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 24 Aug 2026

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08/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 168

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:50:27

Top 5 authors

1. Pantheon Media (2 shows)

2. American Public Media (2 shows)

3. Bart Vanderzee (1 shows)

4. National Review (1 shows)

5. Curiouscast (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. Podbean (6 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	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	135	ART19	68
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	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	217	Spotify for Podcasters	38
7	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	960	Omny Studio	48
8	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
9	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	493	Buzzsprout	32
10	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	235	Megaphone	32
11	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	74	Simplecast	68
12	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	89	Megaphone	48
13	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	34	Megaphone	43
14	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	547	Megaphone	62
15	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
16	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
17	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	418	Megaphone	58
18	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
19	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	230	ART19	58
20	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	174	Libsyn	52
21	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
22	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
23	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Music	3	Spotify for Podcasters	27
24	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
25	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
26	Guess the Year	Cortland Rose Studio	Music	91	Spotify for Podcasters	22
27	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
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	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	76	Megaphone	43
31	Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music	Andrew Gill and Leah Payne	Music	72	PRX	63
32	Growin' Up Rock	Rock Star Copy LLC	Music	706	Megaphone	59
33	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
34	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	372	Megaphone	32
35	One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast	Diana Erickson	Music	69	RedCircle	38
36	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	35	RedCircle	78
37	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	Music	396	Libsyn	38
38	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	67	Libsyn	38
39	Rock's Backpages	Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike	Music	235	Megaphone	63
40	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	376	Megaphone	53
41	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	498	Spreaker	48
42	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	649	Megaphone	48
43	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
44	club 30's with mjfangirl- a Michael Jackson Fan Podcast	mjfangirl	Music	84	Spotify for Podcasters	27
45	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	50	Acast	38
46	Harold's Old Time Radio	Harolds Old Time Radio	Music	1000	Spreaker	49
47	Ugly Things	Ugly Things Magazine	Music	54	Megaphone	59
48	FatBeats: Behind The Counter	FatBeats	Music	8	Buzzsprout	52
49	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
50	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
51	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
52	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer	Music	9	Megaphone	48
53	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
54	Buskin with The Beatles	Buskin with The Beatles	Music	100	Blubrry	38
55	Theoretikally R & B	Theoretikally R&B	Music	100	Podbean	43
56	Ranking The Beatles	Jonathan and Julia Pretus	Music	160	Spotify for Podcasters	63
57	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	133	Megaphone	58
58	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	759	Libsyn	38
59	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	35	BBC	48
60	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
61	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	161	Megaphone	43
62	Nba_youngboy	Kentrell Gaulden	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
64	Monday Music Club with Will Anderson	Vox Media Podcast Network	Music	4	Megaphone	42
65	Storied: The Untold Jewish Stories Behind Your Favorite Music	benji Rosenzweig	Music	15	Unknown	63
66	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
67	I'd Buy That For A Dollar	idbuythat	Music	332	Podbean	47
68	CD Burners	Emo Nite	Music	128	Acast	49
69	50 Years of Hip Hop Podcast Series	iHeartPodcasts	Music	14	Omny Studio	37
70	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
71	Madonna Songbook Podcast	Giulio Mazzoleni	Music	22	Podbean	42
72	The Violet Vault	Ava Cyr	Music	21	Buzzsprout	78
73	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	472	Libsyn	52
74	Destroy! The Influence of Punk.	Richard Smith, BRB Studios, Inc.	Music	24	Acast	68
75	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
76	Inside the Milky Way - A Look at Early Alternative Music	ITMW Music	Music	105	Transistor	52
77	Gimme Some Truth	Obadiah Jones	Music	46	Podbean	52
78	Discography	Marc With a C	Music	35	Acast	84
79	Big Band Bash	Frank Miller	Music	405	Libsyn	43
80	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	308	Podbean	37
81	Oh! Brother Details temporarily unavailable	Paul and Steve Hanley	Music	74	Acast	43
82	Legend	BBC Radio 4	Music	19	BBC	73
83	Mogul Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Gimlet	Music History	45	N/A	N/A
84	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	73	Megaphone	53
85	In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast	Matt Quinn	Music	81	Libsyn	37
86	Straight From The Hat With Ben Vaughn	Straight From The Hat	Music	17	Podbean	37
87	Digging Deep with Robert Plant	Robert Plant	Music	30	ART19	68
88	The Metallica Podcast: Volume 1 — The Black Album	Metallica & Amazon	Music	11	ART19	42
89	Danny Rants	Danny Rants	Music	127	Buzzsprout	58
90	NOISEXTRA - The noise podcast.	Chondritic Sound	Music	303	Blubrry Podcasting	58
91	The Shakedown Archives	The Shakedown Archives	Music	93	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	Songs of Note	Ryan Gregg	Music	100	Spotify for Podcasters	53
93	Anuel Aa	Julio Alejo	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	53
94	Modern Classical Music Podcast	Tandy Venice	Music	193	podcasts.com	32
95	Classic Musicals From The Golden Age of Radio	Porchlight Music Theatre	Music	142	RedCircle	38
96	DJ Drama’s Gangsta Grillz Podcast	Khalabo Ink Society	Music	10	ART19	58
97	Rootsland "Stories that are Music to your ears"	Henry K	Music	107	Captivate	83
98	Riki Rachtman's Cathouse Hollywood Podcast	Riki Rachtman	Music	6	Libsyn	38
99	Return to Vinyls: Golden Age and New Jazz, Classic Soul, RnB and Blues	David Husom	Music	31	Spotify for Podcasters	62
100	Dope Nostalgia	dopenostalgia	Music	314	Libsyn	58

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