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 14 May 2026

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05/14/2026

Average data

Episodes: 377

Frequency: every 40 days

Duration: 00:55:55

Top 5 authors

1. PodcastOne (5 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

3. Audible (4 shows)

4. Dear Media (4 shows)

5. The New York Times (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. ART19 (16 shows)

3. Simplecast (16 shows)

4. Omny Studio (11 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	405	Megaphone	53
2	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
3	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
4	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
5	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	303	Simplecast	63
6	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	26	Spreaker	84
7	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1189	Omny Studio	59
8	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	23	Audioboom	63
9	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	507	Libsyn	52
10	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	56	ART19	63
11	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	403	Megaphone	48
12	The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	116	Megaphone	48
13	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
14	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
15	Bill and Giuliana: The Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	42
16	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	308	Megaphone	42
17	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1155	Megaphone	58
18	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1216	Libsyn	63
19	Stay Tranquilo	Stay Tranquilo Network	Society & Culture	172	Simplecast	48
20	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
21	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	354	ART19	68
22	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	110	ART19	68
23	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	134	WideOrbit	48
24	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1738	Libsyn	53
25	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	53
26	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	434	Megaphone	63
27	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	154	ART19	52
28	Dream Life Club	Sumi Krishnan	Society & Culture	45	Captivate	58
29	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	211	Simplecast	32
30	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	64	Substack	43
31	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	67	ART19	63
32	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	681	Megaphone	42
33	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	85	Simplecast	47
34	The Initiation	Sebastian Dienst	Society & Culture	0	Podbean	22
35	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	292	ART19	83
36	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	147	ART19	73
37	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	125	Megaphone	38
38	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	130	Simplecast	68
39	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	80	Buzzsprout	38
40	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	73
41	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	155	Simplecast	73
42	STASSI with Tay	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	470	ART19	38
43	Hang Out with Sean Hannity	Fox News Media	Society & Culture	63	Libsyn	52
44	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
45	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	48
46	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
47	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	66	Megaphone	42
48	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
49	Revisionist History	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	215	Omny Studio	69
50	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	645	Megaphone	48
51	NO SUCH THING	MannyNoahDevan	Society & Culture	68	Acast	79
52	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
53	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	810	Megaphone	64
54	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	27	Megaphone	79
55	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	278	Omny Studio	83
56	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	263	WideOrbit	48
57	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	129	Omny Studio	63
58	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	208	Libsyn	68
59	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	200	Simplecast	62
60	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	547	Unknown	38
61	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
62	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	89	Megaphone	63
63	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	179	ART19	48
64	Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC	Andy Stumpf	Society & Culture	807	Libsyn	32
65	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2828	Acast	43
66	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	466	ART19	73
67	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	601	Megaphone	42
68	Not Dead Yet	Ricochet	Society & Culture	17	Spreaker	69
69	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	654	Simplecast	53
70	Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	268	Omny Studio	63
71	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	32
72	It's Been a Minute	NPR	Society & Culture	1113	Simplecast	69
73	Karma & Chaos with Kail Lowry & Becky Hayter	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	119	ART19	58
74	The Dog Walk	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	43
75	AstroloTea with Aliza Kelly: Horoscopes and Astrology	Aliza Kelly	Society & Culture	32	N/A	N/A
76	Love This Way!	Shaleea Venney	Society & Culture	152	Buzzsprout	58
77	ITALIAN, FOR SURE \| Conversations with Italians in Italy About Italian Culture	Catrin Skaperdas	Society & Culture	26	ART19	73
78	The Lila Rose Show	Lila Rose	Society & Culture	414	Spotify for Podcasters	28
79	Pop Apologists	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	313	ART19	38
80	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
81	ReThinking	TED	Society & Culture	224	Acast	59
82	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
83	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	67	Acast	83
84	Voices of Freedom	Rick Graber	Society & Culture	44	Libsyn	79
85	The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby	Matt & Abby \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	195	Megaphone	37
86	Sounds Like A Cult	Studio71	Society & Culture	234	Megaphone	74
87	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	286	Libsyn	48
88	Death, Sex & Money	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	569	Acast	49
89	The Woody Show	iHeartRadio and ALT 98.7 FM	Society & Culture	1461	Omny Studio	38
90	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
91	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
92	Memento Morbid	Memento Morbid	Society & Culture	18	Audioboom	68
93	Monsters Among Us	Derek Hayes \| Audioboom Studios	Society & Culture	622	Audioboom	73
94	Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	192	Nox Solutions	59
95	The Wirecutter Show	The New York Times	Society & Culture	165	Simplecast	69
96	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
97	What We Said	Dear Media	Society & Culture	581	ART19	58
98	Unexplained Encounters	Eeriecast Network	Society & Culture	610	Megaphone	59
99	Good Guys	Dear Media	Society & Culture	358	Megaphone	58
100	On Being with Krista Tippett	On Being Studios	Society & Culture	986	Simplecast	73

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