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 Jun 2026

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06/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 218

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:51:34

Top 5 authors

1. Pantheon Media (4 shows)

2. Gamut Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. American Public Media (2 shows)

4. Bart Vanderzee (2 shows)

5. Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

3. Acast (7 shows)

4. ART19 (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (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	A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs	Andrew Hickey	Music	261	Unknown	48
3	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
4	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
5	Dolly Parton's America	WNYC Studios & OSM Audio	Music	12	Simplecast	68
6	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	136	ART19	68
7	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	222	Spotify for Podcasters	38
8	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	975	Omny Studio	48
9	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
10	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	94	Megaphone	48
11	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	79	Simplecast	68
12	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	500	Buzzsprout	32
13	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	94	Acast	68
14	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
15	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	552	Megaphone	62
16	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	39	Megaphone	43
17	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	422	Megaphone	58
18	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	238	Megaphone	32
19	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	236	ART19	58
20	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	176	Libsyn	52
21	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
22	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
23	Legend	BBC Radio 4	Music	19	BBC	73
24	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	37	RedCircle	78
25	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
26	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	164	Megaphone	43
27	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
28	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
29	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	52	Acast	38
30	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	68	Libsyn	38
31	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
32	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
33	FatBeats: Behind The Counter	FatBeats	Music	10	Buzzsprout	58
34	CD Burners	Emo Nite	Music	134	Acast	49
35	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
36	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
37	Harold's Old Time Radio	Harolds Old Time Radio	Music	1000	Spreaker	49
38	Political Beats	National Review	Music	162	Simplecast	58
39	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	78	Megaphone	53
40	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
41	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	764	Libsyn	38
42	Growin' Up Rock	Rock Star Copy LLC	Music	718	Megaphone	59
43	DJ Just Dizle Mixcast	DJ Just Dizle	Music	270	Unknown	43
44	I'd Buy That For A Dollar	idbuythat	Music	336	Podbean	47
45	Summer Mix Ibiza Best Deep House Music Techno 2026 Dance Chill Out Lounge Podcast	Summer Mix Ibiza	Music	52	Ausha	52
46	Ranking The Beatles	Jonathan and Julia Pretus	Music	161	Spotify for Podcasters	58
47	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	139	Megaphone	48
48	The Original Doll with James Rodriguez: Britney Spears and more	James Rodriguez	Music	494	Spotify for Podcasters	22
49	Straight From The Hat With Ben Vaughn	Straight From The Hat	Music	17	Podbean	37
50	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
51	DJ Drama’s Gangsta Grillz Podcast	Khalabo Ink Society	Music	10	ART19	58
52	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
53	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	383	Megaphone	53
54	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	475	Libsyn	52
55	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	39	BBC	48
56	Oh! Brother Details temporarily unavailable	Paul and Steve Hanley	Music	74	Acast	43
57	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	314	Podbean	37
58	Rock N Roll Archaeology	Pantheon Media	Music	59	Megaphone	49
59	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
60	Mogul Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Gimlet	Music History	45	N/A	N/A
61	Michael Jackson: Unspun	the detail.	Music	15	Spotify for Podcasters	53
62	Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music	Andrew Gill and Leah Payne	Music	74	PRX	63
63	Madonna Songbook Podcast	Giulio Mazzoleni	Music	22	Podbean	42
64	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
65	Inside the Milky Way - A Look at Early Alternative Music	ITMW Music	Music	111	Transistor	52
66	Bluegrass BKLYN	Mike Willner	Music	141	Podbean	52
67	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	379	Megaphone	32
68	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
69	One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast	Diana Erickson	Music	69	RedCircle	38
70	THE FIRST 50 GIGS: Guns N‘ Roses and the Making of Appetite for Destruction	Jason Porath & Marc Canter	Music	11	Megaphone	73
71	Psychedelic Psoul	Jessie Delgado	Music	187	Buzzsprout	78
72	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	511	Spreaker	48
73	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	667	Megaphone	48
74	The Metallica Podcast: Volume 1 — The Black Album	Metallica & Amazon	Music	11	ART19	42
75	The Album Anniversary Podcast!	Caleb The Spy	Music	175	Spotify for Podcasters	27
76	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	280	Megaphone	48
77	Rick Rubin - Biography Flash	Liquid Studios	Music	101	Megaphone	63
78	Fixing A Hole - The Beatles podcast you didn't know you needed	Paul Humbley & Mark Wakely	Music	68	Transistor	62
79	Rock N Roll Story Guys	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	140	ART19	53
80	Classic Country Corner	Eric the Driftless Cowboy	Music	104	Substack	59
81	Pantheon - Home for Music Lovers	Pantheon Media	Music	2005	Megaphone	59
82	So Many Roads: A Grateful Dead Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	P.Bouley	Music	15	Buzzsprout	52
83	Life Story Of Michael Jackson	Asasha Dane	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	48
84	Deep Dives and Deep Cuts: the History of Punk, Post-punk and New Wave (1976-1986)	DDDC	Music	137	Cast	58
85	BT RADIO : MIXES & MORE	Big Tigger	Music	97	Podomatic	49
86	Guess the Year	Cortland Rose Studio	Music	93	Spotify for Podcasters	22
87	American Songcatcher	Nicholas Edward Williams	Music	53	Libsyn	58
88	Big Band Bash	Frank Miller	Music	405	Libsyn	43
89	NOISEXTRA - The noise podcast.	Chondritic Sound	Music	303	Blubrry Podcasting	58
90	Nba_youngboy	Kentrell Gaulden	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	PHONK BUT 8D AUDIO	HARDCOLD	Music	1	RSS.com	58
93	Ghost Notes	12tone & Polyphonic	Music	95	ART19	68
94	Inak Ahang \| اینک آهنگ	خانه موزه بتهوون	Music	29	Acast	63
95	Vintage Country Radio	The Gathering Nerds studios	Music	13	Podbean	38
96	Allison Unchained	Allison Hagendorf	Music	16	Megaphone	79
97	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	280	Megaphone	48
98	Rock's Backpages	Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike	Music	238	Megaphone	63
99	Music History Today Network	Music History Today Podcast Network	Music	2000	Spotify for Podcasters	22
100	ROCK AND/OR ROLL	Rock and/or Roll	Music	345	Megaphone	43

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