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 août 2026

Country

Main category

Sub category

Date

08/25/2026

Average data

Episodes: 239

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:47:51

Top 5 authors

1. Dear Media (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. BBC World Service (2 shows)

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

5. Thomas FreeMe (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	100	ART19	58
2	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	299	Simplecast	63
3	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	20	Audioboom	63
4	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	126	Omny Studio	63
5	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	53
6	Bearing Scars	Michael Ertel	Society & Culture	21	Unknown	59
7	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	230	Spreaker	78
8	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	31	Unknown	79
9	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	345	Megaphone	42
10	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	371	Megaphone	58
11	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
12	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	23	Megaphone	79
13	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	32
14	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	58
15	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	424	RedCircle	59
16	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	207	RedCircle	48
17	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	284	Libsyn	48
18	Shawna and LaLa: Life Beyond The Mic	Shawna and LaLa	Society & Culture	147	Spreaker	48
19	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
20	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	439	RedCircle	63
21	Good Grief with Amanda Kloots	Dear Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
22	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
23	On the tip of my tongue - talking about Aphasia	Jonathan Hirons and Rob Edwards	Society & Culture	37	Buzzsprout	68
24	Different Points Podcast	Roy Coughlan & Catherine Llewellyn at Podfather Network	Society & Culture	30	Podbean	62
25	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	38	Acast	84
26	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	234	Megaphone	38
27	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	136	Simplecast	62
28	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	144	Omny Studio	42
29	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	105	Acast	68
30	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	383	Megaphone	48
31	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	54	Omny Studio	38
32	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1005	Spotify for Podcasters	22
33	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	219	Spotify for Podcasters	52
34	The Cozy Chat Podcast	Aliyah's Corner	Society & Culture	96	Spotify for Podcasters	22
35	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
36	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	277	Spreaker	59
37	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	84	Megaphone	32
38	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	99	Megaphone	48
39	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	90	Acast	63
40	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	240	BBC	43
41	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
42	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
43	GenX Stories	Eve Simon, Chris Goumas, Lori Luna & Courtney Spikes	Society & Culture	141	Buzzsprout	68
44	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	131	Megaphone	63
45	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
46	The Comeback Era with Caroline and Kayla	Caroline and Kayla	Society & Culture	17	RSS.com	52
47	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	168	Megaphone	48
48	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	121	Omny Studio	57
49	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	355	Libsyn	63
50	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
51	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	193	ART19	63
52	Fruit: The Cost of Legacy	Hoorae Media, Issa Rae Productions, Raedio LLc	Society & Culture	26	Simplecast	53
53	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	228	Megaphone	49
54	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
55	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
56	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
57	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	221	Simplecast	58
58	Life Shift™ \| Pivotal Moments & Life Change	Matt Gilhooly	Society & Culture	428	Megaphone	69
59	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	261	Captivate	58
60	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	256	Acast	53
61	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	581	Audion	83
62	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
63	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	18	Acast	53
64	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	445	Omny Studio	59
65	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	430	Megaphone	48
66	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
67	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	178	Acast	58
68	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	80	SoundOn	58
69	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
70	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	145	Spotify for Podcasters	52
71	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	89	Spotify for Podcasters	73
72	Note to Self	Dear Media	Society & Culture	264	ART19	68
73	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	138	Acast	37
74	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	241	WideOrbit	52
75	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
76	The Ugly Sister	Kendra Jaymes	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	22
77	Indelibly Marked	Dominique Kuykendall	Society & Culture	144	Buzzsprout	53
78	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
79	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
80	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
81	te compré flores	mara urbina	Society & Culture	114	Spotify for Podcasters	28
82	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	52	RedCircle	79
83	hot pursuit by AsianBossGirl	Emily, Madelyn, Jen	Society & Culture	469	Megaphone	53
84	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	244	Buzzsprout	73
85	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	182	Spotify for Podcasters	58
86	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	35	Audioboom	48
87	To All the Men I've Tolerated Before	To All The Men I've Tolerated	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
89	加州101	加州101	other	107	lizhi.fm	43
90	Dear Alana,	Tenderfoot TV	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	69
91	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	374	Acast	32
92	It's Going To Be OK	Feelings & Co	Society & Culture	461	Megaphone	68
93	Stories That Live In Us	Crista Cowan \| The Barefoot Genealogist	Society & Culture	130	Buzzsprout	83
94	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	549	Buzzsprout	53
95	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
96	Cut the Camera with the Sturniolo Triplets	Sturniolo Triplets	Society & Culture	39	Megaphone	63
97	Erika de la Vega - En Defensa Propia	Erika De la Vega \| Sonoro	Society & Culture	370	Simplecast	63
98	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	290	Audioboom	53
99	جناية	Mics مايكس	Society & Culture	118	Podeo	58
100	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	452	N/A	N/A

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

The podcast landscape in USA is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in USA.
Explore more data on podcast rankings by diving into other categories and countries, and stay ahead in the ever-changing podcast scene.

Previous charts Next charts

About Methodology Contact Support me Privacy Policy Legal Notice