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 Apr 2026

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04/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 236

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:47:29

Top 5 authors

1. Podgo (2 shows)

2. Pionaire Podcasting (2 shows)

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

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Acast (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (5 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	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	37	Unknown	79
4	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	53
5	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	146	Simplecast	62
6	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
7	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
8	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	382	Megaphone	58
9	Set & Centered	Mark & RJ	Society & Culture	21	Buzzsprout	63
10	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	458	RedCircle	59
11	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	371	Megaphone	52
12	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	236	Spreaker	78
13	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	288	Libsyn	48
14	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	63	Audioboom	59
16	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	25	Acast	63
17	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	245	Megaphone	38
18	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	151	Omny Studio	42
19	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	109	Acast	68
20	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1044	Spotify for Podcasters	22
21	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	391	Megaphone	48
22	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	44	Acast	84
23	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	452	RedCircle	63
24	From Guilt to Good with Jeanette Yates	Jeanette Yates	Society & Culture	83	Buzzsprout	78
25	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
26	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	239	Spotify for Podcasters	52
27	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
28	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	297	Spreaker	59
29	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	118	Megaphone	48
30	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	239	Megaphone	49
31	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	361	Libsyn	63
32	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	51	Omny Studio	48
33	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
34	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
35	The Most Important Podcast Ever with BJD	Hoss	Society & Culture	68	Spotify for Podcasters	32
36	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
37	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	182	Megaphone	48
38	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
39	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	451	Omny Studio	59
40	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	42	Audioboom	48
41	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	127	Omny Studio	57
42	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
43	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	150	Spotify for Podcasters	52
44	TIANYU2FM — 对谈未知领域	TIANYU2FM	Society & Culture	164	Ximalaya	53
45	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	250	Buzzsprout	73
46	Reagan Conrad	The Daily Wire	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	58
47	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
48	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
49	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	189	Spotify for Podcasters	58
50	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	98	Acast	63
51	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
52	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	93	Spotify for Podcasters	73
53	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	138	Megaphone	63
54	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	48
55	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	267	Captivate	58
56	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
57	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	101	Simplecast	48
58	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	87	SoundOn	58
59	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	603	Audiomeans	83
60	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
61	Goldy's Closet	Goldy Locks	Society & Culture	46	Simplecast	63
62	Grandpa’s Sleep Stories For Grown-Ups	Grandpa’s Bedtime Stories For Grown-Ups	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	48
63	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	207	ART19	63
64	Empowerography	Podgo	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
65	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	228	Simplecast	58
66	The Black Sheep Perspective	Wesley Cantillo	Personal Journals	76	N/A	N/A
67	Between Two Beers Podcast	Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten	Society & Culture	445	Acast	28
68	The Ample Flame Podcast	Ample Flame Podcast	Society & Culture	23	Spotify for Podcasters	48
69	The Dashleys Podcast	The Dashleys	Society & Culture	157	Spotify for Podcasters	38
70	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	221	RedCircle	48
71	Authoring Life	Podgo	Society & Culture	75	Simplecast	63
72	It's Always Something with Davis Roe	Davis Roe	Society & Culture	61	Megaphone	42
73	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
74	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
75	Hungry Dogs with James Patterson	James Patterson	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	58
76	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
77	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	570	Buzzsprout	53
78	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	294	Audioboom	53
79	جناية	Mics مايكس	Society & Culture	122	Podeo	58
80	Stories From The Stage	GBH	Society & Culture	180	PRX	73
81	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	247	BBC	43
82	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	378	Acast	32
83	Euphomet	And,If Studio	Society & Culture	93	Megaphone	48
84	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	194	Megaphone	53
85	The Secret Adventures of Black People	Nichole Hill	Society & Culture	34	Simplecast	68
86	Dear Alana,	Tenderfoot TV	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	69
87	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	192	Acast	58
88	Not Done Yet: A Podcast for Midlife Women	Rachel Perry	Society & Culture	4	Buzzsprout	42
89	Forever is a Long Time	Ian Coss	Society & Culture	6	PRX	74
90	Erika de la Vega - En Defensa Propia	Erika De la Vega \| Sonoro	Society & Culture	376	Simplecast	63
91	Girl Stop Playin \| #1 Podcast for Black Women	KOEREYELLE, Personal Development Coach	Society & Culture	414	RedCircle	43
92	Morning Rae	Allana Blumberg	Education	276	ART19	53
93	Clutter Free Academy	Kathi Lipp	Society & Culture	648	Transistor	48
94	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	473	N/A	N/A
95	The Chisme Corner with Vee Rivera	Sonoro	Society & Culture	38	Simplecast	62
96	hot pursuit by AsianBossGirl	Emily, Madelyn, Jen	Society & Culture	475	Megaphone	53
97	What We Spend	Audacy	Society & Culture	31	WideOrbit	48
98	My Funeral Home Stories	Grant Inman	Society & Culture	27	Spreaker	59
99	Don't Think with Carla Bezanson	Dear Media	Society & Culture	57	ART19	42
100	كنبة السبت	Mics مايكس	Society & Culture	121	Podeo	63

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