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 Apr 2026

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04/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 345

Frequency: every 52 days

Duration: 00:54:23

Top 5 authors

1. Audible (4 shows)

2. Dear Media (3 shows)

3. PodcastOne (3 shows)

4. NPR (3 shows)

5. Pushkin Industries (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (18 shows)

3. ART19 (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (12 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	404	Megaphone	53
2	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
3	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
4	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	302	Simplecast	63
5	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
6	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
7	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	73
8	The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	116	Megaphone	48
9	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	109	ART19	68
10	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
11	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	433	Megaphone	63
12	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1188	Omny Studio	59
13	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1154	Megaphone	58
14	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
15	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	66	Megaphone	42
16	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	402	Megaphone	48
17	The Power and The Punchline	Unplugged Studios	Society & Culture	9	RedCircle	53
18	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
19	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1214	Libsyn	63
20	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
21	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
22	Not Dead Yet	Ricochet	Society & Culture	17	Spreaker	69
23	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	83	Simplecast	47
24	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
25	The Initiation	Sebastian Dienst	Society & Culture	0	Podbean	22
26	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	153	ART19	52
27	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	506	Libsyn	52
28	Dream Life Club	Sumi Krishnan	Society & Culture	45	Captivate	58
29	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	55	ART19	63
30	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	66	Acast	83
31	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
32	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1735	Libsyn	53
33	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
34	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
35	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	211	Simplecast	32
36	Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	268	Omny Studio	63
37	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
38	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	48
39	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	124	Megaphone	38
40	Self Care and Chill With Maui	Amirah Morris	Society & Culture	131	Spotify for Podcasters	42
41	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	644	Megaphone	48
42	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	546	Unknown	38
43	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	146	ART19	73
44	Stay Tranquilo	Stay Tranquilo Network	Society & Culture	172	Simplecast	48
45	Big Lives	Pushkin Industries and BBC Studios	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	79
46	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2825	Acast	43
47	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	155	Simplecast	73
48	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	63	Substack	43
49	Wild Card with Rachel Martin	NPR	Society & Culture	134	Simplecast	58
50	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
51	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	292	ART19	83
52	Love This Way!	Shaleea Venney	Society & Culture	152	Buzzsprout	58
53	Revisionist History	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	216	Omny Studio	69
54	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	277	Omny Studio	83
55	ReThinking	TED	Society & Culture	224	Acast	59
56	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
57	The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby	Matt & Abby \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	194	Megaphone	37
58	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	178	ART19	48
59	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	129	Omny Studio	53
60	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	198	Simplecast	62
61	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	679	Megaphone	42
62	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
63	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
64	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	33	Unknown	79
65	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	262	WideOrbit	48
66	Karma & Chaos with Kail Lowry & Becky Hayter	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	118	ART19	58
67	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	600	Megaphone	42
68	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
69	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	60	Audioboom	59
70	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	38
71	The Art of Adventure	Arthur Beale	Society & Culture	22	RSS.com	72
72	Glass Half Full with Craig Melvin	TODAY	Society & Culture	36	Simplecast	52
73	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	66	ART19	63
74	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	207	Libsyn	68
75	Locked In with Ian Bick	Ian Bick	Society & Culture	709	Libsyn	63
76	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
77	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
78	Clock It with Symone & Eugene	MSNBC	News	25	Simplecast	53
79	Good Guys	Dear Media	Society & Culture	356	Megaphone	58
80	12 Byzantine Rulers: The History of The Byzantine Empire	Lars Brownworth	Society & Culture	19	Unknown	38
81	Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC	Andy Stumpf	Society & Culture	806	Libsyn	32
82	Wait a Second... Feed not publicly shared by the creator	The Ringer	Society & Culture	34	N/A	N/A
83	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
84	It's Been a Minute	NPR	Society & Culture	1109	Simplecast	69
85	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
86	Conversations with Coleman Details temporarily unavailable	This Is 42	Society & Culture	260	Simplecast	58
87	The Watch Floor with Sarah Adams	Sarah Adams	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	48
88	Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	192	Nox Solutions	59
89	Drug Story	Thomas Goetz	Society & Culture	15	Substack	89
90	Sounds Like A Cult	Studio71	Society & Culture	234	Megaphone	74
91	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
92	The Art of Manliness	The Art of Manliness	Society & Culture	1183	ART19	48
93	Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	563	ART19	48
94	The Dog Walk	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	43
95	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	809	Megaphone	64
96	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	88	Megaphone	63
97	AstroloTea with Aliza Kelly: Horoscopes and Astrology	Aliza Kelly	Society & Culture	32	N/A	N/A
98	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	653	Simplecast	53
99	Everything Happens with Kate Bowler	Everything Happens Studios	Society & Culture	299	Omny Studio	79
100	Rich Little Brokegirls	Kimberly Bizu	Society & Culture	98	Buzzsprout	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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