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 25 Aug 2026

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08/25/2026

Average data

Episodes: 188

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:50:57

Top 5 authors

1. Pantheon Media (3 shows)

2. Osiris Media (3 shows)

3. Evergreen Podcasts (2 shows)

4. American Public Media (2 shows)

5. Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Acast (7 shows)

5. ART19 (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	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
4	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	961	Omny Studio	48
5	Dolly Parton's America	WNYC Studios & OSM Audio	Music	12	Simplecast	68
6	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	135	ART19	68
7	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
8	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	493	Buzzsprout	32
9	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	217	Spotify for Podcasters	38
10	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	74	Simplecast	68
11	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	235	Megaphone	32
12	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	89	Megaphone	48
13	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	230	ART19	58
14	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	35	Megaphone	43
15	Monday Music Club with Will Anderson	Vox Media Podcast Network	Music	4	Megaphone	42
16	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	547	Megaphone	62
17	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	418	Megaphone	58
18	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
19	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Music	3	Spotify for Podcasters	27
20	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
21	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
22	Songs from the Dead: Short Histories of Legendary Songs	Axioms of Mediocrity	Music	34	Spotify for Podcasters	52
23	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
24	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
25	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
26	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
27	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	174	Libsyn	52
28	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
29	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
30	Guess the Year	Cortland Rose Studio	Music	91	Spotify for Podcasters	22
31	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
32	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	76	Megaphone	43
33	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	308	Podbean	37
34	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	35	BBC	48
35	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
36	FatBeats: Behind The Counter	FatBeats	Music	8	Buzzsprout	52
37	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	50	Acast	38
38	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	498	Spreaker	48
39	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	Music	396	Libsyn	38
40	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	67	Libsyn	38
41	Alive Again	Osiris Media	Music	5	Acast	58
42	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	36	RedCircle	78
43	One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast	Diana Erickson	Music	69	RedCircle	38
44	Harold's Old Time Radio	Harolds Old Time Radio	Music	1000	Spreaker	49
45	Gimme Some Truth	Obadiah Jones	Music	46	Podbean	52
46	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
47	Punkast	Punkast	Music	83	Acast	64
48	Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music	Andrew Gill and Leah Payne	Music	72	PRX	63
49	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
50	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
51	Ranking The Beatles	Jonathan and Julia Pretus	Music	160	Spotify for Podcasters	63
52	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
53	Inside the Milky Way - A Look at Early Alternative Music	ITMW Music	Music	105	Transistor	52
54	Growin' Up Rock	Rock Star Copy LLC	Music	707	Megaphone	59
56	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	373	Megaphone	32
57	Buskin with The Beatles	Buskin with The Beatles	Music	100	Blubrry	38
58	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer	Music	9	Megaphone	48
59	Ugly Things	Ugly Things Magazine	Music	54	Megaphone	59
60	Rock's Backpages	Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike	Music	235	Megaphone	63
61	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	161	Megaphone	43
62	Classical For Everyone Details temporarily unavailable	Peter Cudlipp	Music	95	Libsyn	53
63	Digging Deep with Robert Plant	Robert Plant	Music	30	ART19	68
64	Straight From The Hat With Ben Vaughn	Straight From The Hat	Music	17	Podbean	37
65	The Metallica Podcast: Volume 1 — The Black Album	Metallica & Amazon	Music	11	ART19	42
66	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
67	Groundwater: The Blues Beneath American Music	Thomas Stubbs	Music	12	Transistor	58
68	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	376	Megaphone	53
69	Pantheon - Home for Music Lovers	Pantheon Media	Music	2005	Megaphone	59
70	After Midnight: Phish's Big Cypress Festival	Osiris Media	Music	11	Megaphone	43
71	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	649	Megaphone	48
72	club 30's with mjfangirl- a Michael Jackson Fan Podcast	mjfangirl	Music	84	Spotify for Podcasters	27
73	Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture	Love is the Message podcast	Music	183	Spotify for Podcasters	42
74	Classic Rock Album Olympics	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	32	Megaphone	52
75	Theoretikally R & B	Theoretikally R&B	Music	100	Podbean	43
76	American Songcatcher	Nicholas Edward Williams	Music	52	Libsyn	58
77	Humanitarian - The Real Michael Jackson	Paul Dwyer	Music	16	Buzzsprout	83
78	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
79	BT RADIO : MIXES & MORE	Big Tigger	Music	97	Podomatic	49
80	Nba_youngboy	Kentrell Gaulden	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	Big Band Bash	Frank Miller	Music	405	Libsyn	43
82	Storied: The Untold Jewish Stories Behind Your Favorite Music	benji Rosenzweig	Music	15	Unknown	63
83	50 Years of Hip Hop Podcast Series	iHeartPodcasts	Music	14	Omny Studio	37
84	Country History X	Kyle Coroneos	Music	21	Spotify for Podcasters	43
85	Rock & Metal Combat Podcast	Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera	Music	422	Podbean	21
86	Rose-Colored Headphones	Ralph Mangeno and Michael Stohrer	Music	38	Libsyn	58
87	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	133	Megaphone	58
88	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	759	Libsyn	38
89	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
90	Riffology: Iconic Rock Albums Podcast	Riffology	Music	94	Unknown	52
91	Reelin' In The Years (RITY)	Ryan Janson	Music	295	RSS.com	47
92	History of Jazz	Sami Çatak	Music	4	Spotify for Podcasters	63
93	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	472	Libsyn	52
94	Juice WRLD death conspiracy theory	Carsen	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	The High Gain	Ed Peterson and John Kieltyka	Music	348	Megaphone	59
96	Oh! Brother Details temporarily unavailable	Paul and Steve Hanley	Music	74	Acast	43
97	I'd Buy That For A Dollar	idbuythat	Music	332	Podbean	47
98	Totally 80s	Totally 80s	Music	69	ART19	73
99	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	73	Megaphone	53
100	The Black Soul Music Experience Podcast	Samuel Wilsonjr	Music	208	Spotify for Podcasters	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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