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 Oct 2025

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10/28/2025

Average data

Episodes: 410

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:57:43

Top 5 authors

1. Audible (3 shows)

2. Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher (3 shows)

3. PodcastOne (3 shows)

4. Dear Media (3 shows)

5. Pushkin Industries (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (28 shows)

2. Simplecast (21 shows)

3. ART19 (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (12 shows)

5. Libsyn (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	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
5	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
6	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
7	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
8	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1214	Libsyn	63
9	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
10	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
11	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	402	Megaphone	48
12	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	433	Megaphone	63
13	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	129	Omny Studio	53
14	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1187	Omny Studio	59
15	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	146	ART19	73
16	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
17	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	83	Simplecast	47
18	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	302	Simplecast	63
19	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
20	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
21	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	211	Simplecast	32
22	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1153	Megaphone	58
23	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	88	Megaphone	63
24	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
25	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	644	Megaphone	48
26	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	262	WideOrbit	48
27	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1735	Libsyn	53
28	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	207	Libsyn	68
29	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	124	Megaphone	38
30	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	178	ART19	48
31	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	155	Simplecast	73
32	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
33	Good Guys	Dear Media	Society & Culture	356	Megaphone	58
34	Against the Rules: The Big Short Companion	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	107	Omny Studio	69
35	Coffee Convos with Kail Lowry and Lindsie Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	506	ART19	53
36	People I (Mostly) Admire	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	244	Simplecast	63
37	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
38	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2824	Acast	43
39	Offline with Jon Favreau	Crooked Media	Society & Culture	255	Audioboom	53
40	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	48
41	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	506	Libsyn	52
42	The Martin Sheen Podcast \| Storytelling, Human Interest & Conversations	TE Productions and MSW Media	Society & Culture	30	Simplecast	72
43	Fela Kuti: Fear No Man	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	14	ART19	69
44	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
45	Just A Moment	Brant Menswar	Society & Culture	43	ART19	69
46	The Audio Long Read	The Guardian	Society & Culture	300	Acast	38
47	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	38
48	Hysteria	Hysteria	Society & Culture	446	Audioboom	38
49	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	198	Simplecast	62
50	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	129	Simplecast	68
51	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	292	ART19	83
52	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	277	Omny Studio	83
53	The Free Press Investigates	The Free Press	Society & Culture	17	Megaphone	58
54	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
55	The Gray Area with Sean Illing	Vox	Society & Culture	802	Megaphone	58
56	60 Minutes	CBS News	Society & Culture	389	WideOrbit	38
57	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	809	Megaphone	64
58	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
59	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
60	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
61	Literally! With Rob Lowe	Stitcher & Team Coco, Rob Lowe	Society & Culture	369	Simplecast	58
62	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
63	Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC	Andy Stumpf	Society & Culture	806	Libsyn	32
64	Alive with Steve Burns	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	79
65	Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	239	ART19	41
66	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	66	Megaphone	42
67	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	66	ART19	63
68	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
69	Conversations with Coleman Details temporarily unavailable	This Is 42	Society & Culture	260	Simplecast	58
70	American Hysteria	chelsey weber-smith	Society & Culture	282	Megaphone	83
71	No Stupid Questions	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	340	Simplecast	63
72	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
73	Not Loveline	Tana Mongeau and Trish Paytas	Society & Culture	87	Megaphone	38
74	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	153	ART19	52
75	The Night Owl: True Ghost Stories	Night Owl Paranormal Investigations	Society & Culture	90	Buzzsprout	42
76	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
77	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	679	Megaphone	42
78	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	465	ART19	73
79	Honestly with Bari Weiss	The Free Press	Society & Culture	360	Megaphone	59
80	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	653	Simplecast	53
81	Monsters Among Us	Derek Hayes \| Audioboom Studios	Society & Culture	621	Audioboom	73
82	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	109	ART19	68
83	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
84	The Woody Show	iHeartRadio and ALT 98.7 FM	Society & Culture	1460	Omny Studio	38
85	Mark Narrations - Reddit Stories	Mark B	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	53
86	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	55	ART19	63
87	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	600	Megaphone	42
88	Don't Listen To Us with Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	53
89	Wartime Stories	unknown_author	Society & Culture	122	Megaphone	52
90	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
91	It's Been a Minute	NPR	Society & Culture	1109	Simplecast	69
92	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
93	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	546	Unknown	38
94	The World's First Podcast with Erin & Sara Foster	Wishbone Production, Erin & Sara Foster	Society & Culture	257	Simplecast	52
95	Locked In with Ian Bick	Ian Bick	Society & Culture	709	Libsyn	63
96	Travel with Rick Steves	Rick Steves	Society & Culture	1083	Unknown	38
97	Rattled & Shook	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	163	Megaphone	63
98	Barely Famous	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	258	ART19	53
99	Reasonably Shady	The Black Effect and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	269	Omny Studio	63
100	Spot On with Link Lauren	MK Media	Society & Culture	133	Simplecast	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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