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 16 Apr 2026

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04/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 225

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:49:30

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

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

3. BBC World Service (2 shows)

4. Pionaire Podcasting (2 shows)

5. Podgo (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (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	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	31	Unknown	79
5	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	57	Audioboom	59
6	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
7	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	285	Libsyn	48
8	Set & Centered	Mark & RJ	Society & Culture	21	Buzzsprout	63
9	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	345	Megaphone	42
10	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	58
11	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	230	Spreaker	78
12	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	38	Acast	84
13	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
14	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	144	Omny Studio	42
15	Reagan Conrad	The Daily Wire	Society & Culture	31	Megaphone	58
16	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	372	Megaphone	58
17	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	235	Megaphone	38
18	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	228	Megaphone	49
19	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	383	Megaphone	48
20	Silver Disobedience® Perception Dynamics with Dian Griesel: How People Think, Lead and Succeed	Dian Griesel aka @SilverDisobedience	Education	235	Spotify for Podcasters	48
21	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	105	Acast	68
22	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	355	Libsyn	63
23	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	137	Simplecast	62
24	TIANYU2FM — 对谈未知领域	TIANYU2FM	Society & Culture	164	Ximalaya	53
25	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	100	Megaphone	48
26	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
27	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
28	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	219	Spotify for Podcasters	52
29	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
30	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
31	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	169	Megaphone	48
32	From Guilt to Good with Jeanette Yates	Jeanette Yates	Society & Culture	83	Buzzsprout	78
33	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	439	RedCircle	63
34	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	90	Acast	63
35	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
36	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
37	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1005	Spotify for Podcasters	22
38	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	221	Simplecast	58
39	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	277	Spreaker	59
40	The Most Important Podcast Ever with BJD	Hoss	Society & Culture	68	Spotify for Podcasters	32
41	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
42	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	445	Omny Studio	59
43	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	99	Simplecast	48
44	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
45	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	90	Spotify for Podcasters	73
46	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
47	Goldy's Closet	Goldy Locks	Society & Culture	46	Simplecast	63
48	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	54	Omny Studio	38
49	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
50	My Funeral Home Stories	Grant Inman	Society & Culture	27	Spreaker	59
51	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
52	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	549	Buzzsprout	53
53	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	132	Megaphone	63
54	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	35	Audioboom	48
55	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
56	Authoring Life	Podgo	Society & Culture	75	Simplecast	63
57	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	121	Omny Studio	57
58	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
59	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	261	Captivate	58
60	Empowerography	Podgo	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
61	Ask Ashley: The Podcast	DearYoungQueen	Society & Culture	185	Buzzsprout	58
62	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	48
63	Grandpa’s Sleep Stories For Grown-Ups	Grandpa’s Bedtime Stories For Grown-Ups	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	48
64	The Secret Adventures of Black People	Nichole Hill	Society & Culture	34	Simplecast	68
65	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	374	Acast	32
66	Morning Rae	Allana Blumberg	Education	271	RedCircle	59
67	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
68	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	208	RedCircle	48
69	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
70	Don't Be Sour	Maxx Chewning	Society & Culture	161	Libsyn	58
71	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	194	ART19	63
72	Gender Reveal	Tuck Woodstock	Society & Culture	292	Libsyn	58
73	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
74	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	581	Audion	83
75	What We Spend	Audacy	Society & Culture	27	WideOrbit	48
76	Not Aspirational with Hannah Aaron Brown	Hannah Aaron Brown	Society & Culture	281	Libsyn	32
77	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	453	N/A	N/A
78	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
79	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	145	Spotify for Podcasters	52
80	The Black Sheep Perspective	Wesley Cantillo	Personal Journals	76	N/A	N/A
81	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	183	Spotify for Podcasters	58
82	Between Two Beers Podcast	Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten	Society & Culture	431	Acast	28
83	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	290	Audioboom	53
84	Rebuilding in Public	Ganell	Society & Culture	13	Spotify for Podcasters	63
85	Mostly Thriving Podcast with Amanda + TJ	Amanda and TJ Vernaci	Society & Culture	35	Spotify for Podcasters	17
86	A World With	Futures In Draft & Storythings	Society & Culture	8	Acast	79
87	Beyond Belief: Tales of Religious Exodus	Freidom Fighter	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	32
88	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	84	Megaphone	32
89	Conversaciones con el Reflejo	Valeria Machuca	Society & Culture	113	Megaphone	62
90	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	240	BBC	43
91	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	179	Acast	58
92	Breaking Social Norms	Isaac "Illuminati Watcher" Weishaupt & Josie Weishaupt	Society & Culture	284	Spreaker	53
93	Unwineding	W!ZARD Studios	Education	263	Megaphone	53
94	in the meadow	vicinthemeadow	Society & Culture	172	Acast	48
95	Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	69	Audioboom	68
96	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	190	Megaphone	53
97	Victoria Derbyshire's Unbelievable Britain	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	31	Megaphone	42
98	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	244	Buzzsprout	73
99	Missing Pieces - NPE Life	Don Anderson	Society & Culture	90	Buzzsprout	62
100	The Chisme Corner with Vee Rivera	Sonoro	Society & Culture	35	Simplecast	62

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