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 20 Mar 2026

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03/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 226

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:48:04

Top 5 authors

1. BBC World Service (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

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

4. Hayley Rawle (1 shows)

5. Jim Harold (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (7 shows)

5. Acast (6 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	299	Simplecast	63
2	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
3	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	126	Omny Studio	63
4	The Sock Drawer	Lisa	Society & Culture	28	Unknown	49
5	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	285	Libsyn	48
6	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
7	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	137	Simplecast	62
8	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	58
9	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	231	Spreaker	78
10	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
11	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	31	Unknown	79
12	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	144	Omny Studio	42
13	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	383	Megaphone	48
14	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	439	RedCircle	63
15	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
16	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	235	Megaphone	38
17	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	38	Acast	84
18	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	346	Megaphone	42
19	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	372	Megaphone	58
20	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	229	Megaphone	49
21	Silver Disobedience® Perception Dynamics with Dian Griesel: How People Think, Lead and Succeed	Dian Griesel aka @SilverDisobedience	Education	235	Spotify for Podcasters	48
22	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	105	Acast	68
23	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	220	Spotify for Podcasters	52
24	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
25	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
26	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1005	Spotify for Podcasters	22
27	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	100	Megaphone	48
28	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
29	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
30	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
31	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	278	Spreaker	59
32	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	132	Megaphone	63
33	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
34	Rebuilding in Public	Ganell	Society & Culture	13	Spotify for Podcasters	63
35	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
36	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
37	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	99	Simplecast	48
38	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	169	Megaphone	48
39	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	446	Omny Studio	59
40	Truth Be Told: Time to Thrive	American Public Media	Society & Culture	87	American Public Media	48
41	Tyreak Told You Podcast	Tyreak Told You	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	52
42	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
43	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
44	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	183	Spotify for Podcasters	58
45	hot pursuit by AsianBossGirl	Emily, Madelyn, Jen	Society & Culture	469	Megaphone	53
46	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	55	Omny Studio	38
47	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	454	N/A	N/A
48	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	90	Acast	63
49	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
50	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	121	Omny Studio	57
51	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	261	Captivate	58
52	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	History	56	Buzzsprout	32
53	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
54	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	375	Acast	32
55	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	35	Audioboom	48
56	Dear Daughter	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	88	BBC	39
57	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	190	Megaphone	53
58	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	48
59	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	581	Audion	83
60	Young at Heart with Kojo Nnamdi	WAMU 88.5	Society & Culture	6	PRX	53
61	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	145	Spotify for Podcasters	52
62	Unwineding	W!ZARD Studios	Society & Culture	269	Megaphone	43
63	Mostly Thriving Podcast with Amanda + TJ	Amanda and TJ Vernaci	Society & Culture	35	Spotify for Podcasters	17
64	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	80	SoundOn	58
65	Don't Be Sour	Maxx Chewning	Society & Culture	161	Libsyn	58
66	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	221	Simplecast	58
67	What We Spend	Audacy	Society & Culture	27	WideOrbit	48
68	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	84	Megaphone	32
69	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
70	Coffee and Covid	Ed Patrick	Personal Journals	6	N/A	N/A
71	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	355	Libsyn	63
72	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	549	Buzzsprout	53
73	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	240	BBC	43
74	The Julie Jeppson Podcast	Gritty Mamas and More	Society & Culture	72	Buzzsprout	48
75	Breaking Social Norms	Isaac "Illuminati Watcher" Weishaupt & Josie Weishaupt	Society & Culture	284	Spreaker	53
76	Living Louder	Portia Louder	Education	49	Podbean	28
77	Hungry Dogs with James Patterson	James Patterson	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
78	Gender Reveal	Tuck Woodstock	Society & Culture	292	Libsyn	58
79	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	194	ART19	63
80	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
81	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
82	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	290	Audioboom	53
83	Sober Banter	Rachel & Colin Casey	Society & Culture	32	Transistor	69
84	The Jeremy Ryan Slate Show	Jeremy Ryan Slate	Society & Culture	91	Podetize	73
86	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	179	Acast	58
87	We Should Talk	BETHANY JENNINGS	Society & Culture	89	Spotify for Podcasters	53
88	Happily Distracted® Podcast	Leyla Phillip	Society & Culture	4	Unknown	52
89	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	90	Spotify for Podcasters	73
90	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	39	BBC	33
91	Good As New	Rylee Matheson & Jaj Glover	Society & Culture	129	Buzzsprout	79
92	Can I Walk With You?	Thoraya	Society & Culture	17	Libsyn	63
93	Morning Rae	Allana Blumberg	Education	271	RedCircle	59
94	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	257	Acast	53
95	Caribbean Mystics	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	60	Megaphone	74
96	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
97	Stories That Live In Us	Crista Cowan \| The Barefoot Genealogist	Society & Culture	130	Buzzsprout	83
98	The Plain People's Podcast	The Plain People's Podcast	Society & Culture	73	Libsyn	47
99	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
100	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	208	RedCircle	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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