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 17 Oct 2026

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10/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 206

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:46:26

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. Pionaire Podcasting (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

3. Acast (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Audioboom (7 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	What We Spend	Audacy	Society & Culture	29	WideOrbit	48
4	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
5	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	53
6	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	35	Unknown	79
7	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	287	Libsyn	48
8	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	235	Spreaker	78
9	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
10	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
11	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	25	Audioboom	63
12	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	364	Megaphone	52
13	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	447	RedCircle	59
14	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	217	RedCircle	48
15	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	379	Megaphone	58
16	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
17	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	79
18	Good Grief with Amanda Kloots	Dear Media	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	58
19	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	125	Omny Studio	57
20	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	112	Megaphone	48
21	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	42	Acast	84
22	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	389	Megaphone	48
23	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	143	Simplecast	62
24	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	304	Simplecast	63
25	LoveLustLaw	LoveLustLaw	Society & Culture	48	Audioboom	52
26	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	108	Acast	68
27	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	447	RedCircle	63
28	Notes from the Edge	bhju	Society & Culture	136	Spreaker	63
29	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	242	Megaphone	38
30	Different Points Podcast	Roy Coughlan & Catherine Llewellyn at Podfather Network	Society & Culture	33	Podbean	62
31	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
32	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
33	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
34	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
35	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	149	Omny Studio	42
36	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
37	The Cozy Chat Podcast	Aliyah's Corner	Society & Culture	101	Spotify for Podcasters	22
38	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
39	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	192	Megaphone	53
40	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	234	Spotify for Podcasters	52
41	Voices of VYVGART	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	48
42	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	73
43	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	266	Acast	53
44	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	291	Spreaker	59
45	Spent Well Podcast	Katey and Dan Brigham	Society & Culture	2	Spotify for Podcasters	17
46	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
47	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	40	Audioboom	48
48	Artifacts of Grief	Snack Labs	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
49	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	50	Omny Studio	48
50	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	31	PRX	69
51	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	359	Libsyn	63
52	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	236	Megaphone	49
53	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
54	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	178	Megaphone	48
55	Note to Self	Dear Media	Society & Culture	269	ART19	68
56	Cocktales with Kiki	Kiki Said So	Society & Culture	504	Spreaker	64
57	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	450	Omny Studio	59
58	We've Got To Talk	Nicole Fonarow and Jolene Conway	Society & Culture	89	Captivate	68
59	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	79
60	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	136	Megaphone	63
61	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	149	Spotify for Podcasters	52
62	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	203	ART19	63
63	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	88	Megaphone	32
64	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
65	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
66	You Will Please Me	Dominatrix Eva Oh	Society & Culture	107	Spotify for Podcasters	48
67	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
68	Danielle To You 's Podcast	Danielle To You	Society & Culture	28	Buzzsprout	72
69	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	245	BBC	43
70	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	226	Simplecast	58
71	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	377	Acast	32
72	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	188	Acast	58
73	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	265	Captivate	58
74	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1039	Spotify for Podcasters	22
75	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
76	The TED Interview	TED	Society & Culture	117	PRX	64
77	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	62	Audioboom	59
78	The Girl Brain Edit	Caroline Beckham	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	32
79	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	23	Acast	43
80	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	192	Megaphone	53
81	B*tch, Listen!	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Society & Culture	22	Simplecast	68
82	The Right-Sized Life with Amy Schmidt	Amy Schmidt	Society & Culture	234	Buzzsprout	53
83	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
84	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	95	Acast	63
85	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	249	Buzzsprout	73
86	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	85	SoundOn	58
87	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	187	Spotify for Podcasters	58
88	Shawna and LaLa: Life Beyond The Mic	Shawna and LaLa	Society & Culture	150	Spreaker	48
89	Nomadcast	Moose and Cheyanne	Society & Culture	45	Buzzsprout	43
90	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
91	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	101	Simplecast	48
92	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	293	Audioboom	53
93	Caribbean Mystics	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	65	Megaphone	74
94	Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	68
95	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	39	BBC	33
96	The Hoffman Podcast	Hoffman Institute Foundation	Society & Culture	251	Blubrry	68
97	in the meadow	vicinthemeadow	Society & Culture	177	Acast	48
98	Latinos Who Lunch	Latinos Who Lunch	Society & Culture	230	RedCircle	43
99	Would You Believe…? with Rebecca Rogers	Rebecca Rogers & Studio71	Society & Culture	117	Megaphone	68
100	Erotic Stories by Krystine	Krystine Kellogg	Society & Culture	58	Buzzsprout	48

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