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 Jul 2026

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07/25/2026

Average data

Episodes: 259

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:49:20

Top 5 authors

1. Dear Media (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

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

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. Pionaire Podcasting (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

3. Acast (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (6 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	306	Simplecast	63
2	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	148	ART19	58
3	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	30	Megaphone	89
4	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	37	Unknown	79
5	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	133	Omny Studio	63
6	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
7	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	288	Libsyn	48
8	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	236	Spreaker	78
9	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	26	Audioboom	63
10	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	457	RedCircle	59
11	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	53
12	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	32
13	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	382	Megaphone	58
14	Bearing Scars	Michael Ertel	Society & Culture	21	Unknown	59
15	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
16	No One Is Normal	Brad H. Hill	Society & Culture	42	Spotify for Podcasters	68
17	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	221	RedCircle	48
18	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	History	56	Buzzsprout	32
19	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	370	Megaphone	52
20	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	117	Megaphone	48
21	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	146	Simplecast	62
22	Maura Sweeney: Living Happy Inside Out \| Storytelling \| Inspiration \| Personal Growth	Maura Sweeney	Society & Culture	100	Libsyn	38
23	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	452	RedCircle	63
24	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	391	Megaphone	48
25	Slinky By Tuesday	Lucy Trinder	Society & Culture	30	Acast	69
26	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	245	Megaphone	38
27	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
28	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	109	Acast	68
29	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	63	Audioboom	59
30	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	150	Omny Studio	42
31	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
32	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	296	Spreaker	59
33	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
34	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	44	Acast	84
35	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
36	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
37	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	238	Megaphone	49
38	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	51	Omny Studio	48
39	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1044	Spotify for Podcasters	22
40	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	360	Libsyn	63
41	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	207	ART19	63
42	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
43	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
44	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
45	Note to Self	Dear Media	Society & Culture	269	ART19	68
46	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	98	Acast	63
47	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	451	Omny Studio	59
48	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
49	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	182	Megaphone	48
50	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	93	Spotify for Podcasters	73
51	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
52	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	378	Acast	32
53	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	270	Acast	53
54	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	127	Omny Studio	57
55	Milwaukee Uncut	Story Mark Studios	Society & Culture	353	Buzzsprout	48
56	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	138	Megaphone	63
57	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	227	Simplecast	58
58	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
59	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	25	Acast	63
60	B*tch, Listen!	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Society & Culture	22	Simplecast	68
61	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	48
62	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	150	Spotify for Podcasters	52
63	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	194	Megaphone	53
64	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	246	BBC	43
65	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	87	SoundOn	58
66	The Rick and Kelly Show	Rick & Kelly Leventhal	Society & Culture	936	Spotify for Podcasters	28
67	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
68	The Real Stuff with Lucie Fink	Dear Media	Society & Culture	151	Megaphone	48
69	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	191	Acast	58
70	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
71	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
72	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
73	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
74	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	601	Audiomeans	83
75	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	570	Buzzsprout	53
76	Indelibly Marked	Dominique Kuykendall	Society & Culture	148	Buzzsprout	53
77	Life Shift™ \| Pivotal Moments & Life Change	Matt Gilhooly	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	69
78	A New Shade of Me	Jamie Rothe	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	32
79	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	55	RedCircle	79
80	The Plain People's Podcast	The Plain People's Podcast	Society & Culture	73	Libsyn	47
81	Grit Branded	Grit Branded	Society & Culture	97	Spotify for Podcasters	38
82	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
83	What We Spend	Audacy	Society & Culture	31	WideOrbit	48
84	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	189	Spotify for Podcasters	58
85	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
86	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	143	Acast	37
87	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	41	Audioboom	48
88	hot pursuit by AsianBossGirl	Emily, Madelyn, Jen	Society & Culture	475	Megaphone	53
89	The Jason Jones Show	Jason Jones	Society & Culture	408	Simplecast	53
90	Flower Child. The Podcast!	Ke'Onda Washington	Society & Culture	22	Spotify for Podcasters	17
91	CAFÉ EN MANO	Don Juan Del Campo	Society & Culture	813	Spotify for Podcasters	28
92	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	267	Captivate	58
93	Mostly Thriving Podcast with Amanda + TJ	Amanda and TJ Vernaci	Society & Culture	39	Spotify for Podcasters	17
94	Stories That Live In Us	Crista Cowan \| The Barefoot Genealogist	Society & Culture	137	Buzzsprout	83
95	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	473	N/A	N/A
96	All The Light She Found	Kelly McGuirk	Society & Culture	5	Unknown	63
97	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	90	Megaphone	32
98	Clutter Free Academy	Kathi Lipp	Society & Culture	648	Transistor	48
99	Rich Spinster	Alexis	Society & Culture	41	Buzzsprout	32
100	I AM RAPAPORT: STEREO PODCAST	Michael Rapaport x DBPodcasts	Society & Culture	1083	Megaphone	42

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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