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 Oct 2026

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10/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 162

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:55:04

Top 5 authors

1. Osiris Media (3 shows)

2. Pantheon Media (3 shows)

3. American Public Media (2 shows)

4. Tinsel Tunes (1 shows)

5. Into The Heart of U2 Podcast (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

3. Podbean (8 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Jersey Made	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	12	Omny Studio	63
2	Takin’ A Walk Nashville	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	68	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	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	976	Omny Studio	48
7	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	79	Simplecast	68
8	Monday Music Club with Will Anderson	Vox Media Podcast Network	Music	10	Megaphone	42
9	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	223	Spotify for Podcasters	38
10	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	95	Megaphone	48
11	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	500	Buzzsprout	32
12	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	136	ART19	68
13	One On One: The Official Tom Petty Podcast	Cup & Nuzzle	Music	4	Megaphone	37
14	FreestyleMixtapes.Com \| Classic and New Freestyle Music	Rafael "DaUnknownAdmin" Reyes	Music	66	Blubrry Podcasting	38
15	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
16	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	553	Megaphone	62
17	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	238	Megaphone	32
18	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
19	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	11	Acast	73
20	FatBeats: Behind The Counter	FatBeats	Music	10	Buzzsprout	58
21	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	176	Libsyn	52
22	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
23	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
24	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	37	RedCircle	78
25	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	423	Megaphone	58
26	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	94	Acast	68
27	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	237	ART19	58
28	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
29	Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2	The Irish Times	Music	15	Acast	79
30	Rock's Backpages	Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike	Music	238	Megaphone	63
31	Discography	Marc With a C	Music	37	Acast	84
32	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
33	A (Mostly) 80s Music Podcast: What Difference Does It Make?	Dave Sloan and Holly Cantos - 80s Music Podcast	Music	318	Megaphone	62
34	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	39	Megaphone	43
35	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
36	The Mighty VH Podcast	Tommy London & Tor	Music	25	Megaphone	48
37	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
38	Summer Mix Ibiza Best Deep House Music Techno 2026 Dance Chill Out Lounge Podcast	Summer Mix Ibiza	Music	52	Ausha	52
39	No Nazi's Friend	No Nazi's Friend	Music	9	RSS.com	52
40	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	314	Podbean	37
41	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
42	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
43	Rock N Roll Archaeology	Pantheon Media	Music	59	Megaphone	49
44	Grateful Dead Sleep Stories	GD Sleep Strories	Music	132	Spotify for Podcasters	22
45	Gimme Some Truth	Obadiah Jones	Music	52	Podbean	52
46	Buy That Guitar Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Vintage Guitar magazine	Music	39	Unknown	78
47	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	379	Megaphone	32
48	Inak Ahang \| اینک آهنگ	خانه موزه بتهوون	Music	29	Acast	63
49	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	39	BBC	48
50	Political Beats	National Review	Music	162	Simplecast	58
51	Tinsel Tunes - The Christmas Music Podcast	Tinsel Tunes	Music	83	Spotify for Podcasters	42
52	Music Chronicles : Michael Jackson & The Jacksons	CDL	Music	24	Spotify for Podcasters	37
53	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	140	Megaphone	48
54	Digging Deep with Robert Plant	Robert Plant	Music	30	ART19	68
55	Rick Rubin - Biography Flash	Liquid Studios	Music	0	Megaphone	53
56	Made In California: A Beach Boys Podcast	LBB Productions	Music	11	Spotify for Podcasters	27
57	Mojack Stacks!	You Don't Know Mojack	Music	32	Substack	43
58	Into The Heart of U2 Podcast	Into The Heart of U2 Podcast	Music	34	Spotify for Podcasters	47
59	Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture	Love is the Message podcast	Music	186	Spotify for Podcasters	42
60	American Songcatcher	Nicholas Edward Williams	Music	53	Libsyn	58
61	Juice WRLD death conspiracy theory	Carsen	Music	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
62	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
63	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	280	Megaphone	48
64	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	164	Megaphone	43
65	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	78	Megaphone	53
66	Alive Again	Osiris Media	Music	5	Acast	58
67	In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast	Matt Quinn	Music	83	Libsyn	37
68	Buskin with The Beatles	Buskin with The Beatles	Music	100	Blubrry	38
69	Dance Classics mixed by Dj Luttz	Dj Luttz	Music	27	Podomatic	63
70	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	383	Megaphone	53
71	The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz	gribetzsid	Music	100	Podbean	42
72	Ranking The Beatles	Jonathan and Julia Pretus	Music	161	Spotify for Podcasters	58
73	Bizarre Albums	Tony Thaxton	Music	175	Spotify for Podcasters	48
74	Pantheon - Home for Music Lovers	Pantheon Media	Music	2005	Megaphone	59
75	I Completed 80s Music	The 80s Mixtaper	Music	107	Podbean	52
76	The Beethoven Files Podcast	Terence J. O'Grady	Music	60	Podbean	37
77	A Heart for the Charts	Joel Whitburn Record Research	Music	3	Omny Studio	63
78	Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Music	2	Megaphone	48
79	Oh! Brother Details temporarily unavailable	Paul and Steve Hanley	Music	74	Acast	43
80	Gaucho Amigos	baddantakes	Music	54	Buzzsprout	69
81	I'd Buy That For A Dollar	idbuythat	Music	337	Podbean	47
82	Under the Scales	Osiris Media	Music	203	Megaphone	53
83	The Rock & Roll History Show	Hudson River Radio .com	Music	197	Spreaker	38
84	Finding Lucinda	The Bluegrass Situation	Music	16	RedCircle	63
85	Guess the Year	Cortland Rose Studio	Music	93	Spotify for Podcasters	22
86	Percy and Face	Percy	Music	100	Podbean	22
87	Prisoners of Rock and Roll	Prisoners of Rock and Roll	Music	127	Megaphone	72
88	Growin' Up Rock	Rock Star Copy LLC	Music	718	Megaphone	59
89	One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast	Diana Erickson	Music	69	RedCircle	38
90	Music History Monday	Robert Greenberg	Music	120	Blubrry Podcasting	59
91	Off The Record: David Bowie	iHeartPodcasts	Music	33	Omny Studio	62
92	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
93	ПОЛЧАСА ЗОЛОТОГО РЕТРО!	MOTORADIO.ONLINE	Music	497	Podster.fm	53
94	Ugly Things	Ugly Things Magazine	Music	56	Megaphone	59
95	Rock & Metal Combat Podcast	Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera	Music	425	Podbean	21
96	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	68	Libsyn	38
97	Jack Norton's Old-Time Radio Show	Jack Norton	Music	47	Unknown	32
98	Helping Friendly Podcast	Osiris Media	Music	834	Megaphone	43
99	80's Music Rewind	Ruth and Lori	Music	125	Buzzsprout	48
100	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

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