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 Oct 2026

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10/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 232

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:47:52

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. Team Epikase (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

3. Acast (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Audioboom (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	145	ART19	58
2	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	132	Omny Studio	63
3	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	146	Simplecast	62
4	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	53
5	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
6	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	306	Simplecast	63
7	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
8	What We Spend	Audacy	Society & Culture	30	WideOrbit	48
9	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	26	Audioboom	63
10	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	37	Unknown	79
11	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	220	RedCircle	48
12	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	235	Spreaker	78
13	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	381	Megaphone	58
14	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	454	RedCircle	59
16	Women Over 70: Aging Reimagined	Gail Zelitzky and Catherine Marienau	Society & Culture	296	Blubrry	73
17	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	368	Megaphone	52
18	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	288	Libsyn	48
19	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	451	RedCircle	63
20	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	116	Megaphone	48
21	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	126	Omny Studio	57
22	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	109	Acast	68
23	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	390	Megaphone	48
24	Life in Parallel with Matt Marr and Kenneth Suarez	Matt Marr and Kenneth Suarez	Society & Culture	4	WideOrbit	47
25	Different Points Podcast	Roy Coughlan & Catherine Llewellyn at Podfather Network	Society & Culture	49	Podbean	62
26	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
27	Get a Grip Podcast	Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes	Society & Culture	237	Spotify for Podcasters	52
28	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	89
29	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	294	Spreaker	59
30	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	244	Megaphone	38
31	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	150	Omny Studio	42
32	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	92	Spotify for Podcasters	73
33	Cocktales with Kiki	Kiki Said So	Society & Culture	505	Spreaker	64
34	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	44	Acast	84
35	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
36	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
37	Good Grief with Amanda Kloots	Dear Media	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
38	Sisters of Defiance	Anita Rani	Society & Culture	15	Acast	84
39	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
40	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
41	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1041	Spotify for Podcasters	22
42	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	227	Simplecast	58
43	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
44	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
45	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	181	Megaphone	48
46	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	41	Audioboom	48
47	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	138	Megaphone	63
48	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	55	Omny Studio	48
49	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
50	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	237	Megaphone	49
51	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	360	Libsyn	63
52	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
53	Spent Well Podcast	Katey and Dan Brigham	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	17
54	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
55	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	250	Buzzsprout	73
56	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
57	Shawna and LaLa: Life Beyond The Mic	Shawna and LaLa	Society & Culture	151	Spreaker	48
58	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	191	Acast	58
59	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	97	Acast	63
60	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	189	Spotify for Podcasters	58
61	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	206	ART19	63
62	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	451	Omny Studio	59
63	Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	68
64	The Cozy Chat Podcast	Aliyah's Corner	Society & Culture	102	Spotify for Podcasters	22
65	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	150	Spotify for Podcasters	52
66	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	55	RedCircle	79
67	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	143	Acast	37
68	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
69	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
70	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	569	Buzzsprout	53
71	Grace In The Grief	Grace In The Grief	Society & Culture	2	Spotify for Podcasters	42
72	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
73	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	269	Acast	53
74	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	267	Captivate	58
75	On the tip of my tongue - talking about Aphasia	Jonathan Hirons and Rob Edwards	Society & Culture	38	Buzzsprout	48
76	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	86	SoundOn	58
77	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	293	Audioboom	53
78	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	194	Megaphone	53
79	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	24	Acast	63
80	Mostly Thriving Podcast with Amanda + TJ	Amanda and TJ Vernaci	Society & Culture	39	Spotify for Podcasters	17
81	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
82	LoveLustLaw	LoveLustLaw	Society & Culture	50	Audioboom	52
83	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
84	Latinos Who Lunch	Latinos Who Lunch	Society & Culture	231	RedCircle	43
85	Danielle To You 's Podcast	Danielle To You	Society & Culture	28	Buzzsprout	72
86	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	246	BBC	43
87	in the meadow	vicinthemeadow	Society & Culture	178	Acast	48
88	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
89	Living Louder	Portia Louder	Society & Culture	63	Spotify for Podcasters	58
90	It's Always Something with Davis Roe	Davis Roe	Society & Culture	60	Megaphone	42
91	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	90	Megaphone	32
92	The Luke Branquinho Show	Bandit Productions	Society & Culture	152	Megaphone	38
93	Clutter Free Academy	Kathi Lipp	Society & Culture	647	Transistor	48
94	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	101	Simplecast	48
95	Milwaukee Uncut	Story Mark Studios	Society & Culture	353	Buzzsprout	48
96	The TED Interview	TED	Society & Culture	117	PRX	64
97	جناية	Mics مايكس	Society & Culture	122	Podeo	58
98	Note to Self	Dear Media	Society & Culture	269	ART19	68
99	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	377	Acast	32
100	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	471	N/A	N/A

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