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 08 Oct 2026

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10/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 240

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:47:58

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. Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

3. Acast (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. BBC (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	132	Omny Studio	63
2	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	141	ART19	58
3	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	53
4	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	36	Unknown	79
5	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
6	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	451	RedCircle	59
7	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
8	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	25	Audioboom	63
9	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	235	Spreaker	78
10	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	287	Libsyn	48
11	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	219	RedCircle	48
12	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	366	Megaphone	52
13	What We Spend	Audacy	Society & Culture	30	WideOrbit	48
14	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	125	Omny Studio	57
15	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	380	Megaphone	58
16	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	114	Megaphone	48
17	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	89
18	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	43	Acast	84
19	Good Grief with Amanda Kloots	Dear Media	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
20	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	243	Megaphone	38
21	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	149	Omny Studio	42
22	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	145	Simplecast	62
23	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	449	RedCircle	63
24	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	236	Spotify for Podcasters	52
25	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	108	Acast	68
26	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
27	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	32	PRX	69
28	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	237	Megaphone	49
29	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	390	Megaphone	48
30	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	188	Spotify for Podcasters	58
31	The Felon Who Raised Me: A Family Crimes Podcast	Jackie Crow	Society & Culture	16	RedCircle	32
32	LivingYosh	Joshua "Yosh" Markell	Society & Culture	40	Spotify for Podcasters	43
33	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	293	Spreaker	59
34	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
35	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	226	Simplecast	58
36	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
37	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
38	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	180	Megaphone	48
39	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	92	Spotify for Podcasters	73
40	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
41	The Cozy Chat Podcast	Aliyah's Corner	Society & Culture	102	Spotify for Podcasters	22
42	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
43	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	268	Acast	53
44	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	96	Acast	63
45	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	451	Omny Studio	59
46	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
47	Different Points Podcast	Roy Coughlan & Catherine Llewellyn at Podfather Network	Society & Culture	44	Podbean	62
48	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	137	Megaphone	63
49	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	40	Audioboom	48
50	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
51	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	205	ART19	63
52	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
53	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
54	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
55	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1040	Spotify for Podcasters	22
56	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
57	The West London Witch	Rebecca Struzyna	Society & Culture	119	Spotify for Podcasters	28
58	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	266	Captivate	58
59	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	194	Megaphone	53
60	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
61	Note to Self	Dear Media	Society & Culture	269	ART19	68
62	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	143	Acast	37
63	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	53	Omny Studio	48
64	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	470	N/A	N/A
65	Between Two Beers Podcast	Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten	Society & Culture	442	Acast	28
66	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	245	BBC	43
67	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	250	Buzzsprout	73
68	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	359	Libsyn	63
69	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
70	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	150	Spotify for Podcasters	52
71	Awaken	Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art	Society & Culture	49	Transistor	78
72	Milwaukee Uncut	Story Mark Studios	Society & Culture	353	Buzzsprout	48
73	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	305	Simplecast	63
74	hot pursuit by AsianBossGirl	Emily, Madelyn, Jen	Society & Culture	474	Megaphone	53
75	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
76	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	89	Megaphone	32
77	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
78	in the meadow	vicinthemeadow	Society & Culture	177	Acast	48
79	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	293	Audioboom	53
80	Danielle To You 's Podcast	Danielle To You	Society & Culture	28	Buzzsprout	72
81	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	442	Megaphone	48
82	Artifacts of Grief	Snack Labs	Society & Culture	19	Acast	63
83	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	101	Simplecast	48
84	Life Shift™ \| Pivotal Moments & Life Change	Matt Gilhooly	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	69
85	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	189	Acast	58
86	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	567	Buzzsprout	53
87	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	55	RedCircle	79
88	Raised Right with The Spells	Raised Right with The Spells	Society & Culture	6	Buzzsprout	47
89	Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	68
90	Caribbean Mystics	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	66	Megaphone	74
91	Mostly Thriving Podcast with Amanda + TJ	Amanda and TJ Vernaci	Society & Culture	38	Spotify for Podcasters	17
92	Breaking Social Norms	Isaac "Illuminati Watcher" Weishaupt & Josie Weishaupt	Society & Culture	290	Spreaker	53
93	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	377	Acast	32
94	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	86	SoundOn	58
95	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	39	BBC	33
96	Life by Lucy - Podcats	Lucy Davies	Society & Culture	1	Spotify for Podcasters	48
97	Hungry Dogs with James Patterson	James Patterson	Society & Culture	52	Megaphone	58
98	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
99	Powering Through	Jessie Owen & ONWARD Medical	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	73
100	CAFÉ EN MANO	Don Juan Del Campo	Society & Culture	813	Spotify for Podcasters	28

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