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 Sep 2026

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09/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 228

Frequency: every 31 days

Duration: 00:46:46

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. Dear Media (3 shows)

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

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. Lea Thau (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Acast (8 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Audioboom (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	106	ART19	58
2	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	127	Omny Studio	63
3	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	373	Megaphone	58
4	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
6	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	300	Simplecast	63
7	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	31	Unknown	79
8	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	24	Megaphone	79
9	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	231	Spreaker	78
10	Shawna and LaLa: Life Beyond The Mic	Shawna and LaLa	Society & Culture	148	Spreaker	48
11	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	348	Megaphone	42
12	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	285	Libsyn	48
13	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	58
14	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
15	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	209	RedCircle	48
16	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
17	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	21	Audioboom	63
18	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	122	Omny Studio	57
19	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	102	Megaphone	48
20	Good Grief with Amanda Kloots	Dear Media	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	58
21	Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	70	Audioboom	68
22	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	236	Megaphone	38
23	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	38	Acast	84
24	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	384	Megaphone	48
25	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	440	RedCircle	63
26	Different Points Podcast	Roy Coughlan & Catherine Llewellyn at Podfather Network	Society & Culture	33	Podbean	62
27	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	138	Simplecast	62
28	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	50	Omny Studio	38
29	The beyond the ordinary’s Podcast	podgrowthagency	Society & Culture	15	Podbean	37
30	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	105	Acast	68
31	LivingYosh	Joshua "Yosh" Markell	Society & Culture	34	Unknown	53
32	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	258	Acast	53
33	On the tip of my tongue - talking about Aphasia	Jonathan Hirons and Rob Edwards	Society & Culture	37	Buzzsprout	68
34	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	222	Spotify for Podcasters	52
35	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
36	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	280	Spreaker	59
37	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	222	Simplecast	58
38	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	145	Omny Studio	42
39	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	230	Megaphone	49
40	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
41	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	23	Acast	43
42	Bearing Scars	Michael Ertel	Society & Culture	21	Unknown	59
43	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1008	Spotify for Podcasters	22
44	A Contagious Smile Podcast	Victora Cuore; A Contagious Smile, Who Kicked First, Domestic Violence Survivor, Advocate, Motivational Coach, Special Needs, Abuse Support, Life Skill Classes, Special Needs Social Groups	Society & Culture	430	Buzzsprout	38
45	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
46	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	446	Omny Studio	59
47	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	170	Megaphone	48
48	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
49	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	195	ART19	63
50	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	84	Megaphone	32
51	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	90	Acast	63
52	Note to Self	Dear Media	Society & Culture	265	ART19	68
53	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
54	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
55	This Is Your Afterlife	Dave Maher	Society & Culture	268	Captivate	63
56	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	138	Acast	37
57	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
58	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
59	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
60	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	375	Acast	32
61	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	146	Spotify for Podcasters	52
62	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	180	Acast	58
63	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
64	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	356	Libsyn	63
65	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	699	Audion	83
66	Caribbean Mystics	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	61	Megaphone	74
67	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	52	RedCircle	79
68	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	132	Megaphone	63
69	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
70	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	81	SoundOn	58
71	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
72	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	183	Spotify for Podcasters	58
73	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	241	BBC	43
74	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	245	Buzzsprout	73
75	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	90	Spotify for Podcasters	73
76	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	261	Captivate	58
77	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
78	Life Shift™ \| Pivotal Moments & Life Change	Matt Gilhooly	Society & Culture	430	Megaphone	69
79	From Poverty to Prosperity: Redefining Wealth and Opportunity in America	CrossPurpose	Society & Culture	4	Podbean	52
80	پادکست فارسی فیکشن Fiction Podcast	امین اردانی	Fiction	225	Unknown	47
81	GenX Stories	Eve Simon, Chris Goumas, Lori Luna & Courtney Spikes	Society & Culture	141	Buzzsprout	68
82	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	455	N/A	N/A
83	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	432	Megaphone	48
84	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
85	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	58	Audioboom	59
86	The Cozy Chat Podcast	Aliyah's Corner	Society & Culture	97	Spotify for Podcasters	22
87	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	291	Audioboom	53
88	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
89	Forever is a Long Time	Ian Coss	Society & Culture	6	PRX	74
90	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
91	You’re Gonna Want To Hear This	marie claire australia	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	58
92	The Plain People's Podcast	The Plain People's Podcast	Society & Culture	70	Libsyn	47
93	جناية	Mics مايكس	Society & Culture	118	Podeo	58
94	hot pursuit by AsianBossGirl	Emily, Madelyn, Jen	Society & Culture	469	Megaphone	53
95	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	99	Simplecast	48
96	The TED Interview	TED	Society & Culture	117	PRX	64
97	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
98	What We Spend	Audacy	Society & Culture	26	WideOrbit	48
99	LoveLustLaw	LoveLustLaw	Society & Culture	42	Audioboom	52
100	The Chisme Corner with Vee Rivera	Sonoro	Society & Culture	35	Simplecast	62

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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