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 Oct 2026

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10/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 211

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:50:19

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

2. Dear Media (3 shows)

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

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. Sapphire Sandalo (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	143	ART19	58
2	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	145	Simplecast	62
3	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	132	Omny Studio	63
4	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	53
5	What We Spend	Audacy	Society & Culture	30	WideOrbit	48
6	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	26	Audioboom	63
7	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
8	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	305	Simplecast	63
9	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	36	Unknown	79
10	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
11	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	452	RedCircle	59
12	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	287	Libsyn	48
13	On the tip of my tongue - talking about Aphasia	Jonathan Hirons and Rob Edwards	Society & Culture	37	Buzzsprout	68
14	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	219	RedCircle	48
15	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	235	Spreaker	78
16	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
17	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	367	Megaphone	52
18	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	380	Megaphone	58
19	CIRCULOS INFINITOS	Vidal Estévez	Education	68	Buzzsprout	73
20	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	115	Megaphone	48
21	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	109	Acast	68
22	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	450	RedCircle	63
23	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	243	Megaphone	38
24	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
25	Different Points Podcast	Roy Coughlan & Catherine Llewellyn at Podfather Network	Society & Culture	47	Podbean	62
26	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	43	Acast	84
27	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	390	Megaphone	48
28	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
29	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	125	Omny Studio	57
30	Good Grief with Amanda Kloots	Dear Media	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
31	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
32	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	237	Spotify for Podcasters	52
33	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	150	Omny Studio	42
34	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	237	Megaphone	49
35	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	137	Megaphone	63
36	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	89
37	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	96	Acast	63
38	Sisters of Defiance	Anita Rani	Society & Culture	14	Acast	84
39	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
40	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
41	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	92	Spotify for Podcasters	73
42	LoveLustLaw	LoveLustLaw	Society & Culture	49	Audioboom	52
43	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	294	Spreaker	59
44	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	32	PRX	69
45	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
46	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	190	Acast	58
47	Cocktales with Kiki	Kiki Said So	Society & Culture	505	Spreaker	64
48	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	188	Spotify for Podcasters	58
49	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
50	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	360	Libsyn	63
51	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	180	Megaphone	48
52	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	227	Simplecast	58
53	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	53	Omny Studio	48
54	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
55	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	194	Megaphone	53
56	Shawna and LaLa: Life Beyond The Mic	Shawna and LaLa	Society & Culture	151	Spreaker	48
57	The Cozy Chat Podcast	Aliyah's Corner	Society & Culture	102	Spotify for Podcasters	22
58	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
59	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	205	ART19	63
60	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	266	Captivate	58
61	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
62	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1041	Spotify for Podcasters	22
63	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	451	Omny Studio	59
64	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	194	Megaphone	53
65	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	246	BBC	43
66	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	41	Audioboom	48
67	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	55	RedCircle	79
68	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
69	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	89	Megaphone	32
70	Note to Self	Dear Media	Society & Culture	269	ART19	68
71	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	268	Acast	53
72	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	143	Acast	37
73	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
74	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	150	Spotify for Podcasters	52
75	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
76	Mostly Thriving Podcast with Amanda + TJ	Amanda and TJ Vernaci	Society & Culture	38	Spotify for Podcasters	17
77	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
78	The TED Interview	TED	Society & Culture	117	PRX	64
79	The Chat- Life Unfiltered	Gracespiration	Society & Culture	50	Spotify for Podcasters	32
80	You Will Please Me	Dominatrix Eva Oh	Society & Culture	107	Spotify for Podcasters	48
81	Heavy Victory	KSE Podcasts	Society & Culture	16	Spotify for Podcasters	58
82	B*tch, Listen!	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Society & Culture	22	Simplecast	68
83	Indelibly Marked	Dominique Kuykendall	Society & Culture	148	Buzzsprout	53
84	Danielle To You 's Podcast	Danielle To You	Society & Culture	28	Buzzsprout	72
85	Dear Alana,	Tenderfoot TV	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	69
86	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	293	Audioboom	53
87	Gritty Mamas with Julie Jeppson	Julie Jeppson	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	53
88	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	101	Simplecast	48
89	in the meadow	vicinthemeadow	Society & Culture	178	Acast	48
90	What's For Breakfast by Jo	Aljawhara "Jo"	Society & Culture	4	Spotify for Podcasters	52
91	Grandpa’s Sleep Stories For Grown-Ups	Grandpa’s Bedtime Stories For Grown-Ups	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	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	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	567	Buzzsprout	53
94	Breaking Social Norms	Isaac "Illuminati Watcher" Weishaupt & Josie Weishaupt	Society & Culture	290	Spreaker	53
95	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	470	N/A	N/A
96	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	86	SoundOn	58
97	Life Changing	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	82	BBC	33
98	The Girl Brain Edit	Caroline Beckham	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	32
99	Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	68
100	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	250	Buzzsprout	73

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