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 21 May 2026

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05/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 360

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:57:13

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Audible (4 shows)

3. Pushkin Industries (4 shows)

4. PodcastOne (4 shows)

5. Barstool Sports (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. ART19 (18 shows)

3. Simplecast (15 shows)

4. Omny Studio (14 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hey Jonas!	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	40	Omny Studio	48
2	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	398	Megaphone	53
3	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
4	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	299	Simplecast	63
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	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1179	Omny Studio	59
8	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
9	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	54	ART19	63
10	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
11	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
12	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1203	Libsyn	63
13	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1146	Megaphone	58
14	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
15	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	20	Audioboom	63
16	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	503	Libsyn	52
17	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	396	Megaphone	48
18	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
19	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
20	The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	113	Megaphone	48
21	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	150	ART19	52
22	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
23	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	102	ART19	68
24	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
25	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	23	Megaphone	79
26	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1721	Libsyn	53
27	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	53
28	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	638	Megaphone	48
29	Bill and Giuliana: The Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	42
30	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	53
31	Dream Life Club	Sumi Krishnan	Society & Culture	45	Captivate	58
32	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	208	Simplecast	32
33	Revisionist History: The Staten Island Problem	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	212	Omny Studio	63
34	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	428	Megaphone	63
35	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	64	Megaphone	42
36	Hang Out with Sean Hannity	Fox News Media	Society & Culture	56	Libsyn	52
37	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	144	ART19	73
38	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	79	Simplecast	47
39	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	289	ART19	83
40	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	63	ART19	63
41	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
42	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	126	Simplecast	68
43	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	122	Megaphone	38
44	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
45	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	126	Omny Studio	63
46	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	670	Megaphone	42
47	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	100	Substack	43
48	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	152	Simplecast	73
49	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	189	Simplecast	62
50	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	38
51	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
52	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	48
53	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2167	Acast	43
54	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
55	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	540	Unknown	38
56	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	176	ART19	48
57	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	647	Simplecast	53
58	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
59	STASSI with Tay	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	466	ART19	38
60	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	85	Megaphone	63
61	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	274	Omny Studio	83
62	Coffee Convos with Kail Lowry and Lindsie Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	503	ART19	53
63	Voices of Freedom	Rick Graber	Society & Culture	44	Libsyn	79
64	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	803	Megaphone	64
65	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	462	ART19	73
66	The Initiation	Sebastian Dienst	Society & Culture	0	Podbean	22
67	A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein	Matt Bernstein	Society & Culture	82	Megaphone	42
68	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	205	Libsyn	68
69	Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	268	Omny Studio	63
70	The Dog Walk	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	944	Unknown	49
71	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	593	Megaphone	42
72	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
73	The Lila Rose Show	Lila Rose	Society & Culture	409	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
75	Sounds Like A Cult	Studio71	Society & Culture	234	Megaphone	74
76	Love This Way!	Shaleea Venney	Society & Culture	152	Buzzsprout	58
77	The Art of Adventure	Arthur Beale	Society & Culture	19	RSS.com	62
78	The Jeremy Boreing Show	Boreing Media	Society & Culture	59	Megaphone	48
79	It's Been a Minute	NPR	Society & Culture	1099	Simplecast	69
80	Bloodline Banter	2M Media Group	Society & Culture	34	Podbean	62
81	Mother Country Radicals	Crooked Media	Society & Culture	14	N/A	N/A
82	On Being with Krista Tippett	On Being Studios	Society & Culture	986	Simplecast	73
83	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	20	ART19	73
84	Stay Tranquilo	Stay Tranquilo Network	Society & Culture	171	Simplecast	48
85	Humans	Hank Green	Society & Culture	13	ART19	48
86	Karma & Chaos with Kail Lowry & Becky Hayter	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	115	ART19	58
87	Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC	Andy Stumpf	Society & Culture	799	Libsyn	32
88	Who's with Me? with W. Kamau Bell	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	78
89	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
90	Monsters Among Us	Derek Hayes \| Audioboom Studios	Society & Culture	615	Audioboom	63
91	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
92	AstroloTea with Aliza Kelly: Horoscopes and Astrology	Aliza Kelly	Society & Culture	32	N/A	N/A
93	The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby	Matt & Abby \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	191	Megaphone	37
94	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
95	Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	561	ART19	48
96	Living Boldly with Dr. Zee	Dr. Zenovia Bryant-Bright	Society & Culture	30	Spreaker	69
97	The Woody Show	ALT 98.7 FM	Society & Culture	1386	Spreaker	43
98	ITALIAN, FOR SURE \| Conversations with Italians in Italy About Italian Culture	Catrin Skaperdas	Society & Culture	25	ART19	73
99	ReThinking	TED	Society & Culture	217	PRX	54
100	Queen of the Con	iHeartPodcasts and AYR Media	Society & Culture	63	Omny Studio	63

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