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 13 Jan 2026

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01/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 250

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:48:04

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 (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (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	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	126	Omny Studio	63
3	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	53
4	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	58
5	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	230	Spreaker	78
6	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	372	Megaphone	58
7	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
8	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	345	Megaphone	42
9	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	355	Libsyn	63
10	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	285	Libsyn	48
11	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	144	Omny Studio	42
12	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
13	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	383	Megaphone	48
14	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
15	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	235	Megaphone	38
16	Midlife Circus	Burning Matches Media	Society & Culture	23	Transistor	79
17	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
18	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1005	Spotify for Podcasters	22
19	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	54	Omny Studio	38
20	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	105	Acast	68
21	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	240	BBC	43
22	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	137	Simplecast	62
23	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	219	Spotify for Podcasters	52
24	Hungry Dogs with James Patterson	James Patterson	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
25	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	228	Megaphone	49
26	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	90	Acast	63
27	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	439	RedCircle	63
28	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	100	Megaphone	48
29	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
30	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
31	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	38	Acast	84
32	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	132	Megaphone	63
33	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	145	Spotify for Podcasters	52
34	Morning Rae	Allana Blumberg	Education	271	RedCircle	59
35	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
36	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	194	ART19	63
37	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
38	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
39	The Julie Jeppson Podcast	Gritty Mamas and More	Society & Culture	72	Buzzsprout	48
40	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	244	Buzzsprout	73
41	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	39	BBC	33
42	Coming To America	Ed Halla	Society & Culture	30	Simplecast	59
43	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	121	Omny Studio	57
44	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
45	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	374	Acast	32
46	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	48
47	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	257	Acast	53
48	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	261	Captivate	58
49	Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	69	Audioboom	68
50	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
51	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	169	Megaphone	48
52	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	190	Megaphone	53
53	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	453	N/A	N/A
54	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	445	Omny Studio	59
55	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	581	Audion	83
56	جناية	Mics مايكس	Society & Culture	118	Podeo	58
57	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	183	Spotify for Podcasters	58
58	The Rick and Kelly Show	Rick & Kelly Leventhal	Society & Culture	923	Spotify for Podcasters	28
59	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	221	Simplecast	58
60	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	80	SoundOn	58
61	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
62	The Chisme Corner with Vee Rivera	Sonoro	Society & Culture	35	Simplecast	62
63	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
64	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
65	Don't Think with Carla Bezanson	Dear Media	Society & Culture	51	ART19	42
66	Pleasing Terrors	Mike Brown	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	43
67	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	99	Simplecast	48
68	Would You Believe…? with Rebecca Rogers	Rebecca Rogers & Studio71	Society & Culture	112	Megaphone	68
69	Best Of Reddit Stories 2026	Best Of Reddit Stories 2026	Society & Culture	812	RedCircle	49
70	What We Spend	Audacy	Society & Culture	27	WideOrbit	48
71	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	549	Buzzsprout	53
72	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
73	Gender Reveal	Tuck Woodstock	Society & Culture	292	Libsyn	58
74	여둘톡	여자 둘이 토크하고 있습니다	Society & Culture	203	Spotify for Podcasters	38
75	in the meadow	vicinthemeadow	Society & Culture	172	Acast	48
76	Don't Be Sour	Maxx Chewning	Society & Culture	161	Libsyn	58
77	Abandon House! How to Survive a Home Repair Fiasco	Kenny & Shari Rudolph	Society & Culture	13	RSS.com	73
78	Viene y Va con Dani G Schulz	Dani G Schulz	Society & Culture	140	Spotify for Podcasters	22
79	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
80	Missing Pieces - NPE Life	Don Anderson	Society & Culture	90	Buzzsprout	62
82	Cut the Camera with the Sturniolo Triplets	Sturniolo Triplets	Society & Culture	39	Megaphone	63
83	Erotic Stories by Krystine	Krystine Kellogg	Society & Culture	54	Buzzsprout	48
84	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	290	Audioboom	53
85	Clutter Free Academy	Kathi Lipp	Society & Culture	642	Transistor	48
86	The Breakdown with Josie Balka	Josie Balka	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
87	Cover Your Six Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Cover Your Six Podcast	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	43
88	Manufacturing Culture Podcast	Jim Mayer	Business	141	Alitu	68
89	You Probably Think This Story’s About You	Brittani Ard	Society & Culture	58	Megaphone	63
90	was that TMI?	Sadie Crowell	Society & Culture	85	Spotify for Podcasters	43
91	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Society & Culture	111	Megaphone	32
92	Conversaciones con el Reflejo	Valeria Machuca	Society & Culture	113	Megaphone	62
93	ASMR Garden	MIK Made and White Noise	Society & Culture	28	Acast	58
94	5 Random Questions	Danny Brown	Society & Culture	55	Captivate	79
95	What's The Juice?	Alia Zaita & Yoni Ekoto	Society & Culture	261	RedCircle	59
96	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	179	Acast	58
97	Survival and Basic Badass Podcast	Jager	Society & Culture	485	Megaphone	32
98	The Latest BS	The Latest BS	Society & Culture	74	RSS.com	78
99	Erika de la Vega - En Defensa Propia	Erika De la Vega \| Sonoro	Society & Culture	370	Simplecast	63
100	The Real Stuff with Lucie Fink	Dear Media	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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