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 29 Aug 2026

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08/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 407

Frequency: every 37 days

Duration: 00:56:00

Top 5 authors

1. PodcastOne (4 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

3. Audible (3 shows)

4. NPR (3 shows)

5. Dear Media (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (27 shows)

2. Simplecast (19 shows)

3. ART19 (15 shows)

4. Omny Studio (11 shows)

5. Libsyn (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	402	Megaphone	53
2	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
3	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
4	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	110	ART19	58
5	Happy Hour with Ina Garten	Vox Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	58
6	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
7	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
8	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1150	Megaphone	58
9	Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel	Rachel Uchitel	Society & Culture	382	Simplecast	58
10	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1184	Omny Studio	59
11	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	107	ART19	68
12	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1209	Libsyn	63
13	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	301	Simplecast	63
14	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	938	Simplecast	38
15	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	260	WideOrbit	48
16	The ManFlu \| Exploring Gender Dynamics, Partnerships & Raising Boys Who Care	Lucy McAfee	Society & Culture	11	Acast	79
17	Dream Life Club	Sumi Krishnan	Society & Culture	45	Captivate	58
18	Hey Jonas!	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	48
19	Two Girls One Ghost	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	850	Megaphone	69
20	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	19	Omny Studio	73
21	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	400	Megaphone	48
22	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
23	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1729	Libsyn	53
24	Better Half with Stas & Vic	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	28	Omny Studio	58
25	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	154	Simplecast	73
26	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	38
27	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	304	Megaphone	42
28	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	194	Simplecast	62
29	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	351	ART19	68
30	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	505	Libsyn	52
31	It's Been a Minute	NPR	Society & Culture	1105	Simplecast	69
32	The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	115	Megaphone	48
33	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	65	Megaphone	42
34	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	209	Simplecast	32
35	Wait a Second... Feed not publicly shared by the creator	The Ringer	Society & Culture	33	N/A	N/A
36	Revisionist History	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	215	Omny Studio	69
37	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	642	Megaphone	48
38	Coffee Convos with Kail Lowry and Lindsie Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	505	ART19	53
39	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2817	Acast	43
40	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	676	Megaphone	42
41	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	152	ART19	52
42	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	123	Megaphone	38
43	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	63
44	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
45	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
46	Love in Session	And Love Media	Society & Culture	5	Megaphone	63
47	Open Book with Jenna	TODAY, Jenna Bush Hager	Society & Culture	117	Simplecast	68
48	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	806	Megaphone	64
49	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	100	Substack	43
50	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	81	Simplecast	47
51	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	53
52	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	13	PRX	69
53	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	598	Megaphone	42
54	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	144	ART19	73
55	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	65	ART19	63
56	Hysteria	Hysteria	Society & Culture	444	Audioboom	38
57	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	433	Megaphone	32
58	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	544	Unknown	38
59	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	291	ART19	83
60	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
61	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	54	ART19	63
62	Conversations with Coleman Details temporarily unavailable	This Is 42	Society & Culture	260	Simplecast	58
63	Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	238	ART19	41
64	Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC	Andy Stumpf	Society & Culture	802	Libsyn	32
65	Pop Apologists	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	310	ART19	38
66	Good Guys	Dear Media	Society & Culture	355	Megaphone	58
67	The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby	Matt & Abby \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	193	Megaphone	37
68	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	650	Simplecast	53
69	STASSI with Tay	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	468	ART19	38
70	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	87	Megaphone	63
71	Bloodline Banter	2M Media Group	Society & Culture	36	Podbean	62
72	The Woody Show	iHeartRadio and ALT 98.7 FM	Society & Culture	1449	Omny Studio	38
73	Say It Anyway with Corey Proffitt-Boyd	New Image Studios	Society & Culture	38	Podbean	42
74	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	48
75	Going Public With Ross Mandell	Ross Mandell	Society & Culture	179	Simplecast	58
76	I Used To Work There	Kelly Kennedy	Society & Culture	13	Captivate	79
77	The Andrew Klavan Show	The Daily Wire	Society & Culture	1779	Megaphone	38
78	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	128	Simplecast	68
79	Locked In with Ian Bick	Ian Bick	Society & Culture	704	Libsyn	63
80	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	464	ART19	73
81	The Wirecutter Show	The New York Times	Society & Culture	160	Simplecast	69
82	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	141	Megaphone	68
83	Monsters Among Us	Derek Hayes \| Audioboom Studios	Society & Culture	619	Audioboom	73
84	Simply Relational	Darran Crager and Dr. Shelly Crager	Society & Culture	13	Podetize	69
85	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
86	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
87	Greta Wire	Newsmax Podcasts	Society & Culture	58	Megaphone	59
88	Inner Childish	Inner Childish	Society & Culture	367	Megaphone	48
89	Unexplained Encounters	Eeriecast Network	Society & Culture	608	Megaphone	59
90	The Jeremy Boreing Show	Boreing Media	Society & Culture	63	Megaphone	48
91	Wild Card with Rachel Martin	NPR	Society & Culture	133	Simplecast	58
92	Mark Narrations - Reddit Stories	Mark B	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	53
93	The Lila Rose Show	Lila Rose	Society & Culture	411	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	Love This Way!	Shaleea Venney	Society & Culture	152	Buzzsprout	58
95	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	177	ART19	48
96	Bearing Scars	Michael Ertel	Society & Culture	21	Unknown	59
97	Our Town	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
98	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
99	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	275	Omny Studio	83
100	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	128	Omny Studio	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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