Apple Podcast Rankings - USA - Society & Culture

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 02 sept. 2026

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09/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 420

Frequency: every 8 days

Duration: 00:55:47

Top 5 authors

1. NPR (3 shows)

2. Audible (3 shows)

3. Dear Media (3 shows)

4. PodcastOne (3 shows)

5. Barstool Sports (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (29 shows)

2. Simplecast (19 shows)

3. ART19 (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Audioboom (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	386	Megaphone	59
2	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
3	Happy Hour with Ina Garten	Vox Media	Society & Culture	1	N/A	N/A
4	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2036	Omny Studio	49
5	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	522	Simplecast	69
6	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	90	ART19	58
7	Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel	Rachel Uchitel	Society & Culture	376	Simplecast	58
8	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	123	Buzzsprout	38
9	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1140	Megaphone	58
10	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	99	ART19	68
11	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1174	Omny Studio	59
12	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	151	Megaphone	53
13	Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Shawn French	Business	293	Libsyn	48
14	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	498	Libsyn	58
15	The ManFlu \| Exploring Gender Dynamics, Partnerships & Raising Boys Who Care	Lucy McAfee	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
16	The Viall Files Details temporarily unavailable	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1277	Libsyn	69
17	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	424	Megaphone	63
18	The Why Files: Operation Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	290	Audioboom	37
19	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	249	Megaphone	43
20	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	393	Megaphone	48
21	Dream Life Club	Sumi Krishnan	Society & Culture	45	Captivate	58
22	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	933	Simplecast	38
23	Two Girls One Ghost	Two Girls One Ghost	True Crime	867	Audioboom	58
24	Hey Jonas!	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	37	Omny Studio	48
25	Focus: Adults in the Room	NPR	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
26	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	911	Unknown	59
27	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	120	Megaphone	38
28	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
29	Timcast IRL Details temporarily unavailable	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1693	Megaphone	69
30	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	345	ART19	68
31	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	224	Megaphone	53
32	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	63	Megaphone	48
33	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	149	ART19	52
34	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	77	Simplecast	47
35	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	666	Megaphone	42
36	Inner Childish	Inner Childish	Society & Culture	366	Megaphone	48
37	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	427	Megaphone	32
38	TED Talks Daily	TED	Education	2157	PRX	39
39	The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	111	Megaphone	48
40	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Spotify Studios	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	73
41	Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso	iHeartPodcasts and Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	555	Omny Studio	53
42	Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC	Andy Stumpf	Society & Culture	787	Libsyn	43
43	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	634	Megaphone	48
44	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	537	Unknown	38
45	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	184	Simplecast	62
46	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	123	Simplecast	63
47	Our Town	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
48	It's Been a Minute	NPR	Society & Culture	1092	Simplecast	69
49	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	142	ART19	73
50	Revisionist History: The Staten Island Problem	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	212	Omny Studio	63
51	The Dating Detectives Details temporarily unavailable	The Dating Detectives	True Crime	169	Audioboom	48
52	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	10	PRX	59
53	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	288	ART19	83
54	Open Book with Jenna	TODAY, Jenna Bush Hager	Society & Culture	113	Simplecast	58
55	Girls Next Level Details temporarily unavailable	Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt & Audioboom	Society & Culture	200	Audioboom	78
56	Before & After with Lester Holt	NBC News	Society & Culture	1	Simplecast	52
57	Love in Session	And Love Media	Society & Culture	2	Megaphone	63
58	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	98	Substack	43
59	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	591	Megaphone	42
60	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	206	Simplecast	32
61	Karma & Chaos with Kail Lowry & Becky Hayter	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	112	Nox Solutions	63
62	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	644	Simplecast	53
63	Going Public With Ross Mandell	Ross Mandell	Education	164	Megaphone	48
64	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	134	Simplecast	68
65	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
66	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
67	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	501	Simplecast	59
68	Wait a Second... Feed not publicly shared by the creator	The Ringer	Society & Culture	29	N/A	N/A
69	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	54	ART19	63
70	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	799	Megaphone	64
71	Simply Relational	Darran Crager and Dr. Shelly Crager	Society & Culture	10	Podetize	59
72	Good Guys	Dear Media	Society & Culture	339	Megaphone	73
73	Locked In with Ian Bick	Ian Bick	Society & Culture	687	Libsyn	63
74	The Woody Show	ALT 98.7 FM	Society & Culture	1386	Spreaker	43
75	The Dog Walk	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	944	Unknown	49
76	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	29	Buzzsprout	38
77	Death, Sex & Money	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	617	Megaphone	38
78	WHAT IF WE GET IT RIGHT?	Ayana Elizabeth Johnson	Society & Culture	50	Substack	83
79	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	29	Unknown	79
80	The Lila Rose Show	Lila Rose	Society & Culture	391	Simplecast	48
81	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	851	Megaphone	58
82	Monsters Among Us Details temporarily unavailable	Derek Hayes \| QCODE	Society & Culture	806	Megaphone	79
83	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	61	ART19	63
84	Bloodline Banter	2M Media Group	Society & Culture	32	Podbean	62
85	Spot On with Link Lauren	MK Media	Society & Culture	133	Simplecast	68
86	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
87	Mark Narrations - Reddit Stories	Mark B	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	53
88	I Used To Work There	Kelly Kennedy	Society & Culture	13	Captivate	79
89	Say It Anyway with Corey Proffitt-Boyd	New Image Studios	Society & Culture	35	Podbean	42
90	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	83	Megaphone	63
91	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	296	Omny Studio	83
92	The Gray Area with Sean Illing	Vox	Society & Culture	794	Megaphone	58
93	The Art of Manliness	The Art of Manliness	Society & Culture	1175	Simplecast	43
94	Greta Wire	Newsmax Podcasts	Society & Culture	52	Megaphone	69
95	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	18	Audioboom	63
96	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	123	Simplecast	68
97	Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	192	Nox Solutions	59
98	What We Said	Dear Media	Society & Culture	578	ART19	58
99	Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	439	ART19	41
100	The Wirecutter Show	The New York Times	Society & Culture	154	Simplecast	69

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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