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 27 May 2026

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05/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 366

Frequency: every 37 days

Duration: 00:55:36

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. Audible (4 shows)

3. Dear Media (4 shows)

4. PodcastOne (3 shows)

5. Barstool Sports (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. ART19 (18 shows)

3. Simplecast (18 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	512	Simplecast	38
2	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	398	Megaphone	53
3	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
4	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
5	Hey Jonas!	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	40	Omny Studio	48
6	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
7	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1146	Megaphone	58
8	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1179	Omny Studio	59
9	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
10	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1203	Libsyn	63
11	The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	113	Megaphone	48
12	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
13	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	396	Megaphone	48
14	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
15	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	38
16	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	79	Simplecast	47
17	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	428	Megaphone	63
18	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
19	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	503	Libsyn	52
20	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	144	ART19	73
21	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	102	ART19	68
22	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	150	ART19	52
23	Revisionist History: The Staten Island Problem	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	212	Omny Studio	63
24	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
25	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	122	Megaphone	38
26	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	189	Simplecast	62
27	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	23	Megaphone	79
28	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
29	Dream Life Club	Sumi Krishnan	Society & Culture	45	Captivate	58
30	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	176	ART19	48
31	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	64	Megaphone	42
32	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	54	ART19	63
33	Glass Half Full with Craig Melvin	TODAY	Society & Culture	28	Simplecast	52
34	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	258	WideOrbit	48
35	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	208	Simplecast	32
36	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	53
37	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
38	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
39	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	126	Omny Studio	63
40	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
41	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	289	ART19	83
42	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	638	Megaphone	48
43	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	299	Simplecast	63
44	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
45	Karma & Chaos with Kail Lowry & Becky Hayter	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	115	ART19	58
46	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	20	Audioboom	63
47	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	152	Simplecast	73
48	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	274	Omny Studio	83
49	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	48
50	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2167	Acast	43
51	Drug Story	Thomas Goetz	Society & Culture	15	Substack	89
52	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	540	Unknown	38
53	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
54	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	100	Substack	43
55	Good Guys	Dear Media	Society & Culture	351	Megaphone	58
56	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
57	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	803	Megaphone	64
58	It's Been a Minute	NPR	Society & Culture	1099	Simplecast	69
59	Hang Out with Sean Hannity	Fox News Media	Society & Culture	56	Libsyn	52
60	Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	561	ART19	48
61	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
62	Certified Oversharer	Samantha Busch	Society & Culture	46	Libsyn	69
63	ReThinking	TED	Society & Culture	217	PRX	54
64	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1721	Libsyn	53
65	I Used To Work There	Kelly Kennedy	Society & Culture	13	Captivate	79
66	Coffee Convos with Kail Lowry and Lindsie Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	503	ART19	53
67	What We Said	Dear Media	Society & Culture	578	ART19	58
68	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	85	Megaphone	63
69	The Dog Walk	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	944	Unknown	49
70	Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC	Andy Stumpf	Society & Culture	799	Libsyn	32
71	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	126	Simplecast	68
72	The Gray Area with Sean Illing	Vox	Society & Culture	798	Megaphone	58
73	Monsters Among Us	Derek Hayes \| Audioboom Studios	Society & Culture	615	Audioboom	63
74	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	63	ART19	63
75	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	647	Simplecast	53
76	Death, Sex & Money	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	565	Acast	49
77	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	53
78	Voices of Freedom	Rick Graber	Society & Culture	44	Libsyn	79
79	Spot On with Link Lauren	MK Media	Society & Culture	133	Simplecast	68
80	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	462	ART19	73
81	Mother Country Radicals	Crooked Media	Society & Culture	14	N/A	N/A
82	The Art of Adventure	Arthur Beale	Society & Culture	19	RSS.com	62
83	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
84	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
85	The Art of Manliness	The Art of Manliness	Society & Culture	1180	ART19	48
86	Love This Way!	Shaleea Venney	Society & Culture	152	Buzzsprout	58
87	Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	236	ART19	41
88	The Lila Rose Show	Lila Rose	Society & Culture	409	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	Sounds Like A Cult	Studio71	Society & Culture	234	Megaphone	74
90	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
91	On Being with Krista Tippett	On Being Studios	Society & Culture	986	Simplecast	73
92	60 Minutes	CBS News	Society & Culture	387	WideOrbit	38
93	Boyfriend Material with Harry Jowsey	Unwell	Society & Culture	132	Simplecast	63
94	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	20	ART19	73
95	Not Loveline	Tana Mongeau and Trish Paytas	Society & Culture	85	Megaphone	38
96	Bill and Giuliana: The Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	42
97	The Secret Room \| True Stories	Ben Hamm	Society & Culture	284	Libsyn	48
98	AstroloTea with Aliza Kelly: Horoscopes and Astrology	Aliza Kelly	Society & Culture	32	N/A	N/A
99	Stay Tranquilo	Stay Tranquilo Network	Society & Culture	171	Simplecast	48
100	Living Boldly with Dr. Zee	Dr. Zenovia Bryant-Bright	Society & Culture	30	Spreaker	69

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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