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 23 Mar 2026

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03/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 234

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:47:59

Top 5 authors

1. BBC World Service (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. Dear Media (2 shows)

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

5. Frankie and Jess (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. BBC (8 shows)

5. Acast (7 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	299	Simplecast	63
2	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	126	Omny Studio	63
3	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	53
4	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	58
5	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
6	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
7	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
8	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	137	Simplecast	62
9	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	372	Megaphone	58
10	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	285	Libsyn	48
11	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	230	Spreaker	78
12	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	235	Megaphone	38
13	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	355	Libsyn	63
15	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	345	Megaphone	42
16	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	383	Megaphone	48
17	The Sock Drawer	Lisa	Society & Culture	28	Unknown	49
18	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	219	Spotify for Podcasters	52
19	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	439	RedCircle	63
20	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	144	Omny Studio	42
21	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	54	Omny Studio	38
22	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
23	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
24	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	31	Unknown	79
25	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	105	Acast	68
26	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	277	Spreaker	59
27	Silver Disobedience® Perception Dynamics with Dian Griesel: How People Think, Lead and Succeed	Dian Griesel aka @SilverDisobedience	Education	235	Spotify for Podcasters	48
28	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	100	Megaphone	48
29	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
30	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1005	Spotify for Podcasters	22
31	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	38	Acast	84
32	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	228	Megaphone	49
33	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
34	Stephing Up	TBC Studios	Society & Culture	71	Megaphone	89
35	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	35	Audioboom	48
36	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
37	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
38	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	169	Megaphone	48
39	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	261	Captivate	58
40	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
41	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
42	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	244	Buzzsprout	73
43	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
44	Secrets of the Salt Path	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	9	BBC	33
45	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	99	Simplecast	48
46	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	48
47	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	145	Spotify for Podcasters	52
48	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	581	Audion	83
49	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	History	56	Buzzsprout	32
50	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	183	Spotify for Podcasters	58
51	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
52	Tyreak Told You Podcast	Tyreak Told You	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	52
53	Truth Be Told: Time to Thrive	American Public Media	Society & Culture	87	American Public Media	48
54	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
55	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	132	Megaphone	63
56	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
57	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	445	Omny Studio	59
58	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	179	Acast	58
59	Dear Daughter	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	88	BBC	39
60	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	194	ART19	63
61	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
62	Morning Rae	Allana Blumberg	Education	271	RedCircle	59
63	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	121	Omny Studio	57
64	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	90	Acast	63
65	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	549	Buzzsprout	53
66	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	190	Megaphone	53
67	Rebuilding in Public	Ganell	Society & Culture	13	Spotify for Podcasters	63
69	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	240	BBC	43
70	hot pursuit by AsianBossGirl	Emily, Madelyn, Jen	Society & Culture	469	Megaphone	53
71	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	221	Simplecast	58
72	What We Spend	Audacy	Society & Culture	27	WideOrbit	48
73	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
74	Erika de la Vega - En Defensa Propia	Erika De la Vega \| Sonoro	Society & Culture	370	Simplecast	63
75	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	290	Audioboom	53
76	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	80	SoundOn	58
77	The Hoffman Podcast	Hoffman Institute Foundation	Society & Culture	246	Blubrry	68
78	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	374	Acast	32
79	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
80	Hungry Dogs with James Patterson	James Patterson	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
81	Gender Reveal	Tuck Woodstock	Society & Culture	292	Libsyn	58
82	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	84	Megaphone	32
83	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	39	BBC	33
84	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	453	N/A	N/A
85	Caribbean Mystics	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	60	Megaphone	74
86	Life Changing	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	82	BBC	33
87	Can I Walk With You?	Thoraya	Society & Culture	17	Libsyn	63
88	Don't Be Sour	Maxx Chewning	Society & Culture	161	Libsyn	58
89	Coffee and Covid	Ed Patrick	Personal Journals	6	N/A	N/A
90	in the meadow	vicinthemeadow	Society & Culture	172	Acast	48
91	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
92	Unwineding	W!ZARD Studios	Education	263	Megaphone	53
93	The Stoop	Hana Baba and Leila Day	Society & Culture	123	PRX	59
94	Young at Heart with Kojo Nnamdi	WAMU 88.5	Society & Culture	6	PRX	53
95	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	257	Acast	53
96	Don't Think with Carla Bezanson	Dear Media	Society & Culture	51	ART19	42
97	The Modern Homesteading Podcast	Harold Thornbro and Rachel Jamison	Society & Culture	290	Spotify for Podcasters	42
98	Living Louder	Portia Louder	Education	49	Podbean	28
99	Mostly Thriving Podcast with Amanda + TJ	Amanda and TJ Vernaci	Society & Culture	35	Spotify for Podcasters	17
100	Breaking Social Norms	Isaac "Illuminati Watcher" Weishaupt & Josie Weishaupt	Society & Culture	284	Spreaker	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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