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 11 Aug 2026

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08/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 235

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:46:51

Top 5 authors

1. Dear Media (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

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

4. Thomas FreeMe (2 shows)

5. Pionaire Podcasting (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

3. Acast (10 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	121	ART19	58
2	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	302	Simplecast	63
3	Good Grief with Amanda Kloots	Dear Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	58
4	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	22	Audioboom	63
5	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	129	Omny Studio	53
6	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	33	Unknown	79
7	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
8	No One Is Normal	Brad H. Hill	Society & Culture	42	Spotify for Podcasters	68
9	Bearing Scars	Michael Ertel	Society & Culture	21	Unknown	59
10	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	26	Megaphone	79
11	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
12	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	355	Megaphone	42
13	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	286	Libsyn	48
14	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
15	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	430	RedCircle	59
16	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	233	Spreaker	78
17	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	213	RedCircle	48
18	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	376	Megaphone	58
19	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
20	On the tip of my tongue - talking about Aphasia	Jonathan Hirons and Rob Edwards	Society & Culture	37	Buzzsprout	68
21	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	32
22	GenX Stories	Eve Simon, Chris Goumas, Lori Luna & Courtney Spikes	Society & Culture	142	Buzzsprout	68
23	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
24	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	442	RedCircle	63
25	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	146	Omny Studio	42
26	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	141	Simplecast	62
27	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	105	Acast	68
28	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	40	Acast	84
29	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	387	Megaphone	48
30	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
31	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	107	Megaphone	48
32	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	285	Spreaker	59
33	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	20	Acast	43
34	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	92	Acast	63
35	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	239	Megaphone	38
36	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	227	Spotify for Podcasters	52
37	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
38	Not Aspirational with Hannah Aaron Brown	Hannah Aaron Brown	Society & Culture	283	Libsyn	32
39	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	48
40	te compré flores	mara urbina	Society & Culture	114	Spotify for Podcasters	28
41	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	223	Simplecast	58
42	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	242	BBC	43
43	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
44	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	232	Megaphone	49
45	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1038	Spotify for Podcasters	22
46	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
47	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	123	Omny Studio	57
48	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
49	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	37	Audioboom	48
50	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
51	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
52	Note to Self	Dear Media	Society & Culture	267	ART19	68
53	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	134	Megaphone	63
54	Different Points Podcast	Roy Coughlan & Catherine Llewellyn at Podfather Network	Society & Culture	33	Podbean	62
55	Between Us Girlies	USALA Media	Society & Culture	87	Spreaker	74
56	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	262	Acast	53
57	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
58	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	587	Audiomeans	83
59	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	199	ART19	63
60	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	357	Libsyn	63
61	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	448	Omny Studio	59
62	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	185	Spotify for Podcasters	58
63	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
64	Oh! The Places You'll GROW!	Amanda Radel	Society & Culture	21	Acast	68
65	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	263	Captivate	58
66	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	174	Megaphone	48
67	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	147	Spotify for Podcasters	52
68	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	183	Acast	58
69	Powering Through	Jessie Owen & ONWARD Medical	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	73
70	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
71	Life Shift™ \| Pivotal Moments & Life Change	Matt Gilhooly	Society & Culture	433	Megaphone	69
72	Athenaeum Book Club	Athaenum Book Club	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	48
73	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	53	RedCircle	79
74	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
75	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	141	Acast	37
76	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	376	Acast	32
77	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	48
78	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
79	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	83	SoundOn	58
80	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	73
81	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
82	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	99	Simplecast	48
83	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
85	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
86	hot pursuit by AsianBossGirl	Emily, Madelyn, Jen	Society & Culture	471	Megaphone	53
87	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	558	Buzzsprout	53
88	Gender Reveal	Tuck Woodstock	Society & Culture	293	Libsyn	58
89	Can I Walk With You?	Thoraya	Society & Culture	16	Libsyn	58
90	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	241	WideOrbit	52
91	T. Kyle's Weekend Chat	T. Kyle	Society & Culture	38	Acast	74
92	The Rick and Kelly Show	Rick & Kelly Leventhal	Society & Culture	925	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	Seacoast Stories	Troy Farkas	Society & Culture	130	Spotify for Podcasters	48
95	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
96	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	247	Buzzsprout	73
97	Conversaciones con el Reflejo	Valeria Machuca	Society & Culture	114	Megaphone	62
98	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	60	Audioboom	59
99	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	53
100	The Julie Jeppson Podcast	Gritty Mamas and More	Society & Culture	74	Buzzsprout	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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