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 22 Mar 2026

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03/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 282

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:46:19

Top 5 authors

1. NBC News (5 shows)

2. Audiochuck (5 shows)

3. Crime House (4 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (3 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (23 shows)

2. Megaphone (23 shows)

3. ART19 (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (11 shows)

5. Audioboom (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Crime Junkie	Audiochuck	True Crime	529	Simplecast	63
2	Dateline NBC	NBC News	True Crime	855	Simplecast	53
3	Trace of Suspicion	NBC News	True Crime	8	Simplecast	58
4	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	886	Simplecast	68
5	48 Hours	CBS News	True Crime	1117	WideOrbit	53
6	Love Trapped	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	True Crime	31	Omny Studio	63
7	Bridge of Lies	ABC News	True Crime	9	Megaphone	59
8	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	48
9	Betrayal Weekly	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	178	Omny Studio	53
10	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	544	Simplecast	57
11	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1218	Omny Studio	38
12	Last Podcast On The Left	The Last Podcast Network	True Crime	1205	Simplecast	58
13	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
14	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	442	Audioboom	63
15	The Deck	Audiochuck	True Crime	250	Simplecast	58
16	The Binge Crimes: What Happened to the Harrisons?	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	174	Megaphone	48
17	Casefile True Crime	Casefile Presents	True Crime	421	Acast	43
18	Blood is Thicker: The Farris Wheel	CBS News	True Crime	27	ART19	63
19	Park Predators	Audiochuck	True Crime	178	Simplecast	63
20	Dateline Originals	NBC News	True Crime	179	Simplecast	68
21	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	538	ART19	58
22	Snapped: Women Who Murder	Oxygen	True Crime	367	ART19	58
23	Rotten Mango	Stephanie Soo	True Crime	561	Simplecast	63
24	True Crime with Kendall Rae	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	302	Audioboom	52
25	Dark Downeast	Audiochuck	True Crime	289	Simplecast	63
26	True Crime Garage	TRUE CRIME GARAGE	True Crime	966	Simplecast	59
27	Someone Knows Something	CBC	True Crime	110	Triton Digital	59
28	Murder In America	Bloody FM	True Crime	259	Megaphone	59
29	The Idiot	Serial Productions & The New York Times	True Crime	7	Simplecast	73
30	Murder With My Husband	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	356	Megaphone	58
31	Going West: True Crime	Dark West Productions	True Crime	552	Simplecast	49
32	Cold Case Files	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	224	ART19	53
33	Killer In The Code	Michael Connelly	True Crime	13	Spreaker	74
34	The Final Hours with Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole	Crime House	True Crime	29	Megaphone	73
35	Two-Faced: John of God	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	7	Omny Studio	59
36	True Crime All The Time Unsolved	PodcastOne	True Crime	489	ART19	52
37	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace	iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline	True Crime	2003	Omny Studio	48
38	The Binge Cases: What She Buried	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	202	Megaphone	48
39	RedHanded	RedHanded	True Crime	650	Audioboom	42
40	Criminology	Emash Digital & Mike Ferguson, Mike Morford	True Crime	458	Simplecast	68
41	Amanda Knox Hosts \| DOUBT: The Case of Lucy Letby	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	16	Omny Studio	73
42	Two Girls One Ghost	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	847	Megaphone	69
43	Blood Will Tell	Audible \| Campside	True Crime	9	ART19	59
44	Anatomy of Murder	Audiochuck	True Crime	267	Simplecast	63
45	Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries	Heart Starts Pounding	True Crime	199	WideOrbit	63
46	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	23	Megaphone	69
47	10 to Life	Annie Elise	True Crime	55	Audioboom	73
48	Someone’s Hunting Us	NJ.com	True Crime	9	Megaphone	63
49	Chameleon	Audiochuck \| Campside Media	True Crime	48	Simplecast	79
50	Sistas Who Kill: A True Crime Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	MaRah & Taz	True Crime	277	N/A	N/A
51	Murder, Mystery & Makeup	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	196	Audioboom	58
52	Hidden True Crime	Hidden True Crime \| Daylight Media	True Crime	524	Megaphone	64
53	Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield	Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield	True Crime	365	Audioboom	37
54	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime	638	Audioboom	48
55	Betrayal Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	159	Omny Studio	73
56	Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	187	Omny Studio	52
57	Mind of a Monster: The Hollywood Ripper	ID	True Crime	65	Acast	73
58	Crime Weekly	Stephanie Harlowe and Derrick Levasseur	True Crime	437	Simplecast	68
59	Forensic Files	HLN	True Crime	386	Acast	38
60	Gone South	Audacy Podcasts	True Crime	90	Megaphone	79
61	Proof: A True Crime Podcast	Red Marble Media	True Crime	103	Megaphone	68
62	Murder at The U	ESPN	True Crime	9	Megaphone	64
63	City of Lights	Willy Nast	True Crime	7	Libsyn	79
64	Scared To Death	Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins	True Crime	439	Simplecast	73
65	Murder: True Crime Stories	Crime House	True Crime	226	WideOrbit	58
66	The Epstein Files	NBN.fm	True Crime	199	Buzzsprout	69
67	Criminally Obsessed	Criminally Obsessed	True Crime	29	Megaphone	69
68	Burden of Guilt	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	38	Omny Studio	83
69	Bone Valley	Lava for Good Podcasts	True Crime	65	Omny Studio	73
70	The Lets Read Podcast	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	359	Audioboom	68
71	Judged: A Mother's Love	BBC Sounds	True Crime	7	BBC	69
72	National Park After Dark	Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian	True Crime	408	Megaphone	73
73	American Nightmares: The Canal Murders	Gamut Podcast Network	True Crime	69	ART19	63
74	Mile Higher	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	405	Audioboom	63
75	Deadly Engagement	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	58
76	Dead Certain: The Martha Moxley Murder	NBC News Studios	True Crime	14	Simplecast	73
77	Unicorn Girl	Apple TV+ / Seven Hills	True Crime	10	ART19	69
78	Up and Vanished	Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	202	WideOrbit	48
79	Frozen Files	Madison McGhee	True Crime	8	Megaphone	53
80	Are You Captain Purple	Hilliard House Productions	True Crime	9	Podbean	63
81	The Mile Zero Murders from Uncover	CBC	True Crime	324	Triton Digital	58
82	Your Own Backyard	Chris Lambert	True Crime	29	Libsyn	48
83	Unheard: True Crime in Their Own Words	Justin Shepherd	True Crime	24	ART19	73
84	Into The Dark	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	194	Megaphone	78
85	Bear Brook	NHPR	True Crime	22	Megaphone	73
86	The Vanished Podcast	Audible	True Crime	572	ART19	58
87	Serial Killers & Murderous Minds	Crime House	True Crime	203	WideOrbit	58
88	MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries	Wondery \| Ballen Studios	True Crime	109	ART19	63
89	Clues with Morgan Absher and Kaelyn Moore	Crime House	True Crime	81	WideOrbit	52
90	Valley of Shadows	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	10	Omny Studio	79
91	Let's Not Meet: A True Horror Podcast	Cryptic County	True Crime	460	Audioboom	42
92	True Sunlight	LUNASHARK®⁠	True Crime	327	Megaphone	69
93	I Survived	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	135	ART19	53
94	Generation Why: True Crime	Audible	True Crime	213	ART19	68
95	CounterClock Feed not publicly shared by the creator	audiochuck	True Crime	129	N/A	N/A
96	Something About Cari	NBC News	True Crime	7	Simplecast	63
97	MK True Crime	MK Media	True Crime	156	Simplecast	73
98	Just Creepy: Scary Stories	Just Creepy	True Crime	549	Spotify for Podcasters	32
99	Who Blew Up The Guidestones?	The Atlanta Journal-Constitution	True Crime	12	Megaphone	63
100	Blink \| Jake Haendel's Story	Sony Music, Corinne Vien, Jacob Haendel	True Crime	20	Megaphone	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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