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 15 Jan 2026

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01/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 304

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:47:02

Top 5 authors

1. Crime House (6 shows)

2. NBC News (5 shows)

3. Audiochuck (5 shows)

4. ID (3 shows)

5. Sony Music Entertainment (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Simplecast (22 shows)

3. ART19 (12 shows)

4. Audioboom (11 shows)

5. Omny Studio (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Crime Junkie	Audiochuck	True Crime	531	Simplecast	63
2	Dateline NBC	NBC News	True Crime	861	Simplecast	53
3	48 Hours	48 Hours	True Crime	1126	WideOrbit	53
4	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	891	Simplecast	68
5	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	38
6	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1223	Omny Studio	38
7	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	551	Simplecast	57
8	Dead Certain: The Martha Moxley Murder	NBC News Studios	True Crime	14	Simplecast	73
9	The Deck	Audiochuck	True Crime	250	Simplecast	58
10	Anatomy of Murder	Audiochuck	True Crime	267	Simplecast	63
11	BETH'S DEAD	Monica Padman, Elizabeth Laime, Andy Rosen	True Crime	14	Libsyn	69
12	Rotten Mango	Stephanie Soo	True Crime	565	Simplecast	63
13	Park Predators	Audiochuck	True Crime	182	Simplecast	63
14	Snapped: Women Who Murder	Oxygen	True Crime	369	ART19	58
15	Last Podcast On The Left	The Last Podcast Network	True Crime	1209	Simplecast	58
16	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	446	Audioboom	63
17	The Binge Crimes: What Happened to the Harrisons?	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	174	Megaphone	48
18	Dateline Originals	NBC News	True Crime	179	Simplecast	68
19	Something About Cari	NBC News	True Crime	7	Simplecast	63
20	Murder With My Husband	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	358	Megaphone	58
21	The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	192	Megaphone	48
22	True Crime Garage	TRUE CRIME GARAGE	True Crime	969	Simplecast	59
23	Going West: True Crime	Dark West Productions	True Crime	557	Simplecast	49
24	Murder, Mystery & Makeup	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	196	Audioboom	58
25	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime	641	Audioboom	48
26	Betrayal Season 6	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	181	Omny Studio	63
27	10 to Life	Annie Elise	True Crime	57	Audioboom	73
28	True Crime with Kendall Rae	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	303	Audioboom	52
29	Cold Case Files	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	230	ART19	53
30	Casefile True Crime	Casefile Presents	True Crime	423	Acast	43
31	Valley of Shadows	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	10	Omny Studio	79
32	Nightmares	Sword and Scale	True Crime	72	Spreaker	79
33	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	542	ART19	58
34	Dark Downeast	Audiochuck	True Crime	292	Simplecast	63
35	Under Cover of Knight	Apple TV+ / Spoke Media	True Crime	12	ART19	83
36	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	25	Megaphone	69
37	Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	188	Omny Studio	52
38	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace	iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline	True Crime	2003	Omny Studio	48
39	The Unforgotten	Free Range Productions	True Crime	75	Megaphone	63
40	RedHanded	RedHanded	True Crime	656	Audioboom	42
41	Two Girls One Ghost	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	851	Megaphone	69
42	Mind of a Monster: The Hollywood Ripper	ID	True Crime	65	Acast	73
43	Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries	Heart Starts Pounding	True Crime	201	WideOrbit	63
44	The Lets Read Podcast	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	361	Audioboom	68
45	Juicy Crimes with Heather McDonald	Heather McDonald & Studio71	True Crime	56	Megaphone	68
46	Murder In America	Bloody FM	True Crime	261	Megaphone	59
47	The Vanished Podcast	Audible	True Crime	574	ART19	58
48	The Hand in the Window	ABC News	True Crime	8	Megaphone	53
49	I Survived	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	136	ART19	53
50	Clues with Kaelyn Moore	Crime House	True Crime	83	WideOrbit	58
51	Forensic Files	HLN	True Crime	388	Acast	38
52	Blink \| Jake Haendel's Story	Sony Music, Corinne Vien, Jacob Haendel	True Crime	20	Megaphone	48
53	Let's Not Meet: A True Horror Podcast	Cryptic County	True Crime	462	Audioboom	42
54	Betrayal Weekly	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	175	Omny Studio	73
55	Scared To Death	Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins	True Crime	441	Simplecast	73
56	I Think Not!	I Think Not!	True Crime	421	Megaphone	53
57	Crime Weekly	Stephanie Harlowe and Derrick Levasseur	True Crime	440	Simplecast	68
58	The Prosecutors	PodcastOne	True Crime	460	ART19	43
59	Chameleon	Audiochuck \| Campside Media	True Crime	50	Simplecast	69
60	Killer Psyche	Audible \| Treefort Media	True Crime	166	ART19	83
61	MK True Crime	MK Media	True Crime	162	Simplecast	73
62	Toil and Trouble	Always True Crime	True Crime	8	Acast	59
63	National Park After Dark	Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian	True Crime	411	Megaphone	73
64	Bone Valley	Lava for Good Podcasts	True Crime	66	Omny Studio	73
65	Deep Cover	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	83	Omny Studio	63
66	Generation Why: True Crime	Audible	True Crime	213	ART19	68
67	Monster: Hunting the Long Island Serial Killer	iHeartPodcasts and Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	9	Omny Studio	53
68	CounterClock Feed not publicly shared by the creator	audiochuck	True Crime	129	N/A	N/A
69	Unicorn Girl	Apple TV+ / Seven Hills	True Crime	10	ART19	69
70	Paper Ghosts: The Texas Teen Murders	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	59	Omny Studio	53
71	One of Their Own	KPBS	True Crime	7	StreamGuys	59
72	Deadly Engagement	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	58
73	Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield	Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield	True Crime	375	Audioboom	37
74	Up and Vanished	Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	202	WideOrbit	48
75	Sistas Who Kill: A True Crime Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	MaRah & Taz	True Crime	277	N/A	N/A
76	The Mile Zero Murders from Uncover	CBC	True Crime	324	Triton Digital	58
77	LOVE MURDER	Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette	True Crime	511	ART19	58
78	Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast	Moms and Mysteries Podcast	True Crime	538	Megaphone	27
79	Swindled	Swindled	True Crime	163	Audioboom	53
80	Invisible Choir	Reach Freaks	True Crime	179	Megaphone	68
81	Crime House 24/7	Crime House	True Crime	301	Megaphone	73
82	Killer Kin	ID	True Crime	61	Acast	59
83	Serial Killers & Murderous Minds	Crime House	True Crime	193	WideOrbit	58
84	Cup Of Justice	LUNASHARK	True Crime	193	Megaphone	94
85	Bear Brook	NHPR	True Crime	23	Megaphone	63
86	Murder: True Crime Stories	Crime House	True Crime	231	WideOrbit	58
87	Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes	Crime House	History	128	WideOrbit	68
88	Crimes Of Reddit with Sabrina Deana-Roga & Alexis Linkletter	Crime House	True Crime	54	WideOrbit	62
89	MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries	Wondery \| Ballen Studios	True Crime	109	ART19	63
90	Nightmare Next Door	ID	True Crime	104	Acast	64
91	Small Town Dicks	Small Town Dicks \| Audio 99 \| Daylight Media	True Crime	296	Megaphone	63
92	Bedtime Stories	Bedtime Stories \| Daylight Media	True Crime	159	Megaphone	58
93	Tales from the Break Room	Eeriecast Network	True Crime	230	Megaphone	38
94	American Greed Podcast	CNBC	True Crime	150	Simplecast	32
95	Into The Dark	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	195	Megaphone	78
96	Dateline: Missing in America	NBC News	True Crime	37	Simplecast	68
97	The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall	CBC	True Crime	17	Triton Digital	53
98	Lights Out	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	312	Audioboom	73
99	Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén	Spotify Studios	True Crime	621	Megaphone	53
100	The First Degree	Alexis Linkletter, Jac Vanek	True Crime	723	Megaphone	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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