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 19 Jan 2026

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01/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 229

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:46:51

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

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

3. Dear Media (2 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. The New York Times (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. Acast (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	302	Simplecast	63
2	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	129	Omny Studio	63
3	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
4	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	431	RedCircle	59
5	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
6	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	233	Spreaker	78
7	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	376	Megaphone	58
8	Danielle To You 's Podcast	Danielle To You	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	78
9	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
10	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
11	Midlife Circus	Burning Matches Media	Society & Culture	23	Transistor	79
12	Hungry Dogs with James Patterson	James Patterson	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	58
13	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	286	Libsyn	48
14	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	141	Simplecast	62
15	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	356	Megaphone	42
16	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	40	Acast	84
17	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	147	Omny Studio	42
18	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	228	Spotify for Podcasters	52
19	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	48
20	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	239	Megaphone	38
21	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	387	Megaphone	48
22	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
23	The Breakdown with Josie Balka	Josie Balka	Society & Culture	10	Buzzsprout	47
24	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1038	Spotify for Podcasters	22
25	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	106	Acast	68
26	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	442	RedCircle	63
27	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	123	Omny Studio	57
28	Coming To America	Ed Halla	Society & Culture	30	Simplecast	59
29	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	232	Megaphone	49
30	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
31	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	247	Buzzsprout	73
32	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	39	BBC	33
33	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
34	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	185	Spotify for Podcasters	58
35	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
36	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	223	Simplecast	58
37	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
38	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
39	Prime Joe Time w/ Stoneburgh	Spare Bedroom Studios	Society & Culture	13	RSS.com	62
40	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	174	Megaphone	48
41	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	108	Megaphone	48
42	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	147	Spotify for Podcasters	52
43	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	199	ART19	63
44	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	357	Libsyn	63
45	Breaking Social Norms	Isaac "Illuminati Watcher" Weishaupt & Josie Weishaupt	Society & Culture	286	Spreaker	53
46	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	48
47	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
48	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	92	Acast	63
49	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
50	Abandon House! How to Survive a Home Repair Fiasco	Kenny & Shari Rudolph	Society & Culture	13	RSS.com	73
51	I'm Dying to Tell You	Lorri Carey	Society & Culture	126	Buzzsprout	83
52	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	243	BBC	43
53	The Sock Drawer	Lisa	Society & Culture	28	Unknown	49
54	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	588	Audiomeans	83
55	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	558	Buzzsprout	53
56	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	83	SoundOn	58
57	جناية	Mics مايكس	Society & Culture	119	Podeo	58
58	Morning Rae	Allana Blumberg	Education	273	RedCircle	59
59	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
60	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	448	Omny Studio	59
61	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
62	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	461	N/A	N/A
63	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
64	Don't Think with Carla Bezanson	Dear Media	Society & Culture	54	ART19	42
65	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	134	Megaphone	63
66	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	263	Captivate	58
67	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
68	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	376	Acast	32
69	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	99	Simplecast	48
70	Clutter Free Academy	Kathi Lipp	Society & Culture	644	Transistor	48
71	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	53
72	Milwaukee Uncut	Story Mark Studios	Society & Culture	351	Buzzsprout	48
73	in the meadow	vicinthemeadow	Society & Culture	175	Acast	48
74	What We Spend	Audacy	Society & Culture	27	WideOrbit	48
75	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
76	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	262	Acast	53
77	Would You Believe…? with Rebecca Rogers	Rebecca Rogers & Studio71	Society & Culture	112	Megaphone	68
78	All About Marriage	All About Marriage	Society & Culture	22	ART19	43
79	Erotic Stories by Krystine	Krystine Kellogg	Society & Culture	56	Buzzsprout	48
80	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
81	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	190	Megaphone	53
82	All About Family	All About Family	Society & Culture	25	ART19	43
84	加州101	加州101	other	108	lizhi.fm	38
85	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
86	Viene y Va con Dani G Schulz	Dani G Schulz	Society & Culture	141	Spotify for Podcasters	22
87	여둘톡	여자 둘이 토크하고 있습니다	Society & Culture	206	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	184	Acast	58
89	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	73
90	What's The Juice?	Alia Zaita & Yoni Ekoto	Society & Culture	262	RedCircle	59
91	was that TMI?	Sadie Crowell	Society & Culture	85	Spotify for Podcasters	43
92	Conversaciones con el Reflejo	Valeria Machuca	Society & Culture	114	Megaphone	62
93	Questioning Everything	The Improbable Dreamer	Society & Culture	89	Spotify for Podcasters	58
94	Practice You with Elena Brower	Elena Brower	Society & Culture	248	Libsyn	42
95	Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	71	Audioboom	68
96	Mostly Thriving Podcast with Amanda + TJ	Amanda and TJ Vernaci	Society & Culture	35	Spotify for Podcasters	17
97	5 Random Questions	Danny Brown	Society & Culture	55	Captivate	79
98	Small Town Girl with Gwen Faulkenberry	Gwen Faulkenberry	Society & Culture	2	Castos	63
99	The Chisme Corner with Vee Rivera	Sonoro	Society & Culture	36	Simplecast	62
100	My Mother Made Me	Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	84

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