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 30 Sep 2026

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09/30/2026

Average data

Episodes: 179

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:49:27

Top 5 authors

1. Pantheon Media (2 shows)

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

3. Evergreen Podcasts (2 shows)

4. American Public Media (2 shows)

5. Bardia Barj (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

3. Acast (9 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Takin’ A Walk Nashville	Buzz Knight Media Productions	Music	64	Omny Studio	63
2	Jersey Made	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	7	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	No Dogs in Space	The Last Podcast Network	Music	76	Simplecast	68
6	Monday Music Club with Will Anderson	Vox Media Podcast Network	Music	6	Megaphone	42
7	Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight	Buzz Knight \| Music History Podcast Host	Music	965	Omny Studio	48
8	2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke	Nevermind Media	Music	3	Megaphone	53
9	Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2	The Irish Times	Music	15	Acast	79
10	HardLore	Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest	Music	219	Spotify for Podcasters	38
11	GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST	Grateful Dead	Music	135	ART19	68
12	Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York	Futuro Media	Music	11	Acast	73
13	Ongoing History of New Music	Curiouscast	Music	549	Megaphone	62
14	Know Your Gear Podcast	Phillip Mcknight	Music	495	Buzzsprout	32
15	Shawn Stockman's On That Note	Shawn Stockman	Music	91	Megaphone	48
16	Something About the Beatles	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	236	Megaphone	32
17	Lost Notes: Groupies	KCRW	Music	70	Unknown	53
18	Decomposed with Jade Simmons	American Public Media	Music	6	American Public Media	47
19	Composers Datebook	American Public Media	Music	30	American Public Media	42
20	The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers	Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers	Music	420	Megaphone	58
21	The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons	The Fretboard Journal	Music	175	Libsyn	52
22	Xevi Had a Problem	Xevi	Music	36	Megaphone	43
23	Riki Rachtman's Cathouse Hollywood Podcast	Riki Rachtman	Music	3	Libsyn	52
24	Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles	Gamut Podcast Network	Music	232	ART19	58
25	Album \| آلبوم	Bardia Barj	Music	92	Acast	68
26	Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order	Joy Division / New Order	Music	19	Acast	58
27	Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture	Love is the Message podcast	Music	184	Spotify for Podcasters	42
28	Eras	BBC Radio 2	Music	39	BBC	48
29	Straight Stuntin' Digital with BX Thunder & Yami Doll	StreetSweepers Ent. Inc	Music	3	Simplecast	58
30	Stuck in the '80s Podcast	Steve Spears	Music	600	Simplecast	42
31	Rock's Backpages	Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike	Music	236	Megaphone	63
32	Growin' Up Rock	Rock Star Copy LLC	Music	710	Megaphone	59
33	Booked On Rock with Eric Senich	Eric Senich	Music	503	Spreaker	48
34	The Ruler's Back: The Making of The Blueprint by Jay-Z	Breaking Atoms	Music	4	Acast	63
35	Let It Roll	Pantheon Media	Music	655	Megaphone	48
36	Classics For Kids	Naomi Lewin	Music	196	Unknown	43
37	Theoretikally R & B	Theoretikally R&B	Music	100	Podbean	43
38	Rock N Roll Story Guys Details temporarily unavailable	Story Guys Productions	Music	132	Unknown	32
39	The Nightingale of Iran	Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti	Music	19	PRX	74
40	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast	Music	5	Spotify for Podcasters	27
41	The Rise and Fall of ...	BBC Radio 6 Music	Music	43	BBC	58
42	Greatest Pop Stars	Billboard	Music	135	Megaphone	58
43	Folk Files	Olivia Harding	Music	36	RedCircle	78
44	Political Beats	National Review	Music	161	Simplecast	58
45	The Cobain 50	KEXP	Music	126	Omny Studio	69
46	Keeping The Rave Alive!	Kutski	Music	761	Libsyn	38
47	Rick Rubin - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Music	98	Megaphone	63
48	No Nazi's Friend	John Hancock	Music	2	RSS.com	52
49	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer \| Luminary	Music	9	Acast	48
50	History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff	Pantheon Media	Music	378	Megaphone	53
51	Tone-Talk.com	Tone-Talk	Music	230	Buzzsprout	38
52	Mogul Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Gimlet	Music History	45	N/A	N/A
53	FatBeats: Behind The Counter	FatBeats	Music	9	Buzzsprout	52
54	When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles	Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell	Music	310	Podbean	37
55	Who Cares About the Rock Hall?	Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard	Music	374	Megaphone	32
56	Straight From The Hat With Ben Vaughn	Straight From The Hat	Music	17	Podbean	37
57	Rock and Roll Heaven	LD, TJ2 and Will The Thrill	Music	335	Megaphone	53
58	داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo	داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور	Music	71	Castbox	32
59	Into The Heart of U2 Podcast	Into The Heart of U2 Podcast	Music	33	Spotify for Podcasters	52
60	Gimme Some Truth	Obadiah Jones	Music	48	Podbean	52
61	Tape Spaghetti	Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart	Music	75	Megaphone	53
62	American Songcatcher	Nicholas Edward Williams	Music	52	Libsyn	58
63	Discography	Marc With a C	Music	37	Acast	84
64	Bluegrass BKLYN	© Copyright 2026 Bluegrass BKLYN LLC, all rights reserved	Music	135	Podbean	52
65	Love Failure	Sana Sana	Music	2	Spotify for Podcasters	33
66	Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler	Aaron Cohen	Music	42	ART19	58
67	PHILM The Podcast	PHILM	Music	51	Acast	38
68	Freedom Needs a Soundtrack	Rangzen Productions	Music	7	PRX	58
69	Holdin’ Court Podcast	REVOLT	Music	162	Megaphone	43
70	The Band: A History	The Band: A History	Music	76	Megaphone	43
71	Harold's Old Time Radio	Harolds Old Time Radio	Music	1000	Spreaker	49
72	Ugly Things	Ugly Things Magazine	Music	55	Megaphone	59
73	Deep Dives and Deep Cuts: the History of Punk, Post-punk and New Wave (1976-1986)	DDDC	Music	135	Cast	58
74	Digging Deep with Robert Plant	Robert Plant	Music	30	ART19	68
75	The Original Doll with James Rodriguez: Britney Spears and more	James Rodriguez	Music	487	Spotify for Podcasters	22
76	Winter of Discontent - A Beatles Podcast	Nick Anthony	Music	56	Spotify for Podcasters	47
77	Classic Rock Album Olympics	Evergreen Podcasts	Music	33	Megaphone	52
78	ABBA in Nederland - Poplegendes in de Polder	NPO Luister / AVROTROS	Music	25	Unknown	69
79	Heart Shaped Pod	You Don't Even Like Podcasts	Music	33	Spreaker	49
80	In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast	Matt Quinn	Music	81	Libsyn	37
81	Drum History	Bart Vanderzee	Music	279	Megaphone	53
82	Origins of Hip-Hop	A&E®	Music	11	Acast	89
83	For the Record: The 70s	Amy Lively	Music	67	Libsyn	38
84	The Story Behind The Song	Consequence Podcast Network	Music	83	RedCircle	68
85	Heavy Metal 101	Eric Schwartz	Music	65	Spotify for Podcasters	73
86	melanie martinez sped up	Kriii	Music	16	Hubhopper	43
87	Summer Mix Ibiza Best Deep House Music Techno 2026 Dance Chill Out Lounge Podcast	Summer Mix Ibiza	Music	52	Ausha	52
88	I'd Buy That For A Dollar	idbuythat	Music	333	Podbean	47
89	Roots Rednecks and Radicals	Will Houk	Music	100	Podbean	42
90	Cassette Culture	Cassette Culture & DIY Music	Music	29	Omny Studio	78
91	Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99	The Ringer	Music	9	Megaphone	48
92	TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast	Justin Gausman	Music	473	Libsyn	52
93	Robert Pollard's Guide To The Late 60s	Trust The Wizards	Music	50	Spotify for Podcasters	52
94	So Many Roads: A Grateful Dead Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	P.Bouley	Music	15	Buzzsprout	52
95	Clásica FM	Clásica FM - Música Clásica	Music	2371	iVoox	38
96	Compleatly Beatles	Ian Boothby and David Dedrick	Music	16	Blubrry	49
97	Ghost Notes	12tone & Polyphonic	Music	94	ART19	68
98	Somewhere in Time Podcast	Somewhere in Time Podcast	Music	100	Podbean	47
99	The Shakedown Archives	The Shakedown Archives	Music	112	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	Rock and Roll Flashback Podcast	Jumpin' John McDermott and Bill Price	Music	228	Buzzsprout	62

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