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 22 Oct 2025

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10/22/2025

Average data

Episodes: 357

Frequency: every 39 days

Duration: 00:56:02

Top 5 authors

1. Dear Media (4 shows)

2. Barstool Sports (3 shows)

3. Pushkin Industries (3 shows)

4. PodcastOne (3 shows)

5. Audible (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (31 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. ART19 (12 shows)

5. Acast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	405	Megaphone	53
2	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
3	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
4	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	403	Megaphone	48
5	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
6	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	303	Simplecast	63
7	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
8	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	26	Spreaker	84
9	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1216	Libsyn	63
10	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	147	ART19	73
11	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1189	Omny Studio	59
12	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
13	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
14	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	66	Megaphone	42
15	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	88	Megaphone	63
16	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
17	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	434	Megaphone	63
18	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
19	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
20	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	155	Simplecast	73
21	Just A Moment	Brant Menswar	Society & Culture	43	ART19	69
22	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	308	Megaphone	42
23	People I (Mostly) Admire	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	244	Simplecast	63
24	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
25	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	129	Omny Studio	63
26	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1737	Libsyn	53
27	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	84	Simplecast	47
28	Don't Listen To Us with Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	53
29	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	645	Megaphone	48
30	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
31	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1155	Megaphone	58
32	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	211	Simplecast	32
33	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	154	ART19	52
34	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	507	Libsyn	52
35	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
36	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	354	ART19	68
37	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	53
38	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2827	Acast	43
39	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
40	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
41	Fela Kuti: Fear No Man	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	14	ART19	69
42	Coffee Convos with Kail Lowry and Lindsie Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	506	ART19	53
43	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	80	Buzzsprout	38
44	Honestly with Bari Weiss	The Free Press	Society & Culture	360	Megaphone	59
45	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	263	WideOrbit	48
46	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	125	Megaphone	38
47	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	547	Unknown	38
48	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	680	Megaphone	42
49	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	199	Simplecast	62
50	Good Guys	Dear Media	Society & Culture	358	Megaphone	58
51	Against the Rules: The Big Short Companion	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	107	Omny Studio	69
52	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
53	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	179	ART19	48
54	BFFR with Sydney Leroux & Ali Riley	Sydney Leroux, Ali Riley	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	58
55	Toni Told Me with Toni Tone	Audio Always	Society & Culture	36	Acast	83
56	Conversations with Coleman Details temporarily unavailable	This Is 42	Society & Culture	260	Simplecast	58
57	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	292	ART19	83
58	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	278	Omny Studio	83
59	Alive with Steve Burns	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	79
60	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	208	Libsyn	68
61	The Free Press Investigates	The Free Press	Society & Culture	17	Megaphone	58
62	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
63	Karma & Chaos with Kail Lowry & Becky Hayter	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	119	ART19	58
64	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	110	ART19	68
65	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	32
66	Migrant Odyssey	stephen barden	Society & Culture	29	Buzzsprout	38
67	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	601	Megaphone	42
68	Outcast Podcast	Podcast Playground	Society & Culture	180	Unknown	48
69	The Gray Area with Sean Illing	Vox	Society & Culture	803	Megaphone	58
70	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	809	Megaphone	64
71	Monsters Among Us	Derek Hayes \| Audioboom Studios	Society & Culture	622	Audioboom	73
72	Death, Sex & Money	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	569	Acast	49
73	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	48
74	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
75	A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein	Matt Bernstein	Society & Culture	84	Megaphone	42
76	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
77	Since You Asked with Lori Gottlieb and Gretchen Rubin	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	83
78	The Initiation	Sebastian Dienst	Society & Culture	0	Podbean	22
79	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
80	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
81	American Hysteria	chelsey weber-smith	Society & Culture	282	Megaphone	83
82	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	66	ART19	63
83	The Dog Walk	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	43
84	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	129	Simplecast	68
85	Sounds Like A Cult	Studio71	Society & Culture	234	Megaphone	74
86	What We Said	Dear Media	Society & Culture	581	ART19	58
87	Spot On with Link Lauren	MK Media	Society & Culture	133	Simplecast	68
88	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
89	NO SUCH THING	MannyNoahDevan	Society & Culture	68	Acast	79
90	60 Minutes	CBS News	Society & Culture	389	WideOrbit	38
91	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
92	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
93	The Lila Rose Show	Lila Rose	Society & Culture	414	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	Rattled & Shook	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	163	Megaphone	63
95	The Woody Show	iHeartRadio and ALT 98.7 FM	Society & Culture	1461	Omny Studio	38
96	Wartime Stories	unknown_author	Society & Culture	124	Megaphone	52
97	Not Loveline	Tana Mongeau and Trish Paytas	Society & Culture	88	Megaphone	38
98	The Mishal Husain Show	Bloomberg	Society & Culture	54	Omny Studio	63
99	The Brett Cooper Show	Brett Cooper	Society & Culture	168	Spotify for Podcasters	68
100	ReThinking	TED	Society & Culture	224	Acast	59

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