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 Sep 2026

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09/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 377

Frequency: every 37 days

Duration: 00:54:42

Top 5 authors

1. NPR (4 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

3. Dear Media (3 shows)

4. Audible (3 shows)

5. Pushkin Industries (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Simplecast (20 shows)

3. ART19 (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 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	Notes from the Edge	Gamut Podcast Network	Society & Culture	117	ART19	58
3	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	404	Megaphone	53
4	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
5	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
6	Happy Hour with Ina Garten	Vox Media	Society & Culture	4	Megaphone	58
7	Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel	Rachel Uchitel	Society & Culture	383	Simplecast	58
8	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	109	ART19	68
9	Dream Life Club	Sumi Krishnan	Society & Culture	45	Captivate	58
10	The Dr. John Delony Show	Ramsey Network	Society & Culture	968	Megaphone	69
11	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
12	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1153	Megaphone	58
13	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	14	PRX	69
14	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1187	Omny Studio	59
15	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	306	Megaphone	42
16	The Permanent Questions With David Brooks	The Atlantic	Society & Culture	4	Megaphone	58
17	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	82	Simplecast	47
18	The ManFlu \| Exploring Gender Dynamics, Partnerships & Raising Boys Who Care	Lucy McAfee	Society & Culture	12	Acast	79
19	Going Public With Ross Mandell	Ross Mandell	Society & Culture	181	Simplecast	58
20	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	48
21	Two Girls One Ghost	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	852	Megaphone	69
22	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	433	Megaphone	63
23	Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	239	ART19	41
24	Before & After with Lester Holt	NBC News	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	42
25	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	48
26	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	193	Simplecast	58
27	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	53
28	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
29	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
30	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	124	Megaphone	38
31	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	506	Libsyn	52
32	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	129	Omny Studio	63
33	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	146	ART19	73
34	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1214	Libsyn	63
35	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	262	WideOrbit	48
36	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
37	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
38	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	155	Simplecast	73
39	Revisionist History	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	215	Omny Studio	69
40	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
41	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	207	Libsyn	68
42	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	277	Omny Studio	83
43	Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC	Andy Stumpf	Society & Culture	805	Libsyn	32
44	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	66	ART19	63
45	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	178	ART19	48
46	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	210	Simplecast	32
47	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	435	Megaphone	32
48	The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	116	Megaphone	48
49	Simply Relational	Darran Crager and Dr. Shelly Crager	Society & Culture	14	Podetize	69
50	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	402	Megaphone	48
51	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2823	Acast	43
52	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	66	Megaphone	42
53	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	197	Simplecast	62
54	Hysteria	Hysteria	Society & Culture	446	Audioboom	38
55	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	292	ART19	83
56	Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	563	ART19	48
57	Offline with Jon Favreau	Crooked Media	Society & Culture	255	Audioboom	53
58	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	38
59	Reaching Out	Futuro Media	Society & Culture	4	Acast	79
60	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1734	Libsyn	53
61	Wild Card with Rachel Martin	NPR	Society & Culture	134	Simplecast	58
62	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
63	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	644	Megaphone	48
64	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
65	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
66	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	88	Megaphone	63
67	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
68	The Gray Area with Sean Illing	Vox	Society & Culture	801	Megaphone	58
69	Conversations with Coleman Details temporarily unavailable	This Is 42	Society & Culture	260	Simplecast	58
70	Bloodline Banter	2M Media Group	Society & Culture	37	Podbean	62
71	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	678	Megaphone	42
72	Good Guys	Dear Media	Society & Culture	356	Megaphone	58
73	The Rewriting Humanity	Jim Walsh	Society & Culture	20	Podbean	48
74	Hey Jonas!	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
75	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	153	ART19	52
76	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	55	ART19	63
77	Jack Neel Podcast	Jack Neel	Society & Culture	114	Spotify for Podcasters	32
78	Happy Healthy Caregiver	Elizabeth Miller Featured on The Whole Care Network	Society & Culture	244	Podcast.co	79
79	Keeping It Real: Conversations with Jillian Michaels	Jillian Michaels	Society & Culture	972	Unknown	43
80	Hang Out with Sean Hannity	Fox News Media	Society & Culture	62	Libsyn	52
81	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	33	Unknown	79
82	The Travel Brats	Sofia Blanno, Natalie Brouwer	Society & Culture	252	Simplecast	63
83	LOW	Jack Rhysider	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	49
84	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	652	Simplecast	53
85	The Jeremy Boreing Show	Boreing Media	Society & Culture	64	Megaphone	48
86	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
87	Say It Anyway with Corey Proffitt-Boyd	New Image Studios	Society & Culture	38	Podbean	42
88	Open Book with Jenna	TODAY, Jenna Bush Hager	Society & Culture	117	Simplecast	68
89	Locked In with Ian Bick	Ian Bick	Society & Culture	709	Libsyn	63
90	The Speaker	KQED	Society & Culture	4	PRX	59
91	It's Been a Minute	NPR	Society & Culture	1109	Simplecast	69
92	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	73
93	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	100	Substack	43
94	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	430	Acast	53
95	Wartime Stories	unknown_author	Society & Culture	122	Megaphone	52
96	Making Space with Hoda Kotb	Hoda Kotb, TODAY	Society & Culture	172	Simplecast	68
97	Abroad in Japan	Stak	Society & Culture	724	Acast	54
98	The Lila Rose Show	Lila Rose	Society & Culture	414	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	Astonishing Legends	Astonishing Legends Productions	Society & Culture	470	Audioboom	63
100	The Andrew Klavan Show	The Daily Wire	Society & Culture	1785	Megaphone	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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