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 20 May 2026

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05/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 351

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:56:39

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Dear Media (4 shows)

3. Audible (4 shows)

4. PodcastOne (3 shows)

5. Barstool Sports (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. ART19 (18 shows)

3. Simplecast (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (12 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	398	Megaphone	53
2	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	299	Simplecast	63
3	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
4	Hey Jonas!	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	40	Omny Studio	48
5	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
6	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	512	Simplecast	38
7	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
8	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1179	Omny Studio	59
9	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	20	Audioboom	63
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
11	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
12	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1146	Megaphone	58
13	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	396	Megaphone	48
14	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
15	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
16	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	503	Libsyn	52
17	The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	113	Megaphone	48
18	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
19	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1203	Libsyn	63
20	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
21	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	54	ART19	63
22	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	428	Megaphone	63
23	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
24	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	102	ART19	68
25	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	23	Megaphone	79
26	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	144	ART19	73
27	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	53
28	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	150	ART19	52
29	Revisionist History: The Staten Island Problem	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	212	Omny Studio	63
30	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	79	Simplecast	47
31	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	208	Simplecast	32
32	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	64	Megaphone	42
33	Dream Life Club	Sumi Krishnan	Society & Culture	45	Captivate	58
34	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	638	Megaphone	48
35	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	48
36	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1721	Libsyn	53
37	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	540	Unknown	38
38	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	122	Megaphone	38
39	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	176	ART19	48
40	Hang Out with Sean Hannity	Fox News Media	Society & Culture	56	Libsyn	52
41	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	126	Omny Studio	63
42	Coffee Convos with Kail Lowry and Lindsie Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	503	ART19	53
43	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	100	Substack	43
44	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	152	Simplecast	73
45	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	53
46	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	189	Simplecast	62
47	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	289	ART19	83
48	The Initiation	Sebastian Dienst	Society & Culture	0	Podbean	22
49	A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein	Matt Bernstein	Society & Culture	82	Megaphone	42
50	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	38
51	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
52	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	274	Omny Studio	83
53	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	205	Libsyn	68
54	Voices of Freedom	Rick Graber	Society & Culture	44	Libsyn	79
55	Humans	Hank Green	Society & Culture	13	ART19	48
56	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	670	Megaphone	42
57	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
58	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
59	Bill and Giuliana: The Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	42
60	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2167	Acast	43
61	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	593	Megaphone	42
62	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
63	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	85	Megaphone	63
64	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
65	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	126	Simplecast	68
66	Stay Tranquilo	Stay Tranquilo Network	Society & Culture	171	Simplecast	48
67	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	803	Megaphone	64
68	Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC	Andy Stumpf	Society & Culture	799	Libsyn	32
69	Mother Country Radicals	Crooked Media	Society & Culture	14	N/A	N/A
70	Love This Way!	Shaleea Venney	Society & Culture	152	Buzzsprout	58
71	On Being with Krista Tippett	On Being Studios	Society & Culture	986	Simplecast	73
72	Karma & Chaos with Kail Lowry & Becky Hayter	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	115	ART19	58
73	It's Been a Minute	NPR	Society & Culture	1099	Simplecast	69
74	The Lila Rose Show	Lila Rose	Society & Culture	409	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	Conversations with Coleman Details temporarily unavailable	This Is 42	Society & Culture	260	Simplecast	58
76	The Art of Adventure	Arthur Beale	Society & Culture	19	RSS.com	62
77	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	20	ART19	73
78	Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	561	ART19	48
79	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
80	Bloodline Banter	2M Media Group	Society & Culture	34	Podbean	62
81	The Jeremy Boreing Show	Boreing Media	Society & Culture	59	Megaphone	48
82	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
83	AstroloTea with Aliza Kelly: Horoscopes and Astrology	Aliza Kelly	Society & Culture	32	N/A	N/A
84	The Dog Walk	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	944	Unknown	49
85	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
86	Good Guys	Dear Media	Society & Culture	351	Megaphone	58
87	ITALIAN, FOR SURE \| Conversations with Italians in Italy About Italian Culture	Catrin Skaperdas	Society & Culture	25	ART19	73
88	Hysteria	Hysteria	Society & Culture	442	Audioboom	38
89	Sounds Like A Cult	Studio71	Society & Culture	234	Megaphone	74
90	Monsters Among Us	Derek Hayes \| Audioboom Studios	Society & Culture	615	Audioboom	63
91	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
92	Living Boldly with Dr. Zee	Dr. Zenovia Bryant-Bright	Society & Culture	30	Spreaker	69
93	Queen of the Con	iHeartPodcasts and AYR Media	Society & Culture	63	Omny Studio	63
94	What We Said	Dear Media	Society & Culture	578	ART19	58
95	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
96	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	462	ART19	73
97	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	63	ART19	63
98	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
99	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
100	ReThinking	TED	Society & Culture	217	PRX	54

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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