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 29 Oct 2026

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10/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 257

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:45:01

Top 5 authors

1. NBC News (5 shows)

2. ABC News (5 shows)

3. Audiochuck (5 shows)

4. Crime House (4 shows)

5. Audible Original (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (22 shows)

2. Megaphone (19 shows)

3. ART19 (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (13 shows)

5. WideOrbit (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Crime Junkie	Audiochuck	True Crime	528	Simplecast	53
2	Dateline NBC	NBC News	True Crime	878	Simplecast	53
3	Love Trapped	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	True Crime	34	Omny Studio	63
4	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	901	Simplecast	68
5	Bear Brook	NHPR	True Crime	26	Megaphone	63
6	48 Hours	48 Hours	True Crime	1144	WideOrbit	53
7	Betrayal Season 6	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	186	Omny Studio	63
8	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	38
9	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	551	ART19	58
10	The Dropout	ABC News	True Crime	32	Libsyn	43
11	My Mom’s Murder	AYR Media	True Crime	7	ART19	53
12	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	29	Megaphone	69
13	Heart	Apple TV / Plan B / Blanchard House	True Crime	5	ART19	73
14	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	567	Simplecast	57
15	Over My Dead Body	Audible Original	True Crime	18	ART19	69
16	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1238	Omny Studio	38
17	Not Just A Terrible Story	Terrible Story Productions	True Crime	12	Captivate	58
18	Ada	Casefile Presents	True Crime	28	Acast	69
19	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise	True Crime	457	Simplecast	68
20	Morrison Mysteries	NBC News	True Crime	23	Simplecast	69
21	Crimes Of Reddit with Sabrina Deana-Roga & Alexis Linkletter	Crime House	True Crime	59	WideOrbit	62
22	Park Predators	Audiochuck	True Crime	184	Simplecast	63
23	Snapped: Women Who Murder	Oxygen	True Crime	373	ART19	58
24	True Crime All The Time Unsolved	PodcastOne	True Crime	495	ART19	52
25	Rotten Mango	Stephanie Soo	True Crime	571	Simplecast	63
26	The Woman in the Woods	48 Hours	True Crime	7	WideOrbit	48
27	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	413	Megaphone	63
28	Dateline Originals	NBC News	True Crime	180	Simplecast	68
29	Criminology	Emash Digital & Mike Ferguson, Mike Morford	True Crime	464	Simplecast	68
30	Burden of Guilt	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	45	Omny Studio	83
31	Last Podcast On The Left	The Last Podcast Network	True Crime	1218	Simplecast	58
32	The Scream Murder: A True Teen Horror Story	ABC News	True Crime	5	Megaphone	42
33	10 to Life	Annie Elise	True Crime	61	Simplecast	73
34	The Gilded Rage	AYR Media	True Crime	4	RedCircle	63
35	True Crime with Kendall Rae	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	308	Audioboom	52
36	Deceived: The Daybell Story	KSL Podcasts	True Crime	3	Unknown	58
37	Murder With My Husband	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	362	Megaphone	68
38	The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	209	Megaphone	48
39	BABY	Particle Entertainment and Wavland	True Crime	7	Megaphone	53
40	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
41	Casefile True Crime	Casefile Presents	True Crime	428	Acast	43
42	Cruel Summer: The Violent Death of Tiffany Valiante	Wavland and Street Smart Audio	True Crime	9	Megaphone	58
43	Betrayal Weekly	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	175	Omny Studio	73
44	COLD	KSL Podcasts	True Crime	99	Unknown	63
45	Your Own Backyard	Chris Lambert	True Crime	29	Libsyn	48
46	Murder In America	Bloody FM	True Crime	265	Megaphone	59
47	True Crime Garage	TRUE CRIME GARAGE	True Crime	979	Simplecast	59
48	The Slippery	Nancy Moscatiello and Scott Eldridge	True Crime	55	Megaphone	53
49	What Happened to the McStays?	ABC News	True Crime	8	Megaphone	48
50	RedHanded	RedHanded	True Crime	672	Audioboom	42
51	The Deck	Audiochuck	True Crime	250	Simplecast	58
52	What Happened to Her	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	45	Omny Studio	63
53	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime	649	Audioboom	48
54	Cold Case Files	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	245	ART19	53
55	Bad Blood: The Final Chapter	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	4	Megaphone	53
56	Serial Killers & Murderous Minds	Crime House	True Crime	205	WideOrbit	58
57	Lost Hills	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	51	Omny Studio	63
58	Dark Downeast	Audiochuck	True Crime	295	Simplecast	63
59	Going West: True Crime	Dark West Productions	True Crime	565	Simplecast	49
60	Heist at the Louvre	ABC News	True Crime	5	Megaphone	53
61	Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	194	Omny Studio	52
62	Bone Valley	Lava for Good Podcasts	True Crime	71	Omny Studio	73
63	Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries	Heart Starts Pounding	True Crime	206	WideOrbit	63
64	The First 48	A&E \| Crime House	True Crime	18	ART19	63
65	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
66	Homicide 360	Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi and Scott Weinberger \| Daylight Media	True Crime	25	Megaphone	58
67	Killer Psyche	Audible Original \| Treefort Media	True Crime	172	ART19	83
68	Who Killed Angel Harris?	ID	True Crime	36	Acast	58
69	Clues with Kaelyn Moore	Crime House	True Crime	89	WideOrbit	58
70	Up and Vanished	Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	197	WideOrbit	48
71	Scared To Death	Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins	True Crime	452	Simplecast	73
72	Crime Weekly	Stephanie Harlowe and Derrick Levasseur	True Crime	447	Simplecast	68
73	Into The Dark	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	199	Megaphone	78
74	National Park After Dark	Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian	True Crime	415	Megaphone	73
75	The Most Wanted Olympian from Uncover	CBC	True Crime	328	Triton Digital	58
76	CounterClock Feed not publicly shared by the creator	audiochuck	True Crime	129	N/A	N/A
77	Sistas Who Kill: A True Crime Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	MaRah & Taz	True Crime	277	N/A	N/A
78	The Lets Read Podcast	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	365	Audioboom	68
79	Deep Cover	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	85	Omny Studio	63
80	American Nightmares: The Canal Murders	Gamut Podcast Network	True Crime	75	ART19	63
81	The Truth About Natalie	Audiochuck	True Crime	19	Simplecast	58
82	Nightmares	Sword and Scale	True Crime	77	Spreaker	79
83	Dr. Death	Audible Original	True Crime	14	ART19	59
84	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace	iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline	True Crime	2003	Omny Studio	48
85	Unicorn Girl	Apple TV+ / Seven Hills	True Crime	10	ART19	69
86	I Think Not!	I Think Not!	True Crime	433	Megaphone	53
87	Five Miles From Home	NBC News	True Crime	10	Simplecast	58
88	Murder in the Heartland	ID	True Crime	90	Acast	53
89	Trace of Suspicion	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	58
90	Sea of Lies	CBC	True Crime	9	Triton Digital	53
91	Blood Trails	MeatEater	True Crime	27	Omny Studio	63
92	The Vanished Podcast	Audible Original	True Crime	578	ART19	58
93	Juicy Crimes with Heather McDonald	Heather McDonald & Studio71	True Crime	61	Megaphone	68
94	I Survived	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	136	ART19	53
95	Examined: The Backfire Effect	Pushkin Industries	True Crime	72	Omny Studio	58
96	Murder, Mystery & Makeup	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	196	Audioboom	58
97	Let's Not Meet: A True Horror Podcast	Cryptic County	True Crime	465	Audioboom	42
98	MK True Crime	MK Media	True Crime	181	Simplecast	79
99	The Final Hours with Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole	Crime House	True Crime	47	WideOrbit	62
100	Lights Out	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	316	Audioboom	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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