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 09 Apr 2026

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04/09/2026

Average data

Episodes: 350

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:54:41

Top 5 authors

1. Pushkin Industries (4 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

3. Audible (3 shows)

4. Barstool Sports (3 shows)

5. PodcastOne (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. ART19 (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (12 shows)

5. Acast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	405	Megaphone	53
2	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	303	Simplecast	63
3	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
4	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	73
5	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
6	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	110	ART19	68
7	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
8	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	67	Acast	83
9	The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	116	Megaphone	48
10	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
11	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
12	The Power and The Punchline	Unplugged Studios	Society & Culture	9	RedCircle	53
13	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	66	Megaphone	42
14	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	26	Spreaker	84
15	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1189	Omny Studio	59
16	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	154	ART19	52
17	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
18	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1216	Libsyn	63
19	Dream Life Club	Sumi Krishnan	Society & Culture	45	Captivate	58
20	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	308	Megaphone	42
21	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	403	Megaphone	48
22	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
23	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	55	ART19	63
24	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	507	Libsyn	52
25	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1155	Megaphone	58
26	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	434	Megaphone	63
27	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1737	Libsyn	53
28	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	354	ART19	68
29	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
30	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	64	Substack	43
31	Boyfriend Material with Harry Jowsey	Unwell	Society & Culture	136	Simplecast	63
32	The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby	Matt & Abby \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	194	Megaphone	37
33	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	645	Megaphone	48
34	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
35	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	211	Simplecast	32
36	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	292	ART19	83
37	Wait a Second... Feed not publicly shared by the creator	The Ringer	Society & Culture	34	N/A	N/A
38	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	155	Simplecast	73
39	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	32
40	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
41	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	125	Megaphone	38
42	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	53
43	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	66	ART19	63
44	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2827	Acast	43
45	Revisionist History	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	215	Omny Studio	69
46	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	680	Megaphone	42
47	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	84	Simplecast	47
48	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	147	ART19	73
49	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
50	AstroloTea with Aliza Kelly: Horoscopes and Astrology	Aliza Kelly	Society & Culture	32	N/A	N/A
51	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	34	Unknown	79
52	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	278	Omny Studio	83
53	Stay Tranquilo	Stay Tranquilo Network	Society & Culture	172	Simplecast	48
54	The Art of Adventure	Arthur Beale	Society & Culture	22	RSS.com	72
55	Clock It with Symone & Eugene	MSNBC	News	25	Simplecast	53
56	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	199	Simplecast	62
57	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	129	Omny Studio	63
58	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
59	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	80	Buzzsprout	38
60	Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC	Andy Stumpf	Society & Culture	807	Libsyn	32
61	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	129	Simplecast	68
62	Love This Way!	Shaleea Venney	Society & Culture	152	Buzzsprout	58
63	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	809	Megaphone	64
64	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	601	Megaphone	42
65	Drug Story	Thomas Goetz	Society & Culture	15	Substack	89
66	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	465	ART19	73
67	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
68	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	547	Unknown	38
69	Flipping Tables	Monte Mader	Society & Culture	64	Spotify for Podcasters	28
70	STASSI with Tay	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	469	ART19	38
71	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	654	Simplecast	53
72	Glass Half Full with Craig Melvin	TODAY	Society & Culture	36	Simplecast	52
73	Casual Chaos	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	243	Omny Studio	53
74	The Initiation	Sebastian Dienst	Society & Culture	0	Podbean	22
75	It's Been a Minute	NPR	Society & Culture	1112	Simplecast	69
76	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	179	ART19	48
77	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	95	WideOrbit	68
78	Everything Happens with Kate Bowler	Everything Happens Studios	Society & Culture	299	Omny Studio	79
79	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	88	Megaphone	63
80	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
81	Karma & Chaos with Kail Lowry & Becky Hayter	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	119	ART19	58
82	Hysteria	Hysteria	Society & Culture	446	Audioboom	38
83	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
84	Bloodline Banter	2M Media Group	Society & Culture	37	Podbean	62
85	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	208	Libsyn	68
86	Voices of Freedom	Rick Graber	Society & Culture	44	Libsyn	79
87	Death, Sex & Money	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	569	Acast	49
88	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
89	The Dog Walk	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	43
90	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
91	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
92	Not Dead Yet	Ricochet	Society & Culture	17	Spreaker	69
93	Sounds Like A Cult	Studio71	Society & Culture	234	Megaphone	74
94	The Art of Manliness	The Art of Manliness	Society & Culture	1184	ART19	48
95	Big Lives	Pushkin Industries and BBC Studios	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	79
96	The Watch Floor with Sarah Adams	Sarah Adams	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	48
97	A Slight Change of Plans Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	193	N/A	N/A
98	Unexplained Encounters	Eeriecast Network	Society & Culture	609	Megaphone	59
99	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	106	BBC	38
100	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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