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 Aug 2026

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08/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 252

Frequency: every 31 days

Duration: 00:48:54

Top 5 authors

1. Dear Media (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. BBC World Service (2 shows)

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

5. Thomas FreeMe (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	121	ART19	58
2	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	302	Simplecast	63
3	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	129	Omny Studio	63
4	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	23	Audioboom	63
5	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	33	Unknown	79
6	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
7	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	26	Megaphone	79
8	Good Grief with Amanda Kloots	Dear Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	58
9	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	32
10	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
11	On the tip of my tongue - talking about Aphasia	Jonathan Hirons and Rob Edwards	Society & Culture	37	Buzzsprout	68
12	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	431	RedCircle	59
13	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
14	Bearing Scars	Michael Ertel	Society & Culture	21	Unknown	59
15	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	233	Spreaker	78
16	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	356	Megaphone	42
17	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	213	RedCircle	48
18	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	376	Megaphone	58
19	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	357	Libsyn	63
20	The Cozy Chat Podcast	Aliyah's Corner	Society & Culture	99	Spotify for Podcasters	22
21	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	286	Libsyn	48
22	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
23	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	48
24	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
25	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	442	RedCircle	63
26	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	147	Omny Studio	42
27	Shawna and LaLa: Life Beyond The Mic	Shawna and LaLa	Society & Culture	149	Spreaker	48
28	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	387	Megaphone	48
29	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	106	Acast	68
30	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	141	Simplecast	62
31	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1038	Spotify for Podcasters	22
32	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	40	Acast	84
33	GenX Stories	Eve Simon, Chris Goumas, Lori Luna & Courtney Spikes	Society & Culture	142	Buzzsprout	68
34	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	228	Spotify for Podcasters	52
35	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	286	Spreaker	59
36	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	92	Acast	63
37	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	239	Megaphone	38
38	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	243	BBC	43
39	Different Points Podcast	Roy Coughlan & Catherine Llewellyn at Podfather Network	Society & Culture	33	Podbean	62
40	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
41	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	108	Megaphone	48
42	Don't Be Sour	Maxx Chewning	Society & Culture	161	Libsyn	58
43	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
44	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	48
45	“Hitz Off Da Streetz” Podcast	El Profe	Society & Culture	227	Podbean	31
46	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	232	Megaphone	49
47	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
48	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	123	Omny Studio	57
49	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	263	Captivate	58
50	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	134	Megaphone	63
51	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	20	Acast	43
52	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
53	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
54	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	448	Omny Studio	59
55	The Comeback Era with Caroline and Kayla	Caroline and Kayla	Society & Culture	17	RSS.com	52
56	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	241	WideOrbit	52
57	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
58	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	147	Spotify for Podcasters	52
59	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	184	Acast	58
60	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
61	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	38	Audioboom	48
62	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
63	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	199	ART19	63
64	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	73
66	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	588	Audiomeans	83
67	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	86	Megaphone	32
68	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	376	Acast	32
69	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
70	Indelibly Marked	Dominique Kuykendall	Society & Culture	144	Buzzsprout	53
71	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
72	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	141	Acast	37
73	Note to Self	Dear Media	Society & Culture	267	ART19	68
74	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	262	Acast	53
75	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	174	Megaphone	48
76	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
77	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	83	SoundOn	58
78	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	53	RedCircle	79
79	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	53
80	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
81	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	223	Simplecast	58
82	hot pursuit by AsianBossGirl	Emily, Madelyn, Jen	Society & Culture	471	Megaphone	53
83	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
84	The Rick and Kelly Show	Rick & Kelly Leventhal	Society & Culture	925	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	te compré flores	mara urbina	Society & Culture	114	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	Powering Through	Jessie Owen & ONWARD Medical	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	73
87	Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	71	Audioboom	68
88	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
89	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	60	Audioboom	59
90	It's Going To Be OK	Feelings & Co	Society & Culture	462	Megaphone	68
91	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	461	N/A	N/A
92	The Julie Jeppson Podcast	Gritty Mamas and More	Society & Culture	74	Buzzsprout	48
93	Erika de la Vega - En Defensa Propia	Erika De la Vega \| Sonoro	Society & Culture	373	Simplecast	63
94	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
95	Would You Believe…? with Rebecca Rogers	Rebecca Rogers & Studio71	Society & Culture	112	Megaphone	68
96	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	99	Simplecast	48
97	Life Shift™ \| Pivotal Moments & Life Change	Matt Gilhooly	Society & Culture	434	Megaphone	69
98	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	558	Buzzsprout	53
99	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	185	Spotify for Podcasters	58
100	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	247	Buzzsprout	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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