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 11 Oct 2026

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10/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 273

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:46:06

Top 5 authors

1. Audiochuck (6 shows)

2. NBC News (5 shows)

3. Crime House (4 shows)

4. ABC News (4 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (22 shows)

2. Megaphone (21 shows)

3. ART19 (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (12 shows)

5. Audioboom (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	29	Megaphone	69
2	Crime Junkie	Audiochuck	True Crime	534	Simplecast	63
3	Dateline NBC	NBC News	True Crime	872	Simplecast	53
4	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	898	Simplecast	68
5	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	38
6	48 Hours	48 Hours	True Crime	1137	WideOrbit	53
7	Betrayal Season 6	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	184	Omny Studio	63
8	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	562	Simplecast	57
9	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1233	Omny Studio	38
10	Not Just A Terrible Story	Terrible Story Productions	True Crime	10	Captivate	72
11	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise	True Crime	454	Simplecast	68
12	Love Trapped	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	True Crime	32	Omny Studio	63
13	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	411	Megaphone	63
14	My Mom’s Murder	AYR Media	True Crime	6	ART19	53
15	Last Podcast On The Left	The Last Podcast Network	True Crime	1215	Simplecast	58
16	The Woman in the Woods	48 Hours	True Crime	6	WideOrbit	48
17	The Binge Crimes: What Happened to the Harrisons?	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	160	Megaphone	48
18	Casefile True Crime	Casefile Presents	True Crime	426	Acast	43
19	Dateline Originals	NBC News	True Crime	180	Simplecast	68
20	The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	209	Megaphone	48
21	Burden of Guilt	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	44	Omny Studio	83
22	True Crime with Kendall Rae	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	306	Audioboom	52
23	Park Predators	Audiochuck	True Crime	185	Simplecast	63
24	RedHanded	RedHanded	True Crime	668	Audioboom	42
25	Snapped: Women Who Murder	Oxygen	True Crime	372	ART19	58
26	Rotten Mango	Stephanie Soo	True Crime	568	Simplecast	63
27	Murder In America	Bloody FM	True Crime	264	Megaphone	59
28	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
29	The Scream Murder: A True Teen Horror Story	ABC News	True Crime	4	Megaphone	42
30	Crimes Of Reddit with Sabrina Deana-Roga & Alexis Linkletter	Crime House	True Crime	57	WideOrbit	62
31	Murder With My Husband	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	361	Megaphone	58
32	Dark Downeast	Audiochuck	True Crime	295	Simplecast	63
33	Betrayal Weekly	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	175	Omny Studio	73
34	Going West: True Crime	Dark West Productions	True Crime	563	Simplecast	49
35	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
36	Heist at the Louvre	ABC News	True Crime	5	Megaphone	53
37	10 to Life	Annie Elise	True Crime	60	Simplecast	73
38	The Deck	Audiochuck	True Crime	250	Simplecast	58
39	Cold Case Files	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	240	ART19	53
40	Small Town Dicks	Small Town Dicks \| Audio 99 \| Daylight Media	True Crime	299	Megaphone	63
41	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime	647	Audioboom	48
42	The Truth About Natalie	Audiochuck	True Crime	19	Simplecast	58
43	COLD	KSL Podcasts	True Crime	95	Unknown	63
44	Your Own Backyard	Chris Lambert	True Crime	29	Libsyn	48
45	Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries	Heart Starts Pounding	True Crime	204	WideOrbit	63
46	What Happened to the McStays?	ABC News	True Crime	8	Megaphone	48
47	CounterClock Feed not publicly shared by the creator	audiochuck	True Crime	129	N/A	N/A
48	Murder in the Heartland	ID	True Crime	88	Acast	53
49	Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	192	Omny Studio	52
50	Five Miles From Home	NBC News	True Crime	10	Simplecast	58
51	What Happened to Her	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	43	Omny Studio	63
52	Beyond All Repair: The Clancy Trial	WBUR	True Crime	27	Megaphone	32
53	True Crime Garage	TRUE CRIME GARAGE	True Crime	978	Simplecast	59
54	Swindled	Swindled	True Crime	164	Audioboom	53
55	National Park After Dark	Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian	True Crime	413	Megaphone	73
56	American Nightmares: The Canal Murders	Gamut Podcast Network	True Crime	74	ART19	63
57	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace	iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline	True Crime	2003	Omny Studio	48
58	Bear Brook	NHPR	True Crime	23	Megaphone	63
59	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	548	ART19	58
60	Bone Valley	Lava for Good Podcasts	True Crime	69	Omny Studio	73
61	Trace of Suspicion	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	58
62	Up and Vanished	Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	197	WideOrbit	48
63	Who Killed Angel Harris?	ID	True Crime	34	Acast	58
64	Cruel Summer: The Violent Death of Tiffany Valiante	Wavland and Street Smart Audio	True Crime	9	Megaphone	58
65	Sistas Who Kill: A True Crime Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	MaRah & Taz	True Crime	277	N/A	N/A
66	MK True Crime	MK Media	True Crime	174	Simplecast	79
67	The First 48	A&E \| Crime House	True Crime	16	ART19	63
68	Mile Higher	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	410	Audioboom	63
69	Scared To Death	Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins	True Crime	447	Simplecast	73
70	Homicide 360	Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi and Scott Weinberger \| Daylight Media	True Crime	24	Megaphone	58
71	Crime in America with Joe Budden	Prime Crime Productions	True Crime	5	ART19	58
72	Killer Psyche	Audible \| Treefort Media	True Crime	170	ART19	83
73	Murder: True Crime Stories	Crime House	True Crime	241	WideOrbit	58
74	Serial Killers & Murderous Minds	Crime House	True Crime	201	WideOrbit	58
75	Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield	Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield	True Crime	386	Audioboom	37
76	Into The Dark	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	197	Megaphone	78
77	Dr. Death	Audible	True Crime	14	ART19	59
78	The Lets Read Podcast	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	364	Audioboom	68
79	Forensic Files	HLN	True Crime	391	Acast	38
80	Anatomy of Murder	Audiochuck	True Crime	267	Simplecast	63
81	Chameleon	Audiochuck \| Campside Media	True Crime	53	Simplecast	69
82	Clues with Kaelyn Moore	Crime House	True Crime	87	WideOrbit	58
83	The Prosecutors	PodcastOne	True Crime	463	ART19	43
84	Unicorn Girl	Apple TV+ / Seven Hills	True Crime	10	ART19	69
85	Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia	TNT / Cadence13	True Crime	11	Megaphone	63
86	Murder, Mystery & Makeup	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	196	Audioboom	58
87	Nobody Should Believe Me	True Story Media	True Crime	163	Megaphone	73
88	The Witness: In His Own Words	Yellow Path Productions	True Crime	14	Acast	73
89	Dateline: Missing in America	NBC News	True Crime	37	Simplecast	68
90	Just Creepy: Scary Stories	Just Creepy	True Crime	562	Spotify for Podcasters	32
91	Legally Brunette	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	243	Omny Studio	53
92	People are the Worst	Cloud10	True Crime	243	Megaphone	48
93	Deep Cover	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	86	Omny Studio	63
94	Someone Knows Something	CBC	True Crime	107	Triton Digital	53
95	Juicy Crimes with Heather McDonald	Heather McDonald & Studio71	True Crime	59	Megaphone	68
96	The Vanished Podcast	Audible	True Crime	577	ART19	58
97	I Survived	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	136	ART19	53
98	The Con: Kaitlyn's Baby	CBC + BBC World Service	True Crime	16	Triton Digital	59
99	Let's Not Meet: A True Horror Podcast	Cryptic County	True Crime	464	Audioboom	42
100	True Crime Conversations	Mamamia Podcasts	True Crime	439	Omny Studio	48

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