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 28 Jun 2026

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06/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 229

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:51:33

Top 5 authors

1. Dear Media (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

3. BBC World Service (2 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

4. Acast (7 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	126	Omny Studio	63
2	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	299	Simplecast	63
3	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	31	Unknown	79
4	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	58
5	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
6	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
7	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	24	Megaphone	79
8	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	20	Audioboom	63
9	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	372	Megaphone	58
10	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	285	Libsyn	48
11	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	231	Spreaker	78
12	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
13	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	346	Megaphone	42
14	Bearing Scars	Michael Ertel	Society & Culture	21	Unknown	59
15	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	100	Megaphone	48
16	From Guilt to Good with Jeanette Yates	Jeanette Yates	Society & Culture	83	Buzzsprout	78
17	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	235	Megaphone	38
18	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	383	Megaphone	48
19	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	278	Spreaker	59
20	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	137	Simplecast	62
21	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	208	RedCircle	48
22	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	439	RedCircle	63
23	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
24	A Superwoman Handbook	Gillian Utesch	Society & Culture	61	Podbean	63
25	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	105	Acast	68
26	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
27	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	229	Megaphone	49
28	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	144	Omny Studio	42
29	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	32
30	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	446	Omny Studio	59
31	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	38	Acast	84
32	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	55	Omny Studio	38
33	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	95	Megaphone	68
34	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	History	56	Buzzsprout	32
35	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
36	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	194	ART19	63
37	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	355	Libsyn	63
38	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	169	Megaphone	48
39	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	22	Acast	43
40	Life Shift™ \| Pivotal Moments & Life Change	Matt Gilhooly	Society & Culture	429	Megaphone	69
41	Note to Self	Dear Media	Society & Culture	264	ART19	68
42	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	145	Spotify for Podcasters	52
43	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	245	Buzzsprout	73
44	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	90	Acast	63
45	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
46	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	581	Audion	83
47	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1005	Spotify for Podcasters	22
48	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	375	Acast	32
49	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	121	Omny Studio	57
50	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
51	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
52	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	183	Spotify for Podcasters	58
53	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
54	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	48
55	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
56	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
57	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	80	SoundOn	58
58	Frankie and Jess Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Frankie and Jess	Personal Journals	454	N/A	N/A
59	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
60	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	52	RedCircle	79
61	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
62	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
63	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	221	Simplecast	58
64	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	190	Megaphone	53
65	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	132	Megaphone	63
66	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	240	BBC	43
67	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	179	Acast	58
68	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	57	Audioboom	59
69	Stories That Live In Us	Crista Cowan \| The Barefoot Genealogist	Society & Culture	130	Buzzsprout	83
70	The Colion Noir Podcast	Colion Noir	Society & Culture	99	Simplecast	48
71	Euphomet	And,If Studio	Society & Culture	91	Megaphone	48
72	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	90	Spotify for Podcasters	73
73	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
74	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
75	Missing Pieces - NPE Life	Don Anderson	Society & Culture	90	Buzzsprout	62
76	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
77	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	138	Acast	37
78	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	261	Captivate	58
79	Unshaken with Gary V	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	43
80	Maura Sweeney: Living Happy Inside Out \| Storytelling \| Inspiration \| Personal Growth	Maura Sweeney	Society & Culture	100	Libsyn	38
81	Mostly Thriving Podcast with Amanda + TJ	Amanda and TJ Vernaci	Society & Culture	35	Spotify for Podcasters	17
82	The Jason Jones Show	Jason Jones	Society & Culture	408	Simplecast	53
83	Too Niche?	What’s Your Journey?, Bleav	Society & Culture	128	Simplecast	48
84	여둘톡	여자 둘이 토크하고 있습니다	Society & Culture	204	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
86	Morning Rae	Allana Blumberg	Education	271	RedCircle	59
87	Don't Think with Carla Bezanson	Dear Media	Society & Culture	51	ART19	42
88	Terra Firma	Colorado Public Radio	Society & Culture	21	PRX	89
89	جناية	Mics مايكس	Society & Culture	118	Podeo	58
90	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	549	Buzzsprout	53
91	Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	70	Audioboom	68
92	Cafe con Pam	Pam Covarrubias	Society & Culture	473	Transistor	69
93	Cut the Camera with the Sturniolo Triplets	Sturniolo Triplets	Society & Culture	39	Megaphone	63
94	馬克信箱 (Dear Marcy)	上班可以聽	Society & Culture	782	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	Forever is a Long Time	Ian Coss	Society & Culture	6	PRX	74
96	It's Always Something with Davis Roe	Davis Roe	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	42
97	Grandpa’s Sleep Stories For Grown-Ups	Grandpa’s Bedtime Stories For Grown-Ups	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	48
98	The Cleaning of John Doe \| True Crime	Vanessa Phearson \| Resonate Recordings	Society & Culture	17	Audioboom	N/A
99	The Animal Did WHAT?!	Podgo	Society & Culture	16	Libsyn	43
100	Dear Alana,	Tenderfoot TV	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	69

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