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 25 May 2026

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05/25/2026

Average data

Episodes: 245

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:52:00

Top 5 authors

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

2. BBC World Service (2 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. Dear Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Acast (7 shows)

5. Audioboom (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	136	Omny Studio	63
2	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	89
3	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	306	Simplecast	63
4	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	26	Audioboom	63
5	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	53
6	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
7	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	239	Spreaker	78
8	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
9	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	380	Megaphone	58
10	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	37	Unknown	79
11	Bearing Scars	Michael Ertel	Society & Culture	21	Unknown	59
12	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	287	Libsyn	48
13	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	453	RedCircle	59
14	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	145	Simplecast	62
15	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	367	Megaphone	52
16	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	450	RedCircle	63
17	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
18	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	32	PRX	69
19	From Guilt to Good with Jeanette Yates	Jeanette Yates	Society & Culture	83	Buzzsprout	78
20	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	294	Spreaker	59
21	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	390	Megaphone	48
22	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1041	Spotify for Podcasters	22
23	Sort Your Life Out Unpacked	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	26	BBC	42
24	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	243	Megaphone	38
25	Maura Sweeney: Living Happy Inside Out \| Storytelling \| Inspiration \| Personal Growth	Maura Sweeney	Society & Culture	100	Libsyn	38
26	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	109	Acast	68
27	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	237	Spotify for Podcasters	52
28	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	54	Omny Studio	48
29	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
30	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	150	Omny Studio	42
31	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	219	RedCircle	48
32	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	180	Megaphone	48
33	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
34	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	44	Acast	84
35	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	237	Megaphone	49
36	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	360	Libsyn	63
37	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	32
38	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
39	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	115	Megaphone	48
40	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	188	Spotify for Podcasters	58
41	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
42	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
43	Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	68
44	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
45	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	377	Acast	32
46	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
47	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	720	Audiomeans	83
48	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	451	Omny Studio	59
49	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	250	Buzzsprout	73
50	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	150	Spotify for Podcasters	52
51	Your Best Friend's Podcast	Aurora McCausland	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	22
52	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	126	Omny Studio	57
53	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	442	Megaphone	48
54	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	205	ART19	63
55	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
56	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	227	Simplecast	58
57	Clutter Free Academy	Kathi Lipp	Society & Culture	647	Transistor	48
58	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	24	Acast	63
59	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	86	SoundOn	58
60	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
61	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	63	Audioboom	59
62	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	97	Acast	63
63	Life Shift™ \| Pivotal Moments & Life Change	Matt Gilhooly	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	69
64	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	191	Acast	58
65	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
66	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	92	Spotify for Podcasters	73
67	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
68	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
69	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
70	The Chisme Corner with Vee Rivera	Sonoro	Society & Culture	38	Simplecast	62
71	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	History	56	Buzzsprout	32
72	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	41	Audioboom	48
73	Grandpa’s Sleep Stories For Grown-Ups	Grandpa’s Bedtime Stories For Grown-Ups	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	48
74	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	137	Megaphone	63
75	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	267	Captivate	58
76	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
77	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	246	BBC	43
78	Dear Alana,	Tenderfoot TV	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	69
79	Morning Rae	Allana Blumberg	Education	276	ART19	53
80	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	470	N/A	N/A
81	جناية	Mics مايكس	Society & Culture	121	Podeo	58
82	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
83	Questioning Everything	The Improbable Dreamer	Society & Culture	101	Spotify for Podcasters	58
84	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
85	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	194	Megaphone	53
86	Breaking Social Norms	Isaac "Illuminati Watcher" Weishaupt & Josie Weishaupt	Society & Culture	290	Spreaker	53
87	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	101	Simplecast	48
88	Euphomet	And,If Studio	Society & Culture	92	Megaphone	48
89	Erika de la Vega - En Defensa Propia	Erika De la Vega \| Sonoro	Society & Culture	376	Simplecast	63
90	Reagan Conrad	The Daily Wire	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	58
91	The Adventurous Reinvention	Allison Boyle	Society & Culture	115	Captivate	73
92	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	293	Audioboom	53
93	Don't Think with Carla Bezanson	Dear Media	Society & Culture	56	ART19	42
94	Between Two Beers Podcast	Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten	Society & Culture	443	Acast	28
95	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	568	Buzzsprout	53
96	Lowlines	Social Broadcasts & Scenery Studios	Society & Culture	10	Transistor	79
97	여둘톡	여자 둘이 토크하고 있습니다	Society & Culture	210	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	90	Megaphone	32
99	Dua Lipa: At Your Service	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	39	BBC	33
100	馬克信箱 (Dear Marcy)	上班可以聽	Society & Culture	793	Spotify for Podcasters	38

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