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 Oct 2025

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10/24/2025

Average data

Episodes: 362

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:55:59

Top 5 authors

1. Barstool Sports (3 shows)

2. Dear Media (3 shows)

3. The New York Times (3 shows)

4. Lemonada Media (3 shows)

5. Audible (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (28 shows)

2. Simplecast (20 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. ART19 (12 shows)

5. Acast (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	404	Megaphone	53
2	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
3	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	402	Megaphone	48
4	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
5	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	302	Simplecast	63
6	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
7	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1214	Libsyn	63
8	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
9	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
10	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1188	Omny Studio	59
11	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
12	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	88	Megaphone	63
13	Coffee Convos with Kail Lowry and Lindsie Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	506	ART19	53
14	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	433	Megaphone	63
15	People I (Mostly) Admire	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	244	Simplecast	63
16	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	129	Omny Studio	53
17	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
18	Fela Kuti: Fear No Man	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	14	ART19	69
19	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	644	Megaphone	48
20	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	155	Simplecast	73
21	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
22	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	146	ART19	73
23	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1735	Libsyn	53
24	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
25	Just A Moment	Brant Menswar	Society & Culture	43	ART19	69
26	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1154	Megaphone	58
27	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
28	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
29	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
30	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	66	Megaphone	42
31	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
32	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	211	Simplecast	32
33	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	83	Simplecast	47
34	Alive with Steve Burns	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	79
35	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2825	Acast	43
36	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
37	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	129	Simplecast	68
38	Don't Listen To Us with Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	53
39	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	262	WideOrbit	48
40	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
41	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
42	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	546	Unknown	38
43	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	679	Megaphone	42
44	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
45	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	506	Libsyn	52
46	The Free Press Investigates	The Free Press	Society & Culture	17	Megaphone	58
47	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
48	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
49	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	38
50	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	66	ART19	63
51	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	198	Simplecast	62
52	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	153	ART19	52
53	Good Guys	Dear Media	Society & Culture	356	Megaphone	58
54	Against the Rules: The Big Short Companion	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	107	Omny Studio	69
55	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
56	Planet Tyrus	Outkick	Society & Culture	58	Megaphone	59
57	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	124	Megaphone	38
58	NO SUCH THING	MannyNoahDevan	Society & Culture	68	Acast	79
59	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
60	Honestly with Bari Weiss	The Free Press	Society & Culture	360	Megaphone	59
61	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	109	ART19	68
62	Migrant Odyssey	stephen barden	Society & Culture	29	Buzzsprout	38
63	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
64	Outcast Podcast	Podcast Playground	Society & Culture	180	Unknown	48
65	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	292	ART19	83
66	BFFR with Sydney Leroux & Ali Riley	Sydney Leroux, Ali Riley	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	58
67	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	277	Omny Studio	83
68	Toni Told Me with Toni Tone	Audio Always	Society & Culture	36	Acast	83
69	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
70	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
71	Hysteria	Hysteria	Society & Culture	446	Audioboom	38
72	Conversations with Coleman Details temporarily unavailable	This Is 42	Society & Culture	260	Simplecast	58
73	The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby	Matt & Abby \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	194	Megaphone	37
74	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
75	Rattled & Shook	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	163	Megaphone	63
76	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	465	ART19	73
77	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	809	Megaphone	64
78	Monsters Among Us	Derek Hayes \| Audioboom Studios	Society & Culture	621	Audioboom	73
79	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
80	The Brett Cooper Show	Brett Cooper	Society & Culture	168	Spotify for Podcasters	68
81	The Rabbit Hole: Conspiracy Theories	Danielle Mercy	Society & Culture	269	Simplecast	52
82	The World's First Podcast with Erin & Sara Foster	Wishbone Production, Erin & Sara Foster	Society & Culture	257	Simplecast	52
83	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	178	ART19	48
84	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	48
85	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
86	Death, Sex & Money	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	568	Acast	49
87	The Wirecutter Show	The New York Times	Society & Culture	164	Simplecast	69
88	The Resolution Room	Lowe Insights Consulting	Society & Culture	39	Buzzsprout	84
89	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	233	Spreaker	78
90	The Lila Rose Show	Lila Rose	Society & Culture	414	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	55	ART19	63
92	Unexplained Encounters	Eeriecast Network	Society & Culture	609	Megaphone	59
93	Wild Card with Rachel Martin	NPR	Society & Culture	134	Simplecast	58
94	Spot On with Link Lauren	MK Media	Society & Culture	133	Simplecast	68
95	Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	268	Omny Studio	63
96	The Dog Walk	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	43
97	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	653	Simplecast	53
98	The Woody Show	iHeartRadio and ALT 98.7 FM	Society & Culture	1461	Omny Studio	38
99	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	600	Megaphone	42
100	Since You Asked with Lori Gottlieb and Gretchen Rubin	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	83

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