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 sept. 2026

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09/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 412

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:57:22

Top 5 authors

1. PodcastOne (4 shows)

2. Audible (3 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. Barstool Sports (3 shows)

5. NPR (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Simplecast (17 shows)

3. ART19 (17 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Happy Hour with Ina Garten	Vox Media	Society & Culture	1	N/A	N/A
2	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	398	Megaphone	53
3	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	512	Simplecast	38
4	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
5	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
6	Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel	Rachel Uchitel	Society & Culture	379	Simplecast	58
7	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	38
8	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	102	ART19	68
9	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	100	ART19	58
10	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	503	Libsyn	52
11	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1146	Megaphone	58
12	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1179	Omny Studio	59
13	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
14	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	299	Simplecast	63
15	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
16	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1203	Libsyn	63
17	Our Town	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
18	The ManFlu \| Exploring Gender Dynamics, Partnerships & Raising Boys Who Care	Lucy McAfee	Society & Culture	9	Acast	69
19	Dream Life Club	Sumi Krishnan	Society & Culture	45	Captivate	58
20	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	396	Megaphone	48
21	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
22	Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	561	ART19	48
23	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	258	WideOrbit	48
24	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
25	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
26	Two Girls One Ghost	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	846	Megaphone	69
27	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1721	Libsyn	53
28	The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	113	Megaphone	48
29	Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC	Andy Stumpf	Society & Culture	799	Libsyn	32
30	Hey Jonas!	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	40	Omny Studio	48
31	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	670	Megaphone	42
32	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	150	ART19	52
33	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	428	Megaphone	63
34	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	122	Megaphone	38
35	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
36	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
37	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	64	Megaphone	42
38	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
39	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2167	Acast	43
40	Inner Childish	Inner Childish	Society & Culture	367	Megaphone	48
41	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	63	ART19	63
42	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	189	Simplecast	62
43	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	53
44	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	152	Simplecast	73
45	It's Been a Minute	NPR	Society & Culture	1099	Simplecast	69
46	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	638	Megaphone	48
47	Revisionist History: The Staten Island Problem	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	212	Omny Studio	63
48	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
49	Before & After with Lester Holt	NBC News	Society & Culture	2	Simplecast	42
50	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	289	ART19	83
51	STASSI with Tay	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	466	ART19	38
52	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	79	Simplecast	47
53	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	53
54	Going Public With Ross Mandell	Ross Mandell	Society & Culture	176	Simplecast	58
55	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	48
56	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	12	PRX	69
57	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	126	Simplecast	68
58	Love in Session	And Love Media	Society & Culture	4	Megaphone	63
59	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	144	ART19	73
60	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	100	Substack	43
61	Open Book with Jenna	TODAY, Jenna Bush Hager	Society & Culture	115	Simplecast	68
62	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	593	Megaphone	42
63	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	540	Unknown	38
64	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	208	Simplecast	32
65	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	647	Simplecast	53
66	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	176	ART19	48
67	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	462	ART19	73
68	The Dog Walk	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	944	Unknown	49
69	The Jeremy Boreing Show	Boreing Media	Society & Culture	59	Megaphone	48
70	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
71	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	803	Megaphone	64
72	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
73	The Woody Show	ALT 98.7 FM	Society & Culture	1386	Spreaker	43
74	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	54	ART19	63
75	The Lila Rose Show	Lila Rose	Society & Culture	409	Spotify for Podcasters	28
76	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	205	Libsyn	68
77	Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	236	ART19	41
78	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
79	Locked In with Ian Bick	Ian Bick	Society & Culture	696	Libsyn	63
80	Death, Sex & Money	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	565	Acast	49
81	Karma & Chaos with Kail Lowry & Becky Hayter	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	115	ART19	58
82	Simply Relational	Darran Crager and Dr. Shelly Crager	Society & Culture	11	Podetize	59
83	The Art of Manliness	The Art of Manliness	Society & Culture	1180	ART19	48
84	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	284	Libsyn	48
85	The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby	Matt & Abby \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	191	Megaphone	37
86	Unexplained Encounters	Eeriecast Network	Society & Culture	605	Megaphone	59
87	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
88	Pop Apologists	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	308	ART19	38
89	Mark Narrations - Reddit Stories	Mark B	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	53
90	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
91	Wait a Second... Feed not publicly shared by the creator	The Ringer	Society & Culture	31	N/A	N/A
92	Bloodline Banter	2M Media Group	Society & Culture	34	Podbean	62
93	Monsters Among Us	Derek Hayes \| Audioboom Studios	Society & Culture	615	Audioboom	63
94	Say It Anyway with Corey Proffitt-Boyd	New Image Studios	Society & Culture	37	Podbean	42
95	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	230	Spreaker	78
96	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	31	Unknown	79
97	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
98	Hang Out with Sean Hannity	Fox News Media	Society & Culture	56	Libsyn	52
99	Ghosteas	Ghosteas	Comedy	256	Spotify for Podcasters	63
100	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	274	Omny Studio	83

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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