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 25 Dec 2025

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12/25/2025

Average data

Episodes: 274

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:43:52

Top 5 authors

1. NBC News (7 shows)

2. Audiochuck (5 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

4. Crime House (4 shows)

5. CBC (4 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (18 shows)

3. Megaphone (17 shows)

4. ART19 (13 shows)

5. Audioboom (9 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	854	Simplecast	53
3	BETH'S DEAD	Monica Padman, Elizabeth Laime, Andy Rosen	True Crime	14	Libsyn	69
4	48 Hours	CBS News	True Crime	1116	WideOrbit	53
5	Something About Cari	NBC News	True Crime	7	Simplecast	63
6	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	886	Simplecast	68
7	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	48
8	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1217	Omny Studio	38
9	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	543	Simplecast	57
10	Dead Certain: The Martha Moxley Murder	NBC News Studios	True Crime	14	Simplecast	73
11	Park Predators	Audiochuck	True Crime	178	Simplecast	63
12	Anatomy of Murder	Audiochuck	True Crime	267	Simplecast	63
13	The Deck	Audiochuck	True Crime	250	Simplecast	58
14	The Binge Cases: What She Buried	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	202	Megaphone	48
15	Blink \| Jake Haendel's Story	Sony Music, Corinne Vien, Jacob Haendel	True Crime	20	Megaphone	48
16	Dateline Originals	NBC News	True Crime	179	Simplecast	68
17	Snapped: Women Who Murder	Oxygen	True Crime	367	ART19	58
18	Bone Valley	Lava for Good Podcasts	True Crime	65	Omny Studio	73
19	Rotten Mango	Stephanie Soo	True Crime	561	Simplecast	63
20	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	558	Audioboom	63
21	Last Podcast On The Left	The Last Podcast Network	True Crime	1204	Simplecast	58
22	Betrayal Weekly	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	178	Omny Studio	53
23	The Hand in the Window	ABC News	True Crime	8	Megaphone	53
24	Murder With My Husband	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	356	Megaphone	58
25	Wisecrack	Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	14	Omny Studio	59
26	Killer In The Code	Michael Connelly	True Crime	13	Spreaker	74
27	10 to Life	Annie Elise	True Crime	55	Audioboom	73
28	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	23	Megaphone	69
29	True Crime Garage	TRUE CRIME GARAGE	True Crime	965	Simplecast	59
30	True Crime with Kendall Rae	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	302	Audioboom	52
31	Murder, Mystery & Makeup	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	196	Audioboom	58
32	Morrison Mysteries	NBC News	True Crime	19	Simplecast	69
33	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime	638	Audioboom	48
34	Not a Very Good Murderer	Audible	True Crime	1	ART19	69
35	The Mile Zero Murders from Uncover	CBC	True Crime	324	Triton Digital	58
36	The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall	CBC	True Crime	17	Triton Digital	53
37	Cold Case Files	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	224	ART19	53
38	One of Their Own	KPBS	True Crime	7	StreamGuys	59
39	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	538	ART19	58
40	Going West: True Crime	Dark West Productions	True Crime	552	Simplecast	49
41	Dark Downeast	Audiochuck	True Crime	289	Simplecast	63
42	Casefile True Crime	Casefile Presents	True Crime	421	Acast	43
43	The Girlfriends: Flight or Fight	iHeartPodcasts and Novel	True Crime	64	Omny Studio	68
44	Murder: True Crime Stories	Crime House	True Crime	226	WideOrbit	58
45	Unicorn Girl	Apple TV+ / Seven Hills	True Crime	10	ART19	69
46	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace	iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline	True Crime	2003	Omny Studio	48
47	Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries	Heart Starts Pounding	True Crime	198	WideOrbit	63
48	Clues with Morgan Absher and Kaelyn Moore	Crime House	True Crime	80	WideOrbit	52
49	Royal Swindle	Exactly Right Media and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	28	Omny Studio	59
50	True Crime All The Time Unsolved	PodcastOne	True Crime	489	ART19	52
51	Generation Why: True Crime	Audible	True Crime	213	ART19	68
52	Deadly Engagement	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	58
53	Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	186	Omny Studio	52
54	Paper Ghosts: The Texas Teen Murders	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	59	Omny Studio	53
55	Chameleon	Audiochuck \| Campside Media	True Crime	48	Simplecast	79
56	Two Girls One Ghost	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	847	Megaphone	69
57	Criminology	Emash Digital & Mike Ferguson, Mike Morford	True Crime	458	Simplecast	68
58	Monster: Hunting the Long Island Serial Killer	iHeartPodcasts and Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	9	Omny Studio	53
59	Deep Cover	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	84	Omny Studio	63
60	Sick to Death	The Australian	True Crime	25	Omny Studio	69
61	The Lets Read Podcast	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	359	Audioboom	68
62	Let's Not Meet: A True Horror Podcast	Cryptic County	True Crime	460	Audioboom	42
63	Murder In America	Bloody FM	True Crime	259	Megaphone	59
64	Forensic Files	HLN	True Crime	386	Acast	38
65	Sea of Lies	CBC	True Crime	8	Triton Digital	63
66	The Binge Crimes: What Happened to the Harrisons?	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	174	Megaphone	48
67	The Prosecutors	PodcastOne	True Crime	457	ART19	43
68	RedHanded	RedHanded	True Crime	650	Audioboom	42
69	I Survived	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	135	ART19	53
70	National Park After Dark	Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian	True Crime	408	Megaphone	73
71	The Vanished Podcast	Audible	True Crime	572	ART19	58
72	Into The Dark	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	193	Megaphone	78
73	Blood Trails	MeatEater	True Crime	23	Omny Studio	63
74	Freeze Frame	But Why Media	True Crime	10	Libsyn	69
75	Bear Brook	NHPR	True Crime	22	Megaphone	73
76	MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries	Wondery \| Ballen Studios	True Crime	109	ART19	63
77	Swindled	Swindled	True Crime	162	Audioboom	53
78	Murder in the Moonlight	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	79
79	Killer Psyche	Audible \| Treefort Media	True Crime	164	ART19	83
80	Scared To Death	Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins	True Crime	438	Simplecast	73
81	Sistas Who Kill: A True Crime Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	MaRah & Taz	True Crime	277	N/A	N/A
82	The Peacemaker	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	10	Omny Studio	59
83	What Happened in Nashville	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	41	Omny Studio	63
84	Small Town Dicks	Small Town Dicks \| Audio 99 \| Daylight Media	True Crime	293	Megaphone	63
85	CounterClock Feed not publicly shared by the creator	audiochuck	True Crime	129	N/A	N/A
86	Fifteen: Inside the Daniel Marsh Murders	CBS News	True Crime	7	Megaphone	63
87	The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron	Casefile Presents	True Crime	10	Acast	43
88	Legally Brunette	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	218	Omny Studio	53
89	Up and Vanished	Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	202	WideOrbit	48
90	Invisible Choir	Reach Freaks	True Crime	452	Omny Studio	63
91	Betrayal Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	159	Omny Studio	73
92	Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén	Spotify Studios	True Crime	621	Megaphone	53
93	Serial Killers & Murderous Minds	Crime House	True Crime	203	WideOrbit	58
94	Nightmare Next Door	ID	True Crime	104	Acast	64
95	Bedtime Stories	Bedtime Stories \| Daylight Media	True Crime	158	Megaphone	58
96	Crimes Of Reddit with Sabrina Deana-Roga & Alexis Linkletter	Crime House	True Crime	52	WideOrbit	62
97	Someone Knows Something	CBC	True Crime	110	Triton Digital	59
98	Felonious Florida	Wondery \| Sun Sentinel	True Crime	43	ART19	73
99	Dateline: Missing in America	NBC News	True Crime	37	Simplecast	68
100	Stop Rewind: The Lost Boy	Blanchard House / Curiouscast	True Crime	11	Megaphone	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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