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 30 Oct 2025

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10/30/2025

Average data

Episodes: 290

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:45:31

Top 5 authors

1. NBC News (6 shows)

2. Crime House (5 shows)

3. Audiochuck (5 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

5. ID (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (28 shows)

2. Simplecast (23 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. ART19 (10 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	877	Simplecast	53
3	Morbid	Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart	True Crime	900	Simplecast	68
4	48 Hours	48 Hours	True Crime	1143	WideOrbit	53
5	My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	1237	Omny Studio	38
6	Dead Certain: The Martha Moxley Murder	NBC News Studios	True Crime	14	Simplecast	73
7	20/20	ABC News	True Crime	60	Megaphone	38
8	Revisionist History	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	218	Omny Studio	69
9	In The Dark	The New Yorker	True Crime	29	Megaphone	69
10	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Ballen Studios	True Crime	566	Simplecast	57
11	The Deck	Audiochuck	True Crime	250	Simplecast	58
12	The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall	CBC	True Crime	17	Triton Digital	53
13	Wild Boys	Campside Media / Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	4	Megaphone	59
14	The Preventionist	Serial Productions & The New York Times	True Crime	4	N/A	N/A
15	Park Predators	Audiochuck	True Crime	184	Simplecast	63
16	Royal Swindle	Exactly Right Media and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	28	Omny Studio	59
17	Anatomy of Murder	Audiochuck	True Crime	267	Simplecast	63
18	Bone Valley	Lava for Good Podcasts	True Crime	71	Omny Studio	73
19	Last Podcast On The Left	The Last Podcast Network	True Crime	1218	Simplecast	58
20	The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions	Sony Music Entertainment	True Crime	209	Megaphone	48
21	Rotten Mango	Stephanie Soo	True Crime	570	Simplecast	63
22	Snapped: Women Who Murder	Oxygen	True Crime	373	ART19	58
23	Serialously with Annie Elise	Annie Elise	True Crime	456	Simplecast	68
24	Betrayal Season 6	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	185	Omny Studio	63
25	Mind of a Monster: The Hollywood Ripper	ID	True Crime	65	Acast	73
26	Deadly Engagement	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	58
27	Murder With My Husband	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	362	Megaphone	68
28	10 to Life	Annie Elise	True Crime	61	Simplecast	73
29	Dateline Originals	NBC News	True Crime	180	Simplecast	68
30	Casefile True Crime	Casefile Presents	True Crime	428	Acast	43
31	True Crime Garage	TRUE CRIME GARAGE	True Crime	979	Simplecast	59
32	True Crime with Kendall Rae	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	307	Audioboom	52
33	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime Obsessed	True Crime	648	Audioboom	48
34	Two Girls One Ghost	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	859	Megaphone	69
35	RedHanded	RedHanded	True Crime	671	Audioboom	42
36	Unicorn Girl	Apple TV+ / Seven Hills	True Crime	10	ART19	69
37	Scared To Death	Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins	True Crime	451	Simplecast	73
38	Incels	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	13	Omny Studio	79
39	Going West: True Crime	Dark West Productions	True Crime	565	Simplecast	49
40	Cold Case Files	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	244	ART19	53
41	Murder, Mystery & Makeup	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	196	Audioboom	58
42	Dark Downeast	Audiochuck	True Crime	294	Simplecast	63
43	Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	194	Omny Studio	52
44	Juicy Crimes with Heather McDonald	Heather McDonald & Studio71	True Crime	61	Megaphone	68
45	Bear Brook	NHPR	True Crime	26	Megaphone	63
46	The Binge: Free Shelley Jensen	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	160	Megaphone	48
47	The Last Appeal	NBC News	True Crime	6	Simplecast	69
48	Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries	Heart Starts Pounding	True Crime	206	WideOrbit	63
49	Murder In America	Bloody FM	True Crime	265	Megaphone	59
50	The Vanished Podcast	Audible Original	True Crime	578	ART19	58
51	Vanished: What Happened to Vanessa	ABC News	True Crime	9	Megaphone	48
52	The Most Wanted Olympian from Uncover	CBC	True Crime	327	Triton Digital	58
53	Twisted Tales with Heidi Wong	Crime House	TV & Film	66	WideOrbit	52
54	Clues with Kaelyn Moore	Crime House	True Crime	89	WideOrbit	58
55	Crimes Of Reddit with Sabrina Deana-Roga & Alexis Linkletter	Crime House	True Crime	58	WideOrbit	62
56	Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes	Crime House	History	143	WideOrbit	68
57	Into The Dark	OH NO MEDIA	True Crime	199	Megaphone	78
58	Murdaugh Murders Podcast	LUNASHARK	True Crime	98	Megaphone	94
59	National Park After Dark	Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian	True Crime	415	Megaphone	73
60	Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén	Spotify Studios	True Crime	621	Megaphone	53
61	Blink \| Jake Haendel's Story	Sony Music, Corinne Vien, Jacob Haendel	True Crime	20	Megaphone	48
62	Fifteen: Inside the Daniel Marsh Murders	CBS News	True Crime	7	Megaphone	63
63	The Lets Read Podcast	Audioboom Studios	True Crime	365	Audioboom	68
64	Let's Not Meet: A True Horror Podcast	Cryptic County	True Crime	465	Audioboom	42
65	Betrayal Weekly	iHeartPodcasts \| Glass Podcasts	True Crime	175	Omny Studio	73
66	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace	iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline	True Crime	2003	Omny Studio	48
67	Stop Rewind: The Lost Boy	Blanchard House / Curiouscast	True Crime	11	Megaphone	53
68	Invisible Choir	Reach Freaks	True Crime	181	Megaphone	68
69	Up and Vanished	Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	197	WideOrbit	48
70	Forensic Files	HLN	True Crime	392	Acast	38
71	MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries	Wondery \| Ballen Studios	True Crime	109	ART19	63
72	Crime Salad	Realm	True Crime	292	Megaphone	59
73	I Survived	A&E / PodcastOne	True Crime	136	ART19	53
74	The Idaho Massacre	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	102	Omny Studio	73
75	I Think Not!	I Think Not!	True Crime	433	Megaphone	53
76	The Prosecutors	PodcastOne	True Crime	464	ART19	43
77	Small Town Dicks	Small Town Dicks \| Audio 99 \| Daylight Media	True Crime	300	Megaphone	63
78	Crime Weekly	Stephanie Harlowe and Derrick Levasseur	True Crime	447	Simplecast	68
79	CounterClock Feed not publicly shared by the creator	audiochuck	True Crime	129	N/A	N/A
80	Crime House 24/7	Crime House	True Crime	535	WideOrbit	68
81	Blood Trails	MeatEater	True Crime	26	Omny Studio	63
82	Scorned: Love Kills	ID	True Crime	76	Acast	53
83	True Crime All The Time	Emash Digital	True Crime	550	ART19	58
84	Generation Why: True Crime	Audible Original	True Crime	219	ART19	68
85	True Sunlight	LUNASHARK®⁠	True Crime	335	Megaphone	69
86	LOVE MURDER	Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette	True Crime	513	ART19	58
87	Sistas Who Kill: A True Crime Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	MaRah & Taz	True Crime	277	N/A	N/A
88	Culpable	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	True Crime	74	Megaphone	69
89	Murder in the Moonlight	NBC News	True Crime	9	Simplecast	79
90	Wisecrack	Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	14	Omny Studio	59
91	Bedtime Stories	Bedtime Stories \| Daylight Media	True Crime	162	Megaphone	58
92	Hands Tied	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	11	Omny Studio	79
93	Cold Blooded: Mystery in Alaska	ABC News	True Crime	9	Megaphone	48
94	Up and Vanished Weekly	Tenderfoot TV	True Crime	44	Megaphone	63
95	Nightmare Next Door	ID	True Crime	104	Acast	64
96	Nobody Should Believe Me	True Story Media	True Crime	164	Megaphone	73
97	Dateline: Missing in America	NBC News	True Crime	37	Simplecast	68
98	The Peacemaker	iHeartPodcasts	True Crime	10	Omny Studio	59
99	Crimes of the Times	L.A. Times Studios	True Crime	57	Simplecast	48
100	Lights Out	Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios	True Crime	316	Audioboom	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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