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 31 Oct 2025

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10/31/2025

Average data

Episodes: 390

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:56:08

Top 5 authors

1. PodcastOne (4 shows)

2. Audible (3 shows)

3. The New York Times (3 shows)

4. Barstool Sports (3 shows)

5. Dear Media (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (26 shows)

2. Simplecast (19 shows)

3. ART19 (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (12 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	405	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	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
5	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	403	Megaphone	48
6	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	129	Omny Studio	63
7	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	26	Spreaker	84
8	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
9	The Determined Society with Shawn French \| Adversity & Mindset	Determined Society Podcast \| Overcoming Adversity & Mindset	Society & Culture	303	Simplecast	63
10	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1216	Libsyn	63
11	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
12	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1189	Omny Studio	59
13	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1737	Libsyn	53
14	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	66	Megaphone	42
15	Chrisley Confessions 2.0	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	66	ART19	63
16	Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways	NerdWallet Travel	Society & Culture	88	Megaphone	63
17	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	434	Megaphone	63
18	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
19	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
20	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	263	WideOrbit	48
21	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	147	ART19	73
22	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	110	ART19	68
23	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	645	Megaphone	48
24	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	211	Simplecast	32
25	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
26	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	507	Libsyn	52
27	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1155	Megaphone	58
28	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	308	Megaphone	42
29	Honestly with Bari Weiss	The Free Press	Society & Culture	360	Megaphone	59
30	Coffee Convos with Kail Lowry and Lindsie Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	506	ART19	53
31	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	155	Simplecast	73
32	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
33	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	354	ART19	68
34	Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	547	Unknown	38
35	The Martin Sheen Podcast \| Storytelling, Human Interest & Conversations	TE Productions and MSW Media	Society & Culture	30	Simplecast	72
36	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	84	Simplecast	47
37	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
38	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	129	Simplecast	68
39	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	680	Megaphone	42
40	BFFR with Sydney Leroux & Ali Riley	Sydney Leroux, Ali Riley	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	58
41	Don't Listen To Us with Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	53
42	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	80	Buzzsprout	38
43	Just A Moment	Brant Menswar	Society & Culture	43	ART19	69
44	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	199	Simplecast	62
45	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2827	Acast	43
46	Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	192	Nox Solutions	59
47	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
48	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	809	Megaphone	64
49	Against the Rules: The Big Short Companion	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	107	Omny Studio	69
50	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
51	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	53
52	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	154	ART19	52
53	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	125	Megaphone	38
54	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	292	ART19	83
55	The Free Press Investigates	The Free Press	Society & Culture	17	Megaphone	58
56	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
57	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
58	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	465	ART19	73
59	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
60	Alive with Steve Burns	Lemonada Media	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	79
61	People I (Mostly) Admire	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	244	Simplecast	63
62	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
63	Fela Kuti: Fear No Man	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	14	ART19	69
64	Rattled & Shook	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	163	Megaphone	63
65	Code Switch	NPR	Society & Culture	654	Simplecast	53
66	The Dog Walk	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	43
67	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
68	Monsters Among Us	Derek Hayes \| Audioboom Studios	Society & Culture	622	Audioboom	73
69	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
70	Hysteria	Hysteria	Society & Culture	446	Audioboom	38
71	Death, Sex & Money	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	569	Acast	49
72	Migrant Odyssey	stephen barden	Society & Culture	29	Buzzsprout	38
73	The World's First Podcast with Erin & Sara Foster	Wishbone Production, Erin & Sara Foster	Society & Culture	257	Simplecast	52
74	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	48
75	Ex-Wives Undercover: Liars, Cheaters & Love Cons	Double A Productions	Society & Culture	152	ART19	73
76	Good Guys	Dear Media	Society & Culture	358	Megaphone	58
77	Literally! With Rob Lowe	Stitcher & Team Coco, Rob Lowe	Society & Culture	369	Simplecast	58
78	The Dating Detectives	Dear Media	Society & Culture	179	ART19	48
79	The Woody Show	iHeartRadio and ALT 98.7 FM	Society & Culture	1461	Omny Studio	38
80	The Wirecutter Show	The New York Times	Society & Culture	165	Simplecast	69
81	Outcast Podcast	Podcast Playground	Society & Culture	180	Unknown	48
82	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	278	Omny Studio	83
83	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
84	Unexplained Encounters	Eeriecast Network	Society & Culture	609	Megaphone	59
85	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
86	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	55	ART19	63
87	Spot On with Link Lauren	MK Media	Society & Culture	133	Simplecast	68
88	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
89	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	233	Spreaker	78
90	Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay	The Ringer	Society & Culture	601	Megaphone	42
91	Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	268	Omny Studio	63
92	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	208	Libsyn	68
93	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
94	The Brett Cooper Show	Brett Cooper	Society & Culture	168	Spotify for Podcasters	68
95	Oprah's Super Soul	Oprah	Society & Culture	637	Acast	38
96	The Culture War Podcast with Tim Pool	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	293	Libsyn	32
97	Mark Narrations - Reddit Stories	Mark B	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	53
98	The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby	Matt & Abby \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	194	Megaphone	37
99	Locked In with Ian Bick	Ian Bick	Society & Culture	712	Libsyn	63
100	STASSI with Tay	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	469	ART19	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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