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 17 Oct 2026

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10/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 249

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:44:47

Top 5 authors

1. ABC News (6 shows)

2. Audiochuck (6 shows)

3. NBC News (5 shows)

4. Crime House (4 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (23 shows)

2. Megaphone (22 shows)

3. ART19 (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (13 shows)

5. WideOrbit (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Crime Junkie	Audiochuck	True Crime	534	Simplecast	63
2	Dateline NBC	NBC News	True Crime	875	Simplecast	53
3	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	29	Megaphone	69
4	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	899	Simplecast	68
5	Not Just A Terrible Story	Terrible Story Productions	True Crime	11	Captivate	78
6	Betrayal Season 6	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	185	Omny Studio	63
7	My Mom’s Murder	AYR Media	True Crime	6	ART19	53
8	48 Hours	48 Hours	True Crime	1140	WideOrbit	53
9	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	38
10	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	565	Simplecast	57
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	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise	True Crime	455	Simplecast	68
15	Cruel Summer: The Violent Death of Tiffany Valiante	Wavland and Street Smart Audio	True Crime	9	Megaphone	58
16	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	549	ART19	58
17	The Binge Crimes: What Happened to the Harrisons?	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	160	Megaphone	48
18	What Happened to the McStays?	ABC News	True Crime	8	Megaphone	48
19	True Crime with Kendall Rae	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	307	Audioboom	52
20	Last Podcast On The Left	The Last Podcast Network	True Crime	1217	Simplecast	58
21	The Snare	ABC News	True Crime	9	Megaphone	53
22	True Crime All The Time Unsolved	PodcastOne	True Crime	494	ART19	52
23	Park Predators	Audiochuck	True Crime	185	Simplecast	63
24	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	412	Megaphone	63
25	The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	209	Megaphone	48
26	Rotten Mango	Stephanie Soo	True Crime	569	Simplecast	63
27	BABY	Particle Entertainment and Wavland	True Crime	6	Megaphone	53
28	Criminology	Emash Digital & Mike Ferguson, Mike Morford	True Crime	463	Simplecast	68
29	Dateline Originals	NBC News	True Crime	180	Simplecast	68
30	Burden of Guilt	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	45	Omny Studio	83
31	Crimes Of Reddit with Sabrina Deana-Roga & Alexis Linkletter	Crime House	True Crime	57	WideOrbit	62
32	Snapped: Women Who Murder	Oxygen	True Crime	372	ART19	58
33	The Scream Murder: A True Teen Horror Story	ABC News	True Crime	4	Megaphone	42
34	RedHanded	RedHanded	True Crime	670	Audioboom	42
35	Heist at the Louvre	ABC News	True Crime	5	Megaphone	53
36	Betrayal Weekly	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	175	Omny Studio	73
37	10 to Life	Annie Elise	True Crime	60	Simplecast	73
38	Murder In America	Bloody FM	True Crime	265	Megaphone	59
39	Dark Downeast	Audiochuck	True Crime	296	Simplecast	63
40	Serial Killers & Murderous Minds	Crime House	True Crime	202	WideOrbit	58
41	She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast	Cloud10	True Crime	157	Megaphone	37
42	Murder With My Husband	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	361	Megaphone	58
43	The Dropout	ABC News	True Crime	32	Libsyn	43
44	What Happened to Her	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	44	Omny Studio	63
45	The Truth About Natalie	Audiochuck	True Crime	19	Simplecast	58
46	Casefile True Crime	Casefile Presents	True Crime	427	Acast	43
47	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
48	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	378	Audioboom	62
49	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime	647	Audioboom	48
50	True Crime Garage	TRUE CRIME GARAGE	True Crime	978	Simplecast	59
51	Murder in the Heartland	ID	True Crime	89	Acast	53
52	The Deck	Audiochuck	True Crime	250	Simplecast	58
53	Morrison Mysteries	NBC News	True Crime	21	Simplecast	69
54	What to Carry, What to Burn	Blair Braverman	True Crime	14	Acast	69
55	Up and Vanished	Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	197	WideOrbit	48
56	Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries	Heart Starts Pounding	True Crime	205	WideOrbit	63
57	Blood Trails	MeatEater	True Crime	26	Omny Studio	63
58	COLD	KSL Podcasts	True Crime	97	Unknown	63
59	Deep Cover	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	85	Omny Studio	63
60	Five Miles From Home	NBC News	True Crime	10	Simplecast	58
61	Going West: True Crime	Dark West Productions	True Crime	564	Simplecast	49
62	Mile Higher	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	411	Audioboom	63
63	Bear Brook	NHPR	True Crime	25	Megaphone	63
64	Who Killed Angel Harris?	ID	True Crime	35	Acast	58
65	Your Own Backyard	Chris Lambert	True Crime	29	Libsyn	48
66	CounterClock Feed not publicly shared by the creator	audiochuck	True Crime	129	N/A	N/A
67	Small Town Dicks	Small Town Dicks \| Audio 99 \| Daylight Media	True Crime	300	Megaphone	63
68	Bone Valley	Lava for Good Podcasts	True Crime	70	Omny Studio	73
69	Trace of Suspicion	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	58
70	American Nightmares: The Canal Murders	Gamut Podcast Network	True Crime	74	ART19	63
71	Cold Case Files	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	241	ART19	53
72	Crime Weekly	Stephanie Harlowe and Derrick Levasseur	True Crime	446	Simplecast	68
73	Murder at The U	ESPN	True Crime	12	Megaphone	59
74	The First 48	A&E \| Crime House	True Crime	17	ART19	63
75	Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	193	Omny Studio	52
76	Homicide 360	Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi and Scott Weinberger \| Daylight Media	True Crime	24	Megaphone	58
77	True Crime Wisconsin	WMTV	True Crime	1	Unknown	73
78	The Most Wanted Olympian from Uncover	CBC	True Crime	327	Triton Digital	58
79	Sistas Who Kill: A True Crime Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	MaRah & Taz	True Crime	277	N/A	N/A
80	Dr. Death	Audible	True Crime	14	ART19	59
81	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace	iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline	True Crime	2003	Omny Studio	48
82	National Park After Dark	Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian	True Crime	414	Megaphone	73
83	Clues with Kaelyn Moore	Crime House	True Crime	88	WideOrbit	58
84	MK True Crime	MK Media	True Crime	178	Simplecast	79
85	Killer Psyche	Audible \| Treefort Media	True Crime	170	ART19	83
86	Everything They Missed	Stephanie Tinsley	True Crime	20	ART19	53
87	The Survivor Files with Elizabeth Smart	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	12	Omny Studio	62
88	COERCED: The Devotion & Death of Mica Francis Miller	LUNASHARK®⁠	True Crime	18	Megaphone	83
89	Unicorn Girl	Apple TV+ / Seven Hills	True Crime	10	ART19	69
90	Heart	Apple TV / Plan B / Blanchard House	True Crime	4	ART19	73
91	Into The Dark	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	198	Megaphone	78
92	Scared To Death	Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins	True Crime	448	Simplecast	73
93	Examined: The Backfire Effect	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	71	Omny Studio	58
94	Audible True Crime	Audible	True Crime	9	ART19	53
95	Crime in America with Joe Budden	Prime Crime Productions	True Crime	5	ART19	58
96	The Lets Read Podcast	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	364	Audioboom	68
97	Murder: True Crime Stories	Crime House	True Crime	243	WideOrbit	58
98	Someone Knows Something	CBC	True Crime	107	Triton Digital	53
99	Beyond All Repair: The Clancy Trial	WBUR	True Crime	27	Megaphone	32
100	Anatomy of Murder	Audiochuck	True Crime	267	Simplecast	63

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