday Music Club with Will Anderson	Vox Media Podcast Network	Music	10	Megaphone	42
9	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	136	ART19	68
10	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	222	Spotify for Podcasters	38
11	One On One: The Official Tom Petty Podcast	Cup & Nuzzle	Music	4	Megaphone	37
12	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	500	Buzzsprout	32
13	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
14	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	553	Megaphone	62
15	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
16	A (Mostly) 80s Music Podcast: What Difference Does It Make?	Dave Sloan and Holly Cantos - 80s Music Podcast	Music	318	Megaphone	62
17	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	423	Megaphone	58
18	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	94	Acast	68
19	The Mighty VH Podcast	Tommy London & Tor	Music	24	Megaphone	48
20	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	95	Megaphone	48
21	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	238	Megaphone	32
22	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	39	Megaphone	43
23	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
24	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	379	Megaphone	32
25	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
26	Inak Ahang \| اینک آهنگ	خانه موزه بتهوون	Music	29	Acast	63
27	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	176	Libsyn	52
28	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	511	Spreaker	48
29	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
30	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	237	ART19	58
31	Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2	The Irish Times	Music	15	Acast	79
32	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	68	Libsyn	38
33	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	164	Megaphone	43
34	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
35	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
36	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
37	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	280	Megaphone	48
38	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
39	Finding Lucinda	The Bluegrass Situation	Music	16	RedCircle	63
40	A Heart for the Charts	Joel Whitburn Record Research	Music	3	Omny Studio	63
41	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
42	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
43	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
44	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
45	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
46	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
47	Gimme Some Truth	Obadiah Jones	Music	52	Podbean	52
48	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
49	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	314	Podbean	37
50	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
51	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	668	Megaphone	48
52	Political Beats	National Review	Music	162	Simplecast	58
53	Theoretikally R & B	Theoretikally R&B	Music	100	Podbean	43
54	Off The Record: David Bowie	iHeartPodcasts	Music	33	Omny Studio	62
55	Totally 80s	Totally 80s	Music	69	ART19	73
56	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	39	BBC	48
57	Allison Unchained	Allison Hagendorf	Music	16	Megaphone	79
58	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	764	Libsyn	38
59	Bad bunny la sensación	Hannia Escobar	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	53
60	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	139	Megaphone	48
61	Legend	BBC Radio 4	Music	19	BBC	73
62	Juice WRLD death conspiracy theory	Carsen	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
63	Deep Dives and Deep Cuts: the History of Punk, Post-punk and New Wave (1976-1986)	DDDC	Music	137	Cast	58
65	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	78	Megaphone	53
66	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Music	7	Spotify for Podcasters	27
67	Mogul Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Gimlet	Music History	45	N/A	N/A
68	club 30's with mjfangirl- a Michael Jackson Fan Podcast	mjfangirl	Music	87	Spotify for Podcasters	27
69	Say a Song.	RTÉ Radio 1	Music	6	Omny Studio	38
70	Summer Mix Ibiza Best Deep House Music Techno 2026 Dance Chill Out Lounge Podcast	Summer Mix Ibiza	Music	52	Ausha	52
71	DJ M'Zo	DJ M'ZO	Music	12	Ausha	49
72	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	Music	402	Libsyn	38
73	Dolly Parton - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	80	Megaphone	63
74	Oh! Brother	Paul and Steve Hanley	Music	79	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	37	RedCircle	78
76	Listening with Leckrone Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Four Seasons Theatre	Music History	19	N/A	N/A
77	So Many Roads: A Grateful Dead Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	P.Bouley	Music	15	Buzzsprout	52
78	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
79	Rock & Metal Combat Podcast	Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera	Music	425	Podbean	21
80	Rock N Roll Story Guys	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	140	ART19	53
81	The Saxophone History Podcast	Andrew D. Meyer	Music	15	RSS.com	47
82	Cassette Culture	Cassette Culture & DIY Music	Music	29	Omny Studio	78
83	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	383	Megaphone	53
84	NOISEXTRA - The noise podcast.	Chondritic Sound	Music	303	Blubrry Podcasting	58
85	深度睡眠\|阿尔法冥想｜10分钟轻松入睡，安眠到天亮	曲艺大剧院	Music	616	Ximalaya	38
86	Disney – A Recorded History	Disney Music Group, Randy Thornton	Music	13	Megaphone	73
87	Monumental Movement Podcast	monumentalmovement	Music	529	Spotify for Podcasters	22
88	ROCK AND/OR ROLL	Rock and/or Roll	Music	345	Megaphone	43
89	Records & Rockstars	Jeff Woods	Music	290	ART19	48
90	Music's Greatest Mysteries	AXS TV	Music	28	Omny Studio	58
91	The Walking Tenor Podcast	Jesús Daniel Hernandez	Music	9	RedCircle	48
92	The J. S. Bach Files Podcast	Terence J. O'Grady	Music	50	Podbean	37
93	The Black Soul Music Experience Podcast	Samuel Wilsonjr	Music	208	Spotify for Podcasters	53
94	En el Caserío	Free Style Mania	Music	4	Spotify for Podcasters	53
95	Billy Joel - Biography Flash Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Music	1	Spreaker	59
96	Carolina Calling: A Music & History Podcast	The Bluegrass Situation	Music	8	RedCircle	48
97	Storied: The Untold Jewish Stories Behind Your Favorite Music	benji Rosenzweig	Music	15	Unknown	63
98	A Little Light Music	Manx Radio	Music	99	Captivate	43
99	The Opus	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	93	RedCircle	63
100	Brackets	Big Scary Monsters Podcasts	Music	7	Spotify for Podcasters	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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