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 21 Oct 2026

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10/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 261

Frequency: every 25 days

Duration: 00:45:14

Top 5 authors

1. ABC News (6 shows)

2. NBC News (5 shows)

3. Audiochuck (5 shows)

4. Crime House (4 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (20 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	Dateline NBC	NBC News	True Crime	875	Simplecast	53
3	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	899	Simplecast	68
4	Betrayal Season 6	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	185	Omny Studio	63
5	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	29	Megaphone	69
6	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	38
7	Not Just A Terrible Story	Terrible Story Productions	True Crime	11	Captivate	78
8	48 Hours	48 Hours	True Crime	1140	WideOrbit	53
9	My Mom’s Murder	AYR Media	True Crime	6	ART19	53
10	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	565	Simplecast	57
11	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1235	Omny Studio	38
12	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	549	ART19	58
13	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise	True Crime	455	Simplecast	68
14	Crimes Of Reddit with Sabrina Deana-Roga & Alexis Linkletter	Crime House	True Crime	57	WideOrbit	62
15	Love Trapped	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	True Crime	34	Omny Studio	63
16	Park Predators	Audiochuck	True Crime	185	Simplecast	63
17	The Dropout	ABC News	True Crime	32	Libsyn	43
18	The Woman in the Woods	48 Hours	True Crime	7	WideOrbit	48
19	Heart	Apple TV / Plan B / Blanchard House	True Crime	4	ART19	73
20	Snapped: Women Who Murder	Oxygen	True Crime	372	ART19	58
21	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
22	Rotten Mango	Stephanie Soo	True Crime	569	Simplecast	63
23	The Binge Crimes: What Happened to the Harrisons?	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	160	Megaphone	48
24	True Crime All The Time Unsolved	PodcastOne	True Crime	494	ART19	52
25	Dateline Originals	NBC News	True Crime	180	Simplecast	68
26	Murder With My Husband	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	361	Megaphone	58
27	Criminology	Emash Digital & Mike Ferguson, Mike Morford	True Crime	464	Simplecast	68
28	Sea of Lies	CBC	True Crime	9	Triton Digital	53
29	Last Podcast On The Left	The Last Podcast Network	True Crime	1217	Simplecast	58
30	Cruel Summer: The Violent Death of Tiffany Valiante	Wavland and Street Smart Audio	True Crime	9	Megaphone	58
31	Burden of Guilt	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	45	Omny Studio	83
32	10 to Life	Annie Elise	True Crime	60	Simplecast	73
33	BABY	Particle Entertainment and Wavland	True Crime	6	Megaphone	53
34	The Slippery	Nancy Moscatiello and Scott Eldridge	True Crime	53	Megaphone	53
35	The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	209	Megaphone	48
36	True Crime with Kendall Rae	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	307	Audioboom	52
37	RedHanded	RedHanded	True Crime	670	Audioboom	42
38	Casefile True Crime	Casefile Presents	True Crime	427	Acast	43
39	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	412	Megaphone	63
40	What Happened to the McStays?	ABC News	True Crime	8	Megaphone	48
41	Betrayal Weekly	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	175	Omny Studio	73
42	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime	647	Audioboom	48
43	Heist at the Louvre	ABC News	True Crime	5	Megaphone	53
44	Murder In America	Bloody FM	True Crime	265	Megaphone	59
45	The Scream Murder: A True Teen Horror Story	ABC News	True Crime	4	Megaphone	42
46	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	378	Audioboom	62
47	Bad Blood: The Final Chapter	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	4	Megaphone	53
48	Who Killed Angel Harris?	ID	True Crime	35	Acast	58
49	Morrison Mysteries	NBC News	True Crime	23	Simplecast	69
50	Dark Downeast	Audiochuck	True Crime	296	Simplecast	63
51	The Deck	Audiochuck	True Crime	250	Simplecast	58
52	Up and Vanished	Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	197	WideOrbit	48
53	What to Carry, What to Burn	Blair Braverman	True Crime	14	Acast	69
54	Deep Cover	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	85	Omny Studio	63
55	The Gilded Rage	AYR Media	True Crime	3	RedCircle	63
56	The Truth About Natalie	Audiochuck	True Crime	19	Simplecast	58
57	Serial Killers & Murderous Minds	Crime House	True Crime	202	WideOrbit	58
58	The Snare	ABC News	True Crime	9	Megaphone	53
59	National Park After Dark	Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian	True Crime	414	Megaphone	73
60	Going West: True Crime	Dark West Productions	True Crime	564	Simplecast	49
61	CounterClock Feed not publicly shared by the creator	audiochuck	True Crime	129	N/A	N/A
62	Homicide 360	Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi and Scott Weinberger \| Daylight Media	True Crime	24	Megaphone	58
63	Bear Brook	NHPR	True Crime	25	Megaphone	63
64	What Happened to Her	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	44	Omny Studio	63
65	Killer Psyche	Audible \| Treefort Media	True Crime	170	ART19	83
66	Five Miles From Home	NBC News	True Crime	10	Simplecast	58
67	True Crime Garage	TRUE CRIME GARAGE	True Crime	978	Simplecast	59
68	Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries	Heart Starts Pounding	True Crime	205	WideOrbit	63
69	American Nightmares: The Canal Murders	Gamut Podcast Network	True Crime	74	ART19	63
70	Your Own Backyard	Chris Lambert	True Crime	29	Libsyn	48
71	The Most Wanted Olympian from Uncover	CBC	True Crime	327	Triton Digital	58
72	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace	iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline	True Crime	2003	Omny Studio	48
73	COLD	KSL Podcasts	True Crime	97	Unknown	63
74	Murder in the Heartland	ID	True Crime	89	Acast	53
75	Bone Valley	Lava for Good Podcasts	True Crime	70	Omny Studio	73
76	Blood Trails	MeatEater	True Crime	26	Omny Studio	63
77	Cold Case Files	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	242	ART19	53
78	I Survived	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	136	ART19	53
79	The Vanished Podcast	Audible	True Crime	577	ART19	58
80	Nobody Should Believe Me	True Story Media	True Crime	164	Megaphone	73
81	Trace of Suspicion	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	58
82	Let's Not Meet: A True Horror Podcast	Cryptic County	True Crime	464	Audioboom	42
83	Small Town Dicks	Small Town Dicks \| Audio 99 \| Daylight Media	True Crime	300	Megaphone	63
84	Into The Dark	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	198	Megaphone	78
85	Examined: The Backfire Effect	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	71	Omny Studio	58
86	Nightmares	Sword and Scale	True Crime	75	Spreaker	79
87	The Prosecutors	PodcastOne	True Crime	463	ART19	43
88	Scamanda	Lionsgate Sound	True Crime	20	Acast	79
89	Lights Out	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	315	Audioboom	73
90	Dr. Death	Audible	True Crime	14	ART19	59
91	Unicorn Girl	Apple TV+ / Seven Hills	True Crime	10	ART19	69
92	Generation Why: True Crime	Audible	True Crime	218	ART19	68
93	Mile Higher	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	411	Audioboom	63
94	Crime Weekly	Stephanie Harlowe and Derrick Levasseur	True Crime	446	Simplecast	68
95	The Lets Read Podcast	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	364	Audioboom	68
96	Clues with Kaelyn Moore	Crime House	True Crime	88	WideOrbit	58
97	Murder, Mystery & Makeup	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	196	Audioboom	58
98	Sistas Who Kill: A True Crime Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	MaRah & Taz	True Crime	277	N/A	N/A
99	The First 48	A&E \| Crime House	True Crime	17	ART19	63
100	Murder: True Crime Stories	Crime House	True Crime	243	WideOrbit	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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