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 Nov 2025

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11/15/2025

Average data

Episodes: 327

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:55:24

Top 5 authors

1. Audible (3 shows)

2. The New York Times (3 shows)

3. Pushkin Industries (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

5. Lemonada Media (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (30 shows)

2. Simplecast (19 shows)

3. ART19 (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (12 shows)

5. Libsyn (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
2	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	302	Simplecast	63
3	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	403	Megaphone	53
4	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
5	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	401	Megaphone	48
6	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
7	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
8	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	55	ART19	63
9	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
10	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	65	Megaphone	42
11	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
12	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
13	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	88	Megaphone	63
14	Crissle’s Couch	CAKE MEDIA	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	53
15	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
16	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	407	Megaphone	63
17	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1186	Omny Studio	59
18	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	128	Omny Studio	63
19	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1213	Libsyn	63
20	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
21	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	643	Megaphone	48
22	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	154	Simplecast	73
23	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1152	Megaphone	58
24	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
25	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1733	Libsyn	53
26	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	432	Megaphone	63
27	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	82	Simplecast	47
28	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
29	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
30	Just A Moment	Brant Menswar	Society & Culture	43	ART19	69
31	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	306	Megaphone	42
32	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
33	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	292	ART19	83
34	How To Fail With Elizabeth Day	Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	404	Megaphone	68
35	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	197	Simplecast	62
36	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
37	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	210	Simplecast	32
38	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	7	Libsyn	58
39	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	66	ART19	63
40	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2822	Acast	43
41	The Initiation	Sebastian Dienst	Society & Culture	0	Podbean	22
42	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	506	Libsyn	52
43	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
44	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
45	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	145	ART19	73
46	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	48
47	Coffee Convos with Kail Lowry and Lindsie Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	505	ART19	53
48	Ex-Wives Undercover: Liars, Cheaters & Love Cons	Double A Productions	Society & Culture	152	ART19	73
49	Kat on the Loose	Kat Zammuto	Society & Culture	287	RedCircle	89
50	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
51	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	108	ART19	68
52	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	38
53	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
54	Don't Listen To Us with Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	53
55	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	678	Megaphone	42
56	Literally! With Rob Lowe	Stitcher & Team Coco, Rob Lowe	Society & Culture	369	Simplecast	58
57	Honestly with Bari Weiss	The Free Press	Society & Culture	360	Megaphone	59
58	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	124	Megaphone	38
59	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
60	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	545	Unknown	38
61	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	808	Megaphone	64
62	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	129	Simplecast	68
63	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
64	Horoscope Weekly: Astrology with Aliza Kelly	OpenMind	Society & Culture	110	Megaphone	73
65	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	153	ART19	52
66	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
67	The Katie Miller Podcast	Katie Miller	Society & Culture	53	Spotify for Podcasters	37
68	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	48
69	Since You Asked with Lori Gottlieb and Gretchen Rubin	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	83
70	Conversations with Coleman Details temporarily unavailable	This Is 42	Society & Culture	260	Simplecast	58
71	Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	238	ART19	41
72	Against the Rules: The Big Short Companion	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	107	Omny Studio	69
73	Alive with Steve Burns	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	79
74	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	599	Megaphone	42
75	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	261	WideOrbit	48
76	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	465	ART19	73
77	A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein	Matt Bernstein	Society & Culture	83	Megaphone	42
78	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
79	Wild Card with Rachel Martin	NPR	Society & Culture	133	Simplecast	58
80	Four Walls Podcast	Elysabeth Lamoureux	Society & Culture	33	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	Hysteria	Hysteria	Society & Culture	445	Audioboom	38
82	Couple Things with Shawn and Andrew	Shawn Johnson + Andrew East	Society & Culture	312	Megaphone	58
83	Good Guys	Dear Media	Society & Culture	356	Megaphone	58
84	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
85	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	430	Acast	53
86	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
87	The Free Press Investigates	The Free Press	Society & Culture	17	Megaphone	58
88	The Wirecutter Show	The New York Times	Society & Culture	163	Simplecast	69
89	Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	192	Nox Solutions	59
90	People I (Mostly) Admire	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	244	Simplecast	63
91	The Brett Cooper Show	Brett Cooper	Society & Culture	168	Spotify for Podcasters	68
92	Spot On with Link Lauren	MK Media	Society & Culture	133	Simplecast	68
93	Monsters Among Us	Derek Hayes \| Audioboom Studios	Society & Culture	620	Audioboom	73
94	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	277	Omny Studio	83
95	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
96	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	435	Megaphone	32
97	The World's First Podcast with Erin & Sara Foster	Wishbone Production, Erin & Sara Foster	Society & Culture	257	Simplecast	52
98	Rattled & Shook	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	163	Megaphone	63
99	The Lila Rose Show	Lila Rose	Society & Culture	414	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	Unlocking Us with Brené Brown	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	134	Megaphone	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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