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 18 Oct 2026

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10/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 259

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:44:55

Top 5 authors

1. NBC News (6 shows)

2. Audiochuck (6 shows)

3. ABC News (6 shows)

4. Crime House (4 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (25 shows)

2. Megaphone (19 shows)

3. ART19 (13 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	874	Simplecast	53
3	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	899	Simplecast	68
4	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	29	Megaphone	69
5	Betrayal Season 6	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	185	Omny Studio	63
6	Not Just A Terrible Story	Terrible Story Productions	True Crime	11	Captivate	78
7	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	38
8	48 Hours	48 Hours	True Crime	1139	WideOrbit	53
9	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	564	Simplecast	57
10	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1235	Omny Studio	38
11	My Mom’s Murder	AYR Media	True Crime	6	ART19	53
12	Love Trapped	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	True Crime	32	Omny Studio	63
13	The Woman in the Woods	48 Hours	True Crime	7	WideOrbit	48
14	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	411	Megaphone	63
15	Last Podcast On The Left	The Last Podcast Network	True Crime	1216	Simplecast	58
16	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise	True Crime	455	Simplecast	68
17	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	549	ART19	58
18	The Binge Crimes: What Happened to the Harrisons?	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	160	Megaphone	48
19	True Crime with Kendall Rae	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	307	Audioboom	52
20	Dateline Originals	NBC News	True Crime	180	Simplecast	68
21	Park Predators	Audiochuck	True Crime	185	Simplecast	63
22	Cruel Summer: The Violent Death of Tiffany Valiante	Wavland and Street Smart Audio	True Crime	9	Megaphone	58
23	Rotten Mango	Stephanie Soo	True Crime	569	Simplecast	63
24	True Crime All The Time Unsolved	PodcastOne	True Crime	494	ART19	52
25	The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	209	Megaphone	48
26	Casefile True Crime	Casefile Presents	True Crime	426	Acast	43
27	Snapped: Women Who Murder	Oxygen	True Crime	372	ART19	58
28	What Happened to the McStays?	ABC News	True Crime	8	Megaphone	48
29	Criminology	Emash Digital & Mike Ferguson, Mike Morford	True Crime	463	Simplecast	68
30	Burden of Guilt	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	45	Omny Studio	83
31	BABY	Particle Entertainment and Wavland	True Crime	6	Megaphone	53
32	Crimes Of Reddit with Sabrina Deana-Roga & Alexis Linkletter	Crime House	True Crime	57	WideOrbit	62
33	The Snare	ABC News	True Crime	9	Megaphone	53
34	RedHanded	RedHanded	True Crime	669	Audioboom	42
35	Heist at the Louvre	ABC News	True Crime	5	Megaphone	53
36	Murder In America	Bloody FM	True Crime	264	Megaphone	59
37	The Scream Murder: A True Teen Horror Story	ABC News	True Crime	4	Megaphone	42
38	Betrayal Weekly	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	175	Omny Studio	73
39	Dark Downeast	Audiochuck	True Crime	296	Simplecast	63
40	The Dropout	ABC News	True Crime	32	Libsyn	43
41	Murder With My Husband	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	361	Megaphone	58
42	Morrison Mysteries	NBC News	True Crime	19	Simplecast	69
43	10 to Life	Annie Elise	True Crime	60	Simplecast	73
44	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
45	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	378	Audioboom	62
46	True Crime Garage	TRUE CRIME GARAGE	True Crime	978	Simplecast	59
47	Small Town Dicks	Small Town Dicks \| Audio 99 \| Daylight Media	True Crime	299	Megaphone	63
48	Going West: True Crime	Dark West Productions	True Crime	563	Simplecast	49
49	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime	647	Audioboom	48
50	The Deck	Audiochuck	True Crime	250	Simplecast	58
51	Serial Killers & Murderous Minds	Crime House	True Crime	202	WideOrbit	58
52	The Truth About Natalie	Audiochuck	True Crime	19	Simplecast	58
53	Cold Case Files	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	241	ART19	53
54	Murder in the Heartland	ID	True Crime	89	Acast	53
55	Up and Vanished	Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	197	WideOrbit	48
56	What Happened to Her	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	44	Omny Studio	63
57	Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries	Heart Starts Pounding	True Crime	205	WideOrbit	63
58	COLD	KSL Podcasts	True Crime	96	Unknown	63
59	Crime Weekly	Stephanie Harlowe and Derrick Levasseur	True Crime	445	Simplecast	68
60	Five Miles From Home	NBC News	True Crime	10	Simplecast	58
61	Deep Cover	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	85	Omny Studio	63
62	Who Killed Angel Harris?	ID	True Crime	35	Acast	58
63	CounterClock Feed not publicly shared by the creator	audiochuck	True Crime	129	N/A	N/A
64	Blood Trails	MeatEater	True Crime	26	Omny Studio	63
65	Bear Brook	NHPR	True Crime	25	Megaphone	63
66	What to Carry, What to Burn	Blair Braverman	True Crime	14	Acast	69
67	Mile Higher	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	411	Audioboom	63
68	Your Own Backyard	Chris Lambert	True Crime	29	Libsyn	48
69	Sistas Who Kill: A True Crime Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	MaRah & Taz	True Crime	277	N/A	N/A
70	Bone Valley	Lava for Good Podcasts	True Crime	70	Omny Studio	73
71	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace	iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline	True Crime	2003	Omny Studio	48
72	She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast	Cloud10	True Crime	157	Megaphone	37
73	Trace of Suspicion	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	58
74	The Most Wanted Olympian from Uncover	CBC	True Crime	327	Triton Digital	58
75	American Nightmares: The Canal Murders	Gamut Podcast Network	True Crime	74	ART19	63
76	Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	193	Omny Studio	52
77	National Park After Dark	Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian	True Crime	414	Megaphone	73
78	Scared To Death	Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins	True Crime	448	Simplecast	73
79	Dr. Death	Audible	True Crime	14	ART19	59
80	The First 48	A&E \| Crime House	True Crime	17	ART19	63
81	Homicide 360	Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi and Scott Weinberger \| Daylight Media	True Crime	24	Megaphone	58
82	Clues with Kaelyn Moore	Crime House	True Crime	88	WideOrbit	58
83	Heart	Apple TV / Plan B / Blanchard House	True Crime	4	ART19	73
84	Nightmares	Sword and Scale	True Crime	75	Spreaker	79
85	Killer Psyche	Audible \| Treefort Media	True Crime	170	ART19	83
86	The Lets Read Podcast	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	364	Audioboom	68
87	Into The Dark	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	198	Megaphone	78
88	Murder: True Crime Stories	Crime House	True Crime	242	WideOrbit	58
89	Forensic Files	HLN	True Crime	392	Acast	38
90	MK True Crime	MK Media	True Crime	177	Simplecast	79
91	Anatomy of Murder	Audiochuck	True Crime	267	Simplecast	63
92	Unicorn Girl	Apple TV+ / Seven Hills	True Crime	10	ART19	69
93	Sea of Lies	CBC	True Crime	9	Triton Digital	53
94	The Survivor Files with Elizabeth Smart	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	12	Omny Studio	62
95	Chameleon	Audiochuck \| Campside Media	True Crime	54	Simplecast	69
96	Murder, Mystery & Makeup	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	196	Audioboom	58
97	Dateline: Missing in America	NBC News	True Crime	37	Simplecast	68
98	Everything They Missed	Stephanie Tinsley	True Crime	20	ART19	53
99	Examined: The Backfire Effect	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	71	Omny Studio	58
100	The Prosecutors	PodcastOne	True Crime	463	ART19	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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