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 26 Aug 2026

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08/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 426

Frequency: every 8 days

Duration: 00:56:25

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. Dear Media (3 shows)

3. NPR (3 shows)

4. Audible (3 shows)

5. Barstool Sports (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (31 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. ART19 (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	386	Megaphone	59
2	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	511	Simplecast	38
3	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	522	Simplecast	69
4	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2036	Omny Studio	49
5	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	85	ART19	58
6	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1137	Megaphone	58
7	Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Shawn French	Business	293	Libsyn	48
8	Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel	Rachel Uchitel	Society & Culture	375	Simplecast	58
9	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	97	ART19	68
10	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1172	Omny Studio	59
11	The ManFlu \| Exploring Gender Dynamics, Partnerships & Raising Boys Who Care	Lucy McAfee	Relationships	6	N/A	N/A
12	Dream Life Club	Sumi Krishnan	Society & Culture	45	Captivate	58
13	The Why Files: Operation Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	290	Audioboom	37
14	Hey Jonas!	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	35	Omny Studio	48
15	The Viall Files Details temporarily unavailable	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1277	Libsyn	69
16	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	931	Simplecast	38
17	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	498	Libsyn	58
18	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	79	Simplecast	47
19	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	63	Megaphone	48
20	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	421	Megaphone	63
21	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
22	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	385	Nox Solutions	43
23	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	148	ART19	52
24	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	911	Unknown	59
25	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	98	Substack	43
26	Two Girls One Ghost	Two Girls One Ghost	True Crime	867	Audioboom	58
27	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	224	Megaphone	53
28	Timcast IRL Details temporarily unavailable	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1693	Megaphone	69
29	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	151	Megaphone	53
30	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	119	Megaphone	38
31	The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	110	Megaphone	48
32	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	181	Simplecast	62
33	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Spotify Studios	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	73
34	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	425	Megaphone	32
35	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	232	ART19	73
36	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	663	Megaphone	42
37	Revisionist History: The Staten Island Problem	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	220	Omny Studio	63
38	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	521	ART19	68
39	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	123	Buzzsprout	38
40	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	249	Megaphone	43
41	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	60	ART19	63
42	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	632	Megaphone	48
43	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	123	Simplecast	63
44	TED Talks Daily	TED	Education	2157	PRX	39
45	The Dating Detectives Details temporarily unavailable	The Dating Detectives	True Crime	169	Audioboom	48
46	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	291	ART19	83
47	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	10	PRX	59
48	Wait a Second... Feed not publicly shared by the creator	The Ringer	Society & Culture	29	N/A	N/A
49	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	205	Simplecast	32
50	Going Public With Ross Mandell	Ross Mandell	Education	164	Megaphone	48
51	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	535	Unknown	38
52	Smart Girl Dumb Questions	Nayeema Raza	Society & Culture	63	Megaphone	48
53	Girls Next Level Details temporarily unavailable	Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt & Audioboom	Society & Culture	200	Audioboom	78
54	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
55	Inner Childish	Inner Childish	Health & Fitness	365	Megaphone	63
56	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	589	Megaphone	42
57	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	82	Megaphone	63
58	Karma & Chaos with Kail Lowry & Becky Hayter	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	112	Nox Solutions	63
59	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	54	ART19	63
60	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	652	Simplecast	53
61	The Wirecutter Show	The New York Times	Society & Culture	152	Simplecast	69
62	More Than Reality with Adam and Danielle	Adam and Danielle Busby	Society & Culture	94	Spreaker	89
63	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	134	Simplecast	68
64	Open Book with Jenna	TODAY, Jenna Bush Hager	Society & Culture	112	Simplecast	68
65	I Used To Work There	Kelly Kennedy	Society & Culture	13	Captivate	79
66	Good Guys	Dear Media	Society & Culture	339	Megaphone	73
67	Focus: Adults in the Room	NPR	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
68	Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC	Andy Stumpf	Society & Culture	787	Libsyn	43
69	Simply Relational	Darran Crager and Dr. Shelly Crager	Society & Culture	9	Podetize	59
70	Hang Out with Sean Hannity	Fox News Media	Society & Culture	51	Libsyn	52
71	A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein	Matt Bernstein	Society & Culture	81	Megaphone	42
72	The Dog Walk	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	944	Unknown	49
73	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	797	Megaphone	64
74	Behind The Story Show	Jelani Gonzalez	Society & Culture	57	Buzzsprout	59
75	It's Been a Minute	NPR	Society & Culture	1235	Simplecast	69
76	Greta Wire	Newsmax Podcasts	Society & Culture	49	Megaphone	69
77	Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso	iHeartPodcasts and Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	555	Omny Studio	53
78	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	296	Omny Studio	83
79	Locked In with Ian Bick	Ian Bick	Society & Culture	682	Libsyn	63
80	The Woody Show	ALT 98.7 FM	Society & Culture	1386	Spreaker	43
81	Love This Way!	Shaleea Venney	Society & Culture	150	Buzzsprout	58
82	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	251	Megaphone	38
83	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
84	What We Said	Dear Media	Society & Culture	577	ART19	58
85	Wartime Stories	Ballen Studios	Society & Culture	110	ART19	69
86	Casual Chaos	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	242	Omny Studio	59
87	The Lila Rose Show	Lila Rose	Society & Culture	391	Simplecast	48
88	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	849	Megaphone	58
89	Hysteria Details temporarily unavailable	Crooked Media	Society & Culture	433	Simplecast	53
90	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	501	Simplecast	59
91	Pop Apologists	Big IP	Society & Culture	516	Megaphone	43
92	Joy 101 with Hoda Kotb	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	59
93	Monsters Among Us Details temporarily unavailable	Derek Hayes \| QCODE	Society & Culture	806	Megaphone	79
94	The Gray Area with Sean Illing	Vox	Society & Culture	792	Megaphone	58
95	Say It Anyway with Corey Proffitt-Boyd	New Image Studios	Society & Culture	34	Podbean	42
96	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	28	Unknown	79
97	Death, Sex & Money	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	617	Megaphone	38
98	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	17	Audioboom	63
99	Heavyweight	Spotify Studios	Society & Culture	129	Megaphone	59
100	Mark Narrations - Reddit Stories	Mark B	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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