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 12 Jul 2025

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07/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 253

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:39:55

Top 5 authors

1. NBC News (5 shows)

2. Audiochuck (5 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

4. CBC (4 shows)

5. ABC News (4 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (21 shows)

2. Megaphone (20 shows)

3. Omny Studio (15 shows)

4. ART19 (12 shows)

5. Audioboom (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Devil in the Desert	ABC News	True Crime	9	Megaphone	69
2	Crime Junkie	Audiochuck	True Crime	529	Simplecast	63
3	The Retrievals	Serial Productions & The New York Times	True Crime	4	Simplecast	79
4	Dateline NBC	NBC News	True Crime	853	Simplecast	53
5	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	886	Simplecast	68
6	Cold	KSL Podcasts	True Crime	89	Unknown	63
7	Betrayal Weekly	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	178	Omny Studio	53
8	48 Hours	CBS News	True Crime	1115	WideOrbit	53
9	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	543	Simplecast	57
10	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1217	Omny Studio	38
11	Dateline: Missing in America	NBC News	True Crime	37	Simplecast	68
12	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	48
13	Blink \| Jake Haendel's Story	Sony Music, Corinne Vien, Jacob Haendel	True Crime	20	Megaphone	48
14	Park Predators	Audiochuck	True Crime	177	Simplecast	73
15	The Binge Cases: What She Buried	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	202	Megaphone	48
16	Fear Thy Neighbor	ID	True Crime	79	Acast	53
17	Suspicion: Murder on Mount Olive	Toronto Star	True Crime	49	Libsyn	63
18	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	558	Audioboom	63
19	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	22	Megaphone	69
20	Deep Cover	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	84	Omny Studio	63
21	Dateline Originals	NBC News	True Crime	179	Simplecast	68
22	Last Podcast On The Left	The Last Podcast Network	True Crime	1204	Simplecast	58
23	The Deck	Audiochuck	True Crime	250	Simplecast	58
24	Rotten Mango	Stephanie Soo	True Crime	560	Simplecast	63
25	Scams, Money, & Murder	Crime House	True Crime	72	Megaphone	63
26	Anatomy of Murder	Audiochuck	True Crime	267	Simplecast	63
27	True Crime with Kendall Rae	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	302	Audioboom	52
28	What Happened to Holly Bobo?	ABC News	True Crime	8	Megaphone	48
29	7/7: The Inside Story	Wondery	True Crime	7	ART19	69
30	Snapped: Women Who Murder	Oxygen	True Crime	367	ART19	58
31	MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries	Wondery \| Ballen Studios	True Crime	109	ART19	63
32	Two Girls One Ghost	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	846	Megaphone	69
33	Dark Downeast	Audiochuck	True Crime	289	Simplecast	63
34	Murder, Mystery & Makeup	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	196	Audioboom	58
35	Nobody Should Believe Me	True Story Media	True Crime	161	Megaphone	73
36	Clues with Morgan Absher and Kaelyn Moore	Crime House	True Crime	80	WideOrbit	52
37	The Binge Crimes: What Happened to the Harrisons?	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	174	Megaphone	48
38	True Crime Garage	TRUE CRIME GARAGE	True Crime	964	Simplecast	59
39	Casefile True Crime	Casefile Presents	True Crime	421	Acast	43
40	Murder In America	Bloody FM	True Crime	259	Megaphone	59
41	Exposed: Cover-Up at Columbia University	Wondery	True Crime	4	ART19	63
42	Bear Brook	NHPR	True Crime	22	Megaphone	73
43	Troubled Waters	Casefile Presents	True Crime	12	Acast	69
44	Blood Vines	Foxtopus Ink	True Crime	9	ART19	69
45	Murder With My Husband	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	356	Megaphone	58
46	Camp Shame	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	9	Omny Studio	69
47	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime	637	Audioboom	48
48	Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries	Heart Starts Pounding	True Crime	198	WideOrbit	63
49	Standoff: What Happened at Ruby Ridge?	Slate Podcasts	True Crime	9	Megaphone	69
50	Murder in the Moonlight	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	79
51	Betrayal Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	159	Omny Studio	73
52	Firebug	truth.media	True Crime	14	Megaphone	59
53	Papi Killed Mommy	NIKKI	True Crime	17	Buzzsprout	79
54	Your Own Backyard	Chris Lambert	True Crime	29	Libsyn	48
55	Up and Vanished	Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	202	WideOrbit	48
56	CounterClock Feed not publicly shared by the creator	audiochuck	True Crime	129	N/A	N/A
57	Cold Case Files	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	223	ART19	53
58	Going West: True Crime	Dark West Productions	True Crime	719	Simplecast	49
59	Deadly Mirage	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	63
60	Tom Brown's Body	Texas Monthly	True Crime	11	Spreaker	64
61	The Outlaw Ocean	CBC	True Crime	19	Triton Digital	69
62	The Rachel Cancer Scam	The Messenger	True Crime	48	ART19	83
63	Big Time	Apple TV+ / Campside Media	True Crime	15	ART19	73
64	The Hunter	BBC Studios	True Crime	7	ART19	69
65	What Happened in Nashville	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	41	Omny Studio	63
66	Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia	TNT / Cadence13	True Crime	11	Megaphone	63
67	National Park After Dark	Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian	True Crime	408	Megaphone	73
68	THREE	audiochuck	True Crime	22	Simplecast	73
69	Bedtime Stories	Bedtime Stories \| Daylight Media	True Crime	158	Megaphone	58
70	Mile Higher	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	405	Audioboom	63
71	Sea of Lies	CBC	True Crime	8	Triton Digital	63
72	Let's Not Meet: A True Horror Podcast	Cryptic County	True Crime	460	Audioboom	42
73	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace	iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline	True Crime	2003	Omny Studio	48
74	Infamy	Valtown Network	True Crime	10	Soundcloud	59
75	A Murder On Orchard Street	ABC News	True Crime	21	Libsyn	58
76	Someone Knows Something	CBC	True Crime	110	Triton Digital	59
77	The Case Of	ABC Australia	True Crime	201	ABC Australia	53
78	Crime Weekly	Stephanie Harlowe and Derrick Levasseur	True Crime	443	Simplecast	68
79	RedHanded	RedHanded	True Crime	648	Audioboom	42
80	Back to Bardstown	VAULT Studios	True Crime	49	Simplecast	63
81	The Mile Zero Murders from Uncover	CBC	True Crime	324	Triton Digital	58
82	Guru: Don't Cross Kat	Wondery	True Crime	12	ART19	69
83	The Deck Investigates	audiochuck	True Crime	34	Simplecast	89
84	Swindled	Swindled	True Crime	162	Audioboom	53
85	Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén	Spotify Studios	True Crime	621	Megaphone	53
86	I Survived	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	135	ART19	53
87	Felonious Florida	Wondery \| Sun Sentinel	True Crime	43	ART19	73
88	The Idaho Massacre	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	102	Omny Studio	73
89	The Con: Kaitlyn's Baby	CBC + BBC World Service	True Crime	16	Triton Digital	59
90	Bone Valley	Lava for Good Podcasts	True Crime	65	Omny Studio	73
91	Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	186	Omny Studio	52
92	Hell and Gone	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	170	Omny Studio	84
93	Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan	CrimeOnline and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	583	Omny Studio	52
94	Serial Killers & Murderous Minds	Crime House	True Crime	203	WideOrbit	58
95	Arachnid: Hunting the web’s darkest secrets	TVO	True Crime	8	Omny Studio	53
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	Invisible Choir	Reach Freaks	True Crime	452	Omny Studio	63
98	Into The Dark	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	193	Megaphone	78
99	Forensic Files	HLN	True Crime	386	Acast	38
100	The Knife: A True Crime Podcast	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	49	Omny Studio	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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