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 Sep 2026

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09/25/2026

Average data

Episodes: 148

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:44:47

Top 5 authors

1. Pantheon Media (4 shows)

2. American Public Media (2 shows)

3. Gamut Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Evergreen Podcasts (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

3. Podbean (8 shows)

4. Acast (7 shows)

5. ART19 (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Takin’ A Walk Nashville	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	63	Omny Studio	63
2	Jersey Made	iHeartPodcasts	Music	4	Omny Studio	63
3	Dolly Parton's America	WNYC Studios & OSM Audio	Music	12	Simplecast	68
4	Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2	The Irish Times	Music	15	Acast	79
5	A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs	Andrew Hickey	Music	261	Unknown	48
6	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	75	Simplecast	68
7	2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke	Nevermind Media	Music	2	Megaphone	53
8	Monday Music Club with Will Anderson	Vox Media Podcast Network	Music	5	Megaphone	42
9	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	964	Omny Studio	48
10	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	218	Spotify for Podcasters	38
11	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	90	Megaphone	48
12	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	135	ART19	68
13	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	495	Buzzsprout	32
14	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	11	Acast	73
15	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	236	Megaphone	32
16	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	548	Megaphone	62
17	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
18	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	36	Megaphone	43
19	FatBeats: Behind The Counter	FatBeats	Music	9	Buzzsprout	52
20	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	231	ART19	58
21	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	419	Megaphone	58
22	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
23	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
24	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	175	Libsyn	52
25	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Music	4	Spotify for Podcasters	27
26	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
27	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
28	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
29	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	502	Spreaker	48
30	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
31	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	51	Acast	38
32	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
33	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
34	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
35	Rick Rubin - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	98	Megaphone	63
36	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
37	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	377	Megaphone	53
38	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	162	Megaphone	43
39	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
40	Theoretikally R & B	Theoretikally R&B	Music	100	Podbean	43
41	Digging Deep with Robert Plant	Robert Plant	Music	30	ART19	68
42	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	36	RedCircle	78
43	The Holmes Archive of Electronic Music	Thom Holmes	Music	100	Podbean	52
44	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	653	Megaphone	48
45	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	74	Megaphone	53
46	Songs from the Dead: Short Histories of Legendary Songs	Axioms of Mediocrity	Music	35	Spotify for Podcasters	52
47	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	760	Libsyn	38
48	Juice WRLD death conspiracy theory	Carsen	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
49	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
50	Made In California: A Beach Boys Podcast	LBB Productions	Music	6	Spotify for Podcasters	27
51	Guess the Year	Cortland Rose Studio	Music	91	Spotify for Podcasters	22
52	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
53	From Akron & Beyond Podcast	The Summit FM	Music	101	Podbean	31
54	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
55	Gimme Some Truth	Obadiah Jones	Music	47	Podbean	52
56	Brooklyn's Finest: The Making Of Reasonable Doubt by Jay-Z	Breaking Atoms	Music	7	Acast	63
57	Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music	Andrew Gill and Leah Payne	Music	72	PRX	63
58	Let's Talk Punk Rock	LTPR	Music	20	RedCircle	43
59	Rock N Roll Archaeology	Pantheon Media	Music	59	Megaphone	49
60	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
61	Have You Heard This One?	Nevermind Media	Music	18	ART19	69
62	club 30's with mjfangirl- a Michael Jackson Fan Podcast	mjfangirl	Music	85	Spotify for Podcasters	27
63	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	310	Podbean	37
64	Gaelic Song Stories	Deirdre Graham	Music	13	Podbean	68
65	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer	Music	9	Megaphone	48
66	Dastan-e Mousighi \| داستان موسیقی	Persian Media Production \| رسانه پارسی	Music	13	Transistor	58
67	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	472	Libsyn	52
68	The Original Doll with James Rodriguez: Britney Spears and more	James Rodriguez	Music	485	Spotify for Podcasters	22
69	States of Independence	Talkhouse / Cup & Nuzzle	Music	16	Megaphone	59
70	Heavy Metal 101	Eric Schwartz	Music	64	Spotify for Podcasters	73
71	Cassette Culture	Cassette Culture & DIY Music	Music	29	Omny Studio	78
72	Off The Record: David Bowie	iHeartPodcasts	Music	34	Omny Studio	62
73	Summer Mix Ibiza Best Deep House Music Techno 2026 Dance Chill Out Lounge Podcast	Summer Mix Ibiza	Music	52	Ausha	52
74	#song	Attitude Queen	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
75	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
76	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	134	Megaphone	58
77	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
78	Round the World With Cracklin Jane	Cracklin Jane From Eastport, Maine	Music	100	Squarespace	73
79	Dolly Parton - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	80	Megaphone	63
80	Roots Rednecks and Radicals	Will Houk	Music	100	Podbean	42
81	Hearing The Pulitzers	hearingthepulitzers	Music	76	Podbean	42
82	melanie martinez sped up	Kriii	Music	16	Hubhopper	43
83	The Grateful Dead 60 Years in San Francisco	Pantheon Media	Music	6	Megaphone	63
84	The Metallica Podcast: Volume 1 — The Black Album	Metallica & Amazon	Music	11	ART19	42
85	Kulturmenü	Angelika Ortner	Music	108	Podigee	69
86	So Many Roads: A Grateful Dead Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	P.Bouley	Music	15	Buzzsprout	52
87	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	35	BBC	48
88	Classic Rock Album Olympics	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	32	Megaphone	52
89	History of Jazz	Sami Çatak	Music	4	Spotify for Podcasters	63
90	Rock N Roll Story Guys	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	137	ART19	53
91	Runnin' With the Dweezil	Premier Guitar	Music	15	Captivate	53
93	Country Hits 101	Country 93.5 FM	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
94	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	76	Megaphone	43
95	Discography	Marc With a C	Music	36	Acast	84
96	Clásica FM	Clásica FM - Música Clásica	Music	2368	iVoox	38
97	Whatever, Nevermind: A Grunge Podcast	Cobras & Fire	Music	19	Megaphone	53
99	Breaking Waves: Seattle	Audacy	Music	6	Megaphone	59
100	Glenn Miller Bandstand	Old Time Radio Online	Music	10	Libsyn	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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