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 03 Jun 2026

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06/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 384

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:58:07

Top 5 authors

1. Audible (4 shows)

2. Dear Media (4 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. Barstool Sports (3 shows)

5. PodcastOne (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. ART19 (19 shows)

3. Simplecast (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	403	Megaphone	53
2	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
3	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
4	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
5	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
6	Elton John Impact Awards	iHeartRadio and P&G	Society & Culture	17	N/A	N/A
7	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1185	Omny Studio	59
8	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	277	Omny Studio	83
9	The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	115	Megaphone	48
10	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1211	Libsyn	63
11	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
12	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	152	ART19	52
13	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	400	Megaphone	48
14	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	306	Megaphone	42
15	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	54	ART19	63
16	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
17	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
18	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1152	Megaphone	58
19	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	65	Megaphone	42
20	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
21	Dream Life Club	Sumi Krishnan	Society & Culture	45	Captivate	58
22	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
23	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	432	Megaphone	63
24	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	107	ART19	68
25	Hey Jonas!	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	48
26	Engagement Party	CNN Podcasts	News	231	Megaphone	58
27	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
28	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	505	Libsyn	52
29	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1731	Libsyn	53
30	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	124	Megaphone	38
31	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	100	Substack	43
32	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
33	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	82	Simplecast	47
34	Revisionist History	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	215	Omny Studio	69
35	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	291	ART19	83
36	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	38
37	The Heirloom Podcast	The Heirloom	Society & Culture	17	Podbean	52
38	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	677	Megaphone	42
39	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	154	Simplecast	73
40	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	544	Unknown	38
41	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	435	Megaphone	32
42	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	195	Simplecast	62
43	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	145	ART19	73
44	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	352	ART19	68
45	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	178	ART19	48
46	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	210	Simplecast	32
47	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	261	WideOrbit	48
48	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	22	ART19	73
49	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	642	Megaphone	48
50	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2821	Acast	43
51	Karma & Chaos with Kail Lowry & Becky Hayter	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	117	ART19	58
52	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	207	Libsyn	68
53	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	598	Megaphone	42
54	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	22	Audioboom	63
55	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	48
56	Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	563	ART19	48
57	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	302	Simplecast	63
58	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	73
59	Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC	Andy Stumpf	Society & Culture	804	Libsyn	32
60	What We Said	Dear Media	Society & Culture	581	ART19	58
61	Stay Tranquilo	Stay Tranquilo Network	Society & Culture	172	Simplecast	48
62	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
63	Charly Crawford Podcast	Charly Crawford	Society & Culture	178	N/A	N/A
64	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	807	Megaphone	64
65	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
66	Love This Way!	Shaleea Venney	Society & Culture	152	Buzzsprout	58
67	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	651	Simplecast	53
68	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
69	Hang Out with Sean Hannity	Fox News Media	Society & Culture	60	Libsyn	52
70	Humans	Hank Green	Society & Culture	13	ART19	48
71	Not Dead Yet	Ricochet	Society & Culture	17	Spreaker	69
72	The Dog Walk	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	43
73	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	65	ART19	63
74	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
75	Voices of Freedom	Rick Graber	Society & Culture	44	Libsyn	79
76	The Gray Area with Sean Illing	Vox	Society & Culture	801	Megaphone	58
77	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	128	Omny Studio	63
78	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
79	Drug Story	Thomas Goetz	Society & Culture	15	Substack	89
80	It's Been a Minute	NPR	Society & Culture	1107	Simplecast	69
81	ITALIAN, FOR SURE \| Conversations with Italians in Italy About Italian Culture	Catrin Skaperdas	Society & Culture	26	ART19	73
82	Death, Sex & Money	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	567	Acast	49
83	Monsters Among Us	Derek Hayes \| Audioboom Studios	Society & Culture	619	Audioboom	73
84	The Lila Rose Show	Lila Rose	Society & Culture	413	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	Good Guys	Dear Media	Society & Culture	356	Megaphone	58
86	Bloodline Banter	2M Media Group	Society & Culture	36	Podbean	62
87	I Used To Work There	Kelly Kennedy	Society & Culture	13	Captivate	79
88	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	87	Megaphone	63
89	A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein	Matt Bernstein	Society & Culture	83	Megaphone	42
90	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	33	Unknown	79
91	ReThinking	TED	Society & Culture	224	Acast	59
92	Conversations with Coleman Details temporarily unavailable	This Is 42	Society & Culture	260	Simplecast	58
93	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	464	ART19	73
94	Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	192	Nox Solutions	59
95	Lemme Say This	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	96	ART19	69
96	The Woody Show	iHeartRadio and ALT 98.7 FM	Society & Culture	1451	Omny Studio	38
97	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	49	Megaphone	48
98	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	430	Acast	53
99	Locked In with Ian Bick	Ian Bick	Society & Culture	706	Libsyn	63
100	The Art of Manliness	The Art of Manliness	Society & Culture	1182	ART19	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

The podcast landscape in USA is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

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