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 10 Jan 2026

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01/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 224

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:46:27

Top 5 authors

1. Dear Media (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

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

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. ART19 (7 shows)

5. Acast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	306	Simplecast	63
2	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	132	Omny Studio	63
3	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	53
4	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	288	Libsyn	48
5	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
6	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	455	RedCircle	59
7	Midlife Circus	Burning Matches Media	Society & Culture	23	Transistor	79
8	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	150	Omny Studio	42
9	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	236	Spreaker	78
10	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	381	Megaphone	58
11	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
12	Hungry Dogs with James Patterson	James Patterson	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	58
13	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	116	Megaphone	48
14	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	368	Megaphone	52
15	Gritty Mamas with Julie Jeppson	Julie Jeppson	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	63
16	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	44	Acast	84
17	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	244	Megaphone	38
18	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	39	BBC	33
19	Manufacturing Culture Podcast	Jim Mayer	Society & Culture	180	Unknown	62
20	Coming To America	Ed Halla	Society & Culture	30	Simplecast	59
21	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	56	Omny Studio	48
22	The Breakdown with Josie Balka	Josie Balka	Society & Culture	10	Buzzsprout	47
23	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	146	Simplecast	62
24	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
25	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	390	Megaphone	48
26	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
27	Don't Think with Carla Bezanson	Dear Media	Society & Culture	56	ART19	42
28	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
29	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
30	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	238	Megaphone	49
31	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	109	Acast	68
32	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	238	Spotify for Podcasters	52
33	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1041	Spotify for Podcasters	22
34	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
35	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
36	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	138	Megaphone	63
37	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	451	RedCircle	63
38	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	452	Omny Studio	59
39	Morning Rae	Allana Blumberg	Education	276	ART19	53
40	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	150	Spotify for Podcasters	52
41	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
42	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
43	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
44	The Chisme Corner with Vee Rivera	Sonoro	Society & Culture	38	Simplecast	62
45	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
46	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	127	Omny Studio	57
47	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	101	Simplecast	48
48	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	97	Acast	63
49	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	55	RedCircle	79
50	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
51	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	86	SoundOn	58
52	Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	36	BBC	38
53	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	181	Megaphone	48
54	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	378	Acast	32
55	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	206	ART19	63
56	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	48
57	Abandon House! How to Survive a Home Repair Fiasco	Kenny & Shari Rudolph	Society & Culture	13	RSS.com	73
58	5 Random Questions	Danny Brown	Society & Culture	55	Captivate	79
59	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	267	Captivate	58
60	Clutter Free Academy	Kathi Lipp	Society & Culture	647	Transistor	48
61	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	472	N/A	N/A
62	The Stoop	Hana Baba and Leila Day	Society & Culture	123	PRX	59
63	All About Family	All About Family	Society & Culture	25	ART19	43
64	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	293	Audioboom	53
65	What We Spend	Audacy	Society & Culture	31	WideOrbit	48
66	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	360	Libsyn	63
67	Conversaciones con el Reflejo	Valeria Machuca	Society & Culture	116	Megaphone	52
68	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	600	Audiomeans	83
69	All About Marriage	All About Marriage	Society & Culture	22	ART19	43
70	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	90	Megaphone	32
71	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	194	Megaphone	53
72	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
73	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	269	Acast	53
74	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	227	Simplecast	58
75	جناية	Mics مايكس	Society & Culture	122	Podeo	58
76	Viene y Va con Dani G Schulz	Dani G Schulz	Society & Culture	143	Spotify for Podcasters	22
77	Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	68
78	Women in The Nude Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Sasha Pieterse	Society & Culture	66	Spotify for Podcasters	28
79	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	246	BBC	43
80	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
81	Don't Be Sour	Maxx Chewning	Society & Culture	163	Libsyn	58
82	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	569	Buzzsprout	53
83	was that TMI?	Sadie Crowell	Society & Culture	85	Spotify for Podcasters	43
84	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
85	co-regulation	Holly Whitaker	Society & Culture	15	Acast	79
86	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	250	Buzzsprout	73
87	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	189	Spotify for Podcasters	58
88	Erotic Stories by Krystine	Krystine Kellogg	Society & Culture	58	Buzzsprout	48
89	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
90	Prime Joe Time w/ Stoneburgh	Spare Bedroom Studios	Society & Culture	13	RSS.com	62
91	پادکست فارسی فیکشن Fiction Podcast	امین اردانی	Fiction	225	Unknown	47
92	Cut the Camera with the Sturniolo Triplets	Sturniolo Triplets	Society & Culture	39	Megaphone	63
93	Stories From The Stage	GBH	Society & Culture	175	PRX	73
94	Would You Believe…? with Rebecca Rogers	Rebecca Rogers & Studio71	Society & Culture	117	Megaphone	68
95	The Rick and Kelly Show	Rick & Kelly Leventhal	Society & Culture	936	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	Mostly Thriving Podcast with Amanda + TJ	Amanda and TJ Vernaci	Society & Culture	39	Spotify for Podcasters	17
97	Halfway to Maybe	Neale James	Society & Culture	96	Libsyn	63
98	The Storyworth Podcast	Storyworth, Inc.	Society & Culture	70	Megaphone	53
99	The Latest BS	The Latest BS	Society & Culture	74	RSS.com	78
100	The Real Stuff with Lucie Fink	Dear Media	Society & Culture	151	Megaphone	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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