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 02 Aug 2026

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08/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 251

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:50:53

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. Pionaire Podcasting (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Acast (10 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	152	ART19	58
2	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	307	Simplecast	63
3	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	133	Omny Studio	63
4	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	30	Megaphone	89
5	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	236	Spreaker	78
6	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	38	Unknown	79
7	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
8	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	53
9	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
10	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	25	Acast	63
11	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	372	Megaphone	52
12	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	27	Audioboom	63
13	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	382	Megaphone	58
14	Good Grief with Amanda Kloots	Dear Media	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	58
15	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	461	RedCircle	59
16	On the tip of my tongue - talking about Aphasia	Jonathan Hirons and Rob Edwards	Society & Culture	38	Buzzsprout	48
17	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
18	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	288	Libsyn	48
19	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	119	Megaphone	48
20	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	222	RedCircle	48
21	Bearing Scars	Michael Ertel	Society & Culture	21	Unknown	59
22	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	32
23	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	453	RedCircle	63
24	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	147	Simplecast	62
25	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	246	Megaphone	38
26	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	392	ART19	58
27	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	History	56	Buzzsprout	32
28	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1044	Spotify for Podcasters	22
29	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	53	Omny Studio	48
30	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	109	Acast	68
31	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	297	Spreaker	59
32	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
33	When Goodbye Comes Too Early	LTP Hope	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	58
34	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	45	Acast	84
35	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
36	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	208	ART19	63
37	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
38	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
39	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	239	Megaphone	49
40	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	99	Acast	63
41	Slinky By Tuesday	Lucy Trinder	Society & Culture	30	Acast	69
42	LifeLessons: Wisdom from People Who Lived Past 100	Erik Hensel	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	27
43	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	151	Omny Studio	42
44	Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	68
45	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
46	Note to Self	Dear Media	Society & Culture	269	ART19	68
47	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	361	Libsyn	63
48	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	271	Acast	53
49	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	87	SoundOn	58
50	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	603	Audiomeans	83
51	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	451	Omny Studio	59
52	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	34	PRX	59
53	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
55	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	247	BBC	43
56	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
57	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
58	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	228	Simplecast	58
59	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	193	Acast	58
60	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	150	Spotify for Podcasters	52
61	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	183	Megaphone	48
62	No One Is Normal	Brad H. Hill	Society & Culture	42	Spotify for Podcasters	68
63	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	48
64	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
65	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	572	Buzzsprout	53
66	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	144	Acast	37
67	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
68	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	55	RedCircle	79
69	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	127	Omny Studio	57
70	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	190	Spotify for Podcasters	58
71	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	139	Megaphone	63
72	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
73	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	63	Audioboom	59
74	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	93	Spotify for Podcasters	73
75	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
76	Different Points Podcast	Roy Coughlan & Catherine Llewellyn at Podfather Network	Society & Culture	55	Podbean	62
77	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
78	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	378	Acast	32
79	Powering Through	Jessie Owen & ONWARD Medical	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	73
80	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	250	Buzzsprout	73
81	Indelibly Marked	Dominique Kuykendall	Society & Culture	148	Buzzsprout	53
82	Maura Sweeney: Living Happy Inside Out \| Storytelling \| Inspiration \| Personal Growth	Maura Sweeney	Society & Culture	100	Libsyn	38
83	Grandpa’s Sleep Stories For Grown-Ups	Grandpa’s Bedtime Stories For Grown-Ups	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	48
84	Stories That Live In Us	Crista Cowan \| The Barefoot Genealogist	Society & Culture	137	Buzzsprout	83
85	The Jason Jones Show	Jason Jones	Society & Culture	408	Simplecast	53
86	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
87	QueenC Against all Odds Podcast	QueenC	Society & Culture	13	Buzzsprout	47
88	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	194	Megaphone	53
89	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	474	N/A	N/A
90	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	268	Captivate	58
91	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	241	WideOrbit	52
92	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	294	Audioboom	53
93	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
94	Too Niche?	What’s Your Journey?, Bleav	Society & Culture	131	Simplecast	48
95	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	42	Audioboom	48
96	Oh! The Places You'll GROW!	Amanda Radel	Society & Culture	26	Acast	58
97	馬克信箱 (Dear Marcy)	上班可以聽	Society & Culture	796	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	The Rick and Kelly Show	Rick & Kelly Leventhal	Society & Culture	936	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	Clutter Free Academy	Kathi Lipp	Society & Culture	649	Transistor	48
100	Reddit’s Most Shocking Stories: Jaw-Dropping Tales from Reddit	Reddit’s Most Shocking Stories: Jaw-Dropping Tales from Reddit	Society & Culture	578	Megaphone	43

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