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 27 May 2026

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05/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 173

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:53:58

Top 5 authors

1. Pantheon Media (3 shows)

2. Evergreen Podcasts (2 shows)

3. American Public Media (2 shows)

4. Osiris Media (2 shows)

5. Cortland Rose Studio (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

3. Podbean (10 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Takin’ A Walk Nashville	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	68	Omny Studio	63
2	A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs	Andrew Hickey	Music	261	Unknown	48
3	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	11	Acast	73
4	Dolly Parton's America	WNYC Studios & OSM Audio	Music	12	Simplecast	68
5	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	136	ART19	68
6	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	976	Omny Studio	48
7	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	95	Megaphone	48
8	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	79	Simplecast	68
9	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	500	Buzzsprout	32
10	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	223	Spotify for Podcasters	38
11	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	423	Megaphone	58
12	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	238	Megaphone	32
13	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
14	Sounds of the Caribbean with Selecta Jerry	Reggae Radio by Selecta Jerry	Music	224	Podbean	52
15	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	39	BBC	48
16	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
17	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	237	ART19	58
18	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	553	Megaphone	62
19	FatBeats: Behind The Counter	FatBeats	Music	10	Buzzsprout	58
20	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
21	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	39	Megaphone	43
22	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	176	Libsyn	52
23	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
24	Political Beats	National Review	Music	162	Simplecast	58
25	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
26	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
27	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
28	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
29	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
30	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	314	Podbean	37
31	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	164	Megaphone	43
32	Rock & Metal Combat Podcast	Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera	Music	425	Podbean	21
33	One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast	Diana Erickson	Music	69	RedCircle	38
34	Rick Rubin - Biography Flash	Liquid Studios	Music	0	Megaphone	53
35	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	140	Megaphone	48
36	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
37	Rock History Project	Rock History Project	Music	13	Spotify for Podcasters	63
38	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	94	Acast	68
39	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
40	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
41	Inside the Milky Way - A Look at Early Alternative Music	ITMW Music	Music	111	Transistor	52
42	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	280	Megaphone	48
43	Growin' Up Rock	Rock Star Copy LLC	Music	718	Megaphone	59
44	Rock N Roll Archaeology	Pantheon Media	Music	59	Megaphone	49
45	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	383	Megaphone	53
46	Tinsel Tunes - The Christmas Music Podcast	Tinsel Tunes	Music	83	Spotify for Podcasters	42
47	Deep Dives and Deep Cuts: the History of Punk, Post-punk and New Wave (1976-1986)	DDDC	Music	137	Cast	58
48	Classic Rock Album Olympics	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	35	Libsyn	52
49	Legend	BBC Radio 4	Music	19	BBC	73
50	Music History Monday	Robert Greenberg	Music	120	Blubrry Podcasting	59
51	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
52	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	668	Megaphone	48
53	Alive Again	Osiris Media	Music	5	Acast	58
54	Rock's Backpages	Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike	Music	238	Megaphone	63
55	Bizarre Albums	Tony Thaxton	Music	175	Spotify for Podcasters	48
56	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	765	Libsyn	38
57	There's a Place	Brutal Beatles	Music	12	Spotify for Podcasters	28
58	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	78	Megaphone	53
59	I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Elton John Podcast	Neil Barrett	Music	42	Podbean	37
60	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
61	Harold's Old Time Radio	Harolds Old Time Radio	Music	1000	Spreaker	49
62	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
63	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	476	Libsyn	52
64	Talk of Ages	Mike Tully	Music	356	Libsyn	38
65	Guess the Year	Cortland Rose Studio	Music	93	Spotify for Podcasters	22
66	CD Burners	Emo Nite	Music	134	Acast	49
67	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	37	RedCircle	78
68	Country Hits 101	Country 93.5 FM	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
69	The Hardest Podcast to Podcast	Ryan Schaap	Music	64	Libsyn	47
71	Nba_youngboy	Kentrell Gaulden	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
72	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	68	Libsyn	38
73	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer	Music	9	Megaphone	48
74	melanie martinez sped up	Kriii	Music	16	Hubhopper	43
75	The Album Anniversary Podcast!	Caleb The Spy	Music	175	Spotify for Podcasters	27
76	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	77	Megaphone	43
77	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
78	Gimme Some Truth	Obadiah Jones	Music	52	Podbean	52
79	Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture	Love is the Message podcast	Music	186	Spotify for Podcasters	42
80	NOISEXTRA - The noise podcast.	Chondritic Sound	Music	303	Blubrry Podcasting	58
81	Straight From The Hat With Ben Vaughn	Straight From The Hat	Music	17	Podbean	37
82	Albums Under The Radar	Ron Monte	Music	32	Buzzsprout	58
83	Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music	Andrew Gill and Leah Payne	Music	75	PRX	63
84	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
85	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	511	Spreaker	48
86	The Clave Chronicles	Rebecca Bodenheimer	Music	65	Buzzsprout	48
87	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	379	Megaphone	32
88	So Many Roads: A Grateful Dead Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	P.Bouley	Music	15	Buzzsprout	52
89	To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited	Paul McDermott	Music	158	Spotify for Podcasters	32
90	Riki Rachtman's Cathouse Hollywood Podcast	Riki Rachtman	Music	3	Libsyn	52
91	Fans On The Run: A Podcast Made By, For And About Beatles Fans	Ethan Alexanian	Music	100	Podbean	37
92	The Holmes Archive of Electronic Music	Thom Holmes	Music	100	Podbean	52
93	Sounds Like Rock & Soul : Music History 70s & beyond	Simon Tesler \| Rock Music & Soul Music History	Music	129	Transistor	48
94	Vintage Country Radio	The Gathering Nerds studios	Music	13	Podbean	38
96	ROCK AND/OR ROLL	Rock and/or Roll	Music	345	Megaphone	43
97	What You Didn’t Know: Rock ’n’ Roll History	WYDK Podcast	Music	12	Podbean	42
98	BT RADIO : MIXES & MORE	Big Tigger	Music	97	Podomatic	49
99	Summer Mix Ibiza Best Deep House Music Techno 2026 Dance Chill Out Lounge Podcast	Summer Mix Ibiza	Music	52	Ausha	52
100	The Mainly Eminem Podcast	Mainly Eminem	Music	49	Spotify for Podcasters	22

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