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 26 Sep 2026

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09/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 154

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:48:49

Top 5 authors

1. Pantheon Media (3 shows)

2. Inception Point AI (2 shows)

3. American Public Media (2 shows)

4. Breaking Atoms (2 shows)

5. Buzz Knight | Music History Podcast Host (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

3. Acast (9 shows)

4. Podbean (9 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Jersey Made	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	5	Omny Studio	63
2	Takin’ A Walk Nashville	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	63	Omny Studio	63
3	Dolly Parton's America	WNYC Studios & OSM Audio	Music	12	Simplecast	68
4	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	75	Simplecast	68
5	A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs	Andrew Hickey	Music	261	Unknown	48
6	Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2	The Irish Times	Music	15	Acast	79
7	Monday Music Club with Will Anderson	Vox Media Podcast Network	Music	6	Megaphone	42
8	2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke	Nevermind Media	Music	2	Megaphone	53
9	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	218	Spotify for Podcasters	38
10	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	964	Omny Studio	48
11	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	135	ART19	68
12	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	90	Megaphone	48
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	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	175	Libsyn	52
17	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	548	Megaphone	62
18	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	231	ART19	58
19	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	419	Megaphone	58
20	FatBeats: Behind The Counter	FatBeats	Music	9	Buzzsprout	52
21	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
22	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	36	Megaphone	43
23	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
24	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
25	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
26	Rick Rubin - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	98	Megaphone	63
27	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
28	Riki Rachtman's Cathouse Hollywood Podcast	Riki Rachtman	Music	1	Libsyn	42
29	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	134	Megaphone	58
30	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	36	RedCircle	78
31	Theoretikally R & B	Theoretikally R&B	Music	100	Podbean	43
32	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
33	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Music	4	Spotify for Podcasters	27
34	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
35	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	502	Spreaker	48
36	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
37	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
38	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
39	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	760	Libsyn	38
40	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
41	Discography	Marc With a C	Music	36	Acast	84
42	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
43	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
44	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	654	Megaphone	48
45	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
46	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
47	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	74	Megaphone	53
48	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	472	Libsyn	52
49	Juice WRLD death conspiracy theory	Carsen	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
50	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	51	Acast	38
51	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer	Music	9	Megaphone	48
52	Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music	Andrew Gill and Leah Payne	Music	72	PRX	63
53	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	162	Megaphone	43
54	Digging Deep with Robert Plant	Robert Plant	Music	30	ART19	68
55	The Original Doll with James Rodriguez: Britney Spears and more	James Rodriguez	Music	486	Spotify for Podcasters	22
56	Pedal Steel: Country Soul Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point AI	Music History	4	N/A	N/A
57	Gaelic Song Stories	Deirdre Graham	Music	13	Podbean	68
58	Off The Record: David Bowie	iHeartPodcasts	Music	34	Omny Studio	62
59	Ghost Notes	12tone & Polyphonic	Music	94	ART19	68
60	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	377	Megaphone	53
61	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
62	The Brian Turner Show	Brian Turner	Music	216	Buzzsprout	38
63	Roots Rednecks and Radicals	Will Houk	Music	100	Podbean	42
64	Heavy Metal 101	Eric Schwartz	Music	64	Spotify for Podcasters	73
65	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	374	Megaphone	32
66	From Akron & Beyond Podcast	The Summit FM	Music	101	Podbean	31
67	Country Hits 101	Country 93.5 FM	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
68	Buskin with The Beatles	Buskin with The Beatles	Music	100	Blubrry	38
69	The Holmes Archive of Electronic Music	Thom Holmes	Music	100	Podbean	52
70	A Sorta Young Person’s Guide to Prog Rock	helloprogfrog	Music	54	Podbean	52
71	Made In California: A Beach Boys Podcast	LBB Productions	Music	7	Spotify for Podcasters	27
72	The Ruler's Back: The Making of The Blueprint by Jay-Z	Breaking Atoms	Music	4	Acast	63
73	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
74	Songs from the Dead: Short Histories of Legendary Songs	Axioms of Mediocrity	Music	36	Spotify for Podcasters	52
75	ROCK AND/OR ROLL	Rock and/or Roll	Music	341	Megaphone	43
76	DJ Drama’s Gangsta Grillz Podcast	Khalabo Ink Society	Music	10	ART19	58
77	Legend	BBC Radio 4	Music	19	BBC	73
78	The NY Phil Story: Made in New York	WQXR, The New York Philharmonic	Music	6	Simplecast	58
79	Straight Stuntin' Digital with BX Thunder & Yami Doll	StreetSweepers Ent. Inc	Music	3	Simplecast	58
80	Oh! Brother Details temporarily unavailable	Paul and Steve Hanley	Music	74	Acast	43
81	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	39	BBC	48
82	Albums Under The Radar	Ron Monte	Music	29	Buzzsprout	58
83	Guess the Year	Cortland Rose Studio	Music	91	Spotify for Podcasters	22
84	club 30's with mjfangirl- a Michael Jackson Fan Podcast	mjfangirl	Music	85	Spotify for Podcasters	27
85	Brooklyn's Finest: The Making Of Reasonable Doubt by Jay-Z	Breaking Atoms	Music	7	Acast	63
86	Gimme Some Truth	Obadiah Jones	Music	47	Podbean	52
87	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
88	Music History Today Network	Music History Today Podcast Network	Music	2000	Spotify for Podcasters	22
89	Chris's Billboard Top 3000 Countdown Podcast	Christopher Williams	Music	84	Buzzsprout	47
90	Psychedelic Psoul	Jessie Delgado	Music	185	Buzzsprout	78
91	Jazz Focus	jazzbnd	Music	100	Podbean	53
92	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	310	Podbean	37
93	Rock N Roll Archaeology	Pantheon Media	Music	59	Megaphone	49
94	Every Voice with Terrance McKnight	WQXR	Music	21	Simplecast	73
95	Play That Rock n‘ Roll	playthatpodcast	Music	123	Megaphone	43
96	The Clave Chronicles	Rebecca Bodenheimer	Music	65	Buzzsprout	48
97	Summer Mix Ibiza Best Deep House Music Techno 2026 Dance Chill Out Lounge Podcast	Summer Mix Ibiza	Music	52	Ausha	52
98	How Good It Is	Claude Call	Music	190	Blubrry Podcasting	28
99	Classic Country Corner	Eric the Driftless Cowboy	Music	102	Substack	59
100	Dig Me Out: 70s & 80s Metal	Beyond the hits—exploring the albums, bands, and moments that shaped the heavy 70s & 80s metal	Music	68	Substack	48

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