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 28 Aug 2026

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08/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 150

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:51:04

Top 5 authors

1. Pantheon Media (3 shows)

2. Osiris Media (2 shows)

3. Evergreen Podcasts (2 shows)

4. American Public Media (2 shows)

5. FatBeats (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Libsyn (7 shows)

4. ART19 (6 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Dolly Parton's America	WNYC Studios & OSM Audio	Music	12	Simplecast	68
2	Takin’ A Walk Nashville	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	61	Omny Studio	63
3	A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs	Andrew Hickey	Music	261	Unknown	48
4	Monday Music Club with Will Anderson	Vox Media Podcast Network	Music	4	Megaphone	42
5	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	135	ART19	68
6	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	216	Spotify for Podcasters	38
7	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	958	Omny Studio	48
8	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	10	Acast	83
9	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
10	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	546	Megaphone	62
11	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	493	Buzzsprout	32
12	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	73	Simplecast	63
13	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	87	Megaphone	48
14	Dolly Parton - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	80	Megaphone	63
15	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Music	2	Spotify for Podcasters	27
16	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	229	ART19	58
17	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	34	Megaphone	43
18	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
19	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	235	Megaphone	32
20	Songs from the Dead: Short Histories of Legendary Songs	Axioms of Mediocrity	Music	34	Spotify for Podcasters	52
21	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
22	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	417	Megaphone	58
23	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	174	Libsyn	52
24	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
25	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	50	Acast	38
26	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
27	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
28	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
29	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
30	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
31	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
32	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
33	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	35	RedCircle	78
34	My Year With Dolly	Bramble Jam Podcast Network	Music	50	Spreaker	49
35	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	197	Unknown	43
36	Country Hits 101	Country 93.5 FM	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
37	Guess the Year	Cortland Rose Studio	Music	91	Spotify for Podcasters	22
38	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	375	Megaphone	53
39	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	472	Libsyn	52
40	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
41	Classic Rock Album Olympics	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	32	Megaphone	52
42	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	73	Megaphone	53
43	One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast	Diana Erickson	Music	69	RedCircle	38
44	Buy That Guitar Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Vintage Guitar magazine	Music	37	Unknown	78
45	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
46	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
47	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer	Music	9	Megaphone	48
48	Rock N Roll Archaeology	Pantheon Media	Music	59	Megaphone	49
49	Bizarre Albums	Tony Thaxton	Music	181	Spotify for Podcasters	48
50	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	132	Megaphone	58
51	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	76	Megaphone	43
52	Inside the Milky Way - A Look at Early Alternative Music	ITMW Music	Music	105	Transistor	52
53	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll	Music	396	Libsyn	38
54	FatBeats: Behind The Counter	FatBeats	Music	8	Buzzsprout	52
55	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
56	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	161	Megaphone	43
57	Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture	Love is the Message podcast	Music	183	Spotify for Podcasters	42
58	Gimme Some Truth	Obadiah Jones	Music	45	Podbean	52
59	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	372	Megaphone	32
60	Ugly Things	Ugly Things Magazine	Music	54	Megaphone	59
61	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
62	Groundwater: The Blues Beneath American Music	Thomas Stubbs	Music	12	Transistor	58
63	The Metallica Podcast: Volume 1 — The Black Album	Metallica & Amazon	Music	11	ART19	42
64	Digging Deep with Robert Plant	Robert Plant	Music	30	ART19	68
65	Cassette Culture	Cassette Culture & DIY Music	Music	28	Omny Studio	68
66	The Whipping Post Express	Richard Brent, Kyler Mosley & John Lynskey	Music	4	Transistor	63
67	Classic Vinyl Podcast	Classic Vinyl Podcast	Music	172	RSS.com	57
68	Big Band Bash	Frank Miller	Music	405	Libsyn	43
69	After Midnight: Phish's Big Cypress Festival	Osiris Media	Music	11	Megaphone	43
70	The Original Doll with James Rodriguez: Britney Spears and more	James Rodriguez	Music	477	Spotify for Podcasters	22
71	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
72	The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz	gribetzsid	Music	100	Podbean	42
73	Tinsel Tunes - The Christmas Music Podcast	Tinsel Tunes	Music	83	Spotify for Podcasters	42
74	Country History X	Kyle Coroneos	Music	21	Spotify for Podcasters	43
75	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
76	DJ Drama’s Gangsta Grillz Podcast	Khalabo Ink Society	Music	10	ART19	58
77	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	67	Libsyn	38
78	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	308	Podbean	37
79	Legend	BBC Radio 4	Music	19	BBC	73
80	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	758	Libsyn	38
82	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	648	Megaphone	48
84	Discography	Marc With a C	Music	34	Acast	84
85	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	497	Spreaker	48
86	Rock & Metal Combat Podcast	Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera	Music	422	Podbean	21
87	La Canción Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Music History	17	N/A	N/A
88	Buskin with The Beatles	Buskin with The Beatles	Music	100	Blubrry	38
89	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
90	Talk of Ages	Mike Tully	Music	356	Libsyn	43
91	Dance Classics mixed by Dj Luttz	Dj Luttz	Music	27	Podomatic	63
92	History of Jazz	Sami Çatak	Music	4	Spotify for Podcasters	63
93	TOKYO MUSIC INSTITUTE for classical music	ニッポン放送	Music	100	Omny Studio	58
94	club 30's with mjfangirl- a Michael Jackson Fan Podcast	mjfangirl	Music	83	Spotify for Podcasters	27
95	Synth Icons with Andy Whitmore	Andy Whitmore (andy@andywhitmore.com)	Music	31	Buzzsprout	62
96	The Shakedown Archives	The Shakedown Archives	Music	93	Spotify for Podcasters	38
97	Gaelic Song Stories	Deirdre Graham	Music	13	Podbean	68
98	BT RADIO : MIXES & MORE	Big Tigger	Music	97	Podomatic	49
99	San Joaquin Sound	AJ Rodriguez	Music	22	RSS.com	42
100	The Holmes Archive of Electronic Music	Thom Holmes	Music	100	Podbean	52

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