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 Oct 2026

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10/23/2026

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Episodes: 137

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:48:36

Top 5 authors

1. Evergreen Podcasts (2 shows)

2. American Public Media (2 shows)

3. Pantheon Media (2 shows)

4. WNYC Studios & OSM Audio (1 shows)

5. Joy Division / New Order (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

3. Acast (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Jersey Made	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	12	Omny Studio	63
2	Takin’ A Walk Nashville	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	67	Omny Studio	63
3	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	975	Omny Studio	48
4	Dolly Parton's America	WNYC Studios & OSM Audio	Music	12	Simplecast	68
5	2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke	Nevermind Media	Music	7	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	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	222	Spotify for Podcasters	38
9	Monday Music Club with Will Anderson	Vox Media Podcast Network	Music	10	Megaphone	42
10	One On One: The Official Tom Petty Podcast	Cup & Nuzzle	Music	4	Megaphone	37
11	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	136	ART19	68
12	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	500	Buzzsprout	32
13	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	95	Megaphone	48
14	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	553	Megaphone	62
15	FatBeats: Behind The Counter	FatBeats	Music	10	Buzzsprout	58
16	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
17	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	94	Acast	68
18	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
19	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
20	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	423	Megaphone	58
21	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	238	Megaphone	32
22	The Mighty VH Podcast	Tommy London & Tor	Music	24	Megaphone	48
23	Political Beats	National Review	Music	162	Simplecast	58
24	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	237	ART19	58
25	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	37	RedCircle	78
26	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	39	Megaphone	43
27	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	78	Megaphone	53
28	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	139	Megaphone	48
29	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	176	Libsyn	52
30	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
31	A Heart for the Charts	Joel Whitburn Record Research	Music	3	Omny Studio	63
32	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
33	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
34	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
35	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	164	Megaphone	43
36	Ugly Things	Ugly Things Magazine	Music	56	Megaphone	59
37	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
38	Who Ordered the Pie? \| Classic Rock Music History & Cocktails	Christopher Machado	Music	53	Buzzsprout	63
39	A (Mostly) 80s Music Podcast: What Difference Does It Make?	Dave Sloan and Holly Cantos - 80s Music Podcast	Music	318	Megaphone	62
40	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
41	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
42	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
43	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	280	Megaphone	48
44	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
45	American Songcatcher	Nicholas Edward Williams	Music	53	Libsyn	58
46	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	511	Spreaker	48
47	History of Jazz	Sami Çatak	Music	4	Spotify for Podcasters	63
48	Inak Ahang \| اینک آهنگ	خانه موزه بتهوون	Music	29	Acast	63
49	No Nazi's Friend	No Nazi's Friend	Music	9	RSS.com	52
50	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
51	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	383	Megaphone	53
52	Gimme Some Truth	Obadiah Jones	Music	52	Podbean	52
53	Monumental Movement Podcast	monumentalmovement	Music	529	Spotify for Podcasters	22
54	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
55	Gaucho Amigos	baddantakes	Music	54	Buzzsprout	69
56	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
57	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Music	7	Spotify for Podcasters	27
58	Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2	The Irish Times	Music	15	Acast	79
59	Sounds Like Rock & Soul : Music History 70s & beyond	Simon Tesler \| Rock Music & Soul Music History	Music	129	Transistor	48
60	Death By Music Podcast	Death By Podcast Team	Music	0	Buzzsprout	32
61	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	379	Megaphone	32
62	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	764	Libsyn	38
63	Grateful Dead Sleep Stories	GD Sleep Strories	Music	131	Spotify for Podcasters	22
64	Bluegrass BKLYN	Mike Willner	Music	141	Podbean	52
65	Accelerated Culture	acceleratedculture	Music	90	Podbean	58
66	Inside the Milky Way - A Look at Early Alternative Music	ITMW Music	Music	111	Transistor	52
67	Humanitarian - The Real Michael Jackson	Paul Dwyer	Music	16	Buzzsprout	83
68	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	68	Libsyn	38
69	Theoretikally R & B	Theoretikally R&B	Music	100	Podbean	43
70	Made In California: A Beach Boys Podcast	LBB Productions	Music	11	Spotify for Podcasters	27
71	Music's Greatest Mysteries	AXS TV	Music	28	Omny Studio	58
72	San Joaquin Sound	AJ Rodriguez	Music	23	RSS.com	42
73	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	77	Megaphone	43
74	Music History Monday	Robert Greenberg	Music	120	Blubrry Podcasting	59
75	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer \| Luminary	Music	9	Acast	48
76	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
77	Mogul Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Gimlet	Music History	45	N/A	N/A
78	Yale Institute of Sacred Music	Yale Institute of Sacred Music	Music	11	Blubrry	43
79	La Vie Secrète du Jazz	TSFJAZZ	Music	6	Ausha	58
80	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	39	BBC	48
81	Compleatly Beatles	Ian Boothby and David Dedrick	Music	16	Blubrry	49
82	Rock & Metal Combat Podcast	Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera	Music	425	Podbean	21
83	Juice WRLD death conspiracy theory	Carsen	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	The Original Doll with James Rodriguez: Britney Spears and more	James Rodriguez	Music	494	Spotify for Podcasters	22
85	Classic Rock Album Olympics	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	35	Libsyn	52
86	Buskin with The Beatles	Buskin with The Beatles	Music	100	Blubrry	38
87	Finding Lucinda	The Bluegrass Situation	Music	16	RedCircle	63
88	Mojack Stacks!	You Don't Know Mojack	Music	32	Substack	43
89	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	668	Megaphone	48
90	The J. S. Bach Files Podcast	Terence J. O'Grady	Music	50	Podbean	37
91	Classical For Everyone Details temporarily unavailable	Peter Cudlipp	Music	95	Libsyn	53
92	Dance Classics mixed by Dj Luttz	Dj Luttz	Music	27	Podomatic	63
93	There's a Place	Brutal Beatles	Music	12	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
95	The Well Of Sound	The Well Of Sound	Music	39	Acast	63
96	Riki Rachtman's Cathouse Hollywood Podcast	Riki Rachtman	Music	3	Libsyn	52
97	Country History X	Kyle Coroneos	Music	21	Spotify for Podcasters	43
98	Bizarre Albums	Tony Thaxton	Music	175	Spotify for Podcasters	48
99	Hall Watchers	Mary and Eric	Music	100	Libsyn	63
100	Modern Classical Music Podcast	Tandy Venice	Music	196	Unknown	32

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