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 14 Oct 2026

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10/14/2026

Average data

Episodes: 266

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:46:20

Top 5 authors

1. Audiochuck (5 shows)

2. ABC News (5 shows)

3. NBC News (4 shows)

4. Audible (4 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Simplecast (20 shows)

3. ART19 (16 shows)

4. Audioboom (11 shows)

5. Omny Studio (11 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Crime Junkie	Audiochuck	True Crime	533	Simplecast	63
2	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	29	Megaphone	69
3	Dateline NBC	NBC News	True Crime	871	Simplecast	53
4	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	897	Simplecast	68
5	Not Just A Terrible Story	Terrible Story Productions	True Crime	10	Captivate	72
6	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	38
7	My Mom’s Murder	AYR Media	True Crime	5	ART19	53
8	48 Hours	48 Hours	True Crime	1135	WideOrbit	53
9	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	561	Simplecast	57
10	Betrayal Season 6	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	184	Omny Studio	63
11	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise	True Crime	453	Simplecast	68
12	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1232	Omny Studio	38
13	Love Trapped	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	True Crime	32	Omny Studio	63
14	The Binge Crimes: What Happened to the Harrisons?	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	160	Megaphone	48
15	Park Predators	Audiochuck	True Crime	184	Simplecast	63
16	The Woman in the Woods	48 Hours	True Crime	6	WideOrbit	48
17	Snapped: Women Who Murder	Oxygen	True Crime	371	ART19	58
18	What Happened to the McStays?	ABC News	True Crime	8	Megaphone	48
19	Rotten Mango	Stephanie Soo	True Crime	567	Simplecast	63
20	Cruel Summer: The Violent Death of Tiffany Valiante	Wavland and Street Smart Audio	True Crime	9	Megaphone	58
21	Crimes Of Reddit with Sabrina Deana-Roga & Alexis Linkletter	Crime House	True Crime	56	WideOrbit	62
22	The Snare	ABC News	True Crime	9	Megaphone	53
23	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	547	ART19	58
24	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	411	Megaphone	63
25	Dateline Originals	NBC News	True Crime	180	Simplecast	68
26	Murder With My Husband	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	359	Megaphone	58
27	True Crime All The Time Unsolved	PodcastOne	True Crime	493	ART19	52
28	Burden of Guilt	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	44	Omny Studio	83
29	The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	209	Megaphone	48
30	Last Podcast On The Left	The Last Podcast Network	True Crime	1215	Simplecast	58
31	RedHanded	RedHanded	True Crime	666	Audioboom	42
32	10 to Life	Annie Elise	True Crime	59	Simplecast	73
33	True Crime with Kendall Rae	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	306	Audioboom	52
34	The Scream Murder: A True Teen Horror Story	ABC News	True Crime	3	Megaphone	42
35	Casefile True Crime	Casefile Presents	True Crime	426	Acast	43
36	Criminology	Emash Digital & Mike Ferguson, Mike Morford	True Crime	463	Simplecast	68
37	Betrayal Weekly	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	175	Omny Studio	73
38	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime	646	Audioboom	48
39	Murder In America	Bloody FM	True Crime	264	Megaphone	59
40	Heist at the Louvre	ABC News	True Crime	4	Megaphone	53
41	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	21	Spreaker	84
42	What to Carry, What to Burn	Blair Braverman	True Crime	14	Acast	69
43	The Truth About Natalie	Audiochuck	True Crime	19	Simplecast	58
44	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
45	Going West: True Crime	Dark West Productions	True Crime	562	Simplecast	49
46	BABY	Particle Entertainment and Wavland	True Crime	5	Megaphone	53
47	Your Own Backyard	Chris Lambert	True Crime	29	Libsyn	48
48	Dark Downeast	Audiochuck	True Crime	295	Simplecast	63
49	The Deck	Audiochuck	True Crime	250	Simplecast	58
50	Deep Cover	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	85	Omny Studio	63
51	Mile Higher	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	410	Audioboom	63
52	Who Killed Angel Harris?	ID	True Crime	34	Acast	58
53	Bear Brook	NHPR	True Crime	23	Megaphone	63
54	COLD	KSL Podcasts	True Crime	95	Unknown	63
55	Murder at The U	ESPN	True Crime	12	Megaphone	59
56	We Are Jane Doe	Snap Judgment and PRX	True Crime	3	PRX	79
57	Homicide 360	Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi and Scott Weinberger \| Daylight Media	True Crime	23	Megaphone	58
58	National Park After Dark	Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian	True Crime	412	Megaphone	73
59	American Nightmares: The Canal Murders	Gamut Podcast Network	True Crime	73	ART19	63
60	Five Miles From Home	NBC News	True Crime	10	Simplecast	58
61	CounterClock Feed not publicly shared by the creator	audiochuck	True Crime	129	N/A	N/A
62	Killer Psyche	Audible \| Treefort Media	True Crime	169	ART19	83
63	What Happened to Her	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	43	Omny Studio	63
64	Nightmares	Sword and Scale	True Crime	73	Spreaker	79
65	Murder in the Heartland	ID	True Crime	88	Acast	53
66	COERCED: The Devotion & Death of Mica Francis Miller	LUNASHARK®⁠	True Crime	18	Megaphone	83
67	Audible True Crime	Audible	True Crime	9	ART19	53
68	Trace of Suspicion	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	58
69	Beyond All Repair: The Clancy Trial	WBUR	True Crime	27	Megaphone	32
70	Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries	Heart Starts Pounding	True Crime	204	WideOrbit	63
71	Up and Vanished	Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	202	WideOrbit	48
72	The Vanished Podcast	Audible	True Crime	576	ART19	58
73	The Prosecutors	PodcastOne	True Crime	462	ART19	43
74	True Crime Garage	TRUE CRIME GARAGE	True Crime	977	Simplecast	59
75	Bone Valley	Lava for Good Podcasts	True Crime	69	Omny Studio	73
76	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace	iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline	True Crime	2003	Omny Studio	48
77	I Survived	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	137	ART19	53
78	Let's Not Meet: A True Horror Podcast	Cryptic County	True Crime	464	Audioboom	42
79	Examined: The Backfire Effect	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	70	Omny Studio	58
80	MK True Crime	MK Media	True Crime	174	Simplecast	79
81	Dr. Death	Audible	True Crime	14	ART19	59
82	I Think Not!	I Think Not!	True Crime	428	Megaphone	53
83	Cold Case Files	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	239	ART19	53
84	The Slippery	Nancy Moscatiello and Scott Eldridge	True Crime	50	Megaphone	53
85	Invisible Choir	Reach Freaks	True Crime	180	Megaphone	68
86	Lights Out	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	314	Audioboom	73
87	Serial Killers & Murderous Minds	Crime House	True Crime	200	WideOrbit	58
88	The First 48	A&E \| Crime House	True Crime	16	ART19	63
89	Crime in America with Joe Budden	Prime Crime Productions	True Crime	5	ART19	58
90	Generation Why: True Crime	Audible	True Crime	216	ART19	68
91	Clues with Kaelyn Moore	Crime House	True Crime	87	WideOrbit	58
92	Small Town Dicks	Small Town Dicks \| Audio 99 \| Daylight Media	True Crime	299	Megaphone	63
93	True Sunlight	LUNASHARK®⁠	True Crime	335	Megaphone	69
94	Unicorn Girl	Apple TV+ / Seven Hills	True Crime	10	ART19	69
95	Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield	Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield	True Crime	386	Audioboom	37
96	Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	192	Omny Studio	52
97	Murder, Mystery & Makeup	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	196	Audioboom	58
98	Swindled	Swindled	True Crime	164	Audioboom	53
99	The Lets Read Podcast	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	363	Audioboom	68
100	Scared To Death	Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins	True Crime	447	Simplecast	73

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