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 Aug 2026

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08/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 233

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:47:25

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. Dear Media (3 shows)

3. Pionaire Podcasting (2 shows)

4. Thomas FreeMe (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

3. Acast (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	102	ART19	58
2	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	299	Simplecast	63
3	Good Grief with Amanda Kloots	Dear Media	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	58
4	No One Is Normal	Brad H. Hill	Society & Culture	42	Spotify for Podcasters	68
5	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
6	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	126	Omny Studio	63
7	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	24	Megaphone	79
8	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	31	Unknown	79
9	Bearing Scars	Michael Ertel	Society & Culture	21	Unknown	59
10	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	20	Audioboom	63
11	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	372	Megaphone	58
12	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
13	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	346	Megaphone	42
14	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	231	Spreaker	78
15	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
16	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	285	Libsyn	48
17	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	208	RedCircle	48
18	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	58
19	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
20	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	32
21	On the tip of my tongue - talking about Aphasia	Jonathan Hirons and Rob Edwards	Society & Culture	37	Buzzsprout	68
22	GenX Stories	Eve Simon, Chris Goumas, Lori Luna & Courtney Spikes	Society & Culture	141	Buzzsprout	68
23	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	137	Simplecast	62
24	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
25	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
26	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	278	Spreaker	59
27	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	100	Megaphone	48
28	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	439	RedCircle	63
29	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	22	Acast	43
30	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	38	Acast	84
31	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	235	Megaphone	38
32	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	383	Megaphone	48
33	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	144	Omny Studio	42
34	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
35	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	105	Acast	68
36	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1005	Spotify for Podcasters	22
37	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	220	Spotify for Podcasters	52
38	Not Aspirational with Hannah Aaron Brown	Hannah Aaron Brown	Society & Culture	281	Libsyn	32
39	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	55	Omny Studio	38
40	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	229	Megaphone	49
41	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
42	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	121	Omny Studio	57
43	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	194	ART19	63
44	Different Points Podcast	Roy Coughlan & Catherine Llewellyn at Podfather Network	Society & Culture	32	Podbean	62
45	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
46	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	90	Acast	63
47	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
48	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
49	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
50	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	183	Spotify for Podcasters	58
51	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	257	Acast	53
52	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	446	Omny Studio	59
53	Note to Self	Dear Media	Society & Culture	264	ART19	68
54	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	132	Megaphone	63
55	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	355	Libsyn	63
56	Oh! The Places You'll GROW!	Amanda Radel	Society & Culture	15	Acast	68
57	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
58	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	581	Audion	83
59	Between Us Girlies	USALA Media	Society & Culture	87	Spreaker	74
60	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	375	Acast	32
61	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	169	Megaphone	48
62	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	145	Spotify for Podcasters	52
63	Athenaeum Book Club	Athaenum Book Club	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	48
64	Powering Through	Jessie Owen & ONWARD Medical	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	73
65	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	138	Acast	37
66	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	80	SoundOn	58
67	Life Shift™ \| Pivotal Moments & Life Change	Matt Gilhooly	Society & Culture	429	Megaphone	69
68	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	179	Acast	58
69	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	35	Audioboom	48
70	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
71	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
72	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	221	Simplecast	58
73	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	261	Captivate	58
74	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
75	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	240	BBC	43
76	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	48
77	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
78	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	90	Spotify for Podcasters	73
79	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
80	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	52	RedCircle	79
81	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
82	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	57	Audioboom	59
84	te compré flores	mara urbina	Society & Culture	114	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	Stories That Live In Us	Crista Cowan \| The Barefoot Genealogist	Society & Culture	130	Buzzsprout	83
86	Can I Walk With You?	Thoraya	Society & Culture	17	Libsyn	63
87	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	245	Buzzsprout	73
88	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	99	Simplecast	48
89	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
90	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	549	Buzzsprout	53
91	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	241	WideOrbit	52
92	When Goodbye Comes Too Early	LTP Hope	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	58
93	Don't Be Sour	Maxx Chewning	Society & Culture	161	Libsyn	58
94	I AM RAPAPORT: STEREO PODCAST	Michael Rapaport x DBPodcasts	Society & Culture	1083	Megaphone	42
95	Would You Believe…? with Rebecca Rogers	Rebecca Rogers & Studio71	Society & Culture	112	Megaphone	68
97	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
98	جناية	Mics مايكس	Society & Culture	118	Podeo	58
99	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	190	Megaphone	53
100	hot pursuit by AsianBossGirl	Emily, Madelyn, Jen	Society & Culture	469	Megaphone	53

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