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 23 Jan 2026

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01/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 307

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:46:26

Top 5 authors

1. Audiochuck (5 shows)

2. Crime House (4 shows)

3. NBC News (4 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (3 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Simplecast (20 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	531	Simplecast	63
2	Dateline NBC	NBC News	True Crime	861	Simplecast	53
3	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	891	Simplecast	68
4	48 Hours	48 Hours	True Crime	1126	WideOrbit	53
5	Valley of Shadows	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	10	Omny Studio	79
6	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1223	Omny Studio	38
7	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	38
8	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	551	Simplecast	57
9	Dead Certain: The Martha Moxley Murder	NBC News Studios	True Crime	14	Simplecast	73
10	The Deck	Audiochuck	True Crime	250	Simplecast	58
11	The Unforgotten	Free Range Productions	True Crime	75	Megaphone	63
12	Last Podcast On The Left	The Last Podcast Network	True Crime	1209	Simplecast	58
13	The Binge Crimes: What Happened to the Harrisons?	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	174	Megaphone	48
14	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	446	Audioboom	63
15	BETH'S DEAD	Monica Padman, Elizabeth Laime, Andy Rosen	True Crime	14	Libsyn	69
16	Anatomy of Murder	Audiochuck	True Crime	267	Simplecast	63
17	Rotten Mango	Stephanie Soo	True Crime	565	Simplecast	63
18	Park Predators	Audiochuck	True Crime	182	Simplecast	63
19	Snapped: Women Who Murder	Oxygen	True Crime	369	ART19	58
20	Dateline Originals	NBC News	True Crime	179	Simplecast	68
21	Culpable	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	True Crime	74	Megaphone	69
22	True Crime with Kendall Rae	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	303	Audioboom	52
23	Something About Cari	NBC News	True Crime	7	Simplecast	63
24	Betrayal Season 6	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	181	Omny Studio	63
25	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	542	ART19	58
26	13th Juror Podcast	Brandi Churchwell	True Crime	154	Audioboom	38
27	Murder With My Husband	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	358	Megaphone	58
28	The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	192	Megaphone	48
29	Murder, Mystery & Makeup	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	196	Audioboom	58
30	Mind of a Monster: The Hollywood Ripper	ID	True Crime	65	Acast	73
31	True Crime All The Time Unsolved	PodcastOne	True Crime	491	ART19	52
32	True Crime Garage	TRUE CRIME GARAGE	True Crime	969	Simplecast	59
33	Cold Case Files	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	230	ART19	53
34	10 to Life	Annie Elise	True Crime	57	Audioboom	73
35	Dark Downeast	Audiochuck	True Crime	292	Simplecast	63
36	Up and Vanished	Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	202	WideOrbit	48
37	Bone Valley	Lava for Good Podcasts	True Crime	66	Omny Studio	73
38	Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries	Heart Starts Pounding	True Crime	201	WideOrbit	63
39	Under Cover of Knight	Apple TV+ / Spoke Media	True Crime	12	ART19	83
40	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	25	Megaphone	69
41	Casefile True Crime	Casefile Presents	True Crime	423	Acast	43
42	Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	188	Omny Studio	52
43	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime	641	Audioboom	48
44	One of Their Own	KPBS	True Crime	7	StreamGuys	59
45	On the Case with Paula Zahn Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	On the Case with Paula Zahn	True Crime	29	N/A	N/A
46	Betrayal Weekly	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	175	Omny Studio	73
47	Nightmares	Sword and Scale	True Crime	72	Spreaker	79
48	Murder In America	Bloody FM	True Crime	261	Megaphone	59
49	RedHanded	RedHanded	True Crime	656	Audioboom	42
50	Going West: True Crime	Dark West Productions	True Crime	557	Simplecast	49
51	Unicorn Girl	Apple TV+ / Seven Hills	True Crime	10	ART19	69
52	Two Girls One Ghost	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	851	Megaphone	69
53	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace	iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline	True Crime	2003	Omny Studio	48
54	The Hand in the Window	ABC News	True Crime	8	Megaphone	53
55	Criminology	Emash Digital & Mike Ferguson, Mike Morford	True Crime	460	Simplecast	68
56	Chameleon	Audiochuck \| Campside Media	True Crime	50	Simplecast	69
57	Forensic Files	HLN	True Crime	388	Acast	38
58	DNA: ID	AbJack Entertainment	True Crime	408	Libsyn	63
59	The Lets Read Podcast	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	361	Audioboom	68
60	I Survived	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	136	ART19	53
61	Into The Dark	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	195	Megaphone	78
62	Clues with Kaelyn Moore	Crime House	True Crime	83	WideOrbit	58
63	Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield	Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield	True Crime	375	Audioboom	37
64	The Vanished Podcast	Audible	True Crime	574	ART19	58
65	Scared To Death	Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins	True Crime	441	Simplecast	73
66	Juicy Crimes with Heather McDonald	Heather McDonald & Studio71	True Crime	56	Megaphone	68
67	True Sunlight	LUNASHARK®⁠	True Crime	331	Megaphone	69
68	Blink \| Jake Haendel's Story	Sony Music, Corinne Vien, Jacob Haendel	True Crime	20	Megaphone	48
69	What the Hack?	DeleteMe	True Crime	253	Megaphone	53
70	Bear Brook	NHPR	True Crime	23	Megaphone	63
71	National Park After Dark	Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian	True Crime	411	Megaphone	73
72	Let's Not Meet: A True Horror Podcast	Cryptic County	True Crime	462	Audioboom	42
73	Deadly Engagement	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	58
74	Stop Rewind: The Lost Boy	Blanchard House / Curiouscast	True Crime	11	Megaphone	53
75	The Prosecutors	PodcastOne	True Crime	460	ART19	43
76	CounterClock Feed not publicly shared by the creator	audiochuck	True Crime	129	N/A	N/A
77	Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes	Crime House	History	128	WideOrbit	68
78	The Mile Zero Murders from Uncover	CBC	True Crime	324	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	I Think Not!	I Think Not!	True Crime	421	Megaphone	53
81	Killer Psyche	Audible \| Treefort Media	True Crime	166	ART19	83
82	The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall	CBC	True Crime	17	Triton Digital	53
83	Murder: True Crime Stories	Crime House	True Crime	231	WideOrbit	58
84	Paper Ghosts: The Texas Teen Murders	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	59	Omny Studio	53
85	The First Degree	Alexis Linkletter, Jac Vanek	True Crime	723	Megaphone	49
86	Who Took Misty Copsey?	ID	True Crime	31	Acast	69
87	COLD	KSL Podcasts	True Crime	92	Unknown	63
88	MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries	Wondery \| Ballen Studios	True Crime	109	ART19	63
89	Crime Weekly	Stephanie Harlowe and Derrick Levasseur	True Crime	440	Simplecast	68
90	Monster: Hunting the Long Island Serial Killer	iHeartPodcasts and Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	9	Omny Studio	53
91	Serial Killers & Murderous Minds	Crime House	True Crime	193	WideOrbit	58
92	LOVE MURDER	Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette	True Crime	511	ART19	58
93	Proof: A True Crime Podcast	Red Marble Media	True Crime	103	Megaphone	68
94	Nobody Should Believe Me	True Story Media	True Crime	165	Megaphone	73
95	The Peacemaker	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	10	Omny Studio	59
96	Bedtime Stories	Bedtime Stories \| Daylight Media	True Crime	159	Megaphone	58
97	Generation Why: True Crime	Audible	True Crime	213	ART19	68
98	Everything They Missed	Stephanie Tinsley/Audacy/TFTV	True Crime	13	Megaphone	59
99	Real Life Real Crime	Real Life Real Crime Productions	True Crime	1029	RedCircle	74
100	Hell and Gone	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	170	Omny Studio	84

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