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 18 Jul 2026

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07/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 259

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:52:03

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

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

3. Dear Media (2 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 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	306	Simplecast	63
2	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	53
3	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	89
4	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	37	Unknown	79
5	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	132	Omny Studio	63
6	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	26	Audioboom	63
7	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	235	Spreaker	78
8	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	454	RedCircle	59
9	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
10	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	116	Megaphone	48
11	Bearing Scars	Michael Ertel	Society & Culture	21	Unknown	59
12	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	368	Megaphone	52
13	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	288	Libsyn	48
14	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	381	Megaphone	58
15	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
16	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	220	RedCircle	48
17	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	32
18	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	451	RedCircle	63
19	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	390	Megaphone	48
20	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	146	Simplecast	62
21	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	History	56	Buzzsprout	32
22	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	109	Acast	68
23	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	294	Spreaker	59
24	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
25	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	227	Simplecast	58
26	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	244	Megaphone	38
27	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	150	Omny Studio	42
28	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	44	Acast	84
29	What We Spend	Audacy	Society & Culture	30	WideOrbit	48
30	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
31	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	237	Megaphone	49
32	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
33	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	206	ART19	63
34	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
35	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
36	The Plain People's Podcast	The Plain People's Podcast	Society & Culture	73	Libsyn	47
37	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	55	Omny Studio	48
38	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
39	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	451	Omny Studio	59
40	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	145	ART19	58
41	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
42	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	63	Audioboom	59
43	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
44	Note to Self	Dear Media	Society & Culture	269	ART19	68
45	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	97	Acast	63
46	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	138	Megaphone	63
47	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	191	Acast	58
48	Indelibly Marked	Dominique Kuykendall	Society & Culture	148	Buzzsprout	53
49	Powering Through	Jessie Owen & ONWARD Medical	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	73
50	I AM RAPAPORT: STEREO PODCAST	Michael Rapaport x DBPodcasts	Society & Culture	1083	Megaphone	42
51	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
52	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1041	Spotify for Podcasters	22
53	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	126	Omny Studio	57
54	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	471	N/A	N/A
55	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	181	Megaphone	48
56	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
57	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	48
58	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	24	Acast	63
59	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	246	BBC	43
60	Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	68
61	Life Shift™ \| Pivotal Moments & Life Change	Matt Gilhooly	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	69
62	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
63	Midlife Moves	Heather Francis	Society & Culture	43	Libsyn	49
64	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	360	Libsyn	63
65	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	150	Spotify for Podcasters	52
66	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
67	Can I Walk With You?	Thoraya	Society & Culture	16	Libsyn	58
68	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	92	Spotify for Podcasters	73
69	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	86	SoundOn	58
70	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
71	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	55	RedCircle	79
72	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
73	The Rick and Kelly Show	Rick & Kelly Leventhal	Society & Culture	936	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
75	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
76	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	600	Audiomeans	83
77	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	189	Spotify for Podcasters	58
78	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	143	Acast	37
79	LoveLustLaw	LoveLustLaw	Society & Culture	50	Audioboom	52
80	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
81	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	194	Megaphone	53
82	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	267	Captivate	58
83	The Jason Jones Show	Jason Jones	Society & Culture	408	Simplecast	53
84	Mostly Thriving Podcast with Amanda + TJ	Amanda and TJ Vernaci	Society & Culture	39	Spotify for Podcasters	17
85	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	250	Buzzsprout	73
86	hot pursuit by AsianBossGirl	Emily, Madelyn, Jen	Society & Culture	475	Megaphone	53
87	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	377	Acast	32
88	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
89	CAFÉ EN MANO	Don Juan Del Campo	Society & Culture	813	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	90	Megaphone	32
91	Gender Reveal	Tuck Woodstock	Society & Culture	295	Libsyn	58
92	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	569	Buzzsprout	53
93	Stories That Live In Us	Crista Cowan \| The Barefoot Genealogist	Society & Culture	134	Buzzsprout	83
94	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	269	Acast	53
95	Korean. American. Podcast	Daniel and Jun	Society & Culture	130	Buzzsprout	42
96	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	101	Simplecast	48
97	Viene y Va con Dani G Schulz	Dani G Schulz	Society & Culture	143	Spotify for Podcasters	22
98	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	293	Audioboom	53
99	Euphomet	And,If Studio	Society & Culture	92	Megaphone	48
100	Grandpa’s Sleep Stories For Grown-Ups	Grandpa’s Bedtime Stories For Grown-Ups	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	48

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