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 sept. 2026

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09/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 238

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:47:23

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. Dear Media (3 shows)

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

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. Maddie Dragsbaek (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. Spreaker (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	299	Simplecast	63
2	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	23	Megaphone	79
3	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	31	Unknown	79
4	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	126	Omny Studio	63
5	Bearing Scars	Michael Ertel	Society & Culture	21	Unknown	59
6	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	230	Spreaker	78
8	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	58
9	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	20	Audioboom	63
10	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	424	RedCircle	59
11	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	207	RedCircle	48
12	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	284	Libsyn	48
13	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
14	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	53
15	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	345	Megaphone	42
16	Shawna and LaLa: Life Beyond The Mic	Shawna and LaLa	Society & Culture	147	Spreaker	48
17	On the tip of my tongue - talking about Aphasia	Jonathan Hirons and Rob Edwards	Society & Culture	37	Buzzsprout	68
18	Good Grief with Amanda Kloots	Dear Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
19	The Chat- Life Unfiltered	Grace Pisciotta	Society & Culture	40	Spotify for Podcasters	32
20	Raised Right with The Spells	Raised Right with The Spells	Society & Culture	2	Buzzsprout	62
21	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	136	Simplecast	62
22	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	383	Megaphone	48
23	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	234	Megaphone	38
24	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	439	RedCircle	63
25	The beyond the ordinary’s Podcast	podgrowthagency	Society & Culture	5	Podbean	37
26	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	38	Acast	84
27	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
28	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	121	Omny Studio	57
29	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	371	Megaphone	58
30	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
31	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	84	Megaphone	32
32	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	99	Megaphone	48
33	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	105	Acast	68
34	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
35	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	219	Spotify for Podcasters	52
36	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
37	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	228	Megaphone	49
38	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
39	Different Points Podcast	Roy Coughlan & Catherine Llewellyn at Podfather Network	Society & Culture	30	Podbean	62
40	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	100	ART19	58
41	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	144	Omny Studio	42
42	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1005	Spotify for Podcasters	22
43	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	168	Megaphone	48
44	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	54	Omny Studio	38
45	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	277	Spreaker	59
46	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	445	Omny Studio	59
47	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
48	Access to Inspiration	Sue Stockdale	Society & Culture	175	Spreaker	84
49	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	182	Spotify for Podcasters	58
50	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
51	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	90	Acast	63
52	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	355	Libsyn	63
53	I AM RAPAPORT: STEREO PODCAST	Michael Rapaport x DBPodcasts	Society & Culture	1083	Megaphone	42
54	Caribbean Mystics	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	60	Megaphone	74
55	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
56	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
57	Note to Self	Dear Media	Society & Culture	264	ART19	68
58	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	178	Acast	58
59	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	374	Acast	32
60	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
61	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	452	N/A	N/A
62	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	131	Megaphone	63
63	The Cozy Chat Podcast	Aliyah's Corner	Society & Culture	96	Spotify for Podcasters	22
64	LivingYosh	Joshua "Yosh" Markell	Society & Culture	30	Unknown	53
65	Don't Be Sour	Maxx Chewning	Society & Culture	161	Libsyn	58
66	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	430	Megaphone	48
67	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	80	SoundOn	58
68	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	193	ART19	63
69	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	221	Simplecast	58
70	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
71	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	581	Audion	83
72	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	240	BBC	43
73	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	290	Audioboom	53
74	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	138	Acast	37
75	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	256	Acast	53
76	今日の体温	Jo&Kaila	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	22
77	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
78	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
79	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	145	Spotify for Podcasters	52
80	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	261	Captivate	58
81	Life Shift™ \| Pivotal Moments & Life Change	Matt Gilhooly	Society & Culture	428	Megaphone	69
82	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
83	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	35	Audioboom	48
84	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	89	Spotify for Podcasters	73
85	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	99	Simplecast	48
86	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
87	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	18	Acast	53
88	The Power of the Only	Angela Chee	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	53
89	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
90	Powering Through	Jessie Owen & ONWARD Medical	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	73
91	FrazierChronicles Podcast	David Frazier	Society & Culture	78	Spotify for Podcasters	27
92	پادکست فارسی فیکشن Fiction Podcast	NewshaCast UG	Society & Culture	225	Unknown	47
93	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	549	Buzzsprout	53
94	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
95	Breaking Social Norms	Isaac "Illuminati Watcher" Weishaupt & Josie Weishaupt	Society & Culture	284	Spreaker	53
96	Not Aspirational with Hannah Aaron Brown	Hannah Aaron Brown	Society & Culture	281	Libsyn	32
97	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
98	Behind The Match	Renewal	Society & Culture	2	Spotify for Podcasters	42
100	Stories That Live In Us	Crista Cowan \| The Barefoot Genealogist	Society & Culture	130	Buzzsprout	83

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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