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 28 Dec 2025

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12/28/2025

Average data

Episodes: 277

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:28

Top 5 authors

1. NBC News (8 shows)

2. Audiochuck (5 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. CBC (3 shows)

5. Sony Music Entertainment (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (26 shows)

2. Megaphone (20 shows)

3. Omny Studio (17 shows)

4. ART19 (12 shows)

5. Audioboom (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Dateline NBC	NBC News	True Crime	862	Simplecast	53
2	Crime Junkie	Audiochuck	True Crime	531	Simplecast	63
3	48 Hours	48 Hours	True Crime	1144	WideOrbit	53
4	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	892	Simplecast	68
5	BETH'S DEAD	Monica Padman, Elizabeth Laime, Andy Rosen	True Crime	14	Libsyn	69
6	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	38
7	Something About Cari	NBC News	True Crime	7	Simplecast	63
8	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1226	Omny Studio	38
9	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	554	Simplecast	57
10	Betrayal Season 6	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	182	Omny Studio	63
11	Last Podcast On The Left	The Last Podcast Network	True Crime	1230	Simplecast	58
12	The Deck	Audiochuck	True Crime	250	Simplecast	58
13	Dead Certain: The Martha Moxley Murder	NBC News Studios	True Crime	14	Simplecast	73
14	Blink \| Jake Haendel's Story	Sony Music, Corinne Vien, Jacob Haendel	True Crime	20	Megaphone	48
15	Dateline Originals	NBC News	True Crime	179	Simplecast	68
16	Bone Valley	Lava for Good Podcasts	True Crime	67	Omny Studio	73
17	The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	193	Megaphone	48
18	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise	True Crime	448	Simplecast	68
19	The Hand in the Window	ABC News	True Crime	8	Megaphone	53
20	Park Predators	Audiochuck	True Crime	182	Simplecast	63
21	Rotten Mango	Stephanie Soo	True Crime	565	Simplecast	63
22	Snapped: Women Who Murder	Oxygen	True Crime	370	ART19	58
23	Anatomy of Murder	Audiochuck	True Crime	267	Simplecast	63
24	Dark Downeast	Audiochuck	True Crime	293	Simplecast	63
25	Casefile True Crime	Casefile Presents	True Crime	424	Acast	43
26	Wisecrack	Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	14	Omny Studio	59
27	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	25	Megaphone	69
28	Cold Case Files	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	233	ART19	53
29	Killer In The Code	Michael Connelly	True Crime	13	Spreaker	74
30	One of Their Own	KPBS	True Crime	7	StreamGuys	59
31	Going West: True Crime	Dark West Productions	True Crime	558	Simplecast	49
32	True Crime Garage	TRUE CRIME GARAGE	True Crime	970	Simplecast	59
33	Murder With My Husband	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	358	Megaphone	58
34	True Crime with Kendall Rae	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	304	Audioboom	52
35	The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall	CBC	True Crime	17	Triton Digital	53
36	Murder, Mystery & Makeup	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	196	Audioboom	58
37	10 to Life	Annie Elise	True Crime	57	Simplecast	73
38	Forensic Files	HLN	True Crime	389	Acast	38
39	The Mile Zero Murders from Uncover	CBC	True Crime	324	Triton Digital	58
40	Morrison Mysteries	NBC News	True Crime	19	Simplecast	69
41	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	544	ART19	58
42	Paper Ghosts: The Texas Teen Murders	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	59	Omny Studio	53
43	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace	iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline	True Crime	2003	Omny Studio	48
44	True Crime All The Time Unsolved	PodcastOne	True Crime	492	ART19	52
45	Chameleon	Audiochuck \| Campside Media	True Crime	51	Simplecast	69
46	Criminology	Emash Digital & Mike Ferguson, Mike Morford	True Crime	461	Simplecast	68
47	RedHanded	RedHanded	True Crime	658	Audioboom	42
48	Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	189	Omny Studio	52
49	Unicorn Girl	Apple TV+ / Seven Hills	True Crime	10	ART19	69
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	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime	642	Audioboom	48
52	Sea of Lies	CBC	True Crime	8	Triton Digital	63
53	Two Girls One Ghost	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	853	Megaphone	69
54	Murder In America	Bloody FM	True Crime	262	Megaphone	59
55	Deadly Engagement	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	58
56	Bear Brook	NHPR	True Crime	23	Megaphone	63
57	Sick to Death	The Australian	True Crime	25	Omny Studio	69
58	The Binge Crimes: What Happened to the Harrisons?	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	158	Megaphone	48
59	The Lets Read Podcast	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	361	Audioboom	68
60	Not a Very Good Murderer	Audible	True Crime	1	ART19	69
61	The Burden	Orbit Media	True Crime	103	Omny Studio	53
62	Clues with Kaelyn Moore	Crime House	True Crime	84	WideOrbit	58
63	Murder: True Crime Stories	Crime House	True Crime	233	WideOrbit	58
64	Into The Dark	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	196	Megaphone	78
65	Monster: Hunting the Long Island Serial Killer	iHeartPodcasts and Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	9	Omny Studio	53
66	The Girlfriends: Flight or Fight	iHeartPodcasts and Novel	True Crime	66	Omny Studio	68
67	Deep Cover	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	84	Omny Studio	63
68	Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries	Heart Starts Pounding	True Crime	202	WideOrbit	63
69	Generation Why: True Crime	Audible	True Crime	215	ART19	68
70	Royal Swindle	Exactly Right Media and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	28	Omny Studio	59
71	MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries	Wondery \| Ballen Studios	True Crime	109	ART19	63
72	Murder in the Moonlight	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	79
73	CounterClock Feed not publicly shared by the creator	audiochuck	True Crime	129	N/A	N/A
74	Small Town Dicks	Small Town Dicks \| Audio 99 \| Daylight Media	True Crime	297	Megaphone	63
75	Swindled	Swindled	True Crime	163	Audioboom	53
76	True Sunlight	LUNASHARK®⁠	True Crime	332	Megaphone	69
77	Let's Not Meet: A True Horror Podcast	Cryptic County	True Crime	462	Audioboom	42
78	Up and Vanished	Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	202	WideOrbit	48
79	The Vanished Podcast	Audible	True Crime	574	ART19	58
80	The Prosecutors	PodcastOne	True Crime	460	ART19	43
81	National Park After Dark	Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian	True Crime	411	Megaphone	73
82	MK True Crime	MK Media	True Crime	166	Simplecast	79
83	Nobody Should Believe Me	True Story Media	True Crime	165	Megaphone	73
84	Scared To Death	Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins	True Crime	443	Simplecast	73
85	Serial Killers & Murderous Minds	Crime House	True Crime	195	WideOrbit	58
86	Dateline: Missing in America	NBC News	True Crime	37	Simplecast	68
87	Bedtime Stories	Bedtime Stories \| Daylight Media	True Crime	159	Megaphone	58
88	Betrayal Weekly	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	175	Omny Studio	73
89	The Peacemaker	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	10	Omny Studio	59
90	Killer Psyche	Audible \| Treefort Media	True Crime	166	ART19	83
91	I Survived	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	136	ART19	53
92	What Happened to Her	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	41	Omny Studio	63
93	Deadly Mirage	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	63
94	Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén	Spotify Studios	True Crime	621	Megaphone	53
95	Your Own Backyard	Chris Lambert	True Crime	29	Libsyn	48
96	Blood Trails	MeatEater	True Crime	23	Omny Studio	63
97	People are the Worst	Cloud10	True Crime	242	Megaphone	48
98	The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron	Casefile Presents	True Crime	10	Acast	43
99	Invisible Choir	Reach Freaks	True Crime	179	Megaphone	68
100	Fifteen: Inside the Daniel Marsh Murders	CBS News	True Crime	7	Megaphone	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

The podcast landscape in USA is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

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