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 Apr 2026

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04/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 246

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:47:49

Top 5 authors

1. Podgo (2 shows)

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

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. Pionaire Podcasting (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 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	306	Simplecast	63
2	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	133	Omny Studio	63
3	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	53
4	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
5	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	37	Unknown	79
6	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	146	Simplecast	62
7	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
8	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	457	RedCircle	59
9	Set & Centered	Mark & RJ	Society & Culture	21	Buzzsprout	63
10	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	382	Megaphone	58
11	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	236	Spreaker	78
12	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	288	Libsyn	48
13	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	370	Megaphone	52
14	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	63	Audioboom	59
15	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	245	Megaphone	38
16	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	150	Omny Studio	42
17	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	44	Acast	84
18	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	391	Megaphone	48
19	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	109	Acast	68
20	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	452	RedCircle	63
21	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	239	Spotify for Podcasters	52
22	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	25	Acast	63
23	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
24	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
25	From Guilt to Good with Jeanette Yates	Jeanette Yates	Society & Culture	83	Buzzsprout	78
26	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	117	Megaphone	48
27	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
28	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	238	Megaphone	49
29	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	360	Libsyn	63
30	The Most Important Podcast Ever with BJD	Hoss	Society & Culture	68	Spotify for Podcasters	32
31	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	296	Spreaker	59
32	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
33	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1044	Spotify for Podcasters	22
34	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
35	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
36	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	51	Omny Studio	48
37	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	127	Omny Studio	57
38	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	451	Omny Studio	59
39	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
40	TIANYU2FM — 对谈未知领域	TIANYU2FM	Society & Culture	164	Ximalaya	53
41	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	182	Megaphone	48
42	Reagan Conrad	The Daily Wire	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	58
43	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	150	Spotify for Podcasters	52
44	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
45	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	41	Audioboom	48
46	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
47	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	87	SoundOn	58
48	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	98	Acast	63
49	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	101	Simplecast	48
50	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
51	Empowerography	Podgo	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
52	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	250	Buzzsprout	73
53	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	189	Spotify for Podcasters	58
54	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	138	Megaphone	63
55	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	48
56	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	228	Simplecast	58
57	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
58	Goldy's Closet	Goldy Locks	Society & Culture	46	Simplecast	63
59	The Dashleys Podcast	The Dashleys	Society & Culture	157	Spotify for Podcasters	38
60	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	93	Spotify for Podcasters	73
61	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
62	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	602	Audiomeans	83
63	The Ample Flame Podcast	Ample Flame Podcast	Society & Culture	23	Spotify for Podcasters	48
64	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	207	ART19	63
65	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	267	Captivate	58
66	Grandpa’s Sleep Stories For Grown-Ups	Grandpa’s Bedtime Stories For Grown-Ups	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	48
67	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
68	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
69	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	570	Buzzsprout	53
70	Between Two Beers Podcast	Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten	Society & Culture	444	Acast	28
71	It's Always Something with Davis Roe	Davis Roe	Society & Culture	61	Megaphone	42
72	Authoring Life	Podgo	Society & Culture	75	Simplecast	63
73	Not Done Yet: A Podcast for Midlife Women	Rachel Perry	Society & Culture	4	Buzzsprout	42
74	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	378	Acast	32
75	The Secret Adventures of Black People	Nichole Hill	Society & Culture	34	Simplecast	68
76	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	221	RedCircle	48
77	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
78	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
79	The Black Sheep Perspective	Wesley Cantillo	Personal Journals	76	N/A	N/A
80	The Chisme Corner with Vee Rivera	Sonoro	Society & Culture	38	Simplecast	62
81	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	473	N/A	N/A
82	Clutter Free Academy	Kathi Lipp	Society & Culture	648	Transistor	48
83	Conversaciones con el Reflejo	Valeria Machuca	Society & Culture	116	Megaphone	52
84	Stories That Live In Us	Crista Cowan \| The Barefoot Genealogist	Society & Culture	137	Buzzsprout	83
85	My Funeral Home Stories	Grant Inman	Society & Culture	27	Spreaker	59
86	Dear Alana,	Tenderfoot TV	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	69
87	Euphomet	And,If Studio	Society & Culture	93	Megaphone	48
88	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	191	Acast	58
89	Hungry Dogs with James Patterson	James Patterson	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	58
90	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
91	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
92	جناية	Mics مايكس	Society & Culture	122	Podeo	58
93	Morning Rae	Allana Blumberg	Education	276	ART19	53
94	Ask Ashley: The Podcast	DearYoungQueen	Society & Culture	185	Buzzsprout	58
95	The Rick and Kelly Show	Rick & Kelly Leventhal	Society & Culture	936	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	Beyond Belief: Tales of Religious Exodus	Freidom Fighter	Society & Culture	43	Spotify for Podcasters	32
97	كنبة السبت	Mics مايكس	Society & Culture	121	Podeo	63
98	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	246	BBC	43
99	Sherry's Notes 雪力的心理學筆記	雪力 ‧ 夏瑄澧	Society & Culture	236	SoundOn	54
100	Gender Reveal	Tuck Woodstock	Society & Culture	295	Libsyn	58

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