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 Oct 2026

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10/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 152

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:48:06

Top 5 authors

1. Osiris Media (3 shows)

2. American Public Media (2 shows)

3. Pantheon Media (2 shows)

4. Nevermind Media (1 shows)

5. Tommy London & Tor (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Acast (9 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Dolly Parton's America	WNYC Studios & OSM Audio	Music	12	Simplecast	68
2	Jersey Made	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	11	Omny Studio	63
3	Takin’ A Walk Nashville	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	67	Omny Studio	63
4	A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs	Andrew Hickey	Music	261	Unknown	48
5	2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke	Nevermind Media	Music	6	Acast	59
6	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	974	Omny Studio	48
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	9	Megaphone	42
9	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	136	ART19	68
10	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	499	Buzzsprout	32
11	One On One: The Official Tom Petty Podcast	Cup & Nuzzle	Music	3	Megaphone	37
12	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	222	Spotify for Podcasters	38
13	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	552	Megaphone	62
14	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
15	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
16	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	94	Megaphone	48
17	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	94	Acast	68
18	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	237	Megaphone	32
19	The Mighty VH Podcast	Tommy London & Tor	Music	24	Megaphone	48
20	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
21	A Heart for the Charts	Joel Whitburn Record Research	Music	3	Omny Studio	63
22	A (Mostly) 80s Music Podcast: What Difference Does It Make?	Dave Sloan and Holly Cantos - 80s Music Podcast	Music	319	Megaphone	62
23	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	39	Megaphone	43
24	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	422	Megaphone	58
25	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	176	Libsyn	52
26	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
27	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	37	RedCircle	78
28	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	236	ART19	58
29	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
30	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
31	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	511	Spreaker	48
32	Ugly Things	Ugly Things Magazine	Music	56	Megaphone	59
33	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
34	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	378	Megaphone	32
35	Theoretikally R & B	Theoretikally R&B	Music	100	Podbean	43
36	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
37	Inak Ahang \| اینک آهنگ	خانه موزه بتهوون	Music	29	Acast	63
38	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	381	Megaphone	53
39	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
40	Political Beats	National Review	Music	162	Simplecast	58
41	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
42	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	163	Megaphone	43
43	Off The Record: David Bowie	iHeartPodcasts	Music	33	Omny Studio	62
44	Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2	The Irish Times	Music	15	Acast	79
45	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
46	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
47	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
48	Dolly Parton - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	80	Megaphone	63
49	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	280	Megaphone	48
50	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	665	Megaphone	48
51	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
52	The Blues Legacy: Foundations of Modern Music	Earth Prime Productions LLC	Music	30	Spotify for Podcasters	32
53	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	139	Megaphone	48
54	Rock & Metal Combat Podcast	Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera	Music	425	Podbean	21
55	The Shakedown Archives	The Shakedown Archives	Music	127	Spotify for Podcasters	28
56	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
57	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	68	Libsyn	38
58	Finding Lucinda	The Bluegrass Situation	Music	16	RedCircle	63
59	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	52	Acast	38
60	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	78	Megaphone	53
61	ROCK AND/OR ROLL	Rock and/or Roll	Music	345	Megaphone	43
62	Listening with Leckrone Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Four Seasons Theatre	Music History	19	N/A	N/A
63	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	314	Podbean	37
64	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	764	Libsyn	38
65	Gimme Some Truth	Obadiah Jones	Music	51	Podbean	52
66	No Nazi's Friend	John Hancock	Music	7	RSS.com	52
67	Music's Greatest Mysteries	AXS TV	Music	28	Omny Studio	58
68	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
69	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	39	BBC	48
70	Ghost Notes	12tone & Polyphonic	Music	95	ART19	68
71	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
72	Rick Rubin - Biography Flash	Liquid Studios	Music	101	Megaphone	63
73	The Discographers	CLUB FAIL	Music	74	Simplecast	63
74	Rock's Backpages	Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike	Music	237	Megaphone	63
75	Compleatly Beatles	Ian Boothby and David Dedrick	Music	16	Blubrry	49
76	Humanitarian - The Real Michael Jackson	Paul Dwyer	Music	16	Buzzsprout	83
77	History of Jazz	Sami Çatak	Music	4	Spotify for Podcasters	63
78	After Midnight: Phish's Big Cypress Festival	Osiris Media	Music	11	ART19	53
79	The Album Anniversary Podcast!	Caleb The Spy	Music	175	Spotify for Podcasters	27
80	Primer	Maximum Fun	Music	15	Simplecast	69
81	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	Music	401	Libsyn	38
82	Alive Again	Osiris Media	Music	5	Acast	58
83	Don’t Scratch The Vinyl	chadjones	Music	15	Podbean	42
84	The Classical Music Minute	Steven Hobé, Composer & Host	Music	298	Buzzsprout	68
85	Tinsel Tunes - The Christmas Music Podcast	Tinsel Tunes	Music	83	Spotify for Podcasters	42
86	Bizarre Albums	Tony Thaxton	Music	175	Spotify for Podcasters	48
87	Inside The Album with Don & Tommy	Don Seckler	Music	37	Captivate	58
88	The Lost Art Of Conversation - A Pink Floyd Podcast	Pink Floyd	Music	5	ART19	52
89	Music Chronicles : Michael Jackson & The Jacksons	CDL	Music	24	Spotify for Podcasters	37
90	Kurdish Playlist	Amir Abdolahpur	Music	5	Acast	43
91	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Music	6	Spotify for Podcasters	27
92	Summer Mix Ibiza Best Deep House Music Techno 2026 Dance Chill Out Lounge Podcast	Summer Mix Ibiza	Music	52	Ausha	52
93	Totally 80s	Totally 80s	Music	69	ART19	73
94	Rock and Roll Heaven	LD, TJ2 and Will The Thrill	Music	338	Megaphone	53
95	Evolutions Per Minute	Dan Seeff	Music	10	RedCircle	43
96	Bluegrass BKLYN	Mike Willner	Music	141	Podbean	52
97	MIX TIME 90s Details temporarily unavailable	80s Desire to dance	Music	27	Podbean	37
98	MIX TIME 90s — Your Musical Time Machine The history of 90s dance music, told and mixed by Tiziano Torre DJ.	MIX TIME 90s	Music	32	Podbean	37
99	Legend	BBC Radio 4	Music	19	BBC	73
100	【慢摇舞曲】-DJ热歌舞曲	曲艺大剧院	Music	1019	Ximalaya	43

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