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 Aug 2026

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08/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 465

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:57:48

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. Dear Media (4 shows)

3. PodcastOne (4 shows)

4. Audible (3 shows)

5. The New York Times (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Simplecast (17 shows)

3. ART19 (16 shows)

4. Omny Studio (12 shows)

5. Libsyn (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	538	Simplecast	69
3	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
4	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	513	Simplecast	38
5	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	121	ART19	58
6	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	109	ART19	68
7	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1218	Omny Studio	59
8	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1010	Simplecast	38
9	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	302	Simplecast	63
10	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	506	Libsyn	52
11	Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel	Rachel Uchitel	Society & Culture	384	Simplecast	58
12	The ManFlu \| Exploring Gender Dynamics, Partnerships & Raising Boys Who Care	Lucy McAfee	Society & Culture	12	Acast	79
13	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1154	Megaphone	58
14	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1320	Libsyn	63
15	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
16	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
17	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
18	Dream Life Club	Sumi Krishnan	Society & Culture	45	Captivate	58
19	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1735	Libsyn	53
20	Hey Jonas!	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
21	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
22	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	402	Megaphone	48
23	Two Girls One Ghost	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	886	Megaphone	69
24	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	124	Megaphone	38
25	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	155	Simplecast	73
26	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	433	Megaphone	63
27	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	229	Megaphone	53
28	Joy 101 with Hoda Kotb	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	19	Omny Studio	63
29	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	531	ART19	68
30	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	88	Megaphone	63
31	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	127	Buzzsprout	38
32	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	83	Simplecast	47
33	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	198	Simplecast	62
34	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	178	ART19	48
35	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	146	ART19	73
36	The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	116	Megaphone	48
37	STASSI with Tay	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	469	ART19	38
38	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2169	Acast	43
39	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	295	ART19	83
40	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
41	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	644	Megaphone	48
42	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	66	Megaphone	42
43	Revisionist History	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	225	Omny Studio	69
44	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
45	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	977	Megaphone	64
46	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	600	Megaphone	42
47	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
48	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	679	Megaphone	42
49	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	211	Simplecast	32
50	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	546	Unknown	38
51	Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC	Andy Stumpf	Society & Culture	806	Libsyn	32
52	The Dog Walk	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	43
53	Karma & Chaos with Kail Lowry & Becky Hayter	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	118	ART19	58
54	It's Been a Minute	NPR	Society & Culture	1109	Simplecast	69
55	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	102	Substack	43
56	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	277	Omny Studio	83
57	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
58	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	207	Libsyn	68
59	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	131	Simplecast	48
60	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
61	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	129	Simplecast	68
62	The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby	Matt & Abby \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	194	Megaphone	37
63	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	653	Simplecast	53
64	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	465	ART19	73
65	What We Said	Dear Media	Society & Culture	581	ART19	58
66	The Wirecutter Show	The New York Times	Society & Culture	164	Simplecast	69
67	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	55	ART19	63
68	Locked In with Ian Bick	Ian Bick	Society & Culture	709	Libsyn	63
69	The Woody Show	iHeartRadio and ALT 98.7 FM	Society & Culture	1461	Omny Studio	38
70	Monsters Among Us	Derek Hayes \| Audioboom Studios	Society & Culture	621	Audioboom	73
71	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	153	ART19	52
72	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	14	PRX	69
73	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	262	WideOrbit	48
74	Death, Sex & Money	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	629	Acast	49
75	Pop Apologists	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	312	ART19	38
76	Hang Out with Sean Hannity	Fox News Media	Society & Culture	62	Libsyn	52
77	In Bed With The Right	Adrian Daub and Moira Donegan	Society & Culture	129	RSS.com	62
78	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	432	Acast	53
79	Open Book with Jenna	TODAY, Jenna Bush Hager	Society & Culture	118	Simplecast	68
80	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	66	ART19	63
81	Sounds Like A Cult	Studio71	Society & Culture	234	Megaphone	74
82	Unexplained Encounters	Eeriecast Network	Society & Culture	609	Megaphone	59
83	Our Town	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
84	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	497	Libsyn	48
85	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	73
86	Good Guys	Dear Media	Society & Culture	356	Megaphone	58
87	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
88	The Gray Area with Sean Illing	Vox	Society & Culture	802	Megaphone	58
89	Mark Narrations - Reddit Stories	Mark B	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	53
90	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
91	Keep It!	Keep It!	Society & Culture	447	Audioboom	38
92	Love This Way!	Shaleea Venney	Society & Culture	152	Buzzsprout	58
93	The Art of Manliness	The Art of Manliness	Society & Culture	1183	ART19	48
94	The Jeremy Boreing Show	Boreing Media	Society & Culture	64	Megaphone	48
95	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	133	Omny Studio	63
96	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	149	Acast	73
97	Conversations with Coleman Details temporarily unavailable	This Is 42	Society & Culture	260	Simplecast	58
98	Whine Down with Jana Kramer	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	986	Omny Studio	32
99	Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	563	ART19	48
100	Oprah's Super Soul	Oprah	Society & Culture	636	Acast	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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