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 Oct 2026

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10/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 256

Frequency: every 24 days

Duration: 00:45:37

Top 5 authors

1. ABC News (6 shows)

2. Crime House (6 shows)

3. NBC News (5 shows)

4. Audiochuck (5 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Simplecast (23 shows)

3. Omny Studio (12 shows)

4. ART19 (11 shows)

5. WideOrbit (10 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	48 Hours	48 Hours	True Crime	1140	WideOrbit	53
6	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	29	Megaphone	69
7	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	38
8	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	565	Simplecast	57
9	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1235	Omny Studio	38
10	Not Just A Terrible Story	Terrible Story Productions	True Crime	11	Captivate	78
11	Heart	Apple TV / Plan B / Blanchard House	True Crime	4	ART19	73
12	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise	True Crime	455	Simplecast	68
13	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	549	ART19	58
14	My Mom’s Murder	AYR Media	True Crime	6	ART19	53
15	Love Trapped	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	True Crime	34	Omny Studio	63
16	The Dropout	ABC News	True Crime	32	Libsyn	43
17	Crimes Of Reddit with Sabrina Deana-Roga & Alexis Linkletter	Crime House	True Crime	57	WideOrbit	62
18	Bear Brook	NHPR	True Crime	25	Megaphone	63
19	Last Podcast On The Left	The Last Podcast Network	True Crime	1217	Simplecast	58
20	Rotten Mango	Stephanie Soo	True Crime	569	Simplecast	63
21	Park Predators	Audiochuck	True Crime	185	Simplecast	63
22	The Woman in the Woods	48 Hours	True Crime	7	WideOrbit	48
23	True Crime with Kendall Rae	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	307	Audioboom	52
24	The Binge Crimes: What Happened to the Harrisons?	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	160	Megaphone	48
25	Snapped: Women Who Murder	Oxygen	True Crime	372	ART19	58
26	Dateline Originals	NBC News	True Crime	180	Simplecast	68
27	The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	209	Megaphone	48
28	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
29	True Crime All The Time Unsolved	PodcastOne	True Crime	494	ART19	52
30	The Scream Murder: A True Teen Horror Story	ABC News	True Crime	4	Megaphone	42
31	Burden of Guilt	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	45	Omny Studio	83
32	Cruel Summer: The Violent Death of Tiffany Valiante	Wavland and Street Smart Audio	True Crime	9	Megaphone	58
33	Murder With My Husband	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	361	Megaphone	58
34	RedHanded	RedHanded	True Crime	670	Audioboom	42
35	Dark Downeast	Audiochuck	True Crime	296	Simplecast	63
36	10 to Life	Annie Elise	True Crime	60	Simplecast	73
37	COLD	KSL Podcasts	True Crime	97	Unknown	63
38	Criminology	Emash Digital & Mike Ferguson, Mike Morford	True Crime	463	Simplecast	68
39	Betrayal Weekly	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	175	Omny Studio	73
40	BABY	Particle Entertainment and Wavland	True Crime	6	Megaphone	53
41	Sea of Lies	CBC	True Crime	9	Triton Digital	53
42	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	378	Audioboom	62
43	The Slippery	Nancy Moscatiello and Scott Eldridge	True Crime	53	Megaphone	53
44	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	412	Megaphone	63
45	Casefile True Crime	Casefile Presents	True Crime	427	Acast	43
46	Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries	Heart Starts Pounding	True Crime	205	WideOrbit	63
47	What Happened to the McStays?	ABC News	True Crime	8	Megaphone	48
48	What Happened to Her	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	44	Omny Studio	63
49	Nightmares	Sword and Scale	True Crime	75	Spreaker	79
50	Blood Trails	MeatEater	True Crime	26	Omny Studio	63
51	The Deck	Audiochuck	True Crime	250	Simplecast	58
52	Murder In America	Bloody FM	True Crime	265	Megaphone	59
53	Bad Blood: The Final Chapter	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	4	Megaphone	53
54	True Crime Garage	TRUE CRIME GARAGE	True Crime	978	Simplecast	59
55	Heist at the Louvre	ABC News	True Crime	5	Megaphone	53
56	Who Killed Angel Harris?	ID	True Crime	35	Acast	58
57	Cold Case Files	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	241	ART19	53
58	Serial Killers & Murderous Minds	Crime House	True Crime	202	WideOrbit	58
59	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime	647	Audioboom	48
60	Up and Vanished	Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	197	WideOrbit	48
61	Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	193	Omny Studio	52
62	National Park After Dark	Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian	True Crime	414	Megaphone	73
63	Bone Valley	Lava for Good Podcasts	True Crime	70	Omny Studio	73
64	Into The Dark	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	198	Megaphone	78
65	The Most Wanted Olympian from Uncover	CBC	True Crime	327	Triton Digital	58
66	CounterClock Feed not publicly shared by the creator	audiochuck	True Crime	129	N/A	N/A
67	Murder in the Heartland	ID	True Crime	89	Acast	53
68	The Gilded Rage	AYR Media	True Crime	3	RedCircle	63
69	The Truth About Natalie	Audiochuck	True Crime	19	Simplecast	58
70	Clues with Kaelyn Moore	Crime House	True Crime	88	WideOrbit	58
71	Five Miles From Home	NBC News	True Crime	10	Simplecast	58
72	Deep Cover	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	85	Omny Studio	63
73	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace	iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline	True Crime	2003	Omny Studio	48
74	Crime Weekly	Stephanie Harlowe and Derrick Levasseur	True Crime	446	Simplecast	68
75	Your Own Backyard	Chris Lambert	True Crime	29	Libsyn	48
76	Going West: True Crime	Dark West Productions	True Crime	564	Simplecast	49
77	The First 48	A&E \| Crime House	True Crime	17	ART19	63
78	American Nightmares: The Canal Murders	Gamut Podcast Network	True Crime	74	ART19	63
79	Killer Psyche	Audible \| Treefort Media	True Crime	170	ART19	83
80	Homicide 360	Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi and Scott Weinberger \| Daylight Media	True Crime	24	Megaphone	58
81	Scared To Death	Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins	True Crime	448	Simplecast	73
82	Generation Why: True Crime	Audible	True Crime	218	ART19	68
83	The Poisoned Wife	The Australian	True Crime	10	Omny Studio	89
84	Mile Higher	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	411	Audioboom	63
85	Trace of Suspicion	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	58
86	The Lets Read Podcast	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	364	Audioboom	68
87	The Snare	ABC News	True Crime	9	Megaphone	53
88	Nobody Should Believe Me	True Story Media	True Crime	164	Megaphone	73
89	True Sunlight	LUNASHARK®⁠	True Crime	334	Megaphone	69
90	What to Carry, What to Burn	Blair Braverman	True Crime	14	Acast	69
91	MK True Crime	MK Media	True Crime	178	Simplecast	79
92	Dr. Death	Audible	True Crime	14	ART19	59
93	Juicy Crimes with Heather McDonald	Heather McDonald & Studio71	True Crime	60	Megaphone	68
94	Morrison Mysteries	NBC News	True Crime	21	Simplecast	69
95	Murder: True Crime Stories	Crime House	True Crime	243	WideOrbit	58
96	America's Most Infamous Crimes with Katie Ring	Crime House	True Crime	100	WideOrbit	68
97	Murder, Mystery & Makeup	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	196	Audioboom	58
98	The Final Hours with Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole	Crime House	True Crime	45	WideOrbit	62
99	The First Degree	Alexis Linkletter, Jac Vanek	True Crime	730	Megaphone	49
100	Chameleon	Audiochuck \| Campside Media	True Crime	54	Simplecast	69

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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