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 11 Nov 2025

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11/11/2025

Average data

Episodes: 351

Frequency: every 40 days

Duration: 00:53:13

Top 5 authors

1. Dear Media (4 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

3. Audible (3 shows)

4. The New York Times (3 shows)

5. Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (27 shows)

2. Simplecast (18 shows)

3. ART19 (16 shows)

4. Omny Studio (11 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
2	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	405	Megaphone	53
3	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	303	Simplecast	63
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	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
7	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	403	Megaphone	48
8	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	26	Spreaker	84
9	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
10	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1216	Libsyn	63
11	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
12	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	129	Omny Studio	63
13	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1189	Omny Studio	59
14	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
15	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	434	Megaphone	63
16	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	88	Megaphone	63
17	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
18	Crissle’s Couch	CAKE MEDIA	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	53
19	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	66	Megaphone	42
20	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	645	Megaphone	48
21	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	84	Simplecast	47
22	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1155	Megaphone	58
23	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
24	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	155	Simplecast	73
25	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
26	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	53
27	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	147	ART19	73
28	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
29	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	308	Megaphone	42
30	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	292	ART19	83
31	Just A Moment	Brant Menswar	Society & Culture	43	ART19	69
32	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	263	WideOrbit	48
33	Planet Tyrus	Outkick	Society & Culture	58	Megaphone	59
34	The Initiation	Sebastian Dienst	Society & Culture	0	Podbean	22
35	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	125	Megaphone	38
36	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1737	Libsyn	53
37	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
38	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2827	Acast	43
39	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	211	Simplecast	32
40	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	208	Libsyn	68
41	The Free Press Investigates	The Free Press	Society & Culture	17	Megaphone	58
42	Conversations with Coleman Details temporarily unavailable	This Is 42	Society & Culture	260	Simplecast	58
43	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	48
44	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
45	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	507	Libsyn	52
46	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
47	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	354	ART19	68
48	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	80	Buzzsprout	38
49	Good Guys	Dear Media	Society & Culture	358	Megaphone	58
50	Hysteria	Hysteria	Society & Culture	446	Audioboom	38
51	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	66	ART19	63
52	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	110	ART19	68
53	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
54	Ex-Wives Undercover: Liars, Cheaters & Love Cons	Double A Productions	Society & Culture	152	ART19	73
55	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	179	ART19	48
56	Don't Listen To Us with Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	53
57	Joshua Citarella	Joshua Citarella	Society & Culture	140	Soundcloud	54
58	People I (Mostly) Admire	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	244	Simplecast	63
59	Kat on the Loose	Kat Zammuto	Society & Culture	287	RedCircle	89
60	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
61	Offline with Jon Favreau	Crooked Media	Society & Culture	256	Audioboom	53
62	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	129	Simplecast	68
63	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	199	Simplecast	62
64	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	809	Megaphone	64
65	Honestly with Bari Weiss	The Free Press	Society & Culture	360	Megaphone	59
66	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
67	60 Minutes	CBS News	Society & Culture	389	WideOrbit	38
68	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	48
69	The Gray Area with Sean Illing	Vox	Society & Culture	803	Megaphone	58
70	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
71	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	433	Acast	53
72	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
73	Literally! With Rob Lowe	Stitcher & Team Coco, Rob Lowe	Society & Culture	369	Simplecast	58
74	Wartime Stories	unknown_author	Society & Culture	124	Megaphone	52
75	Alive with Steve Burns	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	79
76	Migrant Odyssey	stephen barden	Society & Culture	29	Buzzsprout	38
77	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	278	Omny Studio	83
78	Coffee Convos with Kail Lowry and Lindsie Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	506	ART19	53
79	Death, Sex & Money	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	569	Acast	49
80	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
81	Jillian on Love	Jillian Turecki \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	217	Megaphone	83
82	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	465	ART19	73
83	The Culture War Podcast with Tim Pool	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	293	Libsyn	32
84	No Stupid Questions	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	340	Simplecast	63
85	Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	239	ART19	41
86	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	154	ART19	52
87	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
88	The Brett Cooper Show	Brett Cooper	Society & Culture	168	Spotify for Podcasters	68
89	Don't Think with Carla Bezanson	Dear Media	Society & Culture	54	ART19	42
90	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
91	Soul Boom	Rainn Wilson	Society & Culture	97	Megaphone	69
92	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
93	Explain It to Me	Vox	Society & Culture	810	Megaphone	59
94	Wild Card with Rachel Martin	NPR	Society & Culture	134	Simplecast	58
95	The Wirecutter Show	The New York Times	Society & Culture	165	Simplecast	69
96	Dear Shandy	Sharleen Joynt & Andy Levine	Society & Culture	494	ART19	63
97	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
98	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	55	ART19	63
99	Mark Narrations - Reddit Stories	Mark B	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	53
100	Sincerely American	The Conservateur	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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