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 09 Oct 2026

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10/09/2026

Average data

Episodes: 280

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:46:19

Top 5 authors

1. NBC News (6 shows)

2. Audiochuck (6 shows)

3. ABC News (5 shows)

4. Crime House (4 shows)

5. Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Simplecast (23 shows)

3. ART19 (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Audioboom (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Crime Junkie	Audiochuck	True Crime	532	Simplecast	63
2	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	27	Megaphone	69
3	Dateline NBC	NBC News	True Crime	866	Simplecast	53
4	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	894	Simplecast	68
5	Betrayal Season 6	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	183	Omny Studio	63
6	48 Hours	48 Hours	True Crime	1132	WideOrbit	53
7	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise	True Crime	451	Simplecast	68
8	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	38
9	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1229	Omny Studio	38
10	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	558	Simplecast	57
11	The Woman in the Woods	48 Hours	True Crime	5	WideOrbit	48
12	My Mom’s Murder	AYR Media	True Crime	4	ART19	53
13	Not Just A Terrible Story	Terrible Story Productions	True Crime	9	Captivate	42
14	Love Trapped	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	True Crime	31	Omny Studio	63
15	The Binge Crimes: What Happened to the Harrisons?	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	159	Megaphone	48
16	Park Predators	Audiochuck	True Crime	183	Simplecast	63
17	Last Podcast On The Left	The Last Podcast Network	True Crime	1213	Simplecast	58
18	The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	209	Megaphone	48
19	Burden of Guilt	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	43	Omny Studio	83
20	Snapped: Women Who Murder	Oxygen	True Crime	370	ART19	58
21	Dateline Originals	NBC News	True Crime	179	Simplecast	68
22	True Crime with Kendall Rae	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	305	Audioboom	52
23	Crimes Of Reddit with Sabrina Deana-Roga & Alexis Linkletter	Crime House	True Crime	55	WideOrbit	62
24	Rotten Mango	Stephanie Soo	True Crime	565	Simplecast	63
25	The Scream Murder: A True Teen Horror Story	ABC News	True Crime	2	Megaphone	42
26	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	24	Spreaker	84
27	Murder With My Husband	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	359	Megaphone	58
28	Dark Downeast	Audiochuck	True Crime	294	Simplecast	63
29	Casefile True Crime	Casefile Presents	True Crime	425	Acast	43
30	RedHanded	RedHanded	True Crime	660	Audioboom	42
31	Betrayal Weekly	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	175	Omny Studio	73
32	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime	644	Audioboom	48
33	10 to Life	Annie Elise	True Crime	58	Simplecast	73
34	COLD	KSL Podcasts	True Crime	94	Unknown	63
35	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	409	Megaphone	63
36	The Truth About Natalie	Audiochuck	True Crime	19	Simplecast	58
37	True Crime Garage	TRUE CRIME GARAGE	True Crime	972	Simplecast	59
38	The Deck	Audiochuck	True Crime	250	Simplecast	58
39	Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	191	Omny Studio	52
40	Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries	Heart Starts Pounding	True Crime	203	WideOrbit	63
41	American Nightmares: The Canal Murders	Gamut Podcast Network	True Crime	72	ART19	63
42	Murder In America	Bloody FM	True Crime	263	Megaphone	59
43	Murder in the Heartland	ID	True Crime	87	Acast	53
44	What Happened to Her	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	42	Omny Studio	63
45	What Happened to the McStays?	ABC News	True Crime	8	Megaphone	48
46	Your Own Backyard	Chris Lambert	True Crime	29	Libsyn	48
47	Beyond All Repair: The Clancy Trial	WBUR	True Crime	27	Megaphone	32
48	Cold Case Files	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	236	ART19	53
49	Five Miles From Home	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	58
50	Heist at the Louvre	ABC News	True Crime	3	Megaphone	53
51	Cruel Summer: The Violent Death of Tiffany Valiante	Wavland and Street Smart Audio	True Crime	9	Megaphone	58
52	CounterClock Feed not publicly shared by the creator	audiochuck	True Crime	129	N/A	N/A
53	National Park After Dark	Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian	True Crime	413	Megaphone	73
54	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace	iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline	True Crime	2003	Omny Studio	48
55	Bone Valley	Lava for Good Podcasts	True Crime	68	Omny Studio	73
56	Homicide 360	Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi and Scott Weinberger \| Daylight Media	True Crime	22	Megaphone	58
57	Bear Brook	NHPR	True Crime	23	Megaphone	63
58	Who Killed Angel Harris?	ID	True Crime	33	Acast	58
59	Going West: True Crime	Dark West Productions	True Crime	560	Simplecast	49
60	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	376	Audioboom	62
61	The First 48	A&E \| Crime House	True Crime	15	ART19	63
62	Killer Psyche	Audible \| Treefort Media	True Crime	167	ART19	83
63	MK True Crime	MK Media	True Crime	170	Simplecast	79
64	The Witness: In His Own Words	Yellow Path Productions	True Crime	14	Acast	73
65	Into The Dark	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	197	Megaphone	78
66	Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia	TNT / Cadence13	True Crime	11	Megaphone	63
67	Trace of Suspicion	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	58
68	Clues with Kaelyn Moore	Crime House	True Crime	85	WideOrbit	58
69	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	545	ART19	58
70	Juicy Crimes with Heather McDonald	Heather McDonald & Studio71	True Crime	58	Megaphone	68
71	Serial Killers & Murderous Minds	Crime House	True Crime	197	WideOrbit	58
72	Scared To Death	Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins	True Crime	445	Simplecast	73
73	Up and Vanished	Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	202	WideOrbit	48
74	The Lets Read Podcast	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	362	Audioboom	68
75	True Sunlight	LUNASHARK®⁠	True Crime	334	Megaphone	69
76	Murder: True Crime Stories	Crime House	True Crime	237	WideOrbit	58
77	The Prosecutors	PodcastOne	True Crime	461	ART19	43
78	I Think Not!	I Think Not!	True Crime	425	Megaphone	53
79	Crime in America with Joe Budden	Prime Crime Productions	True Crime	5	ART19	58
80	Dr. Death	Audible	True Crime	17	ART19	69
81	Chameleon	Audiochuck \| Campside Media	True Crime	52	Simplecast	69
82	Unicorn Girl	Apple TV+ / Seven Hills	True Crime	10	ART19	69
83	Lights Out	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	313	Audioboom	73
84	The First Degree	Alexis Linkletter, Jac Vanek	True Crime	727	Megaphone	49
85	The Vanished Podcast	Audible	True Crime	575	ART19	58
86	Small Town Dicks	Small Town Dicks \| Audio 99 \| Daylight Media	True Crime	298	Megaphone	63
87	Examined: The Backfire Effect	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	69	Omny Studio	58
88	Dateline: True Crime Weekly	NBC News	True Crime	159	Simplecast	68
89	People are the Worst	Cloud10	True Crime	243	Megaphone	48
90	Murder, Mystery & Makeup	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	196	Audioboom	58
91	Let's Not Meet: A True Horror Podcast	Cryptic County	True Crime	463	Audioboom	42
92	Forensic Files	HLN	True Crime	390	Acast	38
93	Mile Higher	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	409	Audioboom	63
94	I Survived	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	136	ART19	53
95	Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield	Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield	True Crime	384	Audioboom	37
96	Sistas Who Kill: A True Crime Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	MaRah & Taz	True Crime	277	N/A	N/A
97	Anatomy of Murder	Audiochuck	True Crime	267	Simplecast	63
98	The Snare	ABC News	True Crime	9	Megaphone	53
99	Dateline: Missing in America	NBC News	True Crime	37	Simplecast	68
100	Just Creepy: Scary Stories	Just Creepy	True Crime	561	Spotify for Podcasters	32

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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