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 Oct 2026

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10/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 220

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:49:02

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. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

3. Acast (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	136	ART19	58
2	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	131	Omny Studio	63
3	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	53
4	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
5	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	35	Unknown	79
6	Voices of VYVGART	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	48
7	Notes from the Edge	bhju	Society & Culture	136	Spreaker	63
8	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	25	Audioboom	63
9	What We Spend	Audacy	Society & Culture	29	WideOrbit	48
10	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	235	Spreaker	78
11	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
12	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	447	RedCircle	59
13	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	364	Megaphone	52
14	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	379	Megaphone	58
15	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	287	Libsyn	48
16	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	217	RedCircle	48
17	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	108	Acast	68
18	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	359	Libsyn	63
19	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	112	Megaphone	48
20	The Cozy Chat Podcast	Aliyah's Corner	Society & Culture	101	Spotify for Podcasters	22
21	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	42	Acast	84
22	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	389	Megaphone	48
23	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	447	RedCircle	63
24	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	125	Omny Studio	57
25	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	79
26	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	234	Spotify for Podcasters	52
27	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
28	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	242	Megaphone	38
29	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
30	Good Grief with Amanda Kloots	Dear Media	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	58
31	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
32	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	291	Spreaker	59
33	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
34	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	149	Omny Studio	42
35	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
36	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	143	Simplecast	62
37	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
38	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	40	Audioboom	48
39	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1039	Spotify for Podcasters	22
40	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
41	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	226	Simplecast	58
42	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	245	BBC	43
43	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	73
44	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	95	Acast	63
45	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
46	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
47	Different Points Podcast	Roy Coughlan & Catherine Llewellyn at Podfather Network	Society & Culture	33	Podbean	62
48	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	188	Acast	58
49	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	266	Acast	53
50	Don't Be Sour	Maxx Chewning	Society & Culture	162	Libsyn	58
51	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	236	Megaphone	49
52	Nomadcast	Moose and Cheyanne	Society & Culture	45	Buzzsprout	43
53	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	265	Captivate	58
54	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
55	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
56	The Girl Brain Edit	Caroline Beckham	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	32
57	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	450	Omny Studio	59
58	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
59	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
60	Note to Self	Dear Media	Society & Culture	269	ART19	68
61	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	178	Megaphone	48
62	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	50	Omny Studio	48
63	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	31	PRX	69
64	Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland	GoLoud	Society & Culture	103	Sharpstream	72
65	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	136	Megaphone	63
66	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	101	Simplecast	48
67	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
68	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	304	Simplecast	63
69	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	203	ART19	63
70	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	187	Spotify for Podcasters	58
71	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	79
72	Would You Believe…? with Rebecca Rogers	Rebecca Rogers & Studio71	Society & Culture	117	Megaphone	68
73	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
74	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	149	Spotify for Podcasters	52
75	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
76	Latinos Who Lunch	Latinos Who Lunch	Society & Culture	230	RedCircle	43
77	LoveLustLaw	LoveLustLaw	Society & Culture	48	Audioboom	52
78	in the meadow	vicinthemeadow	Society & Culture	177	Acast	48
79	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	249	Buzzsprout	73
80	Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	68
81	Mostly Thriving Podcast with Amanda + TJ	Amanda and TJ Vernaci	Society & Culture	37	Spotify for Podcasters	17
82	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	293	Audioboom	53
83	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	192	Megaphone	53
84	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	88	Megaphone	32
85	The Felon Who Raised Me: A Family Crimes Podcast	Jackie Crow	Society & Culture	16	RedCircle	32
86	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	142	Acast	37
87	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	23	Acast	43
88	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	85	SoundOn	58
89	Awaken	Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art	Society & Culture	49	Transistor	78
90	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	440	Megaphone	48
91	The West London Witch	Rebecca Struzyna	Society & Culture	119	Spotify for Podcasters	28
92	The Chisme Corner with Vee Rivera	Sonoro	Society & Culture	37	Simplecast	62
93	Life Shift™ \| Pivotal Moments & Life Change	Matt Gilhooly	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	69
94	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
95	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	467	N/A	N/A
96	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	377	Acast	32
97	Dear Alana,	Tenderfoot TV	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	69
98	Grandpa’s Sleep Stories For Grown-Ups	Grandpa’s Bedtime Stories For Grown-Ups	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	48
99	Gritty Mamas with Julie Jeppson	Julie Jeppson	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	53
100	The Luke Branquinho Show	Bandit Productions	Society & Culture	150	Megaphone	38

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