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 21 Jul 2026

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07/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 242

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:52:55

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

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

3. Dear Media (2 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. Pionaire Podcasting (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. BBC (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	307	Simplecast	63
2	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	31	Megaphone	89
3	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	38	Unknown	79
4	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	134	Omny Studio	63
5	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	158	Megaphone	53
6	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	27	Audioboom	63
7	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
8	Bearing Scars	Michael Ertel	Society & Culture	21	Unknown	59
9	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
10	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	237	Spreaker	78
11	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	373	Megaphone	52
12	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	464	RedCircle	59
13	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	120	Megaphone	48
14	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	288	Libsyn	48
15	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	32
16	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	383	Megaphone	58
17	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	223	RedCircle	48
18	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	454	RedCircle	63
19	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
20	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	History	56	Buzzsprout	32
21	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	361	Libsyn	63
22	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
23	Maura Sweeney: Living Happy Inside Out \| Storytelling \| Inspiration \| Personal Growth	Maura Sweeney	Society & Culture	100	Libsyn	38
24	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	154	ART19	58
25	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	393	ART19	58
26	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	299	Spreaker	59
27	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	109	Acast	68
28	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	151	Omny Studio	42
29	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	147	Simplecast	62
30	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	99	Acast	63
31	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
32	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	246	Megaphone	38
33	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
34	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	45	Acast	84
35	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
36	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
37	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
38	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
39	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
40	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	184	Megaphone	48
41	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	34	PRX	59
42	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	228	Simplecast	58
43	Indelibly Marked	Dominique Kuykendall	Society & Culture	148	Buzzsprout	53
44	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	247	BBC	43
45	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
46	Note to Self	Dear Media	Society & Culture	269	ART19	68
47	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	48
48	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	240	Megaphone	49
49	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	193	Acast	58
50	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1044	Spotify for Podcasters	22
51	What We Spend	Audacy	Society & Culture	32	WideOrbit	48
52	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
53	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	209	ART19	63
54	The Plain People's Podcast	The Plain People's Podcast	Society & Culture	73	Libsyn	47
55	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	128	Omny Studio	57
56	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	452	Omny Studio	59
57	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	56	RedCircle	79
58	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
59	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	139	Megaphone	63
60	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	268	Captivate	58
61	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
62	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
63	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	446	Megaphone	48
64	Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	74	Audioboom	68
65	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	65	Audioboom	59
66	Mostly Thriving Podcast with Amanda + TJ	Amanda and TJ Vernaci	Society & Culture	40	Spotify for Podcasters	17
67	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	150	Spotify for Podcasters	52
68	Flicker and Burn	Spirit Juice	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	48
69	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	93	Spotify for Podcasters	73
70	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	604	Audiomeans	83
71	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	101	Simplecast	48
72	I AM RAPAPORT: STEREO PODCAST	Michael Rapaport x DBPodcasts	Society & Culture	1083	Megaphone	42
73	LoveLustLaw	LoveLustLaw	Society & Culture	51	Audioboom	52
74	Life Shift™ \| Pivotal Moments & Life Change	Matt Gilhooly	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	69
75	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
76	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
77	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
78	Korean. American. Podcast	Daniel and Jun	Society & Culture	130	Buzzsprout	42
79	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	28
80	Can I Walk With You?	Thoraya	Society & Culture	16	Libsyn	58
81	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	91	Megaphone	32
82	Terra Firma	Colorado Public Radio	Society & Culture	21	PRX	89
83	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	573	Buzzsprout	53
84	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	190	Spotify for Podcasters	58
85	hot pursuit by AsianBossGirl	Emily, Madelyn, Jen	Society & Culture	476	Megaphone	53
86	Grandpa’s Sleep Stories For Grown-Ups	Grandpa’s Bedtime Stories For Grown-Ups	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	48
87	Powering Through	Jessie Owen & ONWARD Medical	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	73
88	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	194	Megaphone	53
89	EARTHMOVERS	Alison Mariella Désir, Verna NezBegay Volker, Stefanie Flippin	Society & Culture	32	Simplecast	79
90	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	145	Acast	37
91	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	42	Audioboom	48
92	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
93	Gritty Mamas with Julie Jeppson	Julie Jeppson	Society & Culture	80	Buzzsprout	63
94	여둘톡	여자 둘이 토크하고 있습니다	Society & Culture	211	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	25	Acast	63
96	The Jason Jones Show	Jason Jones	Society & Culture	408	Simplecast	53
97	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	476	N/A	N/A
98	in the meadow	vicinthemeadow	Society & Culture	179	Acast	48
99	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	379	Acast	32
100	Women Over 70: Aging Reimagined	Gail Zelitzky and Catherine Marienau	Society & Culture	296	Blubrry	73

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