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 Aug 2026

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08/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 191

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:54:11

Top 5 authors

1. Pantheon Media (3 shows)

2. American Public Media (2 shows)

3. Osiris Media (2 shows)

4. LD, TJ2 and Will The Thrill (1 shows)

5. Andrew Hickey (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Podbean (8 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Acast (7 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	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	217	Spotify for Podcasters	38
4	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	135	ART19	68
5	Dolly Parton's America	WNYC Studios & OSM Audio	Music	12	Simplecast	68
6	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
7	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
8	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	961	Omny Studio	48
9	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	74	Simplecast	68
10	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	89	Megaphone	48
11	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	230	ART19	58
12	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
13	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	493	Buzzsprout	32
14	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	547	Megaphone	62
15	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	418	Megaphone	58
16	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
17	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	174	Libsyn	52
18	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	35	Megaphone	43
19	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
20	Guess the Year	Cortland Rose Studio	Music	91	Spotify for Podcasters	22
21	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
22	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
23	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
24	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	235	Megaphone	32
25	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
26	Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music	Andrew Gill and Leah Payne	Music	72	PRX	63
27	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
28	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
29	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	373	Megaphone	32
30	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	376	Megaphone	53
31	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
32	FatBeats: Behind The Counter	FatBeats	Music	8	Buzzsprout	52
33	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
34	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	50	Acast	38
35	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	498	Spreaker	48
37	Buskin with The Beatles	Buskin with The Beatles	Music	100	Blubrry	38
38	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer	Music	9	Megaphone	48
39	I'd Buy That For A Dollar	idbuythat	Music	332	Podbean	47
40	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	759	Libsyn	38
41	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
42	club 30's with mjfangirl- a Michael Jackson Fan Podcast	mjfangirl	Music	84	Spotify for Podcasters	27
43	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	73	Megaphone	53
44	Digging Deep with Robert Plant	Robert Plant	Music	30	ART19	68
45	CD Burners	Emo Nite	Music	128	Acast	49
46	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	Music	396	Libsyn	38
47	Ugly Things	Ugly Things Magazine	Music	54	Megaphone	59
48	Growin' Up Rock	Rock Star Copy LLC	Music	707	Megaphone	59
49	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	133	Megaphone	58
50	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	472	Libsyn	52
51	Discography	Marc With a C	Music	35	Acast	84
52	50 Years of Hip Hop Podcast Series	iHeartPodcasts	Music	14	Omny Studio	37
53	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
54	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
55	Rock's Backpages	Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike	Music	235	Megaphone	63
56	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	36	RedCircle	78
57	Harold's Old Time Radio	Harolds Old Time Radio	Music	1000	Spreaker	49
58	Dope Nostalgia	dopenostalgia	Music	314	Libsyn	58
59	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	76	Megaphone	43
60	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	67	Libsyn	38
61	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
62	One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast	Diana Erickson	Music	69	RedCircle	38
63	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	308	Podbean	37
64	melanie martinez sped up	Kriii	Music	16	Hubhopper	43
65	Juice WRLD death conspiracy theory	Carsen	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	American Songcatcher	Nicholas Edward Williams	Music	52	Libsyn	58
67	Humanitarian - The Real Michael Jackson	Paul Dwyer	Music	16	Buzzsprout	83
68	The Holmes Archive of Electronic Music	Thom Holmes	Music	100	Podbean	52
69	Anuel Aa	Julio Alejo	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	53
70	After Midnight: Phish's Big Cypress Festival	Osiris Media	Music	11	Megaphone	43
71	Straight From The Hat With Ben Vaughn	Straight From The Hat	Music	17	Podbean	37
72	Honcho Campout's Camp Cast	Honcho Campout	Music	5	Acast	63
73	NOISEXTRA - The noise podcast.	Chondritic Sound	Music	303	Blubrry Podcasting	58
74	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
75	The Music History Podcast	Bret Williams	Music	3	Libsyn	32
76	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
77	Only In The Green Room	Mount Tam Media	Music	61	Transistor	63
78	Tinsel Tunes - The Christmas Music Podcast	Tinsel Tunes	Music	83	Spotify for Podcasters	42
79	Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture	Love is the Message podcast	Music	183	Spotify for Podcasters	42
80	Madonna Songbook Podcast	Giulio Mazzoleni	Music	22	Podbean	42
81	Grenzgänger - die Geschichte des Berlin-Sounds	radioeins (rbb)	Music	14	Unknown	53
82	Cassette Culture	Cassette Culture & DIY Music	Music	28	Omny Studio	68
83	The Brian Turner Show	Brian Turner	Music	215	Buzzsprout	38
84	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	649	Megaphone	48
85	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	161	Megaphone	43
86	Rock & Metal Combat Podcast	Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera	Music	422	Podbean	21
87	Nba_youngboy	Kentrell Gaulden	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	Pantheon - Home for Music Lovers	Pantheon Media	Music	2005	Megaphone	59
89	San Joaquin Sound	AJ Rodriguez	Music	22	RSS.com	42
90	Gimme Some Truth	Obadiah Jones	Music	46	Podbean	52
91	Dig Me Out: 70s & 80s Metal	Beyond the hits—exploring the albums, bands, and moments that shaped the heavy 70s & 80s metal	Music	68	Substack	48
92	The Lost Art Of Conversation - A Pink Floyd Podcast	Pink Floyd	Music	5	ART19	52
93	Summer Mix Ibiza Best Deep House Music Techno 2026 Dance Chill Out Lounge Podcast	Summer Mix Ibiza	Music	52	Ausha	52
94	The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz	gribetzsid	Music	100	Podbean	42
95	Rock and Roll Heaven	LD, TJ2 and Will The Thrill	Music	334	Megaphone	53
96	Inside the Milky Way - A Look at Early Alternative Music	ITMW Music	Music	105	Transistor	52
97	Modern Classical Music Podcast	Tandy Venice	Music	193	podcasts.com	32
98	Rick Rubin - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	96	Megaphone	63
99	The Saxophone History Podcast	Andrew D. Meyer	Music	15	RSS.com	47
100	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

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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