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 12 Mar 2026

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03/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 217

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:47:58

Top 5 authors

1. Dear Media (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

3. BBC World Service (2 shows)

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

5. The New York Times (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (5 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	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	126	Omny Studio	63
3	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	136	Simplecast	62
4	Truth Be Told: Time to Thrive	American Public Media	Society & Culture	87	American Public Media	48
5	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	53
6	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
7	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	424	RedCircle	59
8	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	230	Spreaker	78
9	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	31	Unknown	79
10	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	284	Libsyn	48
11	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	38	Acast	84
12	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
13	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	58
14	The Sock Drawer	Lisa	Society & Culture	28	Unknown	49
15	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	439	RedCircle	63
16	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	371	Megaphone	58
17	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	144	Omny Studio	42
18	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	234	Megaphone	38
19	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	383	Megaphone	48
20	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
21	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	345	Megaphone	42
22	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	219	Spotify for Podcasters	52
23	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	105	Acast	68
24	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1005	Spotify for Podcasters	22
25	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
26	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
27	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	228	Megaphone	49
28	Silver Disobedience® Perception Dynamics with Dian Griesel: How People Think, Lead and Succeed	Dian Griesel aka @SilverDisobedience	Education	234	Spotify for Podcasters	48
29	Set & Centered	Mark & RJ	Society & Culture	21	Buzzsprout	63
30	Can I Walk With You?	Thoraya	Society & Culture	17	Libsyn	63
31	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	99	Megaphone	48
32	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	35	Audioboom	48
33	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	168	Megaphone	48
34	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	277	Spreaker	59
35	How To Survive Survival	Jessica Buchanan	Society & Culture	9	Buzzsprout	63
36	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
37	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
38	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	221	Simplecast	58
39	Rebuilding in Public	Ganell	Society & Culture	13	Spotify for Podcasters	63
40	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
41	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
42	hot pursuit by AsianBossGirl	Emily, Madelyn, Jen	Society & Culture	469	Megaphone	53
43	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
44	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	182	Spotify for Podcasters	58
45	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
46	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
47	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	445	Omny Studio	59
48	Endo Warriors	Callie Greenberg & Jamie Silva	Society & Culture	24	Podbean	63
49	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	131	Megaphone	63
50	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
51	Coffee and Covid	Ed Patrick	Personal Journals	6	N/A	N/A
52	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	90	Acast	63
53	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	84	Megaphone	32
54	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	355	Libsyn	63
55	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	240	BBC	43
56	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	99	Simplecast	48
57	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	178	Acast	58
58	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	452	N/A	N/A
59	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	54	Omny Studio	38
60	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
61	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	History	56	Buzzsprout	32
62	Come explore the paranormal files as we delve into the unexplained. The paranormal podcast.	Matt Harvey \| Amanda Harvey Paranormal Experts	Society & Culture	253	Spreaker	59
63	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	190	Megaphone	53
64	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	193	ART19	63
65	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	261	Captivate	58
66	Caribbean Mystics	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	60	Megaphone	74
67	Tyreak Told You Podcast	Tyreak Told You	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	52
68	Inside Our Minds	Aaron Colyer, Robbie McIntosh, Ashama Rucker	Society & Culture	6	Buzzsprout	63
69	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	430	Megaphone	48
70	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	121	Omny Studio	57
71	The Julie Jeppson Podcast	Gritty Mamas and More	Society & Culture	72	Buzzsprout	48
72	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
73	Talk Les Show	Courtside Les	Personal Journals	43	N/A	N/A
74	The Plain People's Podcast	The Plain People's Podcast	Society & Culture	70	Libsyn	52
75	Unwineding	W!ZARD Studios	Education	263	Megaphone	53
76	Before They Could Dream: An Exploration of Youth Justice and Incarceration in the United States	Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions	Personal Journals	4	N/A	N/A
77	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
78	Beyond Belief: Tales of Religious Exodus	Freidom Fighter	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	32
79	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	39	BBC	33
80	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	581	Audion	83
81	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	80	SoundOn	58
82	The Chisme Corner with Vee Rivera	Sonoro	Society & Culture	35	Simplecast	62
83	Breaking Social Norms	Isaac "Illuminati Watcher" Weishaupt & Josie Weishaupt	Society & Culture	284	Spreaker	53
84	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
85	Good As New	Rylee Matheson & Jaj Glover	Society & Culture	129	Buzzsprout	79
86	Grit Branded	Grit Branded	Society & Culture	97	Spotify for Podcasters	38
87	in the meadow	vicinthemeadow	Society & Culture	172	Acast	48
88	The Jeremy Ryan Slate Show	Jeremy Ryan Slate	Society & Culture	91	Podetize	73
89	Too Young For This Sh*t with Allie Signorelli	Allie Signorelli	Society & Culture	30	Podbean	58
90	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	290	Audioboom	53
91	Don't Think with Carla Bezanson	Dear Media	Society & Culture	51	ART19	42
92	In Progress	Taylor Olsen	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	28
93	Clutter Free Academy	Kathi Lipp	Society & Culture	642	Transistor	48
94	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	145	Spotify for Podcasters	52
95	Morning Rae	Allana Blumberg	Education	271	RedCircle	59
96	جناية	Mics مايكس	Society & Culture	118	Podeo	58
97	Milwaukee Uncut	Story Mark Studios	Society & Culture	341	Buzzsprout	48
98	The Real Stuff with Lucie Fink	Dear Media	Society & Culture	144	Megaphone	48
99	Mostly Thriving Podcast with Amanda + TJ	Amanda and TJ Vernaci	Society & Culture	35	Spotify for Podcasters	17
100	The Rick and Kelly Show	Rick & Kelly Leventhal	Society & Culture	923	Spotify for Podcasters	28

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