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 May 2026

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05/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 239

Frequency: every 31 days

Duration: 00:52:40

Top 5 authors

1. Pionaire Podcasting (2 shows)

2. BBC World Service (2 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

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

5. Dave Schrader (1 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	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	26	Megaphone	79
2	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	129	Omny Studio	53
3	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	302	Simplecast	63
4	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	22	Audioboom	63
5	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
6	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	33	Unknown	79
7	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
8	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
9	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	233	Spreaker	78
10	Bearing Scars	Michael Ertel	Society & Culture	21	Unknown	59
11	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	376	Megaphone	58
12	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	286	Libsyn	48
13	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	430	RedCircle	59
14	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	442	RedCircle	63
15	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
16	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	141	Simplecast	62
17	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	355	Megaphone	42
18	From Guilt to Good with Jeanette Yates	Jeanette Yates	Society & Culture	83	Buzzsprout	78
19	Maura Sweeney: Living Happy Inside Out \| Storytelling \| Inspiration \| Personal Growth	Maura Sweeney	Society & Culture	100	Libsyn	38
20	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1038	Spotify for Podcasters	22
21	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	387	Megaphone	48
22	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
23	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	105	Acast	68
24	Sort Your Life Out Unpacked	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	26	BBC	42
25	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	285	Spreaker	59
26	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	146	Omny Studio	42
27	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	239	Megaphone	38
28	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	227	Spotify for Podcasters	52
29	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	48
30	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	213	RedCircle	48
31	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
32	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	32
33	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	40	Acast	84
34	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	242	BBC	43
35	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	174	Megaphone	48
36	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
37	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	232	Megaphone	49
38	Life Shift™ \| Pivotal Moments & Life Change	Matt Gilhooly	Society & Culture	433	Megaphone	69
39	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
40	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
41	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	357	Libsyn	63
42	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	92	Acast	63
43	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	185	Spotify for Podcasters	58
44	Don't Be Sour	Maxx Chewning	Society & Culture	161	Libsyn	58
45	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	107	Megaphone	48
46	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
47	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	263	Captivate	58
48	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
49	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	587	Audiomeans	83
50	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
51	Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	71	Audioboom	68
52	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
53	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	376	Acast	32
54	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
55	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	147	Spotify for Podcasters	52
56	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
57	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	448	Omny Studio	59
58	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	134	Megaphone	63
59	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	123	Omny Studio	57
60	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	199	ART19	63
61	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	History	56	Buzzsprout	32
62	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	183	Acast	58
63	Your Best Friend's Podcast	Aurora McCausland	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	22
64	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	73
65	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	48
66	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	247	Buzzsprout	73
67	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	60	Audioboom	59
68	Clutter Free Academy	Kathi Lipp	Society & Culture	644	Transistor	48
69	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
70	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
71	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
72	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	223	Simplecast	58
73	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	20	Acast	43
74	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	83	SoundOn	58
75	Dear Alana,	Tenderfoot TV	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	69
76	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
77	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	37	Audioboom	48
78	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
79	The Chisme Corner with Vee Rivera	Sonoro	Society & Culture	36	Simplecast	62
80	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	558	Buzzsprout	53
81	Mostly Thriving Podcast with Amanda + TJ	Amanda and TJ Vernaci	Society & Culture	35	Spotify for Podcasters	17
82	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	99	Simplecast	48
83	Between Two Beers Podcast	Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten	Society & Culture	436	Acast	28
84	Grandpa’s Sleep Stories For Grown-Ups	Grandpa’s Bedtime Stories For Grown-Ups	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	48
85	It's Always Something with Davis Roe	Davis Roe	Society & Culture	57	Megaphone	42
86	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
87	Morning Rae	Allana Blumberg	Education	273	RedCircle	59
88	矽谷夫妻Chitchatting	矽谷夫妻 Annie & Jack	Society & Culture	237	Spotify for Podcasters	33
89	Euphomet	And,If Studio	Society & Culture	92	Megaphone	48
90	The Adventurous Reinvention	Allison Boyle	Society & Culture	113	Captivate	73
91	Breaking Social Norms	Isaac "Illuminati Watcher" Weishaupt & Josie Weishaupt	Society & Culture	286	Spreaker	53
92	The Julie Jeppson Podcast	Gritty Mamas and More	Society & Culture	74	Buzzsprout	48
93	Questioning Everything	The Improbable Dreamer	Society & Culture	89	Spotify for Podcasters	58
94	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	190	Megaphone	53
95	Erika de la Vega - En Defensa Propia	Erika De la Vega \| Sonoro	Society & Culture	373	Simplecast	63
96	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	53
97	Girl Stop Playin \| #1 Podcast for Black Women	KOEREYELLE, Personal Development Coach	Society & Culture	414	RedCircle	43
98	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	461	N/A	N/A
99	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	86	Megaphone	32
100	TIANYU2FM — 对谈未知领域	TIANYU2FM	Society & Culture	164	Ximalaya	53

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