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 26 Apr 2026

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04/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 212

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:50:37

Top 5 authors

1. Podgo (8 shows)

2. BBC World Service (2 shows)

3. Pionaire Podcasting (2 shows)

4. Dear Media (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (15 shows)

2. ART19 (12 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Acast (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	307	Simplecast	63
2	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	133	Omny Studio	63
3	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
4	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	38	Unknown	79
5	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
6	Set & Centered	Mark & RJ	Society & Culture	21	Buzzsprout	63
7	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	53
8	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	382	Megaphone	58
9	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	236	Spreaker	78
10	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	147	Simplecast	62
11	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	372	Megaphone	52
12	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	461	RedCircle	59
13	From Guilt to Good with Jeanette Yates	Jeanette Yates	Society & Culture	83	Buzzsprout	78
14	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	288	Libsyn	48
15	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	246	Megaphone	38
16	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	392	ART19	58
17	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	45	Acast	84
18	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	151	Omny Studio	42
19	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
20	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	453	RedCircle	63
21	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	109	Acast	68
22	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
23	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1044	Spotify for Podcasters	22
24	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	119	Megaphone	48
25	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	25	Acast	63
26	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
27	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	127	Omny Studio	57
28	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
29	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	240	Spotify for Podcasters	52
30	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	297	Spreaker	59
31	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	183	Megaphone	48
32	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
33	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	239	Megaphone	49
34	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	63	Audioboom	59
35	Come explore the paranormal files as we delve into the unexplained. The paranormal podcast.	Matt Harvey \| Amanda Harvey Paranormal Experts	Society & Culture	253	Spreaker	59
36	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	222	RedCircle	48
37	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	34	PRX	59
38	Outgrown	Podgo	Society & Culture	6	ART19	53
39	Sold & Told; Realtor Confessions	Podgo	Society & Culture	4	ART19	48
40	The Most Important Podcast Ever with BJD	Hoss	Society & Culture	68	Spotify for Podcasters	32
41	Pay It Forward	Podgo	Society & Culture	3	ART19	53
42	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
43	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	228	Simplecast	58
44	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	150	Spotify for Podcasters	52
45	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
46	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	53	Omny Studio	48
47	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	451	Omny Studio	59
48	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
49	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
50	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	139	Megaphone	63
51	TIANYU2FM — 对谈未知领域	TIANYU2FM	Society & Culture	164	Ximalaya	53
52	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	193	Acast	58
53	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
54	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	42	Audioboom	48
55	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	87	SoundOn	58
56	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	361	Libsyn	63
57	How To Think Clearly In A Noisy World	Podgo	Society & Culture	7	ART19	48
58	Lessons That Last a Lifetime	Podgo	Society & Culture	6	ART19	48
59	How Many Years Old Were	Podgo	Society & Culture	7	ART19	53
60	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	378	Acast	32
61	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
62	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	268	Captivate	58
63	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	208	ART19	63
64	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	603	Audiomeans	83
65	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	250	Buzzsprout	73
66	Right Side Out	Andy J. Pizza	Society & Culture	7	Spotify for Podcasters	58
67	Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	68
68	Practice You with Elena Brower	Elena Brower	Society & Culture	250	Libsyn	42
69	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
70	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	190	Spotify for Podcasters	58
71	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	48
72	Morning Rae	Allana Blumberg	Education	276	ART19	53
73	Don't Think with Carla Bezanson	Dear Media	Society & Culture	57	ART19	42
74	It's Always Something with Davis Roe	Davis Roe	Society & Culture	61	Megaphone	42
75	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	99	Acast	63
76	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	101	Simplecast	48
77	The Black Sheep Perspective	Wesley Cantillo	Personal Journals	76	N/A	N/A
78	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	30	Megaphone	89
79	Goldy's Closet	Goldy Locks	Society & Culture	46	Simplecast	63
80	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
81	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	247	BBC	43
82	Empowerography	Podgo	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
83	Questioning Everything	The Improbable Dreamer	Society & Culture	103	Spotify for Podcasters	58
84	Grandpa’s Sleep Stories For Grown-Ups	Grandpa’s Bedtime Stories For Grown-Ups	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	48
85	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	474	N/A	N/A
86	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
87	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
88	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	572	Buzzsprout	53
89	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
90	as you are	sarsurahsarah	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	93	Spotify for Podcasters	73
92	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	History	56	Buzzsprout	32
93	Reagan Conrad	The Daily Wire	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	58
94	Authoring Life	Podgo	Society & Culture	75	Simplecast	63
95	Breaking Social Norms	Isaac "Illuminati Watcher" Weishaupt & Josie Weishaupt	Society & Culture	290	Spreaker	53
96	The Chisme Corner with Vee Rivera	Sonoro	Society & Culture	38	Simplecast	62
97	Sort Your Life Out Unpacked	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	26	BBC	42
98	The Plain People's Podcast	The Plain People's Podcast	Society & Culture	73	Libsyn	47
99	The TED Interview	TED	Society & Culture	117	PRX	64
100	加州101	加州101	other	109	lizhi.fm	38

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