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 22 May 2026

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05/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 161

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:51:39

Top 5 authors

1. Pantheon Media (5 shows)

2. Osiris Media (2 shows)

3. American Public Media (2 shows)

4. Evergreen Podcasts (2 shows)

5. 12tone & Polyphonic (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Podbean (10 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (6 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Takin’ A Walk Nashville	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	62	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	74	Simplecast	68
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	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	493	Buzzsprout	32
8	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
9	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	961	Omny Studio	48
10	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	35	Megaphone	43
11	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	547	Megaphone	62
12	FatBeats: Behind The Counter	FatBeats	Music	8	Buzzsprout	52
13	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	235	Megaphone	32
14	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	217	Spotify for Podcasters	38
15	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	230	ART19	58
16	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	418	Megaphone	58
17	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
18	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
19	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
20	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	174	Libsyn	52
21	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
22	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
23	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	36	RedCircle	78
24	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	35	BBC	48
25	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
26	Sounds of the Caribbean with Selecta Jerry	Reggae Radio by Selecta Jerry	Music	224	Podbean	52
27	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
28	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	162	Megaphone	43
29	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	133	Megaphone	58
30	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
31	One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast	Diana Erickson	Music	69	RedCircle	38
32	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	472	Libsyn	52
33	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	73	Megaphone	53
34	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
35	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
36	CD Burners	Emo Nite	Music	128	Acast	49
37	Juice WRLD death conspiracy theory	Carsen	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
38	The Album Anniversary Podcast!	Caleb The Spy	Music	170	Spotify for Podcasters	27
39	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	67	Libsyn	38
40	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
41	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	50	Acast	38
42	2Legs: A Paul McCartney Podcast	Tom Hunyady and Andy Nicholes	Music	34	Podbean	37
43	Straight From The Hat With Ben Vaughn	Straight From The Hat	Music	17	Podbean	37
44	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
45	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
46	Into The Heart of U2 Podcast	Into The Heart of U2 Podcast	Music	33	Spotify for Podcasters	52
47	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	76	Megaphone	43
49	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	376	Megaphone	53
50	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
51	Dylan Revisited	Colm Larkin	Music	13	Captivate	63
52	Guess the Year	Cortland Rose Studio	Music	91	Spotify for Podcasters	22
53	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
54	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
55	Tinsel Tunes - The Christmas Music Podcast	Tinsel Tunes	Music	83	Spotify for Podcasters	42
56	Inside the Milky Way - A Look at Early Alternative Music	ITMW Music	Music	106	Transistor	52
57	Harold's Old Time Radio	Harolds Old Time Radio	Music	1000	Spreaker	49
58	All You Need Is Pod	1289 Productions	Music	7	Spreaker	58
59	Udo. Ein Leben an der Grenze	Norddeutscher Rundfunk	Music	7	NDR Info	48
60	Digging Deep with Robert Plant	Robert Plant	Music	30	ART19	68
61	BT RADIO : MIXES & MORE	Big Tigger	Music	97	Podomatic	49
62	The Original Doll with James Rodriguez: Britney Spears and more	James Rodriguez	Music	482	Spotify for Podcasters	22
63	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	309	Podbean	37
64	The Hip Hop Files	The Hip Hop Files	Music	10	Spotify for Podcasters	73
65	PHONK BUT 8D AUDIO	HARDCOLD	Music	1	RSS.com	58
66	Humanitarian - The Real Michael Jackson	Paul Dwyer	Music	16	Buzzsprout	83
67	Allison Unchained	Allison Hagendorf	Music	16	Megaphone	79
68	Guess That Record	Jackson Reed	Music	61	Podbean	72
69	THE ALL THINGS METAL SHOW	All Things Metal Show	Music	293	RSS.com	52
70	Riki Rachtman's Cathouse Hollywood Podcast	Riki Rachtman	Music	6	Libsyn	38
71	Pamela Des Barres' Pajama Party!	Pantheon Media	Music	45	Megaphone	63
72	Sounds with Simon Tesler	Simon Tesler	Music	115	Transistor	53
73	After Midnight: Phish's Big Cypress Festival	Osiris Media	Music	11	Megaphone	43
74	Roots Rednecks and Radicals	Will Houk	Music	100	Podbean	42
75	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer	Music	9	Megaphone	48
76	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
77	The J. S. Bach Files Podcast	Terence J. O'Grady	Music	50	Podbean	37
78	The Hidden Stories of Music Podcast	Jeremyne Patellers LRT	Music	6	Podbean	52
79	Pantheon - Home for Music Lovers	Pantheon Media	Music	2005	Megaphone	59
80	Danny Rants	Danny Rants	Music	136	Buzzsprout	48
81	The Clave Chronicles	Rebecca Bodenheimer	Music	63	Buzzsprout	48
82	The Hardest Podcast to Podcast	Ryan Schaap	Music	62	Libsyn	47
83	Groundwater: The Blues Beneath American Music	Thomas Stubbs	Music	12	Transistor	58
84	melanie martinez sped up	Kriii	Music	16	Hubhopper	43
85	States of Independence	Talkhouse / Cup & Nuzzle	Music	16	Megaphone	59
86	Rock N Roll Archaeology	Pantheon Media	Music	59	Megaphone	49
88	What You Didn’t Know: Rock ’n’ Roll History	WYDK Podcast	Music	12	Podbean	42
89	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	651	Megaphone	48
90	Buy That Guitar Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Vintage Guitar magazine	Music	37	Unknown	78
91	Bizarre Albums	Tony Thaxton	Music	181	Spotify for Podcasters	48
92	The Music History Podcast	Bret Williams	Music	3	Libsyn	32
93	Ghost Notes	12tone & Polyphonic	Music	94	ART19	68
94	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
95	Growin' Up Rock	Rock Star Copy LLC	Music	708	Megaphone	59
96	Legend	BBC Radio 4	Music	19	BBC	73
97	Classic Rock Album Olympics	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	32	Megaphone	52
98	UsmanGee Studio	Usman Ali	Music	88	RSS.com	48
99	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	373	Megaphone	32
100	DC Rock History	dcrockpod	Music	39	Podbean	68

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