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 Jul 2025

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07/13/2025

Average data

Episodes: 340

Frequency: every 54 days

Duration: 00:52:24

Top 5 authors

1. Audible (5 shows)

2. Pushkin Industries (4 shows)

3. The New York Times (4 shows)

4. PodcastOne (3 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (19 shows)

3. ART19 (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (11 shows)

5. Acast (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Liberty Lost	Audible	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
2	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	402	Megaphone	53
3	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
4	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
5	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	81	Simplecast	47
6	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
7	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
8	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	400	Megaphone	48
9	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
10	Traditional Talk	Traditional Podcast	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	38
11	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	301	Simplecast	63
12	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1151	Megaphone	58
13	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
14	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	407	Megaphone	63
15	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1185	Omny Studio	59
16	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1209	Libsyn	63
17	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	54	ART19	63
18	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
19	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	128	Simplecast	68
20	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	95	Acast	79
21	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	642	Megaphone	48
22	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	154	Simplecast	73
23	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	210	Simplecast	32
24	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
25	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
26	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1730	Libsyn	53
27	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	305	Megaphone	42
28	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
29	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
30	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
31	BFFR with Sydney Leroux & Ali Riley	Sydney Leroux, Ali Riley	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	58
32	Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	192	Nox Solutions	59
33	Revisionist History	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	215	Omny Studio	69
34	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	291	ART19	83
36	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	53
37	Call Your Sister with Joy & Jinger	Jinger Vuolo, Joy Forsyth	Society & Culture	114	Megaphone	38
38	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2820	Acast	43
39	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
40	Uinta Triangle	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	19	Omny Studio	79
41	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	128	Omny Studio	63
42	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
43	Just A Moment	Brant Menswar	Society & Culture	43	ART19	69
44	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	505	Libsyn	52
45	Earth Ancients	Cliff Dunning	Society & Culture	850	Spreaker	64
46	Kat on the Loose	Kat Zammuto	Society & Culture	287	RedCircle	89
47	Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky	Prufrock LLC	Society & Culture	79	Megaphone	63
48	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	152	ART19	52
49	Making Space with Hoda Kotb	Hoda Kotb, TODAY	Society & Culture	172	Simplecast	68
50	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
51	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	107	ART19	68
52	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
53	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	351	ART19	68
54	Fun for All Ages with Frank Santopadre	Fun for All Ages	Society & Culture	2	Megaphone	43
55	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	38
56	The Protocol	The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	63
57	Honestly with Bari Weiss	The Free Press	Society & Culture	360	Megaphone	59
58	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	676	Megaphone	42
59	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	48
60	Against the Rules: The Big Short Companion	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	107	Omny Studio	69
61	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	276	Omny Studio	83
62	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	124	Megaphone	38
63	The Lila Rose Show	Lila Rose	Society & Culture	413	Spotify for Podcasters	28
64	On Being with Krista Tippett	On Being Studios	Society & Culture	986	Simplecast	73
65	Flesh and Code	Audible	Society & Culture	11	ART19	63
66	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
67	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
68	Literally! With Rob Lowe	Stitcher & Team Coco, Rob Lowe	Society & Culture	369	Simplecast	58
69	I Believe	Joel K. Douglas	Society & Culture	107	Substack	59
70	Outcast Podcast	Podcast Playground	Society & Culture	180	Unknown	48
71	I Feel That Way Too	Michelle MiJung Kim & Asian American Futures	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	69
72	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
73	Relationship Lab	Herschelle L	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
74	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	195	Simplecast	62
75	The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby	Matt & Abby \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	193	Megaphone	37
76	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
77	Mystery Show	Gimlet	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	43
78	Wartime Stories	unknown_author	Society & Culture	122	Megaphone	52
79	How Is This Better?	COURIER	Society & Culture	10	Megaphone	69
80	GRG the pod	Manifest Media	Society & Culture	18	RedCircle	59
81	Offline with Jon Favreau	Crooked Media	Society & Culture	255	Audioboom	53
82	Don't Call Me White Girl	Breakbeat Media	Society & Culture	218	Megaphone	59
83	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	144	ART19	73
84	Why Won't You Date Me? with Nicole Byer	Headgum & Nicole Byer	Society & Culture	468	ART19	68
85	Barely Famous	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	257	ART19	53
86	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
87	Coffee Convos with Kail Lowry and Lindsie Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	505	ART19	53
88	Keeping It Real: Conversations with Jillian Michaels	Jillian Michaels	Society & Culture	972	Unknown	43
89	The Red Nation Podcast	The Red Nation	Society & Culture	424	Libsyn	43
90	Monsters Among Us	Derek Hayes \| Audioboom Studios	Society & Culture	619	Audioboom	73
91	Relatable with The Roses	Sophia + Bradley Rose	Society & Culture	48	Buzzsprout	58
92	Conversations with Coleman Details temporarily unavailable	This Is 42	Society & Culture	260	Simplecast	58
93	Cannonball with Wesley Morris	The New York Times	Society & Culture	64	Simplecast	58
94	Wild Card with Rachel Martin	NPR	Society & Culture	133	Simplecast	58
95	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	260	WideOrbit	48
96	Travel with Rick Steves	Rick Steves	Society & Culture	1082	Unknown	38
97	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	598	Megaphone	42
98	The Brett Cooper Show	Brett Cooper	Society & Culture	168	Spotify for Podcasters	68
99	What We Spend	Audacy	Society & Culture	26	WideOrbit	48
100	Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	238	ART19	41

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