Apple Podcast Rankings - USA - Personal Journals

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 01 Jun 2026

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06/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 234

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:52:25

Top 5 authors

1. BBC World Service (2 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

3. The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. Pionaire Podcasting (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. BBC (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	134	Omny Studio	63
2	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	27	Audioboom	63
3	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	158	Megaphone	53
4	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	31	Megaphone	89
5	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
6	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	307	Simplecast	63
7	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	383	Megaphone	58
8	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
9	Bearing Scars	Michael Ertel	Society & Culture	21	Unknown	59
10	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	464	RedCircle	59
11	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	237	Spreaker	78
12	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	373	Megaphone	52
13	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	288	Libsyn	48
14	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	38	Unknown	79
15	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
16	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	147	Simplecast	62
17	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	361	Libsyn	63
18	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	454	RedCircle	63
19	Maura Sweeney: Living Happy Inside Out \| Storytelling \| Inspiration \| Personal Growth	Maura Sweeney	Society & Culture	100	Libsyn	38
20	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	393	ART19	58
21	Life Shift™ \| Pivotal Moments & Life Change	Matt Gilhooly	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	69
22	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	299	Spreaker	59
23	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	109	Acast	68
24	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	246	Megaphone	38
25	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1044	Spotify for Podcasters	22
26	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	223	RedCircle	48
27	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	151	Omny Studio	42
28	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
29	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	32
30	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	48
31	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
32	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	120	Megaphone	48
33	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	34	PRX	59
34	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	240	Megaphone	49
35	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	45	Acast	84
36	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
37	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	251	Buzzsprout	73
38	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	379	Acast	32
39	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	99	Acast	63
40	On Our Minds	Student Reporting Labs	Society & Culture	89	PRX	59
41	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	184	Megaphone	48
42	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
43	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
44	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
45	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
46	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	190	Spotify for Podcasters	58
47	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	446	Megaphone	48
48	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
49	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
50	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	193	Acast	58
51	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
52	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	128	Omny Studio	57
53	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	150	Spotify for Podcasters	52
54	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	247	BBC	43
55	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	209	ART19	63
56	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	56	RedCircle	79
57	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	604	Audiomeans	83
58	Not Aspirational with Hannah Aaron Brown	Hannah Aaron Brown	Society & Culture	289	Libsyn	32
59	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	452	Omny Studio	59
60	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	88	SoundOn	58
61	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
62	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	194	Megaphone	53
63	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	History	56	Buzzsprout	32
64	From Guilt to Good with Jeanette Yates	Jeanette Yates	Society & Culture	83	Buzzsprout	78
65	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
66	Sort Your Life Out Unpacked	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	26	BBC	42
67	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	268	Captivate	58
68	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	25	Acast	63
69	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
70	LA Calling	Don Anderson	Society & Culture	93	RedCircle	79
71	Cathy The Panda Podcast	Cathy Mendoza	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	38
72	Come explore the paranormal files as we delve into the unexplained. The paranormal podcast.	Matt Harvey \| Amanda Harvey Paranormal Experts	Society & Culture	253	Spreaker	59
73	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	228	Simplecast	58
74	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
75	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	139	Megaphone	63
76	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	65	Audioboom	59
77	Grandpa’s Sleep Stories For Grown-Ups	Grandpa’s Bedtime Stories For Grown-Ups	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	48
78	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	93	Spotify for Podcasters	73
79	It's Always Something with Davis Roe	Davis Roe	Society & Culture	61	Megaphone	42
80	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
81	Between Two Beers Podcast	Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten	Society & Culture	446	Acast	28
82	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	101	Simplecast	48
83	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	28
84	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	42	Audioboom	48
85	Dear Alana,	Tenderfoot TV	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	69
86	hot pursuit by AsianBossGirl	Emily, Madelyn, Jen	Society & Culture	476	Megaphone	53
87	Breaking Social Norms	Isaac "Illuminati Watcher" Weishaupt & Josie Weishaupt	Society & Culture	293	Spreaker	53
88	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	145	Acast	37
89	Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	74	Audioboom	68
90	Secret Gardens of My Mind	Aiden Watson	Society & Culture	22	Spotify for Podcasters	17
91	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	573	Buzzsprout	53
92	جناية	Mics مايكس	Society & Culture	123	Podeo	63
93	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	91	Megaphone	32
94	TIANYU2FM — 对谈未知领域	TIANYU2FM	Society & Culture	164	Ximalaya	53
95	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	476	N/A	N/A
96	Don't Be Sour	Maxx Chewning	Society & Culture	164	Libsyn	58
97	Behind The Long Gray Line	Sarah Persteins	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	17
98	Stories That Live In Us	Crista Cowan \| The Barefoot Genealogist	Society & Culture	138	Buzzsprout	83
99	Morning Rae	Allana Blumberg	Education	278	ART19	53
100	Your Best Friend's Podcast	Aurora McCausland	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	22

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