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 Aug 2025

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08/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 266

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:42:25

Top 5 authors

1. NBC News (5 shows)

2. Audiochuck (5 shows)

3. ABC News (4 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (4 shows)

5. CBC (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (21 shows)

3. ART19 (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (13 shows)

5. Audioboom (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Cold Blooded: Mystery in Alaska	ABC News	True Crime	9	Megaphone	48
2	Crime Junkie	Audiochuck	True Crime	531	Simplecast	63
3	Blink \| Jake Haendel's Story	Sony Music, Corinne Vien, Jacob Haendel	True Crime	20	Megaphone	48
4	The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	192	Megaphone	48
5	Dateline NBC	NBC News	True Crime	861	Simplecast	53
6	Unicorn Girl	Apple TV+ / Seven Hills	True Crime	10	ART19	69
7	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	891	Simplecast	68
8	The Real Killer	iHeartPodcasts and AYR Media	True Crime	41	Omny Studio	79
9	48 Hours	48 Hours	True Crime	1126	WideOrbit	53
10	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	551	Simplecast	57
11	Camp Shame	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	9	Omny Studio	69
12	Who Took Misty Copsey?	ID	True Crime	31	Acast	69
13	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	38
14	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1223	Omny Studio	38
15	Hands Tied	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	11	Omny Studio	79
16	MK True Crime	MK Media	True Crime	162	Simplecast	73
17	Bone Valley	Lava for Good Podcasts	True Crime	66	Omny Studio	73
18	Devil in the Desert	ABC News	True Crime	9	Megaphone	69
19	The Retrievals	Serial Productions & The New York Times	True Crime	4	Simplecast	79
20	Park Predators	Audiochuck	True Crime	182	Simplecast	63
21	Dark Downeast	Audiochuck	True Crime	292	Simplecast	63
22	Snapped: Women Who Murder	Oxygen	True Crime	369	ART19	58
23	Dateline Originals	NBC News	True Crime	179	Simplecast	68
24	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	446	Audioboom	63
25	Last Podcast On The Left	The Last Podcast Network	True Crime	1209	Simplecast	58
26	Betrayal Season 6	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	181	Omny Studio	63
27	Rotten Mango	Stephanie Soo	True Crime	565	Simplecast	63
28	Murder With My Husband	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	358	Megaphone	58
29	Crime Salad	BLACKCAT \| Realm	True Crime	288	Megaphone	59
30	Casefile True Crime	Casefile Presents	True Crime	423	Acast	43
31	True Crime with Kendall Rae	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	303	Audioboom	52
32	Anatomy of Murder	Audiochuck	True Crime	267	Simplecast	63
33	The Deck	Audiochuck	True Crime	250	Simplecast	58
34	Scams, Money, & Murder	Crime House	True Crime	72	Megaphone	63
35	The Mystic and The Mayor	Wondery	True Crime	9	ART19	59
36	MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries	Wondery \| Ballen Studios	True Crime	109	ART19	63
37	America's Crime Lab	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	True Crime	30	Omny Studio	83
38	Truer Crime	Celisia Stanton	True Crime	59	Megaphone	73
39	Fear Thy Neighbor	ID	True Crime	79	Acast	53
40	Two Girls One Ghost	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	851	Megaphone	69
41	Unlawful Acts	Rhapsody Voices	True Crime	13	Megaphone	59
42	Murder, Mystery & Makeup	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	196	Audioboom	58
43	Dateline: Missing in America	NBC News	True Crime	37	Simplecast	68
44	Deep Cover	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	83	Omny Studio	63
45	Murder In America	Bloody FM	True Crime	261	Megaphone	59
46	What Happened to Holly Bobo?	ABC News	True Crime	8	Megaphone	48
47	Betrayal Weekly	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	175	Omny Studio	73
48	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	25	Megaphone	69
49	National Park After Dark	Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian	True Crime	411	Megaphone	73
50	Nightmare Next Door	ID	True Crime	104	Acast	64
51	Bear Brook	NHPR	True Crime	23	Megaphone	63
52	The Girlfriends: Flight or Fight	iHeartPodcasts and Novel	True Crime	66	Omny Studio	68
53	The Vanished Podcast	Audible	True Crime	574	ART19	58
54	Nobody Should Believe Me	True Story Media	True Crime	165	Megaphone	73
55	CounterClock Feed not publicly shared by the creator	audiochuck	True Crime	129	N/A	N/A
56	True Crime Garage	TRUE CRIME GARAGE	True Crime	969	Simplecast	59
57	Cold Case Files	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	230	ART19	53
58	COLD	KSL Podcasts	True Crime	92	Unknown	63
59	Murder in the Moonlight	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	79
60	Up and Vanished	Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	202	WideOrbit	48
61	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace	iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline	True Crime	2003	Omny Studio	48
62	Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries	Heart Starts Pounding	True Crime	201	WideOrbit	63
63	The Maxwells	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	15	Megaphone	59
64	I Survived	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	136	ART19	53
65	Lights Out	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	312	Audioboom	73
66	Generation Why: True Crime	Audible	True Crime	213	ART19	68
67	The Binge Crimes: What Happened to the Harrisons?	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	174	Megaphone	48
68	Deadly Mirage	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	63
69	Clues with Kaelyn Moore	Crime House	True Crime	83	WideOrbit	58
70	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime	641	Audioboom	48
71	Blood Vines	Foxtopus Ink	True Crime	9	ART19	69
72	Let's Not Meet: A True Horror Podcast	Cryptic County	True Crime	462	Audioboom	42
73	Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén	Spotify Studios	True Crime	621	Megaphone	53
74	The Clearing Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Pineapple Street Media / Gimlet	True Crime	11	N/A	N/A
75	Your Own Backyard	Chris Lambert	True Crime	29	Libsyn	48
76	Someone Knows Something	CBC	True Crime	110	Triton Digital	59
77	Firebug	truth.media	True Crime	14	Megaphone	59
78	Bedtime Stories	Bedtime Stories \| Daylight Media	True Crime	159	Megaphone	58
79	Julie's Gone	Casefile Presents	True Crime	8	Acast	59
80	Going West: True Crime	Dark West Productions	True Crime	557	Simplecast	49
81	Sea of Lies	CBC	True Crime	8	Triton Digital	63
82	Sistas Who Kill: A True Crime Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	MaRah & Taz	True Crime	277	N/A	N/A
83	RedHanded	RedHanded	True Crime	656	Audioboom	42
84	Murder: True Crime Stories	Crime House	True Crime	231	WideOrbit	58
85	Forensic Files	HLN	True Crime	388	Acast	38
86	THREE	audiochuck	True Crime	22	Simplecast	73
87	Big Time	Apple TV+ / Campside Media	True Crime	15	ART19	73
88	The Prosecutors	PodcastOne	True Crime	460	ART19	43
89	The Deck Investigates	audiochuck	True Crime	34	Simplecast	89
90	Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	188	Omny Studio	52
91	Mile Higher	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	407	Audioboom	63
92	What Happened in Nashville	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	41	Omny Studio	63
93	Crime Weekly	Stephanie Harlowe and Derrick Levasseur	True Crime	440	Simplecast	68
94	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	542	ART19	58
95	The Mile Zero Murders from Uncover	CBC	True Crime	324	Triton Digital	58
96	The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories	Grip Tape	True Crime	361	Audioboom	58
97	Crime, Conspiracy, Cults and Murder	Kallmekris	True Crime	117	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	The Con: Kaitlyn's Baby	CBC + BBC World Service	True Crime	16	Triton Digital	59
99	Scamtown	Apple TV+ / FunMeter	True Crime	12	ART19	63
100	Psychopedia: True Crime & Criminal Psychology	Investigator Slater	True Crime	229	ART19	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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