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 Aug 2026

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08/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 225

Frequency: every 31 days

Duration: 00:49:45

Top 5 authors

1. Dear Media (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. BBC World Service (2 shows)

4. Thomas FreeMe (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

3. Acast (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Audioboom (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	101	ART19	58
2	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	299	Simplecast	63
3	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	23	Megaphone	79
4	Good Grief with Amanda Kloots	Dear Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
5	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	126	Omny Studio	63
6	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	31	Unknown	79
7	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	22	Acast	43
8	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	230	Spreaker	78
9	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
10	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	20	Audioboom	63
11	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
12	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
13	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	285	Libsyn	48
14	Bearing Scars	Michael Ertel	Society & Culture	21	Unknown	59
15	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	58
16	On the tip of my tongue - talking about Aphasia	Jonathan Hirons and Rob Edwards	Society & Culture	37	Buzzsprout	68
17	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	32
18	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	53
19	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	345	Megaphone	42
20	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	372	Megaphone	58
21	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	100	Megaphone	48
22	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	208	RedCircle	48
23	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	137	Simplecast	62
24	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	439	RedCircle	63
25	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	235	Megaphone	38
26	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	383	Megaphone	48
27	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	History	56	Buzzsprout	32
28	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	105	Acast	68
29	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	38	Acast	84
30	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	54	Omny Studio	38
31	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
32	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1005	Spotify for Podcasters	22
33	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	277	Spreaker	59
34	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
35	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	144	Omny Studio	42
36	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	228	Megaphone	49
37	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	90	Acast	63
38	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
39	LifeLessons: Wisdom from People Who Lived Past 100	Erik Hensel	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	27
40	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	194	ART19	63
41	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
42	Note to Self	Dear Media	Society & Culture	264	ART19	68
43	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	445	Omny Studio	59
44	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	581	Audion	83
45	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
46	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	257	Acast	53
47	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
48	No One Is Normal	Brad H. Hill	Society & Culture	42	Spotify for Podcasters	68
49	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
50	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	355	Libsyn	63
51	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	221	Simplecast	58
52	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	80	SoundOn	58
53	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
54	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	240	BBC	43
55	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	169	Megaphone	48
56	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	179	Acast	58
57	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	145	Spotify for Podcasters	52
58	Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	69	Audioboom	68
59	Different Points Podcast	Roy Coughlan & Catherine Llewellyn at Podfather Network	Society & Culture	30	Podbean	62
60	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
61	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
62	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	132	Megaphone	63
63	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	57	Audioboom	59
64	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
65	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	241	WideOrbit	52
66	When Goodbye Comes Too Early	LTP Hope	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	58
67	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	48
68	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	549	Buzzsprout	53
69	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	121	Omny Studio	57
71	Maura Sweeney: Living Happy Inside Out \| Storytelling \| Inspiration \| Personal Growth	Maura Sweeney	Society & Culture	100	Libsyn	38
72	Powering Through	Jessie Owen & ONWARD Medical	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	73
73	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	90	Spotify for Podcasters	73
74	Indelibly Marked	Dominique Kuykendall	Society & Culture	144	Buzzsprout	53
75	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	138	Acast	37
76	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
77	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	190	Megaphone	53
78	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	52	RedCircle	79
79	Slinky By Tuesday	Lucy Trinder	Society & Culture	30	Acast	69
80	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
81	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
82	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	290	Audioboom	53
83	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	453	N/A	N/A
84	Stories That Live In Us	Crista Cowan \| The Barefoot Genealogist	Society & Culture	130	Buzzsprout	83
85	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	183	Spotify for Podcasters	58
86	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	374	Acast	32
87	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
88	Can I Walk With You?	Thoraya	Society & Culture	17	Libsyn	63
89	QueenC Against all Odds Podcast	QueenC	Society & Culture	13	Buzzsprout	47
90	The Rick and Kelly Show	Rick & Kelly Leventhal	Society & Culture	923	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	35	Audioboom	48
92	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	261	Captivate	58
93	The Jason Jones Show	Jason Jones	Society & Culture	408	Simplecast	53
94	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
95	Seacoast Stories	Troy Farkas	Society & Culture	130	Spotify for Podcasters	48
96	Mostly Thriving Podcast with Amanda + TJ	Amanda and TJ Vernaci	Society & Culture	35	Spotify for Podcasters	17
97	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	84	Megaphone	32
98	The TED Interview	TED	Society & Culture	117	PRX	64
99	B*tch, Listen!	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Society & Culture	18	Simplecast	68
100	Breaking Social Norms	Isaac "Illuminati Watcher" Weishaupt & Josie Weishaupt	Society & Culture	284	Spreaker	53

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