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 Sep 2025

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09/24/2025

Average data

Episodes: 430

Frequency: every 37 days

Duration: 00:58:37

Top 5 authors

1. PodcastOne (4 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

3. Audible (3 shows)

4. Barstool Sports (3 shows)

5. Dear Media (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (26 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. ART19 (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (12 shows)

5. Acast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
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	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
5	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
6	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	402	Megaphone	48
7	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
8	Alive with Steve Burns	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	79
9	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1187	Omny Studio	59
10	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
11	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1214	Libsyn	63
12	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1735	Libsyn	53
13	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	302	Simplecast	63
14	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
15	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
16	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	506	Libsyn	52
17	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1153	Megaphone	58
18	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	644	Megaphone	48
19	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
20	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	38
21	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	679	Megaphone	42
22	Honestly with Bari Weiss	The Free Press	Society & Culture	360	Megaphone	59
23	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
24	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	129	Omny Studio	53
25	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
26	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
27	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	83	Simplecast	47
28	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
29	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	146	ART19	73
30	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
31	Coffee Convos with Kail Lowry and Lindsie Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	506	ART19	53
32	Since You Asked with Lori Gottlieb and Gretchen Rubin	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	83
33	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	546	Unknown	38
34	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
35	Migrant Odyssey	stephen barden	Society & Culture	29	Buzzsprout	38
36	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	109	ART19	68
37	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	124	Megaphone	38
38	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	207	Libsyn	68
39	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	292	ART19	83
40	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	211	Simplecast	32
41	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	178	ART19	48
42	Just A Moment	Brant Menswar	Society & Culture	43	ART19	69
43	Karma & Chaos with Kail Lowry & Becky Hayter	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	118	ART19	58
44	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2824	Acast	43
45	Outcast Podcast	Podcast Playground	Society & Culture	180	Unknown	48
46	Horses	7EQUIS	Society & Culture	66	Megaphone	49
47	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	277	Omny Studio	83
48	Blowback	Blowback	Society & Culture	80	RedCircle	53
49	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	48
50	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	600	Megaphone	42
51	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	66	ART19	63
52	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
53	BFFR with Sydney Leroux & Ali Riley	Sydney Leroux, Ali Riley	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	58
54	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	198	Simplecast	62
55	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	155	Simplecast	73
56	Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	563	ART19	48
57	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
58	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
59	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	262	WideOrbit	48
60	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
61	Good Guys	Dear Media	Society & Culture	356	Megaphone	58
62	Real Alex Clark	Turning Point USA	Society & Culture	333	Spotify for Podcasters	28
63	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	129	Simplecast	68
64	The Dog Walk	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	43
65	Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	268	Omny Studio	63
66	Sounds Like A Cult	Studio71	Society & Culture	234	Megaphone	74
67	Death, Sex & Money	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	568	Acast	49
68	The Gray Area with Sean Illing	Vox	Society & Culture	802	Megaphone	58
69	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	809	Megaphone	64
70	The Woody Show	iHeartRadio and ALT 98.7 FM	Society & Culture	1460	Omny Studio	38
71	What We Said	Dear Media	Society & Culture	581	ART19	58
72	The Lila Rose Show	Lila Rose	Society & Culture	414	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	In Bed With The Right	Adrian Daub and Moira Donegan	Society & Culture	129	RSS.com	62
74	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	58
75	Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	192	Nox Solutions	59
76	Monsters Among Us	Derek Hayes \| Audioboom Studios	Society & Culture	621	Audioboom	73
77	Spot On with Link Lauren	MK Media	Society & Culture	133	Simplecast	68
78	Not Loveline	Tana Mongeau and Trish Paytas	Society & Culture	87	Megaphone	38
79	The Brett Cooper Show	Brett Cooper	Society & Culture	168	Spotify for Podcasters	68
80	NO SUCH THING	MannyNoahDevan	Society & Culture	68	Acast	79
81	Wartime Stories	unknown_author	Society & Culture	122	Megaphone	52
82	Dirty Rush: The Truth about Sorority Life	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	53
83	Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	239	ART19	41
84	The Art of Manliness	The Art of Manliness	Society & Culture	1183	ART19	48
85	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
86	The Culture War Podcast with Tim Pool	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	293	Libsyn	32
87	Who? Weekly	Who? Weekly	News	1058	WideOrbit	53
88	Don't Call Me White Girl	Breakbeat Media	Society & Culture	218	Megaphone	59
89	A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein	Matt Bernstein	Society & Culture	84	Megaphone	42
90	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	465	ART19	73
91	Mark Narrations - Reddit Stories	Mark B	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	53
92	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
93	Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC	Andy Stumpf	Society & Culture	806	Libsyn	32
94	No Stupid Questions	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	340	Simplecast	63
95	Conversations with Coleman Details temporarily unavailable	This Is 42	Society & Culture	260	Simplecast	58
96	It's Been a Minute	NPR	Society & Culture	1109	Simplecast	69
97	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	429	RedCircle	59
98	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
99	Flipping Tables	Monte Mader	Society & Culture	64	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	Rattled & Shook	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	163	Megaphone	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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