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 04 Aug 2026

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08/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 235

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:51:15

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. Dear Media (3 shows)

3. BBC World Service (2 shows)

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

5. Pionaire Podcasting (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Acast (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Audioboom (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	146	ART19	58
2	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	306	Simplecast	63
3	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	26	Audioboom	63
4	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	132	Omny Studio	63
5	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	30	Megaphone	89
6	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	37	Unknown	79
7	Bearing Scars	Michael Ertel	Society & Culture	21	Unknown	59
8	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
9	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	53
10	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	236	Spreaker	78
11	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
12	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
13	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	368	Megaphone	52
14	On the tip of my tongue - talking about Aphasia	Jonathan Hirons and Rob Edwards	Society & Culture	38	Buzzsprout	48
15	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	32
16	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	220	RedCircle	48
17	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	455	RedCircle	59
18	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	381	Megaphone	58
19	When Goodbye Comes Too Early	LTP Hope	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	58
20	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	288	Libsyn	48
21	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
22	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	24	Acast	63
23	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
24	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	451	RedCircle	63
25	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	116	Megaphone	48
26	Good Grief with Amanda Kloots	Dear Media	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	58
27	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	146	Simplecast	62
28	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	390	Megaphone	48
29	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	97	Acast	63
30	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	44	Acast	84
31	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	History	56	Buzzsprout	32
32	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1041	Spotify for Podcasters	22
33	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	56	Omny Studio	48
34	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	150	Omny Studio	42
35	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	295	Spreaker	59
36	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	244	Megaphone	38
37	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	109	Acast	68
38	LifeLessons: Wisdom from People Who Lived Past 100	Erik Hensel	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	27
39	Slinky By Tuesday	Lucy Trinder	Society & Culture	30	Acast	69
40	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
41	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
42	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	246	BBC	43
43	Don't Be Sour	Maxx Chewning	Society & Culture	163	Libsyn	58
44	Different Points Podcast	Roy Coughlan & Catherine Llewellyn at Podfather Network	Society & Culture	49	Podbean	62
45	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	269	Acast	53
46	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	238	Megaphone	49
47	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	360	Libsyn	63
48	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	452	Omny Studio	59
49	No One Is Normal	Brad H. Hill	Society & Culture	42	Spotify for Podcasters	68
50	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	600	Audiomeans	83
51	GenX Stories	Eve Simon, Chris Goumas, Lori Luna & Courtney Spikes	Society & Culture	142	Buzzsprout	68
52	Note to Self	Dear Media	Society & Culture	269	ART19	68
53	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
55	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
56	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	138	Megaphone	63
57	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
58	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
59	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	206	ART19	63
60	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
61	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	191	Acast	58
62	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
63	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	48
64	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	181	Megaphone	48
65	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	127	Omny Studio	57
66	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	267	Captivate	58
67	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
68	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	41	Audioboom	48
69	Oh! The Places You'll GROW!	Amanda Radel	Society & Culture	24	Acast	68
70	LA Calling	Don Anderson	Society & Culture	93	RedCircle	79
71	Mostly Thriving Podcast with Amanda + TJ	Amanda and TJ Vernaci	Society & Culture	39	Spotify for Podcasters	17
72	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
73	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
74	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
75	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	241	WideOrbit	52
76	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	293	Audioboom	53
77	Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	68
78	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	150	Spotify for Podcasters	52
79	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	189	Spotify for Podcasters	58
80	Life Shift™ \| Pivotal Moments & Life Change	Matt Gilhooly	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	69
81	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	569	Buzzsprout	53
82	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	227	Simplecast	58
83	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
84	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	86	SoundOn	58
85	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	143	Acast	37
86	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
87	The Ugly Sister	Kendra Jaymes	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	22
88	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	92	Spotify for Podcasters	73
89	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	63	Audioboom	59
90	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	55	RedCircle	79
91	Powering Through	Jessie Owen & ONWARD Medical	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	73
92	The Rick and Kelly Show	Rick & Kelly Leventhal	Society & Culture	936	Spotify for Podcasters	28
93	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	378	Acast	32
94	Gritty Mamas with Julie Jeppson	Julie Jeppson	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	63
95	hot pursuit by AsianBossGirl	Emily, Madelyn, Jen	Society & Culture	475	Megaphone	53
96	The Cosmic Nomad	Bailey Rushlow	Society & Culture	26	Spotify for Podcasters	73
97	The Jason Jones Show	Jason Jones	Society & Culture	408	Simplecast	53
98	Indelibly Marked	Dominique Kuykendall	Society & Culture	148	Buzzsprout	53
99	Gender Reveal	Tuck Woodstock	Society & Culture	295	Libsyn	58
100	여둘톡	여자 둘이 토크하고 있습니다	Society & Culture	210	Spotify for Podcasters	38

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