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 13 Mar 2026

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03/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 356

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:55:58

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. PodcastOne (4 shows)

3. The New York Times (4 shows)

4. Barstool Sports (3 shows)

5. Audible (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (21 shows)

3. ART19 (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (14 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	73
2	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	403	Megaphone	53
3	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	302	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	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
7	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
8	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1186	Omny Studio	59
9	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
10	The Power and The Punchline	Unplugged Studios	Society & Culture	9	RedCircle	53
11	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	306	Megaphone	42
12	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
13	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	401	Megaphone	48
14	Glass Half Full with Craig Melvin	TODAY	Society & Culture	36	Simplecast	52
15	Stay Tranquilo	Stay Tranquilo Network	Society & Culture	172	Simplecast	48
16	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	506	Libsyn	52
17	Dream Life Club	Sumi Krishnan	Society & Culture	45	Captivate	58
18	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	432	Megaphone	63
19	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1212	Libsyn	63
20	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
21	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	54	ART19	63
22	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	65	Megaphone	42
23	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	677	Megaphone	42
24	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	82	Simplecast	47
25	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1732	Libsyn	53
26	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1152	Megaphone	58
27	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	154	Simplecast	73
28	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	128	Omny Studio	63
29	Revisionist History	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	215	Omny Studio	69
30	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
31	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	196	Simplecast	62
32	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	66	Acast	83
33	The Watch Floor with Sarah Adams	Sarah Adams	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	48
34	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	643	Megaphone	48
35	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	545	Unknown	38
36	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
37	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	38
38	Coffee Convos with Kail Lowry and Lindsie Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	505	ART19	53
39	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
40	Drug Story	Thomas Goetz	Society & Culture	15	Substack	89
41	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2821	Acast	43
42	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
43	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
44	Hysteria	Hysteria	Society & Culture	445	Audioboom	38
45	Attention Lab	School of Radical Attention	Society & Culture	4	Libsyn	69
46	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
47	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
48	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	108	ART19	68
49	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	65	ART19	63
50	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	210	Simplecast	32
51	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	145	ART19	73
52	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	178	ART19	48
53	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	292	ART19	83
54	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	124	Megaphone	38
55	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	128	Simplecast	68
56	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
57	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	100	Substack	43
58	Penitencia	Sonoro \| Alex Reider, Saskia Niño de Rivera, Sebastian Arrechedera	Society & Culture	360	Simplecast	53
59	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	435	Megaphone	32
60	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
61	Nerding out on Neurodiversity	Dr. Matt Zakreski	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	63
62	Wait a Second... Feed not publicly shared by the creator	The Ringer	Society & Culture	33	N/A	N/A
63	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
64	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	153	ART19	52
65	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	87	Megaphone	63
66	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	807	Megaphone	64
67	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	48
68	STASSI with Tay	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	468	ART19	38
69	The Dog Walk	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	43
70	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
71	Unexplained Encounters	Eeriecast Network	Society & Culture	608	Megaphone	59
72	On Being with Krista Tippett	On Being Studios	Society & Culture	986	Simplecast	73
73	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
74	Locked In with Ian Bick	Ian Bick	Society & Culture	707	Libsyn	63
75	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	261	WideOrbit	48
76	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
77	Furious Thoughts	CAKE MEDIA	Society & Culture	5	Megaphone	53
78	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	652	Simplecast	53
79	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	277	Omny Studio	83
80	It Turns Out	Kara Miller	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	83
81	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
82	Cannonball with Wesley Morris	The New York Times	Society & Culture	64	Simplecast	58
83	Conversations with Coleman Details temporarily unavailable	This Is 42	Society & Culture	260	Simplecast	58
84	Monsters Among Us	Derek Hayes \| Audioboom Studios	Society & Culture	620	Audioboom	73
85	One 54 Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	79
86	Death, Sex & Money	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	568	Acast	49
87	Love This Way!	Shaleea Venney	Society & Culture	152	Buzzsprout	58
88	What We Said	Dear Media	Society & Culture	581	ART19	58
89	The Wirecutter Show	The New York Times	Society & Culture	162	Simplecast	69
90	Pop Apologists	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	312	ART19	38
91	What's the Reality?	And Love Media	Society & Culture	85	Simplecast	73
92	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
93	The Woody Show	iHeartRadio and ALT 98.7 FM	Society & Culture	1455	Omny Studio	38
94	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
95	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	207	Libsyn	68
96	Clock It with Symone & Eugene	MSNBC	News	25	Simplecast	53
97	Humanism Now	Humanise Live	Society & Culture	98	Megaphone	89
98	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	49	Megaphone	48
99	Fela Kuti: Fear No Man	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	14	ART19	69
100	Sounds Like A Cult	Studio71	Society & Culture	234	Megaphone	74

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