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 16 Apr 2026

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04/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 349

Frequency: every 52 days

Duration: 00:53:32

Top 5 authors

1. PodcastOne (4 shows)

2. Audible (4 shows)

3. NPR (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

5. Barstool Sports (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (18 shows)

3. ART19 (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (13 shows)

5. Acast (8 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	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	302	Simplecast	63
4	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
5	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
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	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1188	Omny Studio	59
11	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
12	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1154	Megaphone	58
13	The Power and The Punchline	Unplugged Studios	Society & Culture	9	RedCircle	53
14	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	433	Megaphone	63
15	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
16	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
17	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
18	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	66	Megaphone	42
19	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
20	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1214	Libsyn	63
21	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	55	ART19	63
22	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	402	Megaphone	48
23	Stay Tranquilo	Stay Tranquilo Network	Society & Culture	172	Simplecast	48
24	Not Dead Yet	Ricochet	Society & Culture	17	Spreaker	69
25	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	506	Libsyn	52
26	Dream Life Club	Sumi Krishnan	Society & Culture	45	Captivate	58
27	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
28	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1735	Libsyn	53
29	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	153	ART19	52
30	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	83	Simplecast	47
31	The Initiation	Sebastian Dienst	Society & Culture	0	Podbean	22
32	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	66	Acast	83
33	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
34	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	66	ART19	63
35	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
36	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	211	Simplecast	32
37	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
38	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	644	Megaphone	48
39	Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	268	Omny Studio	63
40	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	124	Megaphone	38
41	ReThinking	TED	Society & Culture	224	Acast	59
42	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	63	Substack	43
43	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	155	Simplecast	73
44	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
45	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
46	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2825	Acast	43
47	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	292	ART19	83
48	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	48
49	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
50	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
51	Big Lives	Pushkin Industries and BBC Studios	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	79
52	Self Care and Chill With Maui	Amirah Morris	Society & Culture	131	Spotify for Podcasters	42
53	Love This Way!	Shaleea Venney	Society & Culture	152	Buzzsprout	58
54	Revisionist History	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	216	Omny Studio	69
55	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
56	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	146	ART19	73
57	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	277	Omny Studio	83
58	Wild Card with Rachel Martin	NPR	Society & Culture	134	Simplecast	58
59	The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby	Matt & Abby \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	194	Megaphone	37
60	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	546	Unknown	38
61	Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC	Andy Stumpf	Society & Culture	806	Libsyn	32
62	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
63	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	198	Simplecast	62
64	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
65	STASSI with Tay	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	469	ART19	38
66	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	129	Omny Studio	53
67	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
68	Glass Half Full with Craig Melvin	TODAY	Society & Culture	36	Simplecast	52
69	The Art of Adventure	Arthur Beale	Society & Culture	22	RSS.com	72
70	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	38
71	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	33	Unknown	79
72	The Watch Floor with Sarah Adams	Sarah Adams	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	48
73	It's Been a Minute	NPR	Society & Culture	1109	Simplecast	69
74	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	679	Megaphone	42
75	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	600	Megaphone	42
76	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	178	ART19	48
77	Karma & Chaos with Kail Lowry & Becky Hayter	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	118	ART19	58
78	Sounds Like A Cult	Studio71	Society & Culture	234	Megaphone	74
79	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	465	ART19	73
80	Locked In with Ian Bick	Ian Bick	Society & Culture	709	Libsyn	63
81	Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	192	Nox Solutions	59
82	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
83	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	262	WideOrbit	48
84	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
85	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	809	Megaphone	64
86	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	653	Simplecast	53
87	Clock It with Symone & Eugene	MSNBC	News	25	Simplecast	53
88	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
89	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	129	Simplecast	68
90	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
91	Talk To Me Sis	Pionaire Podcasting	Society & Culture	60	Audioboom	59
92	Wait a Second... Feed not publicly shared by the creator	The Ringer	Society & Culture	34	N/A	N/A
93	The Dog Walk	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	43
94	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
95	The Art of Manliness	The Art of Manliness	Society & Culture	1183	ART19	48
96	Everything Happens with Kate Bowler	Everything Happens Studios	Society & Culture	299	Omny Studio	79
97	The Obit Project	Jad Abumrad and Jule Banville	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
98	12 Byzantine Rulers: The History of The Byzantine Empire	Lars Brownworth	Society & Culture	19	Unknown	38
99	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	207	Libsyn	68
100	Death, Sex & Money	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	568	Acast	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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