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 Aug 2026

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08/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 239

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:49:48

Top 5 authors

1. Dear Media (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

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

4. Pionaire Podcasting (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Acast (8 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	108	ART19	58
2	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	301	Simplecast	63
3	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
4	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	127	Omny Studio	63
5	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	231	Spreaker	78
6	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	373	Megaphone	58
7	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	285	Libsyn	48
8	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	32
9	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	349	Megaphone	42
10	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	426	RedCircle	59
11	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	32	Unknown	79
12	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	58
13	On the tip of my tongue - talking about Aphasia	Jonathan Hirons and Rob Edwards	Society & Culture	37	Buzzsprout	68
14	Shawna and LaLa: Life Beyond The Mic	Shawna and LaLa	Society & Culture	148	Spreaker	48
15	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
16	Bearing Scars	Michael Ertel	Society & Culture	21	Unknown	59
17	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	24	Megaphone	79
18	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	21	Audioboom	63
19	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	210	RedCircle	48
20	Good Grief with Amanda Kloots	Dear Media	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	58
21	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	440	RedCircle	63
22	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	237	Megaphone	38
23	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	384	Megaphone	48
24	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	139	Simplecast	62
25	Different Points Podcast	Roy Coughlan & Catherine Llewellyn at Podfather Network	Society & Culture	33	Podbean	62
26	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	39	Acast	84
27	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
28	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
29	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	85	Megaphone	32
30	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	222	Spotify for Podcasters	52
31	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	103	Megaphone	48
32	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	145	Omny Studio	42
33	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	105	Acast	68
34	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	280	Spreaker	59
35	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
36	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	222	Simplecast	58
37	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1008	Spotify for Podcasters	22
38	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	196	ART19	63
39	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
40	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	50	Omny Studio	38
41	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	91	Acast	63
42	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	133	Megaphone	63
43	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	23	Acast	43
44	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	230	Megaphone	49
45	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
46	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	356	Libsyn	63
47	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	241	WideOrbit	52
48	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
49	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	146	Spotify for Podcasters	52
50	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	170	Megaphone	48
51	The Cozy Chat Podcast	Aliyah's Corner	Society & Culture	97	Spotify for Podcasters	22
52	GenX Stories	Eve Simon, Chris Goumas, Lori Luna & Courtney Spikes	Society & Culture	141	Buzzsprout	68
53	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	259	Acast	53
54	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	122	Omny Studio	57
55	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	446	Omny Studio	59
56	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
57	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
58	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
59	Note to Self	Dear Media	Society & Culture	265	ART19	68
60	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
61	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	81	SoundOn	58
62	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	241	BBC	43
63	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	433	Megaphone	48
64	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	52	RedCircle	79
65	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	585	Audion	83
66	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	181	Acast	58
68	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
69	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	90	Spotify for Podcasters	73
70	Indelibly Marked	Dominique Kuykendall	Society & Culture	144	Buzzsprout	53
71	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	139	Acast	37
72	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	456	N/A	N/A
73	Life Shift™ \| Pivotal Moments & Life Change	Matt Gilhooly	Society & Culture	430	Megaphone	69
74	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
75	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
76	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
77	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	375	Acast	32
78	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	184	Spotify for Podcasters	58
79	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
80	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	262	Captivate	58
81	LA Calling	Don Anderson	Society & Culture	93	RedCircle	79
82	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
83	The Real Stuff with Lucie Fink	Dear Media	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	48
84	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	246	Buzzsprout	73
85	To All the Men I've Tolerated Before	To All The Men I've Tolerated	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
86	Stories That Live In Us	Crista Cowan \| The Barefoot Genealogist	Society & Culture	130	Buzzsprout	83
87	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	58	Audioboom	59
88	It's Going To Be OK	Feelings & Co	Society & Culture	462	Megaphone	68
89	Don't Be Sour	Maxx Chewning	Society & Culture	161	Libsyn	58
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	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	36	Audioboom	48
92	“Hitz Off Da Streetz” Podcast	El Profe	Society & Culture	227	Podbean	31
93	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
94	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	553	Buzzsprout	53
95	Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	70	Audioboom	68
96	You’re Gonna Want To Hear This	marie claire australia	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	58
97	Cut the Camera with the Sturniolo Triplets	Sturniolo Triplets	Society & Culture	39	Megaphone	63
98	Korean. American. Podcast	Daniel and Jun	Society & Culture	130	Buzzsprout	42
99	Erika de la Vega - En Defensa Propia	Erika De la Vega \| Sonoro	Society & Culture	371	Simplecast	63
100	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	99	Simplecast	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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