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 15 Jan 2026

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01/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 446

Frequency: every 37 days

Duration: 00:58:34

Top 5 authors

1. PodcastOne (5 shows)

2. Dear Media (4 shows)

3. Pushkin Industries (4 shows)

4. Audible (3 shows)

5. Barstool Sports (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. ART19 (17 shows)

3. Simplecast (17 shows)

4. Omny Studio (12 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
2	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	403	Megaphone	53
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	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
6	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	302	Simplecast	63
7	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1213	Libsyn	63
8	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
9	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1186	Omny Studio	59
10	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	401	Megaphone	48
11	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1733	Libsyn	53
12	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
13	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
14	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1152	Megaphone	58
15	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	407	Megaphone	63
16	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	643	Megaphone	48
17	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
18	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
19	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	678	Megaphone	42
20	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	55	ART19	63
21	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
22	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	506	Libsyn	52
23	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	108	ART19	68
24	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	306	Megaphone	42
25	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	82	Simplecast	47
26	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
27	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	66	ART19	63
28	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
29	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	292	ART19	83
30	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	100	Substack	43
31	Stay Tranquilo	Stay Tranquilo Network	Society & Culture	172	Simplecast	48
32	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
33	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	129	Simplecast	68
34	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
35	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	65	Megaphone	42
36	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	545	Unknown	38
37	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	38
38	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	808	Megaphone	64
39	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	128	Omny Studio	63
40	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	154	Simplecast	73
41	Just A Moment	Brant Menswar	Society & Culture	43	ART19	69
42	The Wirecutter Show	The New York Times	Society & Culture	163	Simplecast	69
43	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	145	ART19	73
44	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
45	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	432	Megaphone	63
46	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
47	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	153	ART19	52
48	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	124	Megaphone	38
49	The Dog Walk	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	43
50	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2822	Acast	43
51	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	261	WideOrbit	48
52	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	197	Simplecast	62
53	Revisionist History	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	215	Omny Studio	69
54	Karma & Chaos with Kail Lowry & Becky Hayter	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	118	ART19	58
55	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	599	Megaphone	42
56	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	207	Libsyn	68
57	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	210	Simplecast	32
58	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	277	Omny Studio	83
59	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	465	ART19	73
60	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	178	ART19	48
61	STASSI with Tay	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	469	ART19	38
62	The Woody Show	iHeartRadio and ALT 98.7 FM	Society & Culture	1457	Omny Studio	38
63	Dream Life Club	Sumi Krishnan	Society & Culture	45	Captivate	58
64	What We Said	Dear Media	Society & Culture	581	ART19	58
65	小天章	小天章	Society & Culture	2	Unknown	43
66	Fela Kuti: Fear No Man	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	14	ART19	69
67	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	435	Megaphone	32
68	Death, Sex & Money	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	568	Acast	49
69	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
70	Monsters Among Us	Derek Hayes \| Audioboom Studios	Society & Culture	620	Audioboom	73
71	Keep It!	Keep It!	Society & Culture	447	Audioboom	38
72	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
73	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	652	Simplecast	53
74	The Watch Floor with Sarah Adams	Sarah Adams	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	48
75	Mark Narrations - Reddit Stories	Mark B	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	53
76	Astonishing Legends	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	470	Audioboom	63
77	Unexplained Encounters	Eeriecast Network	Society & Culture	608	Megaphone	59
78	The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby	Matt & Abby \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	194	Megaphone	37
79	It's Been a Minute	NPR	Society & Culture	1109	Simplecast	69
80	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	48
81	A Slight Change of Plans Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	193	N/A	N/A
82	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
83	Coffee Convos with Kail Lowry and Lindsie Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	505	ART19	53
84	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
85	Locked In with Ian Bick	Ian Bick	Society & Culture	708	Libsyn	63
86	Blowback	Blowback	Society & Culture	80	RedCircle	53
87	Who? Weekly	Who? Weekly	News	1057	WideOrbit	53
88	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
89	Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC	Andy Stumpf	Society & Culture	805	Libsyn	32
90	Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa	Kelly Ripa	Society & Culture	188	Simplecast	58
91	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
92	Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	268	Omny Studio	63
93	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
94	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	427	RedCircle	59
95	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
96	Good Guys	Dear Media	Society & Culture	356	Megaphone	58
97	The Art of Manliness	The Art of Manliness	Society & Culture	1183	ART19	48
98	Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	192	Nox Solutions	59
99	Rover's Morning Glory	Rover, Duji, Dieter, Charlie, Jeffrey LaRocque, Snitzer and Krystle (WMMS)	Society & Culture	1637	Omny Studio	43
100	Wartime Stories	unknown_author	Society & Culture	122	Megaphone	52

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