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 Sep 2025

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09/15/2025

Average data

Episodes: 304

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:46:11

Top 5 authors

1. NBC News (6 shows)

2. Audiochuck (5 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (3 shows)

5. ID (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (27 shows)

2. Simplecast (22 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. ART19 (11 shows)

5. Audioboom (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Dateline NBC	NBC News	True Crime	879	Simplecast	53
2	Crime Junkie	Audiochuck	True Crime	529	Simplecast	53
3	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	903	Simplecast	68
4	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	48
5	48 Hours	48 Hours	True Crime	1150	WideOrbit	53
6	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1241	Omny Studio	38
7	Unicorn Girl	Apple TV+ / Seven Hills	True Crime	10	ART19	69
8	The Unforgotten	Free Range Productions	True Crime	77	Acast	63
9	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	572	Simplecast	57
10	Snapped: Women Who Murder	Oxygen	True Crime	374	ART19	58
11	The Deck	Audiochuck	True Crime	250	Simplecast	58
12	Casefile True Crime	Casefile Presents	True Crime	429	Acast	43
13	Last Podcast On The Left	The Last Podcast Network	True Crime	1223	Simplecast	58
14	Betrayal Season 6	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	188	Omny Studio	63
15	Cold Blooded: Mystery in Alaska	ABC News	True Crime	9	Megaphone	48
16	Betrayal Weekly	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	175	Omny Studio	73
17	The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	209	Megaphone	48
18	Dateline Originals	NBC News	True Crime	180	Simplecast	68
19	Park Predators	Audiochuck	True Crime	185	Simplecast	63
20	Anatomy of Murder	Audiochuck	True Crime	266	Simplecast	58
21	Rotten Mango	Stephanie Soo	True Crime	572	Simplecast	63
22	Wisecrack	Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	14	Omny Studio	59
23	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise	True Crime	460	Simplecast	68
24	Fifteen: Inside the Daniel Marsh Murders	CBS News	True Crime	7	Megaphone	63
25	Deadly Engagement	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	58
26	Bear Brook	NHPR	True Crime	27	Megaphone	63
27	Dark Downeast	Audiochuck	True Crime	296	Simplecast	63
28	True Crime with Kendall Rae	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	309	Audioboom	52
29	Cold Case Files	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	248	ART19	63
30	Hands Tied	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	11	Omny Studio	79
31	Going West: True Crime	Dark West Productions	True Crime	568	Simplecast	49
32	Murder With My Husband	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	363	Megaphone	68
33	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace	iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline	True Crime	2003	Omny Studio	48
34	Two Girls One Ghost	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	863	Megaphone	69
35	Murder In America	Bloody FM	True Crime	267	Megaphone	59
36	MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries	Wondery \| Ballen Studios	True Crime	109	ART19	63
37	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime	651	Audioboom	48
38	True Crime Garage	TRUE CRIME GARAGE	True Crime	982	Simplecast	59
39	The Binge: Free Shelley Jensen	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	162	Megaphone	48
40	Small Town Dicks	Small Town Dicks \| Audio 99 \| Daylight Media	True Crime	302	Megaphone	63
41	Up and Vanished	Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	197	WideOrbit	48
42	Forensic Files	HLN	True Crime	394	Acast	38
43	Blink \| Jake Haendel's Story	Sony Music, Corinne Vien, Jacob Haendel	True Crime	20	Megaphone	48
44	Murder, Mystery & Makeup	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	196	Audioboom	58
45	Culpable	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	True Crime	74	Megaphone	69
46	Invisible Choir	Reach Freaks	True Crime	181	Megaphone	68
47	Who Killed Angel Harris?	ID	True Crime	37	Acast	58
48	Crime Weekly	Stephanie Harlowe and Derrick Levasseur	True Crime	450	Simplecast	68
49	Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	195	Omny Studio	52
50	RedHanded	RedHanded	True Crime	675	Audioboom	42
51	CounterClock Feed not publicly shared by the creator	audiochuck	True Crime	129	N/A	N/A
52	Nightmare Next Door	ID	True Crime	104	Acast	64
53	Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries	Heart Starts Pounding	True Crime	207	WideOrbit	63
54	Nobody Should Believe Me	True Story Media	True Crime	168	Megaphone	73
55	The Most Wanted Olympian from Uncover	CBC	True Crime	329	Triton Digital	58
56	Sistas Who Kill: A True Crime Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	MaRah & Taz	True Crime	305	N/A	N/A
57	Let's Not Meet: A True Horror Podcast	Cryptic County	True Crime	466	Audioboom	42
58	Status: Untraced	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	True Crime	26	Megaphone	59
59	The Lets Read Podcast	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	366	Audioboom	68
60	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	29	Megaphone	69
61	Juicy Crimes with Heather McDonald	Heather McDonald	True Crime	62	Megaphone	62
62	Julie's Gone	Casefile Presents	True Crime	8	Acast	59
63	Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén	Spotify Studios	True Crime	631	Megaphone	53
64	The Vanished Podcast	Audible Original	True Crime	579	ART19	58
65	Criminology	Emash Digital & Mike Ferguson, Mike Morford	True Crime	465	Simplecast	68
66	Mile Higher	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	413	Audioboom	63
67	Dateline: Missing in America	NBC News	True Crime	37	Simplecast	68
68	National Park After Dark	Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian	True Crime	417	Megaphone	73
69	Scared To Death	Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins	True Crime	456	Simplecast	73
70	The Prosecutors	PodcastOne	True Crime	466	ART19	43
71	The Idaho Massacre	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	102	Omny Studio	73
72	Into The Dark	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	200	Megaphone	78
73	Deadly Mirage	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	63
74	The Deck Investigates	audiochuck	True Crime	34	Simplecast	89
75	Scam Factory	Wondery	True Crime	8	ART19	69
76	I Survived	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	137	ART19	53
77	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	553	ART19	58
78	Serial Killers & Murderous Minds	Crime House	True Crime	206	WideOrbit	58
79	Camp Shame	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	9	Omny Studio	69
80	Deadly Nightmares	ID	True Crime	90	Acast	59
81	Felonious Florida	Wondery \| Sun Sentinel	True Crime	43	ART19	73
82	A Date With Dateline	Kimberly and Katie - ADWDL	True Crime	533	Libsyn	53
83	The Fight of My Life	Cadence Productions	True Crime	15	Buzzsprout	63
84	Bone Valley	Lava for Good Podcasts	True Crime	73	Omny Studio	73
85	Devil in the Desert	ABC News	True Crime	9	Megaphone	69
86	Generation Why: True Crime	Audible Original	True Crime	219	ART19	68
87	Bedtime Stories	Bedtime Stories \| Daylight Media	True Crime	162	Megaphone	58
88	Clues with Kaelyn Moore	Crime House	True Crime	91	WideOrbit	58
89	Swindled	Swindled	True Crime	165	Audioboom	53
90	Murder in the Moonlight	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	79
91	True Sunlight	LUNASHARK®⁠	True Crime	337	Megaphone	69
92	COLD	KSL Podcasts	True Crime	100	Unknown	63
93	Hidden True Crime	Hidden True Crime \| Daylight Media	True Crime	525	Megaphone	64
94	Legally Brunette	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	243	Omny Studio	53
95	Weird Little Guys	iHeartPodcasts and Cool Zone Media	True Crime	105	Omny Studio	64
96	Hell and Gone: Murder Line	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	204	Omny Studio	73
97	People are the Worst	Cloud10	True Crime	250	Megaphone	48
98	Deep Cover	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	74	Omny Studio	63
99	Women and Crime	Cloud10	True Crime	380	Megaphone	94
100	Crime Salad	Realm	True Crime	292	Megaphone	59

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

The podcast landscape in USA is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

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