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 06 May 2026

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05/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 356

Frequency: every 39 days

Duration: 00:56:09

Top 5 authors

1. Dear Media (4 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

3. Audible (4 shows)

4. NPR (3 shows)

5. Barstool Sports (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. ART19 (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 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	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
3	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
4	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
5	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	302	Simplecast	63
6	The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	115	Megaphone	48
7	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
8	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1185	Omny Studio	59
9	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	400	Megaphone	48
10	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
11	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	306	Megaphone	42
12	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1152	Megaphone	58
13	Hang Out with Sean Hannity	Fox News Media	Society & Culture	60	Libsyn	52
14	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	48
15	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1211	Libsyn	63
16	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	107	ART19	68
17	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	432	Megaphone	63
18	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	54	ART19	63
19	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
20	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	73
21	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
22	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	152	ART19	52
23	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	38
24	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
25	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	82	Simplecast	47
26	Dream Life Club	Sumi Krishnan	Society & Culture	45	Captivate	58
27	Stay Tranquilo	Stay Tranquilo Network	Society & Culture	172	Simplecast	48
28	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	352	ART19	68
29	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
30	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	100	Substack	43
31	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1731	Libsyn	53
32	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	65	Megaphone	42
33	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
34	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	505	Libsyn	52
35	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	145	ART19	73
36	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	642	Megaphone	48
37	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	154	Simplecast	73
38	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	124	Megaphone	38
39	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
40	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	677	Megaphone	42
41	The Initiation	Sebastian Dienst	Society & Culture	0	Podbean	22
42	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	435	Megaphone	32
43	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	210	Simplecast	32
44	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	291	ART19	83
45	Revisionist History	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	215	Omny Studio	69
46	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	544	Unknown	38
47	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	261	WideOrbit	48
48	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2821	Acast	43
49	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	277	Omny Studio	83
50	NO SUCH THING	MannyNoahDevan	Society & Culture	68	Acast	79
51	Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC	Andy Stumpf	Society & Culture	804	Libsyn	32
52	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	178	ART19	48
53	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
54	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
55	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	87	Megaphone	63
56	Not Dead Yet	Ricochet	Society & Culture	17	Spreaker	69
57	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	128	Omny Studio	63
58	Love This Way!	Shaleea Venney	Society & Culture	152	Buzzsprout	58
59	It's Been a Minute	NPR	Society & Culture	1107	Simplecast	69
60	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
61	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	195	Simplecast	62
62	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
63	Karma & Chaos with Kail Lowry & Becky Hayter	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	117	ART19	58
64	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	65	ART19	63
65	Voices of Freedom	Rick Graber	Society & Culture	44	Libsyn	79
66	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	207	Libsyn	68
67	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	140	Simplecast	62
68	Wild Card with Rachel Martin	NPR	Society & Culture	133	Simplecast	58
69	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	598	Megaphone	42
70	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	807	Megaphone	64
71	ReThinking	TED	Society & Culture	224	Acast	59
72	Hysteria	Hysteria	Society & Culture	445	Audioboom	38
73	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	65	Acast	83
74	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
75	Plenty of Husbands Podcast	Robin Fisher Roffer	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	48
76	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
77	The Lila Rose Show	Lila Rose	Society & Culture	413	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein	Matt Bernstein	Society & Culture	83	Megaphone	42
79	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
80	Living Boldly with Dr. Zee	Dr. Zenovia Bryant-Bright	Society & Culture	30	Spreaker	69
81	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	651	Simplecast	53
82	Wayfinder: Life-Changing Travel	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	58
83	Conversations with Coleman Details temporarily unavailable	This Is 42	Society & Culture	260	Simplecast	58
84	Sounds Like A Cult	Studio71	Society & Culture	234	Megaphone	74
85	You Wish	Holly Madison	Society & Culture	8	ART19	69
86	Good Guys	Dear Media	Society & Culture	356	Megaphone	58
87	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
88	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	33	Unknown	79
89	The Dog Walk	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	43
90	Monsters Among Us	Derek Hayes \| Audioboom Studios	Society & Culture	619	Audioboom	73
91	What We Said	Dear Media	Society & Culture	581	ART19	58
92	Locked In with Ian Bick	Ian Bick	Society & Culture	706	Libsyn	63
93	The Wild Chaos Podcast	Wild Chaos	Society & Culture	111	Buzzsprout	73
94	Getting Free	International Beit Din	Society & Culture	7	Podbean	63
95	We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson	WNTT	Society & Culture	170	Megaphone	58
96	Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	192	Nox Solutions	59
97	Death, Sex & Money	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	567	Acast	49
98	The Art of Manliness	The Art of Manliness	Society & Culture	1182	ART19	48
99	Drug Story	Thomas Goetz	Society & Culture	15	Substack	89
100	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63

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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