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 Oct 2026

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10/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 136

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:49:03

Top 5 authors

1. Pantheon Media (3 shows)

2. American Public Media (2 shows)

3. Inception Point AI (1 shows)

4. WNYC Studios & OSM Audio (1 shows)

5. Story Guys Productions (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Jersey Made	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	11	Omny Studio	63
2	Takin’ A Walk Nashville	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	67	Omny Studio	63
3	Dolly Parton's America	WNYC Studios & OSM Audio	Music	12	Simplecast	68
4	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	974	Omny Studio	48
5	2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke	Nevermind Media	Music	6	Acast	59
6	A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs	Andrew Hickey	Music	261	Unknown	48
7	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	79	Simplecast	68
8	One On One: The Official Tom Petty Podcast	Cup & Nuzzle	Music	3	Megaphone	37
9	Monday Music Club with Will Anderson	Vox Media Podcast Network	Music	9	Megaphone	42
10	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	222	Spotify for Podcasters	38
11	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	136	ART19	68
12	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	499	Buzzsprout	32
13	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	94	Megaphone	48
14	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	552	Megaphone	62
15	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	94	Acast	68
16	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
17	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
18	The Mighty VH Podcast	Tommy London & Tor	Music	24	Megaphone	48
19	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	422	Megaphone	58
20	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	237	Megaphone	32
21	A Heart for the Charts	Joel Whitburn Record Research	Music	3	Omny Studio	63
22	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	236	ART19	58
23	FatBeats: Behind The Counter	FatBeats	Music	10	Buzzsprout	58
24	Political Beats	National Review	Music	162	Simplecast	58
25	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	39	Megaphone	43
26	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	176	Libsyn	52
27	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
28	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
29	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
30	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
31	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
32	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	37	RedCircle	78
33	Ugly Things	Ugly Things Magazine	Music	56	Megaphone	59
34	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
35	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	78	Megaphone	53
36	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
37	No Nazi's Friend	John Hancock	Music	7	RSS.com	52
38	A (Mostly) 80s Music Podcast: What Difference Does It Make?	Dave Sloan and Holly Cantos - 80s Music Podcast	Music	319	Megaphone	62
39	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	510	Spreaker	48
40	Gimme Some Truth	Obadiah Jones	Music	51	Podbean	52
41	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
42	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
43	Bluegrass BKLYN	Mike Willner	Music	141	Podbean	52
44	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
45	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	381	Megaphone	53
46	Inside the Milky Way - A Look at Early Alternative Music	ITMW Music	Music	110	Transistor	52
47	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	76	Megaphone	43
48	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
49	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	139	Megaphone	48
50	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	378	Megaphone	32
51	Finding Lucinda	The Bluegrass Situation	Music	16	RedCircle	63
52	Inak Ahang \| اینک آهنگ	خانه موزه بتهوون	Music	29	Acast	63
53	There's a Place	Brutal Beatles	Music	12	Spotify for Podcasters	28
54	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	39	BBC	48
55	Dolly Parton - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	80	Megaphone	63
56	Theoretikally R & B	Theoretikally R&B	Music	100	Podbean	43
57	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	163	Megaphone	43
58	Bizarre Albums	Tony Thaxton	Music	175	Spotify for Podcasters	48
59	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	280	Megaphone	48
60	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Music	6	Spotify for Podcasters	27
61	Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2	The Irish Times	Music	15	Acast	79
62	Rock and Roll Heaven	LD, TJ2 and Will The Thrill	Music	338	Megaphone	53
63	Rock N Roll Archaeology	Pantheon Media	Music	59	Megaphone	49
64	Mojack Stacks!	You Don't Know Mojack	Music	31	Substack	43
65	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	664	Megaphone	48
66	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
67	Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture	Love is the Message podcast	Music	186	Spotify for Podcasters	42
68	So Many Roads: A Grateful Dead Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	P.Bouley	Music	15	Buzzsprout	52
69	History of Jazz	Sami Çatak	Music	4	Spotify for Podcasters	63
70	Juke In The Back	Matt The Cat	Music	8	Unknown	59
71	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	764	Libsyn	38
72	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
73	American Songcatcher	Nicholas Edward Williams	Music	53	Libsyn	58
74	Rock & Metal Combat Podcast	Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera	Music	424	Podbean	21
75	空雨静心禅乐 \| 助眠治愈放空	音乐人空雨	Music	21	Ximalaya	49
76	The Blues Legacy: Foundations of Modern Music	Earth Prime Productions LLC	Music	30	Spotify for Podcasters	32
77	The Shakedown Archives	The Shakedown Archives	Music	123	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	Percy and Face	Percy	Music	100	Podbean	22
79	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
80	Destroy! The Influence of Punk.	Richard Smith, BRB Studios, Inc.	Music	25	Acast	68
81	Off The Record: David Bowie	iHeartPodcasts	Music	33	Omny Studio	62
82	DJ Drama’s Gangsta Grillz Podcast	Khalabo Ink Society	Music	10	ART19	58
83	Accelerated Culture	acceleratedculture	Music	90	Podbean	58
84	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	68	Libsyn	38
85	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	52	Acast	38
86	ROCK AND/OR ROLL	Rock and/or Roll	Music	344	Megaphone	43
87	Whiskey Bottle Over Jesus	Whiskey Bottle Over Jesus	Music	11	Spotify for Podcasters	22
88	Hearing The Pulitzers	hearingthepulitzers	Music	76	Podbean	42
89	The Dylanologists	The Dylanologists (Adam & Jens)	Music	45	Podbean	58
90	Fans Across The Water Podcast	Fans Across the Water Podcast	Music	17	Spotify for Podcasters	17
91	Being The Beatles - eine Pop-Revolution	Norddeutscher Rundfunk	Music	16	NDR Info	42
92	Beyond The Beat	Jared Linnen	Music	21	Spotify for Podcasters	43
93	Listening with Leckrone Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Four Seasons Theatre	Music History	19	N/A	N/A
94	An Honest Man’s Podcast Talkin’ Mellencamp	mellencougarrock	Music	16	Podbean	31
95	Rock's Backpages	Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike	Music	237	Megaphone	63
96	Justin Bieber	Paola Rangel	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	33
97	NOTHING LASTS FOREVER	TN'R	Music	92	Simplecast	53
98	Official Tapes	Cory	Music	128	Blubrry Podcasting	49
99	The Pearl Jam Stories	The Pearl Jam Stories	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	53
100	Ska Boom - An American Ska & Reggae Podcast	Marc Wasserman	Music	112	Buzzsprout	52

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