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 07 May 2026

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05/07/2026

Average data

Episodes: 381

Frequency: every 40 days

Duration: 00:56:28

Top 5 authors

1. PodcastOne (4 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

3. Audible (4 shows)

4. Pushkin Industries (3 shows)

5. NPR (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. ART19 (17 shows)

3. Simplecast (16 shows)

4. Omny Studio (11 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	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
3	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
4	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
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	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
9	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1185	Omny Studio	59
10	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	400	Megaphone	48
11	Hang Out with Sean Hannity	Fox News Media	Society & Culture	60	Libsyn	52
12	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	54	ART19	63
13	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1211	Libsyn	63
14	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	152	ART19	52
15	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1152	Megaphone	58
16	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	306	Megaphone	42
17	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
18	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	107	ART19	68
19	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
20	Stay Tranquilo	Stay Tranquilo Network	Society & Culture	172	Simplecast	48
21	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1731	Libsyn	53
22	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	352	ART19	68
23	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	48
24	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
25	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	73
26	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	432	Megaphone	63
27	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	38
28	MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler	Wishbone Production	Society & Culture	140	Simplecast	62
29	Dream Life Club	Sumi Krishnan	Society & Culture	45	Captivate	58
30	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	505	Libsyn	52
31	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	642	Megaphone	48
32	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
33	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	82	Simplecast	47
34	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	65	ART19	63
35	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
36	NO SUCH THING	MannyNoahDevan	Society & Culture	68	Acast	79
37	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	100	Substack	43
38	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	677	Megaphone	42
39	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	65	Megaphone	42
40	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	291	ART19	83
41	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
42	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	124	Megaphone	38
43	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	210	Simplecast	32
44	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	154	Simplecast	73
45	The Initiation	Sebastian Dienst	Society & Culture	0	Podbean	22
46	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	145	ART19	73
47	Revisionist History	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	215	Omny Studio	69
48	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	435	Megaphone	32
49	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2821	Acast	43
50	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
51	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
52	It's Been a Minute	NPR	Society & Culture	1107	Simplecast	69
53	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	87	Megaphone	63
54	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	261	WideOrbit	48
55	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	277	Omny Studio	83
56	Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC	Andy Stumpf	Society & Culture	804	Libsyn	32
57	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
58	STASSI with Tay	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	468	ART19	38
59	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
60	Not Dead Yet	Ricochet	Society & Culture	17	Spreaker	69
61	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	544	Unknown	38
62	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	807	Megaphone	64
63	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	178	ART19	48
64	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	128	Omny Studio	63
65	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
66	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	195	Simplecast	62
67	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	464	ART19	73
68	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
69	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	207	Libsyn	68
70	Love This Way!	Shaleea Venney	Society & Culture	152	Buzzsprout	58
71	Karma & Chaos with Kail Lowry & Becky Hayter	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	117	ART19	58
72	Voices of Freedom	Rick Graber	Society & Culture	44	Libsyn	79
73	ReThinking	TED	Society & Culture	224	Acast	59
74	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	651	Simplecast	53
75	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	128	Simplecast	68
76	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	598	Megaphone	42
77	Plenty of Husbands Podcast	Robin Fisher Roffer	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	48
78	The Jeremy Boreing Show	Boreing Media	Society & Culture	63	Megaphone	48
79	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	65	Acast	83
80	You Wish	Holly Madison	Society & Culture	8	ART19	69
81	The Dog Walk	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	43
82	Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	268	Omny Studio	63
83	Death, Sex & Money	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	567	Acast	49
84	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
85	Pop Apologists	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	310	ART19	38
86	The Lila Rose Show	Lila Rose	Society & Culture	413	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	Sounds Like A Cult	Studio71	Society & Culture	234	Megaphone	74
88	Living Boldly with Dr. Zee	Dr. Zenovia Bryant-Bright	Society & Culture	30	Spreaker	69
89	The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby	Matt & Abby \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	193	Megaphone	37
90	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
91	A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein	Matt Bernstein	Society & Culture	83	Megaphone	42
92	Locked In with Ian Bick	Ian Bick	Society & Culture	706	Libsyn	63
93	Wild Card with Rachel Martin	NPR	Society & Culture	133	Simplecast	58
94	Unexplained Encounters	Eeriecast Network	Society & Culture	608	Megaphone	59
95	The Woody Show	iHeartRadio and ALT 98.7 FM	Society & Culture	1451	Omny Studio	38
96	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
97	Wayfinder: Life-Changing Travel	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	58
98	Monsters Among Us	Derek Hayes \| Audioboom Studios	Society & Culture	619	Audioboom	73
99	What We Said	Dear Media	Society & Culture	581	ART19	58
100	The Art of Manliness	The Art of Manliness	Society & Culture	1182	ART19	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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