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 22 Sep 2026

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09/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 235

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:45:35

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. Dear Media (3 shows)

3. BBC World Service (2 shows)

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

5. Real-Life Paranormal Stories (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	108	ART19	58
2	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	127	Omny Studio	63
3	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	21	Audioboom	63
4	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	32	Unknown	79
5	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	24	Megaphone	79
6	Shawna and LaLa: Life Beyond The Mic	Shawna and LaLa	Society & Culture	148	Spreaker	48
7	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	373	Megaphone	58
9	On the tip of my tongue - talking about Aphasia	Jonathan Hirons and Rob Edwards	Society & Culture	37	Buzzsprout	68
10	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
11	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
12	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	285	Libsyn	48
13	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	231	Spreaker	78
14	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	210	RedCircle	48
15	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	301	Simplecast	63
16	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	58
17	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	349	Megaphone	42
18	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	426	RedCircle	59
19	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	122	Omny Studio	57
20	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	103	Megaphone	48
21	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	356	Libsyn	63
22	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	139	Simplecast	62
23	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	39	Acast	84
24	Different Points Podcast	Roy Coughlan & Catherine Llewellyn at Podfather Network	Society & Culture	33	Podbean	62
25	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
26	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	440	RedCircle	63
27	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	91	Acast	63
28	Good Grief with Amanda Kloots	Dear Media	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	58
29	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
30	Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	70	Audioboom	68
31	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	222	Spotify for Podcasters	52
32	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	237	Megaphone	38
33	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	259	Acast	53
34	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	222	Simplecast	58
35	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	384	Megaphone	48
36	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	145	Omny Studio	42
37	The beyond the ordinary’s Podcast	podgrowthagency	Society & Culture	10	Podbean	37
38	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1008	Spotify for Podcasters	22
39	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	181	Acast	58
40	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	105	Acast	68
41	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	85	Megaphone	32
42	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	50	Omny Studio	38
43	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	230	Megaphone	49
44	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
45	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	431	Buzzsprout	32
46	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	241	BBC	43
47	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
48	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
49	LivingYosh	Joshua "Yosh" Markell	Society & Culture	35	Unknown	53
50	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	280	Spreaker	59
51	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	133	Megaphone	63
52	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
53	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
54	The Cozy Chat Podcast	Aliyah's Corner	Society & Culture	97	Spotify for Podcasters	22
55	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
56	Note to Self	Dear Media	Society & Culture	265	ART19	68
57	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	170	Megaphone	48
58	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
59	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	262	Captivate	58
60	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	446	Omny Studio	59
61	You’re Gonna Want To Hear This	marie claire australia	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	58
62	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	139	Acast	37
63	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	196	ART19	63
64	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	146	Spotify for Podcasters	52
65	This Is Your Afterlife	Dave Maher	Society & Culture	269	Captivate	63
66	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
67	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
68	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	291	Audioboom	53
69	The Wild Podcast	The Wild Boys	Society & Culture	51	Spotify for Podcasters	22
70	Bearing Scars	Michael Ertel	Society & Culture	21	Unknown	59
71	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	36	Audioboom	48
72	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	52	RedCircle	79
73	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	90	Spotify for Podcasters	73
74	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	375	Acast	32
75	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
76	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	23	Acast	43
77	Caribbean Mystics	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	61	Megaphone	74
78	te compré flores	mara urbina	Society & Culture	114	Spotify for Podcasters	28
79	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	433	Megaphone	48
80	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	184	Spotify for Podcasters	58
81	The Rick and Kelly Show	Rick & Kelly Leventhal	Society & Culture	925	Spotify for Podcasters	28
82	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
83	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
84	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	585	Audion	83
85	LA Calling	Don Anderson	Society & Culture	93	RedCircle	79
86	Forever is a Long Time	Ian Coss	Society & Culture	6	PRX	74
87	The Julie Jeppson Podcast	Gritty Mamas and More	Society & Culture	74	Buzzsprout	48
88	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
89	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
90	GenX Stories	Eve Simon, Chris Goumas, Lori Luna & Courtney Spikes	Society & Culture	141	Buzzsprout	68
91	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
92	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	456	N/A	N/A
93	hot pursuit by AsianBossGirl	Emily, Madelyn, Jen	Society & Culture	470	Megaphone	53
94	The Banter Brothers Podcast	The Banter Brothers	Society & Culture	4	Spotify for Podcasters	47
95	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
96	Life Shift™ \| Pivotal Moments & Life Change	Matt Gilhooly	Society & Culture	430	Megaphone	69
97	What We Spend	Audacy	Society & Culture	26	WideOrbit	48
98	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	246	Buzzsprout	73
99	From Poverty to Prosperity: Redefining Wealth and Opportunity in America	CrossPurpose	Society & Culture	4	Podbean	52
100	The Chisme Corner with Vee Rivera	Sonoro	Society & Culture	35	Simplecast	62

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