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 23 Jun 2026

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06/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 151

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:51:08

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. Osiris Media (3 shows)

3. Pantheon Media (2 shows)

4. American Public Media (2 shows)

5. Gamut Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

3. Acast (9 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Takin’ A Walk Nashville	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	61	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	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	960	Omny Studio	48
7	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	135	ART19	68
8	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	216	Spotify for Podcasters	38
9	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
10	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	89	Megaphone	48
11	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	73	Simplecast	63
12	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	493	Buzzsprout	32
13	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
14	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
15	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	230	ART19	58
16	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
17	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	34	Megaphone	43
18	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	547	Megaphone	62
19	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	174	Libsyn	52
20	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	418	Megaphone	58
21	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
22	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	235	Megaphone	32
23	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
24	Legend	BBC Radio 4	Music	19	BBC	73
25	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
26	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	50	Acast	38
27	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	161	Megaphone	43
28	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	35	RedCircle	78
29	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
30	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	308	Podbean	37
31	Michael Jackson: Unspun	the detail.	Music	15	Spotify for Podcasters	53
32	FatBeats: Behind The Counter	FatBeats	Music	8	Buzzsprout	52
33	DJ Drama’s Gangsta Grillz Podcast	Khalabo Ink Society	Music	10	ART19	58
34	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
35	Guess the Year	Cortland Rose Studio	Music	91	Spotify for Podcasters	22
36	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
37	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	376	Megaphone	53
38	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
39	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	67	Libsyn	38
40	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
41	I'd Buy That For A Dollar	idbuythat	Music	332	Podbean	47
42	Straight From The Hat With Ben Vaughn	Straight From The Hat	Music	17	Podbean	37
43	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
44	Harold's Old Time Radio	Harolds Old Time Radio	Music	1000	Spreaker	49
45	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
46	50 Years of Hip Hop Podcast Series	iHeartPodcasts	Music	14	Omny Studio	37
47	CD Burners	Emo Nite	Music	128	Acast	49
48	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
49	Life Story Of Michael Jackson	Asasha Dane	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	48
50	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
51	The Original Doll with James Rodriguez: Britney Spears and more	James Rodriguez	Music	478	Spotify for Podcasters	22
52	Classical For Everyone Details temporarily unavailable	Peter Cudlipp	Music	95	Libsyn	53
53	Helping Friendly Podcast	Osiris Media	Music	834	Megaphone	43
54	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
55	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	73	Megaphone	53
56	One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast	Diana Erickson	Music	69	RedCircle	38
57	2Legs: A Paul McCartney Podcast	Tom Hunyady and Andy Nicholes	Music	34	Podbean	37
58	Death of a Rock Star	Crowd Network	Music	43	Megaphone	63
59	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer \| Luminary	Music	14	Acast	73
60	THE FIRST 50 GIGS: Guns N‘ Roses and the Making of Appetite for Destruction	Jason Porath & Marc Canter	Music	11	Megaphone	73
61	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	132	Megaphone	58
62	Stones Touring Party	iHeartPodcasts	Music	25	Omny Studio	79
63	Rick Rubin - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	96	Megaphone	63
64	Vintage Country Radio	The Gathering Nerds studios	Music	13	Podbean	38
65	Straight Stuntin' Digital with BX Thunder & Yami Doll	StreetSweepers Ent. Inc	Music	3	Simplecast	58
66	Ranking The Beatles	Jonathan and Julia Pretus	Music	160	Spotify for Podcasters	63
67	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	758	Libsyn	38
68	Deep Dives and Deep Cuts: the History of Punk, Post-punk and New Wave (1976-1986)	DDDC	Music	134	Cast	58
69	Summer Mix Ibiza Best Deep House Music Techno 2026 Dance Chill Out Lounge Podcast	Summer Mix Ibiza	Music	52	Ausha	52
70	American Songcatcher	Nicholas Edward Williams	Music	52	Libsyn	58
71	Growin' Up Rock	Rock Star Copy LLC	Music	706	Megaphone	59
72	Rock N Roll Story Guys	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	137	ART19	53
73	Rock N Roll Archaeology	Pantheon Media	Music	59	Megaphone	49
74	Paul Weller Fan Podcast	HenFred Studio	Music	274	Acast	89
75	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	35	BBC	48
76	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	472	Libsyn	52
77	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	76	Megaphone	43
78	The Well Of Sound	The Well Of Sound	Music	39	Acast	69
79	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
80	After Midnight: Phish's Big Cypress Festival	Osiris Media	Music	11	Megaphone	43
82	Oh! Brother Details temporarily unavailable	Paul and Steve Hanley	Music	74	Acast	43
83	Madonna Songbook Podcast	Giulio Mazzoleni	Music	22	Podbean	42
84	PHONK BUT 8D AUDIO	HARDCOLD	Music	1	RSS.com	58
85	Let's Talk Elvis	Let's Talk Elvis	Music	43	Spotify for Podcasters	63
86	What You Didn’t Know: Rock ’n’ Roll History	WYDK Podcast	Music	12	Podbean	42
87	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer	Music	9	Megaphone	48
88	Off The Record: David Bowie	iHeartPodcasts	Music	34	Omny Studio	62
89	Mogul Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Gimlet	Music History	45	N/A	N/A
90	Fixing A Hole - The Beatles podcast you didn't know you needed	Paul Humbley & Mark Wakely	Music	68	Transistor	62
91	OHVA Music Appreciation	Jeremy England and Daphne Chek	Music	65	Spotify for Podcasters	53
92	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
93	The Album Anniversary Podcast!	Caleb The Spy	Music	170	Spotify for Podcasters	27
94	Bluegrass BKLYN	Mike Willner	Music	131	Podbean	52
95	Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music	Andrew Gill and Leah Payne	Music	72	PRX	63
97	Jack Norton's Old-Time Radio Show: 1920s to 1940s 78 RPM Records	BingBoo Podcast Network	Music	60	RSS.com	62
98	TOKYO MUSIC INSTITUTE for classical music	ニッポン放送	Music	100	Omny Studio	58
99	Gnarly Origins	Artist Friendly Media	Music	3	Megaphone	38
100	Rock History Project	Rock History Project	Music	13	Spotify for Podcasters	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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