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 24 Aug 2026

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08/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 239

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:47:44

Top 5 authors

1. Dear Media (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. Pionaire Podcasting (2 shows)

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

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

3. Acast (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	150	ART19	58
2	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	306	Simplecast	63
3	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	53
4	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	133	Omny Studio	63
5	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	236	Spreaker	78
6	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	382	Megaphone	58
7	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	371	Megaphone	52
8	Bearing Scars	Michael Ertel	Society & Culture	21	Unknown	59
9	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
10	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	27	Audioboom	63
11	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	30	Megaphone	89
12	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	32
13	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
14	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	37	Unknown	79
15	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	288	Libsyn	48
16	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	458	RedCircle	59
17	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	221	RedCircle	48
18	Shawna and LaLa: Life Beyond The Mic	Shawna and LaLa	Society & Culture	151	Spreaker	48
19	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
20	On the tip of my tongue - talking about Aphasia	Jonathan Hirons and Rob Edwards	Society & Culture	38	Buzzsprout	48
21	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
22	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	245	Megaphone	38
23	Good Grief with Amanda Kloots	Dear Media	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	58
24	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	452	RedCircle	63
25	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1044	Spotify for Podcasters	22
26	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	146	Simplecast	62
27	Different Points Podcast	Roy Coughlan & Catherine Llewellyn at Podfather Network	Society & Culture	53	Podbean	62
28	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	391	Megaphone	48
29	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	44	Acast	84
30	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	297	Spreaker	59
31	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	109	Acast	68
32	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	239	Spotify for Podcasters	52
33	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	151	Omny Studio	42
34	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	118	Megaphone	48
35	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	90	Megaphone	32
36	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
37	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
38	The Cozy Chat Podcast	Aliyah's Corner	Society & Culture	103	Spotify for Podcasters	22
39	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	51	Omny Studio	48
40	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	207	ART19	63
41	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
42	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	361	Libsyn	63
43	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	138	Megaphone	63
44	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	25	Acast	63
45	GenX Stories	Eve Simon, Chris Goumas, Lori Luna & Courtney Spikes	Society & Culture	142	Buzzsprout	68
46	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	239	Megaphone	49
47	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
48	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	98	Acast	63
49	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	228	Simplecast	58
50	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	127	Omny Studio	57
51	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
52	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	247	BBC	43
53	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	182	Megaphone	48
54	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
55	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	451	Omny Studio	59
56	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	150	Spotify for Podcasters	52
57	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	270	Acast	53
58	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	241	WideOrbit	52
59	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	603	Audiomeans	83
60	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
61	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	48
62	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
63	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	87	SoundOn	58
64	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	192	Acast	58
65	Life Shift™ \| Pivotal Moments & Life Change	Matt Gilhooly	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	69
66	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
67	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
68	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	55	RedCircle	79
69	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
70	Note to Self	Dear Media	Society & Culture	269	ART19	68
71	The Ugly Sister	Kendra Jaymes	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	22
72	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	93	Spotify for Podcasters	73
73	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	189	Spotify for Podcasters	58
74	Indelibly Marked	Dominique Kuykendall	Society & Culture	148	Buzzsprout	53
76	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
77	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
78	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
79	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	143	Acast	37
80	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	378	Acast	32
81	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	42	Audioboom	48
82	The Real Stuff with Lucie Fink	Dear Media	Society & Culture	151	Megaphone	48
83	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
84	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	267	Captivate	58
85	It's Going To Be OK	Feelings & Co	Society & Culture	464	Megaphone	68
86	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	250	Buzzsprout	73
87	Fruit: The Cost of Legacy	Hoorae Media, Issa Rae Productions, Raedio LLc	Society & Culture	26	Simplecast	53
88	Dear Alana,	Tenderfoot TV	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	69
89	To All the Men I've Tolerated Before	To All The Men I've Tolerated	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
90	LA Calling	Don Anderson	Society & Culture	93	RedCircle	79
91	Stories That Live In Us	Crista Cowan \| The Barefoot Genealogist	Society & Culture	137	Buzzsprout	83
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 Comeback Era with Caroline and Kayla	Caroline and Kayla	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	62
94	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	473	N/A	N/A
95	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	294	Audioboom	53
96	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	570	Buzzsprout	53
97	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	63	Audioboom	59
98	You’re Gonna Want To Hear This	marie claire australia	Society & Culture	58	Omny Studio	58
99	te compré flores	mara urbina	Society & Culture	114	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	Cut the Camera with the Sturniolo Triplets	Sturniolo Triplets	Society & Culture	39	Megaphone	63

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