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 Dec 2025

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12/11/2025

Average data

Episodes: 359

Frequency: every 37 days

Duration: 00:55:54

Top 5 authors

1. Pushkin Industries (4 shows)

2. PodcastOne (4 shows)

3. Barstool Sports (3 shows)

4. Audible (3 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Simplecast (17 shows)

3. ART19 (16 shows)

4. Omny Studio (12 shows)

5. Libsyn (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	301	Simplecast	63
2	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	402	Megaphone	53
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	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
6	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	400	Megaphone	48
7	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
8	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
9	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1209	Libsyn	63
10	Fela Kuti: Fear No Man	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	14	ART19	69
11	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	38
12	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1185	Omny Studio	59
13	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
14	Stay Tranquilo	Stay Tranquilo Network	Society & Culture	172	Simplecast	48
15	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1730	Libsyn	53
16	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1151	Megaphone	58
17	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	65	Megaphone	42
18	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	81	Simplecast	47
19	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	642	Megaphone	48
20	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
21	Just A Moment	Brant Menswar	Society & Culture	43	ART19	69
22	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	107	ART19	68
23	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	63
24	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	128	Omny Studio	63
25	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	407	Megaphone	63
26	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	676	Megaphone	42
27	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	351	ART19	68
28	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
29	The Katie Miller Podcast	Katie Miller	Society & Culture	53	Spotify for Podcasters	37
30	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	54	ART19	63
31	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	505	Libsyn	52
32	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	305	Megaphone	42
33	Don't Listen To Us with Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	53
34	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
35	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
36	Boyfriend Material with Harry Jowsey	Unwell	Society & Culture	134	Simplecast	63
37	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	65	ART19	63
38	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	291	ART19	83
39	Dream Life Club	Sumi Krishnan	Society & Culture	45	Captivate	58
40	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2820	Acast	43
41	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	154	Simplecast	73
42	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	144	ART19	73
43	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	260	WideOrbit	48
44	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	53
45	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	210	Simplecast	32
46	Revisionist History	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	215	Omny Studio	69
47	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	124	Megaphone	38
48	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	195	Simplecast	62
49	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
50	Against the Rules: The Big Short Companion	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	107	Omny Studio	69
51	Honestly with Bari Weiss	The Free Press	Society & Culture	360	Megaphone	59
52	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	128	Simplecast	68
53	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
54	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	434	Megaphone	32
55	Crissle’s Couch	CAKE MEDIA	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	53
56	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	807	Megaphone	64
57	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	177	ART19	48
58	Migrant Odyssey	stephen barden	Society & Culture	29	Buzzsprout	38
59	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	152	ART19	52
60	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	544	Unknown	38
61	Planet Tyrus	Outkick	Society & Culture	58	Megaphone	59
62	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
63	Locked In with Ian Bick	Ian Bick	Society & Culture	704	Libsyn	63
64	Getting Hammered®	Laissez-Faire Media	News	464	Megaphone	53
65	LEADERSHIP MESSENGERS™ with Ovi Vasquez	OVI VASQUEZ @OVinspires	Society & Culture	12	Buzzsprout	48
66	Karma & Chaos with Kail Lowry & Becky Hayter	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	117	ART19	58
67	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
68	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	49	Megaphone	48
69	The Dog Walk	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	43
70	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	48
71	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	276	Omny Studio	83
72	Making Space with Hoda Kotb	Hoda Kotb, TODAY	Society & Culture	172	Simplecast	68
73	Flipping Tables	Monte Mader	Society & Culture	64	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein	Matt Bernstein	Society & Culture	83	Megaphone	42
75	Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	192	Nox Solutions	59
76	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	598	Megaphone	42
77	Death, Sex & Money	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	567	Acast	49
78	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
79	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
80	Kid Carson Show	Kid Carson	Society & Culture	670	Spotify for Podcasters	33
81	Sounds Like A Cult	Studio71	Society & Culture	234	Megaphone	74
82	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
83	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	651	Simplecast	53
84	The Ripple Effect with Jenna Kim Jones	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	63
85	STASSI with Tay	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	468	ART19	38
86	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	207	Libsyn	68
87	NO SUCH THING	MannyNoahDevan	Society & Culture	68	Acast	79
88	Within Reason	Alex J O'Connor	Society & Culture	162	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
90	The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby	Matt & Abby \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	193	Megaphone	37
91	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
92	What We Said	Dear Media	Society & Culture	581	ART19	58
93	The Brett Cooper Show	Brett Cooper	Society & Culture	168	Spotify for Podcasters	68
94	The Wirecutter Show	The New York Times	Society & Culture	161	Simplecast	69
95	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	213	Megaphone	38
96	The Art of Manliness	The Art of Manliness	Society & Culture	1182	ART19	48
97	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	464	ART19	73
98	Alive with Steve Burns	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	79
99	60 Minutes	CBS News	Society & Culture	389	WideOrbit	38
100	Monsters Among Us	Derek Hayes \| Audioboom Studios	Society & Culture	619	Audioboom	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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