Apple Podcast Rankings - USA - True Crime

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 03 Nov 2026

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11/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 260

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:45:12

Top 5 authors

1. NBC News (5 shows)

2. Audiochuck (5 shows)

3. ABC News (5 shows)

4. Audible Original (4 shows)

5. Crime House (4 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (22 shows)

2. Megaphone (17 shows)

3. ART19 (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (13 shows)

5. WideOrbit (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Crime Junkie	Audiochuck	True Crime	529	Simplecast	53
2	Bear Brook	NHPR	True Crime	27	Megaphone	63
3	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	903	Simplecast	68
4	Dateline NBC	NBC News	True Crime	879	Simplecast	53
5	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	48
6	48 Hours	48 Hours	True Crime	1150	WideOrbit	53
7	Betrayal Season 6	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	188	Omny Studio	63
8	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	553	ART19	58
9	Love Trapped	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	True Crime	35	Omny Studio	63
10	The Dropout	ABC News	True Crime	32	Libsyn	63
11	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	572	Simplecast	57
12	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1241	Omny Studio	38
13	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise	True Crime	460	Simplecast	68
14	Deceived: The Daybell Story	KSL Podcasts	True Crime	4	Unknown	58
15	My Mom’s Murder	AYR Media	True Crime	8	ART19	53
16	Snapped: Women Who Murder	Oxygen	True Crime	374	ART19	58
17	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	29	Megaphone	69
18	Not Just A Terrible Story	Terrible Story Productions	True Crime	13	Captivate	58
19	Over My Dead Body	Audible Original	True Crime	19	ART19	69
20	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	23	Spreaker	84
21	Heart	Apple TV / Plan B / Blanchard House	True Crime	6	ART19	73
22	True Crime All The Time Unsolved	PodcastOne	True Crime	496	ART19	52
23	Death of an Artist	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	26	Omny Studio	69
24	The Slippery	Nancy Moscatiello and Scott Eldridge	True Crime	57	Megaphone	53
25	Last Podcast On The Left	The Last Podcast Network	True Crime	1223	Simplecast	58
26	Criminology	Emash Digital & Mike Ferguson, Mike Morford	True Crime	465	Simplecast	68
27	Casefile True Crime	Casefile Presents	True Crime	429	Acast	43
28	Ada	Casefile Presents	True Crime	28	Acast	69
29	Murder With My Husband	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	363	Megaphone	68
30	The Woman in the Woods	48 Hours	True Crime	7	WideOrbit	48
31	Rotten Mango	Stephanie Soo	True Crime	572	Simplecast	63
32	Dateline Originals	NBC News	True Crime	180	Simplecast	68
33	Park Predators	Audiochuck	True Crime	185	Simplecast	63
34	True Crime with Kendall Rae	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	309	Audioboom	52
35	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	415	Megaphone	63
36	Burden of Guilt	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	46	Omny Studio	73
37	The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	209	Megaphone	48
38	Crimes Of Reddit with Sabrina Deana-Roga & Alexis Linkletter	Crime House	True Crime	60	WideOrbit	62
39	The Scream Murder: A True Teen Horror Story	ABC News	True Crime	6	Megaphone	42
40	Up and Vanished	Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	197	WideOrbit	48
41	BABY	Particle Entertainment and Wavland	True Crime	8	Megaphone	53
42	Sistas Who Kill: A True Crime Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	MaRah & Taz	True Crime	305	N/A	N/A
43	Betrayal Weekly	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	175	Omny Studio	73
44	COLD	KSL Podcasts	True Crime	100	Unknown	63
45	Murder In America	Bloody FM	True Crime	267	Megaphone	59
46	Cruel Summer: The Violent Death of Tiffany Valiante	Wavland and Street Smart Audio	True Crime	9	Megaphone	58
47	Morrison Mysteries	NBC News	True Crime	23	Simplecast	69
48	What Happened to the McStays?	ABC News	True Crime	8	Megaphone	48
49	10 to Life	Annie Elise	True Crime	62	Simplecast	73
50	Dark Downeast	Audiochuck	True Crime	296	Simplecast	63
51	The Gilded Rage	AYR Media	True Crime	5	RedCircle	63
52	Sea of Lies	CBC	True Crime	9	Triton Digital	53
53	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
54	Generation Why: True Crime	Audible Original	True Crime	219	ART19	68
55	Bone Valley	Lava for Good Podcasts	True Crime	73	Omny Studio	73
56	RedHanded	RedHanded	True Crime	675	Audioboom	42
57	The Deck	Audiochuck	True Crime	250	Simplecast	58
58	National Park After Dark	Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian	True Crime	417	Megaphone	73
59	People are the Worst	Cloud10	True Crime	250	Megaphone	48
60	Serial Killers & Murderous Minds	Crime House	True Crime	206	WideOrbit	58
61	Heist at the Louvre	ABC News	True Crime	5	Megaphone	53
62	Scared To Death	Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins	True Crime	456	Simplecast	73
63	The Most Wanted Olympian from Uncover	CBC	True Crime	329	Triton Digital	58
64	I Survived	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	137	ART19	53
65	Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries	Heart Starts Pounding	True Crime	207	WideOrbit	63
66	Going West: True Crime	Dark West Productions	True Crime	568	Simplecast	49
67	Your Own Backyard	Chris Lambert	True Crime	29	Libsyn	48
68	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime	651	Audioboom	48
69	Bad Blood: The Final Chapter	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	4	Megaphone	53
70	Small Town Dicks	Small Town Dicks \| Audio 99 \| Daylight Media	True Crime	302	Megaphone	63
71	Cold Case Files	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	248	ART19	63
72	MK True Crime	MK Media	True Crime	186	Simplecast	79
73	Crime Weekly	Stephanie Harlowe and Derrick Levasseur	True Crime	450	Simplecast	68
74	Murder in the Heartland	ID	True Crime	91	Acast	53
75	What Happened to Her	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	46	Omny Studio	63
76	True Crime Garage	TRUE CRIME GARAGE	True Crime	982	Simplecast	59
77	The First 48	A&E \| Crime House	True Crime	19	ART19	63
78	Scamanda	Lionsgate Sound	True Crime	20	Acast	79
79	The Vanished Podcast	Audible Original	True Crime	579	ART19	58
80	Let's Not Meet: A True Horror Podcast	Cryptic County	True Crime	466	Audioboom	42
81	CounterClock Feed not publicly shared by the creator	audiochuck	True Crime	129	N/A	N/A
82	Unsolved Mysteries	Unsolved Media, Inc. + Audacy	True Crime	97	WideOrbit	48
83	The Truth About Natalie	Audiochuck	True Crime	19	Simplecast	58
84	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace	iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline	True Crime	2003	Omny Studio	48
85	Trace of Suspicion	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	58
86	Blood Trails	MeatEater	True Crime	28	Omny Studio	63
87	Nightmares	Sword and Scale	True Crime	77	Spreaker	79
88	The Final Hours with Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole	Crime House	True Crime	50	WideOrbit	62
89	Unicorn Girl	Apple TV+ / Seven Hills	True Crime	10	ART19	69
90	Five Miles From Home	NBC News	True Crime	10	Simplecast	58
91	Someone Knows Something	CBC	True Crime	108	Triton Digital	53
92	Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	195	Omny Studio	52
93	Dr. Death	Audible Original	True Crime	14	ART19	59
94	Mile Higher	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	413	Audioboom	63
95	Deep Cover	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	74	Omny Studio	63
96	American Nightmares: The Canal Murders	Gamut Podcast Network	True Crime	76	ART19	63
97	Lights Out	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	317	Audioboom	73
98	The Lets Read Podcast	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	366	Audioboom	68
99	Clues with Kaelyn Moore	Crime House	True Crime	91	WideOrbit	58
100	Examined: The Backfire Effect	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	72	Omny Studio	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

The podcast landscape in USA is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

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