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 Aug 2026

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08/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 422

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:57:38

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. Dear Media (4 shows)

3. Audible (3 shows)

4. Barstool Sports (3 shows)

5. PodcastOne (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (27 shows)

2. Simplecast (17 shows)

3. ART19 (16 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	403	Megaphone	53
2	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
3	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
4	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	114	ART19	58
5	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
6	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	302	Simplecast	63
7	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1152	Megaphone	58
8	Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel	Rachel Uchitel	Society & Culture	382	Simplecast	58
9	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	107	ART19	68
10	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1185	Omny Studio	59
11	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
12	The ManFlu \| Exploring Gender Dynamics, Partnerships & Raising Boys Who Care	Lucy McAfee	Society & Culture	11	Acast	79
13	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1211	Libsyn	63
14	Dream Life Club	Sumi Krishnan	Society & Culture	45	Captivate	58
15	Hey Jonas!	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	48
16	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	505	Libsyn	52
17	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	306	Megaphone	42
18	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
19	Better Half with Stas & Vic	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	28	Omny Studio	58
20	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
21	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	152	ART19	52
22	It's Been a Minute	NPR	Society & Culture	1107	Simplecast	69
23	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1731	Libsyn	53
24	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	65	Megaphone	42
25	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	400	Megaphone	48
26	Wait a Second... Feed not publicly shared by the creator	The Ringer	Society & Culture	33	N/A	N/A
27	Two Girls One Ghost	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	851	Megaphone	69
28	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	65	ART19	63
29	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	82	Simplecast	47
30	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	352	ART19	68
31	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
32	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	100	Substack	43
33	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	124	Megaphone	38
34	The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	115	Megaphone	48
35	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	154	Simplecast	73
36	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
37	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	195	Simplecast	62
38	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	38
39	Revisionist History	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	215	Omny Studio	69
40	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	432	Megaphone	63
41	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	642	Megaphone	48
42	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	435	Megaphone	32
43	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	145	ART19	73
44	The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby	Matt & Abby \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	193	Megaphone	37
45	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2821	Acast	43
46	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
47	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	261	WideOrbit	48
48	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	291	ART19	83
49	STASSI with Tay	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	468	ART19	38
50	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	677	Megaphone	42
51	Inner Childish	Inner Childish	Society & Culture	367	Megaphone	48
52	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	544	Unknown	38
53	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	54	ART19	63
54	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	48
55	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	13	PRX	69
56	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	210	Simplecast	32
57	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
58	Open Book with Jenna	TODAY, Jenna Bush Hager	Society & Culture	117	Simplecast	68
59	Going Public With Ross Mandell	Ross Mandell	Society & Culture	180	Simplecast	58
60	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	807	Megaphone	64
61	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	598	Megaphone	42
62	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	87	Megaphone	63
63	Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC	Andy Stumpf	Society & Culture	804	Libsyn	32
64	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	651	Simplecast	53
65	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	178	ART19	48
66	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	128	Simplecast	68
67	The Wirecutter Show	The New York Times	Society & Culture	161	Simplecast	69
68	Say It Anyway with Corey Proffitt-Boyd	New Image Studios	Society & Culture	38	Podbean	42
69	The Dog Walk	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	43
70	Karma & Chaos with Kail Lowry & Becky Hayter	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	117	ART19	58
71	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
72	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	73
73	I Used To Work There	Kelly Kennedy	Society & Culture	13	Captivate	79
74	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	464	ART19	73
75	Locked In with Ian Bick	Ian Bick	Society & Culture	706	Libsyn	63
76	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	207	Libsyn	68
77	The Woody Show	iHeartRadio and ALT 98.7 FM	Society & Culture	1451	Omny Studio	38
78	Hang Out with Sean Hannity	Fox News Media	Society & Culture	60	Libsyn	52
79	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	277	Omny Studio	83
80	Smart Girl Dumb Questions	Nayeema Raza	Society & Culture	63	Megaphone	48
81	More Than Reality with Adam and Danielle	Adam and Danielle Busby	Society & Culture	102	Megaphone	89
82	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
83	Unexplained Encounters	Eeriecast Network	Society & Culture	608	Megaphone	59
84	Simply Relational	Darran Crager and Dr. Shelly Crager	Society & Culture	13	Podetize	69
85	Keep It!	Keep It!	Society & Culture	447	Audioboom	38
86	Death, Sex & Money	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	567	Acast	49
87	Monsters Among Us	Derek Hayes \| Audioboom Studios	Society & Culture	619	Audioboom	73
88	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	33	Unknown	79
89	Greta Wire	Newsmax Podcasts	Society & Culture	58	Megaphone	59
90	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
91	Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	563	ART19	48
92	What We Said	Dear Media	Society & Culture	581	ART19	58
93	Sounds Like A Cult	Studio71	Society & Culture	234	Megaphone	74
94	The Lila Rose Show	Lila Rose	Society & Culture	413	Spotify for Podcasters	28
95	The Jeremy Boreing Show	Boreing Media	Society & Culture	63	Megaphone	48
96	The Art of Manliness	The Art of Manliness	Society & Culture	1182	ART19	48
97	Love This Way!	Shaleea Venney	Society & Culture	152	Buzzsprout	58
98	Good Guys	Dear Media	Society & Culture	356	Megaphone	58
99	Mark Narrations - Reddit Stories	Mark B	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	53
100	Casual Chaos	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	243	Omny Studio	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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