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 Oct 2026

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10/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 164

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:51:37

Top 5 authors

1. American Public Media (2 shows)

2. Evergreen Podcasts (2 shows)

3. Osiris Media (2 shows)

4. Pantheon Media (2 shows)

5. GD Sleep Strories (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

3. Acast (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Takin’ A Walk Nashville	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	67	Omny Studio	63
2	Jersey Made	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	12	Omny Studio	63
3	Dolly Parton's America	WNYC Studios & OSM Audio	Music	12	Simplecast	68
4	A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs	Andrew Hickey	Music	261	Unknown	48
5	2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke	Nevermind Media	Music	7	Acast	59
6	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	79	Simplecast	68
7	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	975	Omny Studio	48
8	Monday Music Club with Will Anderson	Vox Media Podcast Network	Music	10	Megaphone	42
9	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	222	Spotify for Podcasters	38
10	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	500	Buzzsprout	32
11	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	136	ART19	68
12	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	95	Megaphone	48
13	One On One: The Official Tom Petty Podcast	Cup & Nuzzle	Music	4	Megaphone	37
14	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	553	Megaphone	62
15	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
16	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
17	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	238	Megaphone	32
18	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	176	Libsyn	52
19	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
20	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
21	FatBeats: Behind The Counter	FatBeats	Music	10	Buzzsprout	58
22	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	94	Acast	68
23	A (Mostly) 80s Music Podcast: What Difference Does It Make?	Dave Sloan and Holly Cantos - 80s Music Podcast	Music	318	Megaphone	62
24	The Mighty VH Podcast	Tommy London & Tor	Music	24	Megaphone	48
25	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	37	RedCircle	78
26	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	237	ART19	58
27	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
28	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
29	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
30	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
31	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	423	Megaphone	58
32	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
33	Buy That Guitar Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Vintage Guitar magazine	Music	38	Unknown	78
34	Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2	The Irish Times	Music	15	Acast	79
35	Tinsel Tunes - The Christmas Music Podcast	Tinsel Tunes	Music	83	Spotify for Podcasters	42
36	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	139	Megaphone	48
37	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	314	Podbean	37
38	Rick Rubin - Biography Flash	Liquid Studios	Music	0	Megaphone	53
39	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
40	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	39	BBC	48
41	No Nazi's Friend	No Nazi's Friend	Music	9	RSS.com	52
42	Political Beats	National Review	Music	162	Simplecast	58
43	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
44	Rock N Roll Archaeology	Pantheon Media	Music	59	Megaphone	49
45	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
46	Summer Mix Ibiza Best Deep House Music Techno 2026 Dance Chill Out Lounge Podcast	Summer Mix Ibiza	Music	52	Ausha	52
47	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	280	Megaphone	48
48	A Heart for the Charts	Joel Whitburn Record Research	Music	3	Omny Studio	63
49	Music Chronicles : Michael Jackson & The Jacksons	CDL	Music	24	Spotify for Podcasters	37
50	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	78	Megaphone	53
51	In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast	Matt Quinn	Music	83	Libsyn	37
52	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
53	Ranking The Beatles	Jonathan and Julia Pretus	Music	161	Spotify for Podcasters	58
54	Grateful Dead Sleep Stories	GD Sleep Strories	Music	131	Spotify for Podcasters	22
55	Gimme Some Truth	Obadiah Jones	Music	52	Podbean	52
56	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	164	Megaphone	43
57	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
58	One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast	Diana Erickson	Music	69	RedCircle	38
59	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	68	Libsyn	38
60	Dig Me Out: 70s & 80s Metal	Beyond the hits—exploring the albums, bands, and moments that shaped the heavy 70s & 80s metal	Music	70	Substack	48
61	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	511	Spreaker	48
62	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
63	History of Jazz	Sami Çatak	Music	4	Spotify for Podcasters	63
64	Rock and Roll Heaven	LD, TJ2 and Will The Thrill	Music	338	Megaphone	53
65	Deep Dives and Deep Cuts: the History of Punk, Post-punk and New Wave (1976-1986)	DDDC	Music	137	Cast	58
66	Ugly Things	Ugly Things Magazine	Music	56	Megaphone	59
67	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	379	Megaphone	32
68	Growin' Up Rock	Rock Star Copy LLC	Music	718	Megaphone	59
69	Legend	BBC Radio 4	Music	19	BBC	73
70	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	764	Libsyn	38
71	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	668	Megaphone	48
72	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	476	Libsyn	52
73	Albums Under The Radar	Ron Monte	Music	32	Buzzsprout	58
74	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	39	Megaphone	43
75	A People's History of the Guitar	Grant Samuelsen	Music	16	Captivate	72
76	Alive Again	Osiris Media	Music	5	Acast	58
77	Chris's Billboard Top 3000 Countdown Podcast	Christopher Williams	Music	88	Buzzsprout	57
78	Classical For Everyone Details temporarily unavailable	Peter Cudlipp	Music	95	Libsyn	53
79	DC Rock History	dcrockpod	Music	41	Podbean	62
80	Max and Mello’s Architects of Soul	Howard Pearl	Music	54	Buzzsprout	73
81	Explore the Symphony	Canada's National Arts Centre	Music	71	Unknown	49
82	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	Music	402	Libsyn	38
83	Rock & Metal Combat Podcast	Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera	Music	425	Podbean	21
84	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
85	Rock's Backpages	Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike	Music	238	Megaphone	63
86	Digging Deep with Robert Plant	Robert Plant	Music	30	ART19	68
87	club 30's with mjfangirl- a Michael Jackson Fan Podcast	mjfangirl	Music	87	Spotify for Podcasters	27
88	Into The Heart of U2 Podcast	Into The Heart of U2 Podcast	Music	34	Spotify for Podcasters	47
89	Guess the Year	Cortland Rose Studio	Music	93	Spotify for Podcasters	22
90	Totally 80s	Totally 80s	Music	69	ART19	73
91	Classic Rock Album Olympics	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	35	Libsyn	52
92	The Pearl Jam Stories	The Pearl Jam Stories	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	53
93	The NY Phil Story: Made in New York	WQXR, The New York Philharmonic	Music	6	Simplecast	58
94	Harold's Old Time Radio	Harolds Old Time Radio	Music	1000	Spreaker	49
95	Brooklyn's Finest: The Making Of Reasonable Doubt by Jay-Z	Breaking Atoms	Music	7	Acast	63
96	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
97	Vocaloid Bangers	ilwto	Music	2	Hubhopper	38
98	Mojack Stacks!	You Don't Know Mojack	Music	32	Substack	43
99	True House Stories interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana	Lenny Fontana	Music	251	Spotify for Podcasters	47
100	#100malMusiklegenden	Markus Dreesen \| Podcast Monkey	Music	797	Acast	84

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