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 Oct 2026

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10/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 228

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:48:43

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. Pionaire Podcasting (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Acast (9 shows)

5. Audioboom (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	145	ART19	58
2	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	132	Omny Studio	63
3	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	53
4	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
5	Voices of VYVGART	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	48
6	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	235	Spreaker	78
7	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
8	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	381	Megaphone	58
9	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	37	Unknown	79
10	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	454	RedCircle	59
11	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	220	RedCircle	48
12	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	26	Audioboom	63
13	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	368	Megaphone	52
14	Notes from the Edge	bhju	Society & Culture	137	Spreaker	63
15	What We Spend	Audacy	Society & Culture	30	WideOrbit	48
16	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	116	Megaphone	48
17	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	288	Libsyn	48
18	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	390	Megaphone	48
19	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	126	Omny Studio	57
20	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	109	Acast	68
21	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	451	RedCircle	63
22	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	89
23	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	244	Megaphone	38
24	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	44	Acast	84
25	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
26	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	237	Spotify for Podcasters	52
27	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1041	Spotify for Podcasters	22
28	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
29	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
30	The Cozy Chat Podcast	Aliyah's Corner	Society & Culture	102	Spotify for Podcasters	22
31	Good Grief with Amanda Kloots	Dear Media	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
32	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
33	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
34	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	150	Omny Studio	42
35	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	294	Spreaker	59
36	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	146	Simplecast	62
37	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
38	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
39	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	92	Spotify for Podcasters	73
40	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	237	Megaphone	49
41	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	41	Audioboom	48
42	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
43	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
44	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
45	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	55	Omny Studio	48
46	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	189	Spotify for Podcasters	58
47	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	227	Simplecast	58
48	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	206	ART19	63
49	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
50	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	269	Acast	53
51	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
52	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
53	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	191	Acast	58
54	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	181	Megaphone	48
55	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	360	Libsyn	63
56	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	55	RedCircle	79
57	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
58	The Girl Brain Edit	Caroline Beckham	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	32
59	Note to Self	Dear Media	Society & Culture	269	ART19	68
60	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	101	Simplecast	48
61	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	451	Omny Studio	59
62	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
63	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	150	Spotify for Podcasters	52
64	Latinos Who Lunch	Latinos Who Lunch	Society & Culture	231	RedCircle	43
65	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	267	Captivate	58
66	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	24	Acast	63
67	Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	68
68	Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland	GoLoud	Society & Culture	104	Sharpstream	72
69	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	97	Acast	63
70	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
71	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	246	BBC	43
72	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	138	Megaphone	63
73	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	306	Simplecast	63
74	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	250	Buzzsprout	73
75	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	86	SoundOn	58
76	The West London Witch	Rebecca Struzyna	Society & Culture	119	Spotify for Podcasters	28
77	The Felon Who Raised Me: A Family Crimes Podcast	Jackie Crow	Society & Culture	16	RedCircle	32
78	Different Points Podcast	Roy Coughlan & Catherine Llewellyn at Podfather Network	Society & Culture	49	Podbean	62
79	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	377	Acast	32
80	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	143	Acast	37
81	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
82	in the meadow	vicinthemeadow	Society & Culture	178	Acast	48
83	Awaken	Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art	Society & Culture	50	Transistor	78
84	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	194	Megaphone	53
85	The Chisme Corner with Vee Rivera	Sonoro	Society & Culture	38	Simplecast	62
86	矽谷夫妻Chitchatting	矽谷夫妻 Annie & Jack	Society & Culture	240	Spotify for Podcasters	43
87	Stories That Live In Us	Crista Cowan \| The Barefoot Genealogist	Society & Culture	134	Buzzsprout	83
88	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	471	N/A	N/A
89	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	293	Audioboom	53
90	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	569	Buzzsprout	53
91	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	90	Megaphone	32
92	Dear Alana,	Tenderfoot TV	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	69
93	Too Niche?	What’s Your Journey?, Bleav	Society & Culture	131	Simplecast	48
94	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	63	Audioboom	59
95	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	48
96	Grandpa’s Sleep Stories For Grown-Ups	Grandpa’s Bedtime Stories For Grown-Ups	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	48
97	جناية	Mics مايكس	Society & Culture	122	Podeo	58
98	Life Shift™ \| Pivotal Moments & Life Change	Matt Gilhooly	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	69
99	Caribbean Mystics	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	66	Megaphone	74
100	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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