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 24 Mar 2026

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03/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 327

Frequency: every 40 days

Duration: 00:53:55

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. Audible (3 shows)

3. PodcastOne (3 shows)

4. Pushkin Industries (3 shows)

5. The New York Times (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (13 shows)

4. ART19 (11 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
2	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	404	Megaphone	53
3	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
4	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	302	Simplecast	63
5	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
6	The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	116	Megaphone	48
7	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
8	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	73
9	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	306	Megaphone	42
11	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
12	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	66	Megaphone	42
13	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1187	Omny Studio	59
14	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	109	ART19	68
15	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
16	The Power and The Punchline	Unplugged Studios	Society & Culture	9	RedCircle	53
17	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1214	Libsyn	63
18	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1153	Megaphone	58
19	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
20	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
21	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	433	Megaphone	63
22	Drug Story	Thomas Goetz	Society & Culture	15	Substack	89
23	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	82	Simplecast	47
24	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	155	Simplecast	73
25	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	402	Megaphone	48
26	Dream Life Club	Sumi Krishnan	Society & Culture	45	Captivate	58
27	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	66	Acast	83
28	The Psychology of Relationships	Julie Krafchick & Yue Xu	Society & Culture	49	RedCircle	63
29	Stay Tranquilo	Stay Tranquilo Network	Society & Culture	172	Simplecast	48
30	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
31	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	124	Megaphone	38
32	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	506	Libsyn	52
33	Hysteria	Hysteria	Society & Culture	446	Audioboom	38
34	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
35	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
36	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	100	Substack	43
37	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	178	ART19	48
38	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	55	ART19	63
39	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	38
40	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	33	Unknown	79
41	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
42	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	644	Megaphone	48
43	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	146	ART19	73
44	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	207	Libsyn	68
45	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2823	Acast	43
46	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
47	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	210	Simplecast	32
48	Revisionist History	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	215	Omny Studio	69
49	AstroloTea with Aliza Kelly: Horoscopes and Astrology	Aliza Kelly	Society & Culture	32	N/A	N/A
50	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	277	Omny Studio	83
51	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	129	Omny Studio	63
52	Coffee Convos with Kail Lowry and Lindsie Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	506	ART19	53
53	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1734	Libsyn	53
54	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	95	WideOrbit	68
55	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	88	Megaphone	63
56	Barely Famous	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	257	ART19	53
57	Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well	Jane Leder	Society & Culture	101	Podetize	53
58	Conversations with Coleman Details temporarily unavailable	This Is 42	Society & Culture	260	Simplecast	58
59	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	292	ART19	83
60	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	48
61	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	435	Megaphone	32
62	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	197	Simplecast	62
63	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	262	WideOrbit	48
64	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
65	Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC	Andy Stumpf	Society & Culture	805	Libsyn	32
66	Good Guys	Dear Media	Society & Culture	356	Megaphone	58
67	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	599	Megaphone	42
68	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
69	The Watch Floor with Sarah Adams	Sarah Adams	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	48
70	Death, Sex & Money	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	568	Acast	49
71	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
72	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	66	ART19	63
73	Love This Way!	Shaleea Venney	Society & Culture	152	Buzzsprout	58
74	On Being with Krista Tippett	On Being Studios	Society & Culture	986	Simplecast	73
75	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
76	A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein	Matt Bernstein	Society & Culture	83	Megaphone	42
77	Humanism Now	Humanise Live	Society & Culture	98	Megaphone	89
78	You Wish	Holly Madison	Society & Culture	8	ART19	69
79	One World in a New World - Apocalyptic Chats	Zen Benefiel, MA, MBA, DDiv - Host/Producer & Founder, Planetary Citizens	Society & Culture	260	Spotify for Podcasters	32
80	It's Been a Minute	NPR	Society & Culture	1109	Simplecast	69
81	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
82	Kat on the Loose	Kat Zammuto	Society & Culture	287	RedCircle	89
83	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	35	Omny Studio	83
84	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	678	Megaphone	42
85	Attention Lab	School of Radical Attention	Society & Culture	4	Libsyn	69
86	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
87	Nerding out on Neurodiversity	Dr. Matt Zakreski	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	63
88	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	652	Simplecast	53
89	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
90	60 Minutes	CBS News	Society & Culture	389	WideOrbit	38
91	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
92	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
93	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
94	It Turns Out	Kara Miller	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	83
95	Furious Thoughts	CAKE MEDIA	Society & Culture	5	Megaphone	53
96	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
97	Astonishing Legends	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	470	Audioboom	63
98	Clock It with Symone & Eugene	MSNBC	News	25	Simplecast	53
99	The Louis Theroux Podcast	Spotify Studios	Society & Culture	73	Megaphone	48
100	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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