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 08 Oct 2026

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10/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 273

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:45:51

Top 5 authors

1. Audiochuck (6 shows)

2. NBC News (5 shows)

3. Crime House (5 shows)

4. ABC News (5 shows)

5. Audible (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Simplecast (21 shows)

3. ART19 (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (12 shows)

5. WideOrbit (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Crime Junkie	Audiochuck	True Crime	534	Simplecast	63
2	Dateline NBC	NBC News	True Crime	875	Simplecast	53
3	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	29	Megaphone	69
4	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	899	Simplecast	68
5	The Woman in the Woods	48 Hours	True Crime	7	WideOrbit	48
6	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	38
7	48 Hours	48 Hours	True Crime	1140	WideOrbit	53
8	My Mom’s Murder	AYR Media	True Crime	6	ART19	53
9	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	565	Simplecast	57
10	Not Just A Terrible Story	Terrible Story Productions	True Crime	11	Captivate	78
11	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise	True Crime	455	Simplecast	68
12	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1235	Omny Studio	38
13	Betrayal Season 6	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	185	Omny Studio	63
14	Love Trapped	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	True Crime	34	Omny Studio	63
15	The Binge Crimes: What Happened to the Harrisons?	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	160	Megaphone	48
16	Park Predators	Audiochuck	True Crime	185	Simplecast	63
17	Burden of Guilt	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	45	Omny Studio	83
18	The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	209	Megaphone	48
19	Snapped: Women Who Murder	Oxygen	True Crime	372	ART19	58
20	Dateline Originals	NBC News	True Crime	180	Simplecast	68
21	Crimes Of Reddit with Sabrina Deana-Roga & Alexis Linkletter	Crime House	True Crime	57	WideOrbit	62
22	Last Podcast On The Left	The Last Podcast Network	True Crime	1217	Simplecast	58
23	The Scream Murder: A True Teen Horror Story	ABC News	True Crime	4	Megaphone	42
24	Rotten Mango	Stephanie Soo	True Crime	569	Simplecast	63
25	Murder With My Husband	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	361	Megaphone	58
26	10 to Life	Annie Elise	True Crime	60	Simplecast	73
27	Casefile True Crime	Casefile Presents	True Crime	427	Acast	43
28	Betrayal Weekly	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	175	Omny Studio	73
29	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
30	The Truth About Natalie	Audiochuck	True Crime	19	Simplecast	58
31	True Crime with Kendall Rae	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	307	Audioboom	52
32	COLD	KSL Podcasts	True Crime	97	Unknown	63
33	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	412	Megaphone	63
34	American Nightmares: The Canal Murders	Gamut Podcast Network	True Crime	74	ART19	63
35	True Crime Garage	TRUE CRIME GARAGE	True Crime	978	Simplecast	59
36	Heist at the Louvre	ABC News	True Crime	5	Megaphone	53
37	What Happened to the McStays?	ABC News	True Crime	8	Megaphone	48
38	The Deck	Audiochuck	True Crime	250	Simplecast	58
39	Homicide 360	Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi and Scott Weinberger \| Daylight Media	True Crime	24	Megaphone	58
40	Murder In America	Bloody FM	True Crime	265	Megaphone	59
41	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime	647	Audioboom	48
42	Cruel Summer: The Violent Death of Tiffany Valiante	Wavland and Street Smart Audio	True Crime	9	Megaphone	58
43	Dark Downeast	Audiochuck	True Crime	296	Simplecast	63
44	Your Own Backyard	Chris Lambert	True Crime	29	Libsyn	48
45	Bear Brook	NHPR	True Crime	25	Megaphone	63
46	Five Miles From Home	NBC News	True Crime	10	Simplecast	58
47	Killer Psyche	Audible \| Treefort Media	True Crime	170	ART19	83
48	Going West: True Crime	Dark West Productions	True Crime	564	Simplecast	49
49	Beyond All Repair: The Clancy Trial	WBUR	True Crime	27	Megaphone	32
50	Bone Valley	Lava for Good Podcasts	True Crime	70	Omny Studio	73
51	CounterClock Feed not publicly shared by the creator	audiochuck	True Crime	129	N/A	N/A
52	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	378	Audioboom	62
53	Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	193	Omny Studio	52
54	Murder in the Heartland	ID	True Crime	89	Acast	53
55	Clues with Kaelyn Moore	Crime House	True Crime	88	WideOrbit	58
56	Trace of Suspicion	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	58
57	MK True Crime	MK Media	True Crime	178	Simplecast	79
58	RedHanded	RedHanded	True Crime	670	Audioboom	42
59	Juicy Crimes with Heather McDonald	Heather McDonald & Studio71	True Crime	60	Megaphone	68
60	Into The Dark	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	198	Megaphone	78
61	Cold Case Files	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	241	ART19	53
62	Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia	TNT / Cadence13	True Crime	11	Megaphone	63
63	What Happened to Her	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	44	Omny Studio	63
64	National Park After Dark	Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian	True Crime	414	Megaphone	73
65	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace	iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline	True Crime	2003	Omny Studio	48
66	Crime in America with Joe Budden	Prime Crime Productions	True Crime	5	ART19	58
67	Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries	Heart Starts Pounding	True Crime	205	WideOrbit	63
68	The First 48	A&E \| Crime House	True Crime	17	ART19	63
69	Who Killed Angel Harris?	ID	True Crime	35	Acast	58
70	Wisecrack	Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	14	Omny Studio	59
71	I Think Not!	I Think Not!	True Crime	430	Megaphone	53
72	Scared To Death	Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins	True Crime	448	Simplecast	73
73	Up and Vanished	Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	197	WideOrbit	48
74	Serial Killers & Murderous Minds	Crime House	True Crime	202	WideOrbit	58
75	Unicorn Girl	Apple TV+ / Seven Hills	True Crime	10	ART19	69
76	The Prosecutors	PodcastOne	True Crime	463	ART19	43
77	The Lets Read Podcast	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	364	Audioboom	68
78	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	549	ART19	58
79	Lights Out	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	315	Audioboom	73
80	Examined: The Backfire Effect	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	71	Omny Studio	58
81	Dr. Death	Audible	True Crime	14	ART19	59
82	BABY	Particle Entertainment and Wavland	True Crime	6	Megaphone	53
83	The Vanished Podcast	Audible	True Crime	577	ART19	58
84	Let's Not Meet: A True Horror Podcast	Cryptic County	True Crime	464	Audioboom	42
85	COERCED: The Devotion & Death of Mica Francis Miller	LUNASHARK®⁠	True Crime	18	Megaphone	83
86	I Survived	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	136	ART19	53
87	Unrestorable	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	18	Omny Studio	63
88	Murder, Mystery & Makeup	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	196	Audioboom	58
89	Someone Knows Something	CBC	True Crime	107	Triton Digital	53
90	Sistas Who Kill: A True Crime Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	MaRah & Taz	True Crime	277	N/A	N/A
91	Small Town Dicks	Small Town Dicks \| Audio 99 \| Daylight Media	True Crime	300	Megaphone	63
92	The Snare	ABC News	True Crime	9	Megaphone	53
93	Anatomy of Murder	Audiochuck	True Crime	267	Simplecast	63
94	Generation Why: True Crime	Audible	True Crime	218	ART19	68
95	Matthew Cox \| Inside True Crime Podcast	Rhapsody Voices	True Crime	1272	Megaphone	27
96	Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield	Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield	True Crime	386	Audioboom	37
97	Murder: True Crime Stories	Crime House	True Crime	243	WideOrbit	58
98	PRETEND	Creative Babble, LLC	True Crime	328	Megaphone	84
99	Dateline: Missing in America	NBC News	True Crime	37	Simplecast	68
100	The Final Hours with Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole	Crime House	True Crime	45	WideOrbit	62

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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