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 Oct 2026

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10/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 260

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:46:08

Top 5 authors

1. Audiochuck (5 shows)

2. ABC News (5 shows)

3. Crime House (4 shows)

4. NBC News (4 shows)

5. Audible (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Simplecast (21 shows)

3. ART19 (15 shows)

4. Omny Studio (11 shows)

5. Audioboom (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Crime Junkie	Audiochuck	True Crime	534	Simplecast	63
2	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	29	Megaphone	69
3	Dateline NBC	NBC News	True Crime	875	Simplecast	53
4	Not Just A Terrible Story	Terrible Story Productions	True Crime	11	Captivate	78
5	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	899	Simplecast	68
6	My Mom’s Murder	AYR Media	True Crime	6	ART19	53
7	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	38
8	48 Hours	48 Hours	True Crime	1140	WideOrbit	53
9	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	565	Simplecast	57
10	Betrayal Season 6	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	185	Omny Studio	63
11	Love Trapped	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	True Crime	34	Omny Studio	63
12	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1235	Omny Studio	38
13	The Woman in the Woods	48 Hours	True Crime	7	WideOrbit	48
14	The Binge Crimes: What Happened to the Harrisons?	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	160	Megaphone	48
15	Cruel Summer: The Violent Death of Tiffany Valiante	Wavland and Street Smart Audio	True Crime	9	Megaphone	58
16	The Snare	ABC News	True Crime	9	Megaphone	53
17	What Happened to the McStays?	ABC News	True Crime	8	Megaphone	48
18	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise	True Crime	455	Simplecast	68
19	Park Predators	Audiochuck	True Crime	185	Simplecast	63
20	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	550	ART19	58
21	True Crime All The Time Unsolved	PodcastOne	True Crime	495	ART19	52
22	Crimes Of Reddit with Sabrina Deana-Roga & Alexis Linkletter	Crime House	True Crime	57	WideOrbit	62
23	Rotten Mango	Stephanie Soo	True Crime	569	Simplecast	63
24	Burden of Guilt	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	45	Omny Studio	83
25	Snapped: Women Who Murder	Oxygen	True Crime	373	ART19	58
26	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	412	Megaphone	63
27	The Scream Murder: A True Teen Horror Story	ABC News	True Crime	4	Megaphone	42
28	The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	209	Megaphone	48
29	Dateline Originals	NBC News	True Crime	180	Simplecast	68
30	Criminology	Emash Digital & Mike Ferguson, Mike Morford	True Crime	464	Simplecast	68
31	Last Podcast On The Left	The Last Podcast Network	True Crime	1217	Simplecast	58
32	10 to Life	Annie Elise	True Crime	60	Simplecast	73
33	RedHanded	RedHanded	True Crime	670	Audioboom	42
34	Murder With My Husband	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	361	Megaphone	58
35	True Crime with Kendall Rae	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	307	Audioboom	52
36	BABY	Particle Entertainment and Wavland	True Crime	6	Megaphone	53
37	Betrayal Weekly	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	175	Omny Studio	73
38	Casefile True Crime	Casefile Presents	True Crime	427	Acast	43
39	What to Carry, What to Burn	Blair Braverman	True Crime	14	Acast	69
40	Heist at the Louvre	ABC News	True Crime	5	Megaphone	53
41	The Truth About Natalie	Audiochuck	True Crime	19	Simplecast	58
42	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
43	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime	647	Audioboom	48
44	Murder In America	Bloody FM	True Crime	265	Megaphone	59
45	True Crime Garage	TRUE CRIME GARAGE	True Crime	978	Simplecast	59
46	Who Killed Angel Harris?	ID	True Crime	35	Acast	58
47	COLD	KSL Podcasts	True Crime	97	Unknown	63
48	Murder at The U	ESPN	True Crime	12	Megaphone	59
49	Serial Killers & Murderous Minds	Crime House	True Crime	203	WideOrbit	58
50	Your Own Backyard	Chris Lambert	True Crime	29	Libsyn	48
51	Deep Cover	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	85	Omny Studio	63
52	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	378	Audioboom	62
53	The Deck	Audiochuck	True Crime	250	Simplecast	58
54	Going West: True Crime	Dark West Productions	True Crime	564	Simplecast	49
55	Mile Higher	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	411	Audioboom	63
56	Bear Brook	NHPR	True Crime	25	Megaphone	63
57	Dark Downeast	Audiochuck	True Crime	296	Simplecast	63
58	Five Miles From Home	NBC News	True Crime	10	Simplecast	58
59	Homicide 360	Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi and Scott Weinberger \| Daylight Media	True Crime	24	Megaphone	58
60	Clues with Kaelyn Moore	Crime House	True Crime	88	WideOrbit	58
61	American Nightmares: The Canal Murders	Gamut Podcast Network	True Crime	74	ART19	63
62	True Crime Wisconsin	WMTV	True Crime	1	Unknown	73
63	What Happened to Her	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	44	Omny Studio	63
64	COERCED: The Devotion & Death of Mica Francis Miller	LUNASHARK®⁠	True Crime	18	Megaphone	83
65	CounterClock Feed not publicly shared by the creator	audiochuck	True Crime	129	N/A	N/A
66	Bone Valley	Lava for Good Podcasts	True Crime	70	Omny Studio	73
67	Murder in the Heartland	ID	True Crime	89	Acast	53
68	Audible True Crime	Audible	True Crime	9	ART19	53
69	Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	193	Omny Studio	52
70	Killer Psyche	Audible \| Treefort Media	True Crime	170	ART19	83
71	Up and Vanished	Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	197	WideOrbit	48
72	Trace of Suspicion	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	58
73	National Park After Dark	Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian	True Crime	414	Megaphone	73
74	Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries	Heart Starts Pounding	True Crime	205	WideOrbit	63
75	Cold Case Files	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	242	ART19	53
76	We Are Jane Doe	Snap Judgment and PRX	True Crime	3	PRX	79
77	Into The Dark	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	198	Megaphone	78
78	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace	iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline	True Crime	2003	Omny Studio	48
79	MK True Crime	MK Media	True Crime	178	Simplecast	79
80	Beyond All Repair: The Clancy Trial	WBUR	True Crime	27	Megaphone	32
81	The Slippery	Nancy Moscatiello and Scott Eldridge	True Crime	53	Megaphone	53
82	Juicy Crimes with Heather McDonald	Heather McDonald & Studio71	True Crime	60	Megaphone	68
83	Dr. Death	Audible	True Crime	14	ART19	59
84	The Lets Read Podcast	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	364	Audioboom	68
85	The Prosecutors	PodcastOne	True Crime	463	ART19	43
86	I Think Not!	I Think Not!	True Crime	430	Megaphone	53
87	Nightmares	Sword and Scale	True Crime	75	Spreaker	79
88	Scared To Death	Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins	True Crime	448	Simplecast	73
89	Crime in America with Joe Budden	Prime Crime Productions	True Crime	5	ART19	58
90	The First 48	A&E \| Crime House	True Crime	17	ART19	63
91	The Vanished Podcast	Audible	True Crime	577	ART19	58
92	Examined: The Backfire Effect	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	71	Omny Studio	58
93	I Survived	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	136	ART19	53
94	Unicorn Girl	Apple TV+ / Seven Hills	True Crime	10	ART19	69
95	Crime Weekly	Stephanie Harlowe and Derrick Levasseur	True Crime	446	Simplecast	68
96	Lights Out	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	315	Audioboom	73
97	Let's Not Meet: A True Horror Podcast	Cryptic County	True Crime	464	Audioboom	42
98	The Final Hours with Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole	Crime House	True Crime	46	WideOrbit	52
99	Someone Knows Something	CBC	True Crime	107	Triton Digital	53
100	Murder, Mystery & Makeup	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	196	Audioboom	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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