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 Jul 2026

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07/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 244

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:51:35

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

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

3. Dear Media (2 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. Pionaire Podcasting (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Acast (11 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	153	ART19	58
2	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	307	Simplecast	63
3	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	27	Audioboom	63
4	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	31	Megaphone	89
5	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	133	Omny Studio	63
6	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	38	Unknown	79
7	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	158	Megaphone	53
8	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
9	The Thomas FreeMe Show: From Prison to Prosperity!	Thomas FreeMe	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	32
10	Bearing Scars	Michael Ertel	Society & Culture	21	Unknown	59
11	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	236	Spreaker	78
12	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	372	Megaphone	52
13	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	288	Libsyn	48
14	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	462	RedCircle	59
15	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
16	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	382	Megaphone	58
17	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	222	RedCircle	48
18	No One Is Normal	Brad H. Hill	Society & Culture	42	Spotify for Podcasters	68
19	On the tip of my tongue - talking about Aphasia	Jonathan Hirons and Rob Edwards	Society & Culture	38	Buzzsprout	48
20	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
21	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	The Vanguard Wall Podcast	History	56	Buzzsprout	32
22	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	147	Simplecast	62
23	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	119	Megaphone	48
24	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	392	ART19	58
25	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	453	RedCircle	63
26	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	109	Acast	68
27	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	246	Megaphone	38
28	Maura Sweeney: Living Happy Inside Out \| Storytelling \| Inspiration \| Personal Growth	Maura Sweeney	Society & Culture	100	Libsyn	38
29	Keep it Positive, Sweetie	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	151	Omny Studio	42
30	Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events	The NDE LAB	Society & Culture	1044	Spotify for Podcasters	22
31	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	298	Spreaker	59
32	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	99	Acast	63
33	Red Pilled America	Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez	Society & Culture	54	Omny Studio	48
34	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	247	BBC	43
35	Chins & Giggles	Karina Garcia & Mayra Garcia	Society & Culture	228	Simplecast	58
36	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
37	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
38	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
39	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	45	Acast	84
40	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
41	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	34	PRX	59
42	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
43	Girlscamp	Hayley Rawle	Society & Culture	240	Megaphone	49
44	Oh! The Places You'll GROW!	Amanda Radel	Society & Culture	26	Acast	58
45	The Sister Circle Podcast	Chrystal Evans Hurst	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	38
46	The Martha Stewart Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	128	Omny Studio	57
47	Note to Self	Dear Media	Society & Culture	269	ART19	68
48	Be There in Five	Kate Kennedy	Society & Culture	361	Libsyn	63
49	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
50	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	208	ART19	63
51	Let's Try This Again with B. Simone	Dear Media	Society & Culture	139	Megaphone	63
52	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	183	Megaphone	48
53	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
54	AA Grapevine's Podcast	AA Grapevine, Inc.	Society & Culture	268	Captivate	58
55	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
56	Victoria Derbyshire's Unbelievable Britain	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	31	Megaphone	42
57	Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life	Tasty Tress	Society & Culture	150	Spotify for Podcasters	52
58	Good Moms Bad Choices	The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	452	Omny Studio	59
59	Tell Me A Ghost Story	Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story	Society & Culture	93	Spotify for Podcasters	73
60	Under the Influence with Jo Piazza	Jo Piazza	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	48
61	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	271	Acast	53
62	DNA Surprises	Alexis Hourselt	Society & Culture	190	Spotify for Podcasters	58
63	The Girl Next Door Podcast	Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd	Society & Culture	379	Acast	32
64	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	63	Audioboom	59
65	Life Shift™ \| Pivotal Moments & Life Change	Matt Gilhooly	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	69
66	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	193	Acast	58
67	The Mortified Podcast	Mortified Media and Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	49
68	Stories with Sapphire	Sapphire Sandalo	Society & Culture	194	Megaphone	53
69	Reddit Stories Podcast - mr redder	mr redder	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	59
70	The Imagination	Emma Katherine	Society & Culture	572	Buzzsprout	53
71	Slinky By Tuesday	Lucy Trinder	Society & Culture	30	Acast	69
72	Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	42	Audioboom	48
73	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
74	Change Agent	The New York Times	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
75	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
76	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	604	Audiomeans	83
77	Can I Walk With You?	Thoraya	Society & Culture	16	Libsyn	58
78	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	25	Acast	63
79	Milwaukee Uncut	Story Mark Studios	Society & Culture	353	Buzzsprout	48
80	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
81	TANGENT with Tanner Devore	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	91	Megaphone	32
82	پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast	Ali Ziya	Society & Culture	145	Acast	37
83	Indelibly Marked	Dominique Kuykendall	Society & Culture	148	Buzzsprout	53
84	Mostly Thriving Podcast with Amanda + TJ	Amanda and TJ Vernaci	Society & Culture	40	Spotify for Podcasters	17
85	Gritty Mamas with Julie Jeppson	Julie Jeppson	Society & Culture	80	Buzzsprout	63
86	禎甄要chat內	胡小禎 & 李佩甄	Society & Culture	87	SoundOn	58
87	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	294	Audioboom	53
88	NPE Stories	Lily Wood	Society & Culture	250	Buzzsprout	73
89	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
90	여둘톡	여자 둘이 토크하고 있습니다	Society & Culture	211	Spotify for Podcasters	38
91	Gender Reveal	Tuck Woodstock	Society & Culture	296	Libsyn	58
92	What We Spend	Audacy	Society & Culture	32	WideOrbit	48
93	The Jason Jones Show	Jason Jones	Society & Culture	408	Simplecast	53
94	پادکست قصه گو Ghesegoo	Amin Ardani, Marzieh Sadeqi	Society & Culture	55	RedCircle	79
95	in the meadow	vicinthemeadow	Society & Culture	179	Acast	48
96	Grandpa’s Sleep Stories For Grown-Ups	Grandpa’s Bedtime Stories For Grown-Ups	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	48
97	I AM RAPAPORT: STEREO PODCAST	Michael Rapaport x DBPodcasts	Society & Culture	1083	Megaphone	42
98	矽谷夫妻Chitchatting	矽谷夫妻 Annie & Jack	Society & Culture	241	Spotify for Podcasters	43
99	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
100	A New Shade of Me	Jamie Rothe	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	32

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