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 Nov 2025

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11/07/2025

Average data

Episodes: 374

Frequency: every 40 days

Duration: 00:54:16

Top 5 authors

1. PodcastOne (4 shows)

2. Barstool Sports (3 shows)

3. Pushkin Industries (3 shows)

4. Vox Media Podcast Network (3 shows)

5. Audible (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (26 shows)

2. Simplecast (21 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. ART19 (14 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	405	Megaphone	53
2	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	403	Megaphone	48
3	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
4	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1216	Libsyn	63
5	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	303	Simplecast	63
6	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
7	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	26	Spreaker	84
8	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
9	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
10	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1189	Omny Studio	59
11	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	66	Megaphone	42
12	The Free Press Investigates	The Free Press	Society & Culture	17	Megaphone	58
13	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	434	Megaphone	63
14	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	88	Megaphone	63
15	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1155	Megaphone	58
16	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	645	Megaphone	48
17	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1737	Libsyn	53
18	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	129	Omny Studio	63
19	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
20	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
21	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	155	Simplecast	73
22	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	66	ART19	63
23	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	308	Megaphone	42
24	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
25	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
26	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	292	ART19	83
27	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
28	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
29	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	147	ART19	73
30	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
31	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	507	Libsyn	52
32	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	354	ART19	68
33	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	547	Unknown	38
34	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2827	Acast	43
35	Coffee Convos with Kail Lowry and Lindsie Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	506	ART19	53
36	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
37	Voices of Freedom	Rick Graber	Society & Culture	44	Libsyn	79
38	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	199	Simplecast	62
39	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	53
40	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	84	Simplecast	47
41	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
42	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	110	ART19	68
43	Honestly with Bari Weiss	The Free Press	Society & Culture	360	Megaphone	59
44	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
45	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	80	Buzzsprout	38
46	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	263	WideOrbit	48
47	Don't Listen To Us with Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	53
48	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	211	Simplecast	32
49	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
50	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	129	Simplecast	68
51	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	680	Megaphone	42
52	Planet Tyrus	Outkick	Society & Culture	58	Megaphone	59
53	Dear Shandy	Sharleen Joynt & Andy Levine	Society & Culture	494	ART19	63
54	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	125	Megaphone	38
55	Just A Moment	Brant Menswar	Society & Culture	43	ART19	69
56	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	154	ART19	52
57	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	48
58	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	465	ART19	73
59	Hysteria	Hysteria	Society & Culture	446	Audioboom	38
60	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	278	Omny Studio	83
61	Spot On with Link Lauren	MK Media	Society & Culture	133	Simplecast	68
62	The Brett Cooper Show	Brett Cooper	Society & Culture	168	Spotify for Podcasters	68
63	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	809	Megaphone	64
64	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
65	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
66	Conversations with Coleman Details temporarily unavailable	This Is 42	Society & Culture	260	Simplecast	58
67	Rattled & Shook	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	163	Megaphone	63
68	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
69	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	654	Simplecast	53
70	Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa	Kelly Ripa	Society & Culture	188	Simplecast	58
71	Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	192	Nox Solutions	59
72	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
73	Good Guys	Dear Media	Society & Culture	358	Megaphone	58
74	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
75	Between Us	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	691	Omny Studio	59
76	Monsters Among Us	Derek Hayes \| Audioboom Studios	Society & Culture	622	Audioboom	73
77	The Woody Show	iHeartRadio and ALT 98.7 FM	Society & Culture	1461	Omny Studio	38
78	Ex-Wives Undercover: Liars, Cheaters & Love Cons	Double A Productions	Society & Culture	152	ART19	73
79	Soul Boom	Rainn Wilson	Society & Culture	97	Megaphone	69
80	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
81	Alive with Steve Burns	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	79
82	The Martin Sheen Podcast \| Storytelling, Human Interest & Conversations	TE Productions and MSW Media	Society & Culture	30	Simplecast	72
83	STASSI with Tay	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	469	ART19	38
84	Against the Rules: The Big Short Companion	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	107	Omny Studio	69
85	Wild Card with Rachel Martin	NPR	Society & Culture	134	Simplecast	58
86	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
87	Jillian on Love	Jillian Turecki \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	217	Megaphone	83
88	The Wirecutter Show	The New York Times	Society & Culture	165	Simplecast	69
89	Unlocking Us with Brené Brown	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	134	Megaphone	53
90	The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby	Matt & Abby \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	194	Megaphone	37
91	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	55	ART19	63
92	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
93	Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	268	Omny Studio	63
94	Death, Sex & Money	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	569	Acast	49
95	The Dog Walk	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	43
96	Locked In with Ian Bick	Ian Bick	Society & Culture	712	Libsyn	63
97	Unexplained Encounters	Eeriecast Network	Society & Culture	609	Megaphone	59
98	People I (Mostly) Admire	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	244	Simplecast	63
99	Literally! With Rob Lowe	Stitcher & Team Coco, Rob Lowe	Society & Culture	369	Simplecast	58
100	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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