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 23 Oct 2025

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10/23/2025

Average data

Episodes: 368

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:56:40

Top 5 authors

1. Pushkin Industries (3 shows)

2. Dear Media (3 shows)

3. The New York Times (3 shows)

4. Lemonada Media (3 shows)

5. PodcastOne (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (33 shows)

2. Simplecast (17 shows)

3. Omny Studio (13 shows)

4. ART19 (12 shows)

5. Libsyn (5 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	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	303	Simplecast	63
6	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
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	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
11	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	89	Megaphone	63
12	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1189	Omny Studio	59
13	People I (Mostly) Admire	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	244	Simplecast	63
14	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	48
15	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	147	ART19	73
16	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
17	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
18	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	134	WideOrbit	48
19	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1738	Libsyn	53
20	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	66	Megaphone	42
21	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	434	Megaphone	63
22	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	155	Simplecast	73
23	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	645	Megaphone	48
24	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
25	Just A Moment	Brant Menswar	Society & Culture	43	ART19	69
26	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	129	Omny Studio	63
27	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	308	Megaphone	42
28	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	211	Simplecast	32
29	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1155	Megaphone	58
30	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	85	Simplecast	47
31	Don't Listen To Us with Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	53
32	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
33	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	354	ART19	68
34	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
35	Fela Kuti: Fear No Man	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	14	ART19	69
36	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	507	Libsyn	52
37	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	154	ART19	52
38	The Free Press Investigates	The Free Press	Society & Culture	17	Megaphone	58
39	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2828	Acast	43
40	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
41	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	53
42	Coffee Convos with Kail Lowry and Lindsie Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	506	ART19	53
43	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
44	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	80	Buzzsprout	38
45	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	263	WideOrbit	48
46	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	130	Simplecast	68
47	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	67	ART19	63
48	Honestly with Bari Weiss	The Free Press	Society & Culture	360	Megaphone	59
49	Alive with Steve Burns	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	79
50	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
51	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	125	Megaphone	38
52	Against the Rules: The Big Short Companion	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	107	Omny Studio	69
53	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
54	Good Guys	Dear Media	Society & Culture	358	Megaphone	58
55	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
56	NO SUCH THING	MannyNoahDevan	Society & Culture	68	Acast	79
57	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	292	ART19	83
58	Toni Told Me with Toni Tone	Audio Always	Society & Culture	36	Acast	83
59	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	200	Simplecast	62
60	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	547	Unknown	38
61	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	278	Omny Studio	83
62	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	110	ART19	68
63	BFFR with Sydney Leroux & Ali Riley	Sydney Leroux, Ali Riley	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	58
64	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
65	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	681	Megaphone	42
66	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	810	Megaphone	64
67	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	179	ART19	48
68	Conversations with Coleman Details temporarily unavailable	This Is 42	Society & Culture	260	Simplecast	58
69	Death, Sex & Money	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	569	Acast	49
70	Migrant Odyssey	stephen barden	Society & Culture	29	Buzzsprout	38
71	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
72	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	53
73	Outcast Podcast	Podcast Playground	Society & Culture	180	Unknown	48
74	The Brett Cooper Show	Brett Cooper	Society & Culture	168	Spotify for Podcasters	68
75	The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby	Matt & Abby \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	195	Megaphone	37
76	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	466	ART19	73
77	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	32
78	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
79	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	601	Megaphone	42
80	The Dog Walk	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	43
81	Monsters Among Us	Derek Hayes \| Audioboom Studios	Society & Culture	622	Audioboom	73
82	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
83	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	208	Libsyn	68
84	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	48
85	Karma & Chaos with Kail Lowry & Becky Hayter	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	119	ART19	58
86	The Wirecutter Show	The New York Times	Society & Culture	165	Simplecast	69
87	Since You Asked with Lori Gottlieb and Gretchen Rubin	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	83
88	The Lila Rose Show	Lila Rose	Society & Culture	414	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	Sounds Like A Cult	Studio71	Society & Culture	234	Megaphone	74
90	Planet Tyrus	Outkick	Society & Culture	58	Megaphone	59
91	The Gray Area with Sean Illing	Vox	Society & Culture	803	Megaphone	58
92	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	654	Simplecast	53
93	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	234	Spreaker	78
94	Rattled & Shook	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	163	Megaphone	63
95	American Hysteria	chelsey weber-smith	Society & Culture	282	Megaphone	83
96	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
97	Unexplained Encounters	Eeriecast Network	Society & Culture	610	Megaphone	59
98	A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein	Matt Bernstein	Society & Culture	84	Megaphone	42
99	The Woody Show	iHeartRadio and ALT 98.7 FM	Society & Culture	1461	Omny Studio	38
100	The Rabbit Hole: Conspiracy Theories	Danielle Mercy	Society & Culture	269	Simplecast	52

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