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 21 May 2026

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05/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 157

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:52:06

Top 5 authors

1. Evergreen Podcasts (2 shows)

2. American Public Media (2 shows)

3. Osiris Media (2 shows)

4. Pantheon Media (2 shows)

5. Bart Vanderzee (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Podbean (11 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

4. Libsyn (6 shows)

5. Acast (6 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	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	73	Simplecast	63
4	Dolly Parton's America	WNYC Studios & OSM Audio	Music	12	Simplecast	68
5	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	135	ART19	68
6	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	89	Megaphone	48
7	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	960	Omny Studio	48
8	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	493	Buzzsprout	32
9	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
10	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	547	Megaphone	62
11	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	34	Megaphone	43
12	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	418	Megaphone	58
13	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	216	Spotify for Podcasters	38
14	FatBeats: Behind The Counter	FatBeats	Music	8	Buzzsprout	52
15	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	230	ART19	58
16	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	235	Megaphone	32
17	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
18	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
19	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	174	Libsyn	52
20	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
21	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
22	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
23	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	35	BBC	48
24	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
25	Sounds of the Caribbean with Selecta Jerry	Reggae Radio by Selecta Jerry	Music	224	Podbean	52
26	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
27	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	73	Megaphone	53
28	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	35	RedCircle	78
29	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
30	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	132	Megaphone	58
31	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	161	Megaphone	43
32	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	472	Libsyn	52
33	CD Burners	Emo Nite	Music	128	Acast	49
34	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
35	One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast	Diana Erickson	Music	69	RedCircle	38
36	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	50	Acast	38
37	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
38	Straight From The Hat With Ben Vaughn	Straight From The Hat	Music	17	Podbean	37
39	Inside the Milky Way - A Look at Early Alternative Music	ITMW Music	Music	105	Transistor	52
40	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	67	Libsyn	38
41	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
42	The Album Anniversary Podcast!	Caleb The Spy	Music	170	Spotify for Podcasters	27
43	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	376	Megaphone	53
44	All You Need Is Pod	1289 Productions	Music	7	Spreaker	58
45	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
46	Allison Unchained	Allison Hagendorf	Music	16	Megaphone	79
47	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
48	The J. S. Bach Files Podcast	Terence J. O'Grady	Music	50	Podbean	37
49	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer	Music	9	Megaphone	48
50	The Hidden Stories of Music Podcast	Jeremyne Patellers LRT	Music	6	Podbean	52
51	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	Music	396	Libsyn	38
52	PHONK BUT 8D AUDIO	HARDCOLD	Music	1	RSS.com	58
53	The Music History Podcast	Bret Williams	Music	3	Libsyn	32
55	Vintage Country Radio	The Gathering Nerds studios	Music	13	Podbean	38
56	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
57	Ghost Notes	12tone & Polyphonic	Music	94	ART19	68
58	States of Independence	Talkhouse / Cup & Nuzzle	Music	16	Megaphone	59
59	Buy That Guitar Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Vintage Guitar magazine	Music	37	Unknown	78
60	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
61	Classic Rock Album Olympics	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	32	Megaphone	52
62	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
63	2Legs: A Paul McCartney Podcast	Tom Hunyady and Andy Nicholes	Music	34	Podbean	37
64	Legend	BBC Radio 4	Music	19	BBC	73
65	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	308	Podbean	37
66	The Rock & Roll History Show	Hudson River Radio .com	Music	188	Spreaker	38
67	Tinsel Tunes - The Christmas Music Podcast	Tinsel Tunes	Music	83	Spotify for Podcasters	42
68	Country Hits 101	Country 93.5 FM	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
69	Highway Hi-Fi Podcast	Ryan & Joe	Music	100	Megaphone	38
70	History of Jazz	Sami Çatak	Music	4	Spotify for Podcasters	63
71	Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music	Andrew Gill and Leah Payne	Music	72	PRX	63
72	Deep Dives and Deep Cuts: the History of Punk, Post-punk and New Wave (1976-1986)	DDDC	Music	134	Cast	58
73	Dylan Revisited	Colm Larkin	Music	13	Captivate	63
74	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	758	Libsyn	38
75	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
76	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
77	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	76	Megaphone	43
78	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	649	Megaphone	48
79	Compleatly Beatles	Ian Boothby and David Dedrick	Music	16	Blubrry	49
80	Rick Rubin - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	96	Megaphone	63
81	Udo. Ein Leben an der Grenze	Norddeutscher Rundfunk	Music	7	NDR Info	48
82	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
83	Rock & Metal Combat Podcast	Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera	Music	422	Podbean	21
84	Guess the Year	Cortland Rose Studio	Music	91	Spotify for Podcasters	22
85	The Alphabetical Fugazi	Ian James Wright	Music	104	Pinecast	79
86	A-Z of Phil Collins	Phil Collins	Music History	7	Acast	73
87	Off The Record - On The Charts: A Podcast	Offtherecordonthecharts	Music	15	Podbean	31
89	Women of Substance Music Podcast	Bree Noble	Music	907	Podetize	32
90	Helping Friendly Podcast	Osiris Media	Music	834	Megaphone	43
91	Nba_youngboy	Kentrell Gaulden	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	TOKYO MUSIC INSTITUTE for classical music	ニッポン放送	Music	100	Omny Studio	58
93	Cosmosis	Cosmosis	Music	848	Unknown	49
94	Buskin with The Beatles	Buskin with The Beatles	Music	100	Blubrry	38
95	Digging Deep with Robert Plant	Robert Plant	Music	30	ART19	68
96	Runnin' With the Dweezil	Premier Guitar	Music	15	Captivate	53
97	Rock and Roll Heaven	LD, TJ2 and Will The Thrill	Music	334	Megaphone	53
98	An Honest Man’s Podcast Talkin’ Mellencamp	mellencougarrock	Music	15	Podbean	31
99	What You Didn’t Know: Rock ’n’ Roll History	WYDK Podcast	Music	12	Podbean	42
100	A People's History of the Guitar	Grant Samuelsen	Music	15	Captivate	72

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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