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 28 Apr 2026

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04/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 352

Frequency: every 52 days

Duration: 00:54:35

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. Audible (4 shows)

3. PodcastOne (3 shows)

4. NPR (3 shows)

5. Pushkin Industries (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (19 shows)

3. ART19 (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (12 shows)

5. Acast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
2	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	404	Megaphone	53
3	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
4	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	302	Simplecast	63
5	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
6	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
7	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
8	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	73
9	The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	116	Megaphone	48
10	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	433	Megaphone	63
11	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
12	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1188	Omny Studio	59
13	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1154	Megaphone	58
14	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
15	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
16	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
17	Stay Tranquilo	Stay Tranquilo Network	Society & Culture	172	Simplecast	48
18	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1214	Libsyn	63
19	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	109	ART19	68
20	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
21	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	66	Megaphone	42
22	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	38
23	Revisionist History	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	216	Omny Studio	69
24	Dream Life Club	Sumi Krishnan	Society & Culture	45	Captivate	58
25	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
26	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	83	Simplecast	47
27	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	402	Megaphone	48
28	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	55	ART19	63
29	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	124	Megaphone	38
30	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
31	The Initiation	Sebastian Dienst	Society & Culture	0	Podbean	22
32	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	155	Simplecast	73
33	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	48
34	ReThinking	TED	Society & Culture	224	Acast	59
35	Not Dead Yet	Ricochet	Society & Culture	17	Spreaker	69
36	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	63	Substack	43
37	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	146	ART19	73
38	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	277	Omny Studio	83
39	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	129	Omny Studio	53
40	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
41	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
42	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	211	Simplecast	32
43	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	644	Megaphone	48
44	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	207	Libsyn	68
45	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	178	ART19	48
46	AstroloTea with Aliza Kelly: Horoscopes and Astrology	Aliza Kelly	Society & Culture	32	N/A	N/A
47	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2825	Acast	43
48	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	506	Libsyn	52
49	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1735	Libsyn	53
50	60 Minutes	CBS News	Society & Culture	389	WideOrbit	38
51	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
52	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	292	ART19	83
53	Second Thought	The Free Press	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	53
54	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	262	WideOrbit	48
55	It's Been a Minute	NPR	Society & Culture	1109	Simplecast	69
56	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
57	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
58	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
59	Getting Free	International Beit Din	Society & Culture	7	Podbean	63
60	Love This Way!	Shaleea Venney	Society & Culture	152	Buzzsprout	58
61	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	153	ART19	52
62	Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC	Andy Stumpf	Society & Culture	806	Libsyn	32
63	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	432	Acast	53
64	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
65	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
66	Big Lives	Pushkin Industries and BBC Studios	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	79
67	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	66	ART19	63
68	Wayfinder: Life-Changing Travel	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	24	Omny Studio	58
69	Coffee Convos with Kail Lowry and Lindsie Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	506	ART19	53
70	Clock It with Symone & Eugene	MSNBC	News	25	Simplecast	53
71	Hysteria	Hysteria	Society & Culture	446	Audioboom	38
72	Offline with Jon Favreau	Crooked Media	Society & Culture	256	Audioboom	53
73	Good Guys	Dear Media	Society & Culture	356	Megaphone	58
74	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	198	Simplecast	62
75	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	88	Megaphone	63
76	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	653	Simplecast	53
77	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	66	Acast	83
78	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	679	Megaphone	42
79	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	809	Megaphone	64
80	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
81	Soul Boom	Rainn Wilson	Society & Culture	97	Megaphone	69
82	Barely Famous	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	258	ART19	53
83	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
84	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	465	ART19	73
85	Wait a Second... Feed not publicly shared by the creator	The Ringer	Society & Culture	34	N/A	N/A
86	Wild Card with Rachel Martin	NPR	Society & Culture	134	Simplecast	58
87	Astonishing Legends	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	470	Audioboom	63
88	Literally! With Rob Lowe	Stitcher & Team Coco, Rob Lowe	Society & Culture	369	Simplecast	58
89	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	33	Unknown	79
90	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
91	Travel with Rick Steves	Rick Steves	Society & Culture	1083	Unknown	38
92	The Gray Area with Sean Illing	Vox	Society & Culture	802	Megaphone	58
93	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
94	Monsters Among Us	Derek Hayes \| Audioboom Studios	Society & Culture	621	Audioboom	73
95	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	129	Simplecast	68
96	Bloodline Banter	2M Media Group	Society & Culture	37	Podbean	62
97	Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	268	Omny Studio	63
98	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
99	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	600	Megaphone	42
100	Making Space with Hoda Kotb	Hoda Kotb, TODAY	Society & Culture	172	Simplecast	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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