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 27 Sep 2026

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09/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 299

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:47:59

Top 5 authors

1. Audiochuck (6 shows)

2. NBC News (5 shows)

3. Crime House (4 shows)

4. ABC News (4 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (22 shows)

2. Megaphone (22 shows)

3. ART19 (13 shows)

4. Audioboom (12 shows)

5. Omny Studio (11 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Crime Junkie	Audiochuck	True Crime	530	Simplecast	63
2	Dateline NBC	NBC News	True Crime	860	Simplecast	53
3	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	890	Simplecast	68
4	48 Hours	48 Hours	True Crime	1124	WideOrbit	53
5	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	38
6	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	24	Megaphone	69
7	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	550	Simplecast	57
8	Betrayal Season 6	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	181	Omny Studio	63
9	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1222	Omny Studio	38
10	Love Trapped	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	True Crime	31	Omny Studio	63
11	The Binge Crimes: What Happened to the Harrisons?	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	174	Megaphone	48
12	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	407	Megaphone	63
13	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	445	Audioboom	63
14	Last Podcast On The Left	The Last Podcast Network	True Crime	1209	Simplecast	58
15	The Woman in the Woods	48 Hours	True Crime	3	WideOrbit	48
16	Park Predators	Audiochuck	True Crime	181	Simplecast	63
17	Rotten Mango	Stephanie Soo	True Crime	565	Simplecast	63
18	Dateline Originals	NBC News	True Crime	179	Simplecast	68
19	The Truth About Natalie	Audiochuck	True Crime	19	Simplecast	58
20	Casefile True Crime	Casefile Presents	True Crime	423	Acast	43
21	Burden of Guilt	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	40	Omny Studio	83
22	Snapped: Women Who Murder	Oxygen	True Crime	369	ART19	58
23	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	542	ART19	58
24	True Crime with Kendall Rae	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	303	Audioboom	52
25	The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	192	Megaphone	48
26	Dark Downeast	Audiochuck	True Crime	292	Simplecast	63
27	Betrayal Weekly	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	175	Omny Studio	73
28	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
29	Bear Brook	NHPR	True Crime	23	Megaphone	63
30	RedHanded	RedHanded	True Crime	654	Audioboom	42
31	Murder With My Husband	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	357	Megaphone	58
32	What Happened to the McStays?	ABC News	True Crime	8	Megaphone	48
33	Crimes Of Reddit with Sabrina Deana-Roga & Alexis Linkletter	Crime House	True Crime	53	WideOrbit	62
34	Going West: True Crime	Dark West Productions	True Crime	556	Simplecast	49
35	True Crime All The Time Unsolved	PodcastOne	True Crime	491	ART19	52
36	Criminology	Emash Digital & Mike Ferguson, Mike Morford	True Crime	460	Simplecast	68
37	Murder In America	Bloody FM	True Crime	261	Megaphone	59
38	10 to Life	Annie Elise	True Crime	56	Audioboom	73
39	The Deck	Audiochuck	True Crime	250	Simplecast	58
40	Cold Case Files	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	229	ART19	53
41	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
42	True Crime Garage	TRUE CRIME GARAGE	True Crime	968	Simplecast	59
43	CounterClock Feed not publicly shared by the creator	audiochuck	True Crime	129	N/A	N/A
44	Small Town Dicks	Small Town Dicks \| Audio 99 \| Daylight Media	True Crime	296	Megaphone	63
45	Examined: The Backfire Effect	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	67	Omny Studio	58
46	Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries	Heart Starts Pounding	True Crime	201	WideOrbit	63
47	COERCED: The Devotion & Death of Mica Francis Miller	LUNASHARK®⁠	True Crime	18	Megaphone	83
48	COLD	KSL Podcasts	True Crime	92	Unknown	63
49	Crime Weekly	Stephanie Harlowe and Derrick Levasseur	True Crime	440	Simplecast	68
50	Cruel Summer: The Violent Death of Tiffany Valiante	Wavland and Street Smart Audio	True Crime	7	Megaphone	48
51	Murder in the Heartland	ID	True Crime	85	Acast	53
52	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace	iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline	True Crime	2003	Omny Studio	48
53	Up and Vanished	Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	202	WideOrbit	48
54	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime	640	Audioboom	48
55	American Monster: The Trial Of Caleb Flynn	Hidden Killers Podcast	True Crime	66	Audioboom	53
56	True Sunlight	LUNASHARK®⁠	True Crime	331	Megaphone	69
57	National Park After Dark	Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian	True Crime	410	Megaphone	73
58	Five Miles From Home	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	58
59	Serial Killers & Murderous Minds	Crime House	True Crime	192	WideOrbit	58
60	The First 48	A&E \| Crime House	True Crime	12	ART19	73
61	The Burden	Orbit Media	True Crime	103	Omny Studio	53
62	Sistas Who Kill: A True Crime Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	MaRah & Taz	True Crime	277	N/A	N/A
63	Chameleon	Audiochuck \| Campside Media	True Crime	50	Simplecast	69
64	Trace of Suspicion	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	58
65	Dr. Death	Audible	True Crime	16	ART19	79
66	American Nightmares: The Canal Murders	Gamut Podcast Network	True Crime	70	ART19	63
67	Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	188	Omny Studio	52
68	Murder: True Crime Stories	Crime House	True Crime	231	WideOrbit	58
69	The Dropout	ABC News	True Crime	32	Libsyn	43
70	Mile Higher	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	407	Audioboom	63
71	The Prosecutors	PodcastOne	True Crime	459	ART19	43
72	Bone Valley	Lava for Good Podcasts	True Crime	66	Omny Studio	73
73	Your Own Backyard	Chris Lambert	True Crime	29	Libsyn	48
74	I Survived	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	136	ART19	53
75	The Lets Read Podcast	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	360	Audioboom	68
76	Forensic Files	HLN	True Crime	388	Acast	38
77	Killer Psyche	Audible \| Treefort Media	True Crime	165	ART19	83
78	Into The Dark	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	195	Megaphone	78
79	Homicide 360	Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi and Scott Weinberger \| Daylight Media	True Crime	20	Megaphone	58
80	Dateline: Missing in America	NBC News	True Crime	37	Simplecast	68
81	Clues with Morgan Absher and Kaelyn Moore	Crime House	True Crime	83	WideOrbit	52
82	Scared To Death	Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins	True Crime	441	Simplecast	73
83	Deep Cover	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	84	Omny Studio	63
84	Unicorn Girl	Apple TV+ / Seven Hills	True Crime	10	ART19	69
85	Just Creepy: Scary Stories	Just Creepy	True Crime	554	Spotify for Podcasters	32
86	Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast	Moms and Mysteries Podcast	True Crime	538	Megaphone	27
87	Anatomy of Murder	Audiochuck	True Crime	267	Simplecast	63
88	MK True Crime	MK Media	True Crime	162	Simplecast	73
89	The Snare	ABC News	True Crime	9	Megaphone	53
90	Swindled	Swindled	True Crime	163	Audioboom	53
91	Murder, Mystery & Makeup	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	196	Audioboom	58
92	Someone Knows Something	CBC	True Crime	110	Triton Digital	59
93	Let's Not Meet: A True Horror Podcast	Cryptic County	True Crime	461	Audioboom	42
94	Crime Salad	BLACKCAT \| Realm	True Crime	288	Megaphone	59
95	Crime in America with Joe Budden	Prime Crime Productions	True Crime	5	ART19	58
96	The Mile Zero Murders from Uncover	CBC	True Crime	324	Triton Digital	58
97	Nobody Should Believe Me	True Story Media	True Crime	165	Megaphone	73
98	The Vanished Podcast	Audible	True Crime	573	ART19	58
99	Matthew Cox \| Inside True Crime Podcast	Rhapsody Voices	True Crime	1259	Megaphone	27
100	Long Buried	Times Union	True Crime	7	Megaphone	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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