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 Mar 2026

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03/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 284

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:56

Top 5 authors

1. Audiochuck (5 shows)

2. NBC News (5 shows)

3. Sony Music Entertainment (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts (3 shows)

5. Crime House (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Simplecast (22 shows)

3. ART19 (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (11 shows)

5. Audioboom (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Crime Junkie	Audiochuck	True Crime	530	Simplecast	63
2	Dateline NBC	NBC News	True Crime	860	Simplecast	53
3	Trace of Suspicion	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	58
4	Love Trapped	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	True Crime	31	Omny Studio	63
5	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	889	Simplecast	68
6	48 Hours	48 Hours	True Crime	1123	WideOrbit	53
7	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	549	Simplecast	57
8	Bridge of Lies	ABC News	True Crime	9	Megaphone	59
9	Betrayal Season 6	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	181	Omny Studio	63
10	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1222	Omny Studio	38
11	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	38
12	Last Podcast On The Left	The Last Podcast Network	True Crime	1208	Simplecast	58
13	The Deck	Audiochuck	True Crime	250	Simplecast	58
14	Criminally Obsessed	Criminally Obsessed	True Crime	29	Megaphone	69
15	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	406	Megaphone	63
16	True Crime Garage	TRUE CRIME GARAGE	True Crime	968	Simplecast	59
17	Dateline Originals	NBC News	True Crime	179	Simplecast	68
18	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	445	Audioboom	63
19	Snapped: Women Who Murder	Oxygen	True Crime	368	ART19	58
20	Park Predators	Audiochuck	True Crime	181	Simplecast	63
21	Casefile True Crime	Casefile Presents	True Crime	422	Acast	43
22	The Binge Crimes: What Happened to the Harrisons?	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	174	Megaphone	48
23	Amanda Knox Hosts \| DOUBT: The Case of Lucy Letby	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	16	Omny Studio	73
24	Rotten Mango	Stephanie Soo	True Crime	563	Simplecast	63
25	True Crime with Kendall Rae	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	303	Audioboom	52
26	Murder at The U	ESPN	True Crime	9	Megaphone	64
27	Out of the Valley’s Shadow	Aziz Saad	True Crime	6	Podbean	58
28	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	541	ART19	58
29	Murder In America	Bloody FM	True Crime	260	Megaphone	59
30	Dark Downeast	Audiochuck	True Crime	292	Simplecast	63
31	Murder With My Husband	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	357	Megaphone	58
32	The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	192	Megaphone	48
33	Cold Case Files	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	228	ART19	53
34	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace	iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline	True Crime	2003	Omny Studio	48
35	Going West: True Crime	Dark West Productions	True Crime	555	Simplecast	49
36	Someone Knows Something	CBC	True Crime	110	Triton Digital	59
37	The Final Hours with Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole	Crime House	True Crime	29	Megaphone	73
38	10 to Life	Annie Elise	True Crime	56	Audioboom	73
39	American Nightmares: The Canal Murders	Gamut Podcast Network	True Crime	70	ART19	63
40	RedHanded	RedHanded	True Crime	654	Audioboom	42
41	Blood Will Tell	Audible \| Campside	True Crime	9	ART19	59
42	Are You Captain Purple	Hilliard House Productions	True Crime	9	Podbean	63
43	Someone’s Hunting Us	NJ.com	True Crime	9	Megaphone	63
44	Valley of Shadows	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	10	Omny Studio	79
45	Blood is Thicker: The Farris Wheel	CBS News	True Crime	27	ART19	63
46	Two Girls One Ghost	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	850	Megaphone	69
47	Anatomy of Murder	Audiochuck	True Crime	267	Simplecast	63
48	The Epstein Files	NBN.fm	True Crime	199	Buzzsprout	69
49	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	24	Megaphone	69
50	High Strange	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	True Crime	25	Megaphone	69
51	Proof: A True Crime Podcast	Red Marble Media	True Crime	103	Megaphone	68
52	Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries	Heart Starts Pounding	True Crime	200	WideOrbit	63
53	Dead Certain: The Martha Moxley Murder	NBC News Studios	True Crime	14	Simplecast	73
54	Murder, Mystery & Makeup	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	196	Audioboom	58
55	Gone South	Audacy Podcasts	True Crime	90	Megaphone	79
56	Sistas Who Kill: A True Crime Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	MaRah & Taz	True Crime	277	N/A	N/A
57	Unheard: True Crime in Their Own Words	Justin Shepherd	True Crime	24	ART19	73
58	Betrayal Weekly	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	175	Omny Studio	73
59	True Crime All The Time Unsolved	PodcastOne	True Crime	490	ART19	52
60	National Park After Dark	Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian	True Crime	410	Megaphone	73
61	Burden of Guilt	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	40	Omny Studio	83
62	Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	188	Omny Studio	52
63	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime	640	Audioboom	48
64	Forensic Files	HLN	True Crime	388	Acast	38
65	Deadly Engagement	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	58
66	Chameleon	Audiochuck \| Campside Media	True Crime	50	Simplecast	69
67	Mind of a Monster: The Hollywood Ripper	ID	True Crime	65	Acast	73
68	Nightmares	Sword and Scale	True Crime	71	Spreaker	79
69	Bone Valley	Lava for Good Podcasts	True Crime	66	Omny Studio	73
70	The Mile Zero Murders from Uncover	CBC	True Crime	324	Triton Digital	58
71	The Lets Read Podcast	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	360	Audioboom	68
72	Your Own Backyard	Chris Lambert	True Crime	29	Libsyn	48
73	Criminology	Emash Digital & Mike Ferguson, Mike Morford	True Crime	459	Simplecast	68
74	Crime Weekly	Stephanie Harlowe and Derrick Levasseur	True Crime	439	Simplecast	68
75	Bear Brook	NHPR	True Crime	23	Megaphone	63
76	BETH'S DEAD	Monica Padman, Elizabeth Laime, Andy Rosen	True Crime	14	Libsyn	69
77	Hidden True Crime	Hidden True Crime \| Daylight Media	True Crime	525	Megaphone	64
78	Mile Higher	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	406	Audioboom	63
79	Unicorn Girl	Apple TV+ / Seven Hills	True Crime	10	ART19	69
80	Killer In The Code	Michael Connelly	True Crime	13	Spreaker	74
81	Up and Vanished	Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	202	WideOrbit	48
82	Something About Cari	NBC News	True Crime	7	Simplecast	63
83	Murder: True Crime Stories	Crime House	True Crime	230	WideOrbit	58
84	Serial Killers & Murderous Minds	Crime House	True Crime	192	WideOrbit	58
85	Blink \| Jake Haendel's Story	Sony Music, Corinne Vien, Jacob Haendel	True Crime	20	Megaphone	48
86	True Sunlight	LUNASHARK®⁠	True Crime	330	Megaphone	69
87	The Vanished Podcast	Audible	True Crime	573	ART19	58
88	Into The Dark	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	195	Megaphone	78
89	I Survived	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	136	ART19	53
90	Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield	Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield	True Crime	371	Audioboom	37
91	Scared To Death	Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins	True Crime	441	Simplecast	73
92	MK True Crime	MK Media	True Crime	161	Simplecast	73
93	Frozen Files	Madison McGhee	True Crime	8	Megaphone	53
94	Let's Not Meet: A True Horror Podcast	Cryptic County	True Crime	461	Audioboom	42
95	MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries	Wondery \| Ballen Studios	True Crime	109	ART19	63
96	Generation Why: True Crime	Audible	True Crime	214	ART19	68
97	CounterClock Feed not publicly shared by the creator	audiochuck	True Crime	129	N/A	N/A
98	UNMARKED: A True Crime Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Pyramid Productions	True Crime	20	Podbean	42
99	Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast	Moms and Mysteries Podcast	True Crime	537	Megaphone	27
100	Hell and Gone	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	170	Omny Studio	84

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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