Apple Podcast Rankings
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 ranking from 26 Apr 2025
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USA
Society & Culture
Documentary
Average data
Episodes: 160
Frequency: every 29 days
Duration: 00:46:31
Apple Podcast Rankings
Standard
100%
Top 5 artists
1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)
2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)
3. Wavland (2 shows)
4. BBC (2 shows)
5. BBC World Service (2 shows)
Top 5 hosting
1. Megaphone (24 shows)
2. Simplecast (13 shows)
3. Acast (13 shows)
4. Omny Studio (11 shows)
5. BBC (6 shows)
| Rank | Logo | Name | Artist | Main Category | # Eps | Avg Dur. | Hosting | RSS Type | RSS Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | The Telepathy Tapes | Ky Dickens | Society & Culture | 19 | 00:33:52 | Acast | Standard | 84 |
| 2 |  | Freakonomics Radio | Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher | Society & Culture | 829 | 00:41:15 | Simplecast | Standard | 43 |
| 3 |  | Criminal | Vox Media Podcast Network | Society & Culture | 376 | 00:34:24 | Megaphone | Standard | 69 |
| 4 |  | Concrete Mama: The Podcast | Unincarcerated Productions | Society & Culture | 8 | 00:43:45 | Buzzsprout | Standard | 52 |
| 5 |  | The Redefector | audiochuck | Society & Culture | 8 | 00:39:33 | Simplecast | Standard | 69 |
| 6 |  | Hysterical | Wondery | Pineapple Street Studios | Society & Culture | 10 | 00:18:12 | ART19 | Standard | 69 |
| 7 |  | This Is Actually Happening | Wondery | Society & Culture | 440 | 00:51:07 | ART19 | Standard | 73 |
| 8 |  | Sold a Story | APM Reports | Society & Culture | 20 | 00:36:16 | American Public Media | Standard | 53 |
| 9 |  | Noble | Wavland | Society & Culture | 12 | 00:25:34 | Simplecast | Standard | 63 |
| 10 |  | The Why Files: Operation Podcast | The Why Files: Operation Podcast | Society & Culture | 207 | 00:41:00 | Audioboom | Standard | 37 |
| 11 |  | Next Question with Katie Couric | iHeartPodcasts | Society & Culture | 358 | 00:45:35 | Omny Studio | Standard | 63 |
| 12 |  | Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy | DreamCrew | Society & Culture | 7 | 00:28:01 | Megaphone | Standard | 48 |
| 13 |  | Ear Hustle | Ear Hustle & Radiotopia | Society & Culture | 183 | 00:38:01 | PRX | Standard | 74 |
| 14 |  | Lucky Boy | Tortoise Investigates | Tortoise Media | Society & Culture | 103 | 00:32:16 | Acast | Standard | 79 |
| 15 |  | Inconceivable Truth | audiochuck | Society & Culture | 12 | 00:32:09 | Simplecast | Standard | 63 |
| 16 |  | Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories | John "Jay" Wiley | Society & Culture | 605 | 00:40:55 | Omny Studio | Standard | 59 |
| 17 |  | Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries | Olimpia Pérez | Society & Culture | 69 | 01:03:59 | Simplecast | Standard | 68 |
| 18 |  | Hyperfixed | Hyperfixed & Radiotopia | Society & Culture | 16 | 00:31:53 | PRX | Standard | 64 |
| 19 |  | Decoder Ring | Slate Podcasts | Society & Culture | 122 | 00:40:10 | Megaphone | Standard | 59 |
| 20 |  | The Shrink Next Door | Wondery | Bloomberg | Society & Culture | 17 | 00:12:38 | ART19 | Standard | 69 |
| 21 |  | ChannelB پادکست فارسی | Ali Bandari | Society & Culture | 101 | 01:20:34 | Acast | Standard | 69 |
| 22 |  | To Catch a Thief: China’s Rise to Cyber Supremacy | Rubrik | Nicole Perlroth | Pod People | Society & Culture | 8 | 00:38:17 | Megaphone | Standard | 63 |
| 23 |  | When The Wolves Came | Meanings of Democracy Lab | Society & Culture | 7 | 00:37:18 | ART19 | Standard | 63 |
| 24 |  | Sweet Bobby | Tortoise Media | Society & Culture | 12 | 00:30:57 | Acast | Standard | 74 |
| 25 |  | Flightless Bird | David Farrier | Society & Culture | 130 | 00:57:09 | Simplecast | Standard | 53 |
| 26 |  | How To Destroy Everything | HTDE | QCODE | Society & Culture | 34 | 00:58:03 | Megaphone | Standard | 53 |
| 27 |  | Danny Jones Podcast | Danny Jones | QCODE | Society & Culture | 298 | 02:22:35 | Megaphone | Standard | 38 |
| 28 |  | Campus Files | Audacy | Society & Culture | 44 | 00:40:06 | Megaphone | Standard | 69 |
| 29 |  | Scene on Radio | Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University | Society & Culture | 126 | 00:38:05 | PRX | Standard | 64 |
| 30 |  | Radio Ambulante | NPR | Society & Culture | 312 | 00:37:22 | Megaphone | Standard | 53 |
| 31 |  | Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World | Jimmy Akin | Society & Culture | 300 | 01:14:38 | Unknown | Standard | 42 |
| 32 |  | The Documentary Podcast | BBC World Service | Society & Culture | 2000 | 00:30:14 | BBC | Standard | 33 |
| 33 |  | Personally: Creation Myth | CBC | Society & Culture | 32 | 00:26:50 | Triton Digital | Standard | 63 |
| 34 |  | World of Secrets | BBC | Society & Culture | 61 | 00:29:06 | BBC | Standard | 59 |
| 35 |  | The Youth Development Center | NHPR | Society & Culture | 4 | 00:24:23 | Simplecast | Standard | 58 |
| 36 |  | Mike Drop | Mike Ritland | Society & Culture | 243 | 02:34:17 | Megaphone | Standard | 64 |
| 37 |  | The Paranormal Podcast | Jim Harold | Society & Culture | 881 | 00:47:36 | Megaphone | Standard | 58 |
| 38 |  | Strangers on a Bench | Tom Rosenthal | Society & Culture | 32 | 00:29:35 | Acast | Standard | 64 |
| 39 |  | What It Was Like | Superreal | Society & Culture | 81 | 00:53:10 | Acast | Standard | 84 |
| 40 |  | Signal Hill | Signal Hill | Society & Culture | 12 | 00:23:00 | Buzzsprout | Standard | 68 |
| 41 |  | The Know Rogan Experience | Cross Pond Productions | Society & Culture | 18 | 01:17:11 | Libsyn | Standard | 68 |
| 42 |  | Wind of Change | Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify | Society & Culture | 15 | 00:34:28 | Megaphone | Standard | 53 |
| 43 |  | Real Life Ghost Stories | Real Life Ghost Stories | Society & Culture | 966 | 00:32:04 | Acast | Standard | 59 |
| 44 |  | The CRUX: True Survival Stories | Kaycee McIntosh, Julie Henningsen, Bleav | Society & Culture | 160 | 00:31:40 | Simplecast | Standard | 48 |
| 45 |  | Skyline Drive | iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope | Society & Culture | 11 | 00:35:16 | Omny Studio | Standard | 59 |
| 46 |  | Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez | Sonoro | Futuro Studios | Society & Culture | 19 | 00:34:39 | Megaphone | Standard | 43 |
| 47 |  | Unfit For Service | Wavland | Society & Culture | 10 | 00:28:40 | Simplecast | Standard | 63 |
| 48 |  | Our American Stories | iHeartPodcasts | Society & Culture | 2004 | 00:21:04 | Omny Studio | Standard | 43 |
| 49 |  | Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord | iHeartPodcasts | Society & Culture | 26 | 00:43:03 | Omny Studio | Standard | 63 |
| 50 |  | pepe&chema podcast | Directed by José Grajales | troop audio | Society & Culture | 130 | 01:18:21 | Megaphone | Standard | 38 |
| 51 |  | Lost Patients | NPR | Society & Culture | 11 | 00:38:52 | Megaphone | Standard | 59 |
| 52 |  | Hoaxed | Tortoise Media | Society & Culture | 12 | 00:28:54 | Acast | Standard | 74 |
| 53 |  | JAXXON PODCAST | Jaxxon Podcast | Society & Culture | 217 | 01:18:42 | Spotify for Podcasters | Standard | 43 |
| 54 |  | Jungle Prince | The New York Times | Society & Culture | 3 | 00:32:09 | Simplecast | Standard | 63 |
| 55 |  | Cement City | Audacy | Cement City Productions | Society & Culture | 24 | 00:39:31 | Megaphone | Standard | 69 |
| 56 |  | Boomtown | Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly | Society & Culture | 15 | 00:37:34 | Megaphone | Standard | 64 |
| 57 |  | Radio Marz | پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز | Marzie | Society & Culture | 77 | 02:02:26 | Acast | Standard | 58 |
| 58 |  | Uncanny | BBC Radio 4 | Society & Culture | 107 | 00:30:13 | BBC | Standard | 33 |
| 59 |  | The Whispering Woods : Real Ghost & Paranormal Stories | True Scary Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories | Society & Culture | 292 | 00:26:48 | Acast | Standard | 79 |
| 60 |  | How I Survived | Pacific Podcast Network | Society & Culture | 35 | 00:19:54 | Acast | Standard | 59 |
| 61 |  | Belief Hole | Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks | Belief Hole | Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks | Society & Culture | 126 | 01:25:22 | Audioboom | Standard | 48 |
| 62 |  | Relatos Forenses Podcast | Relatos Forenses / troop audio | Society & Culture | 119 | 01:20:53 | Megaphone | Standard | 38 |
| 63 |  | Art Bell Back in Time | Art Bell Back in Time | Society & Culture | 3 | 02:46:32 | Spotify for Podcasters | Standard | 53 |
| 64 |  | Alien UFO Podcast | Simon Bown | Society & Culture | 271 | 00:43:29 | Simplecast | Standard | 63 |
| 65 |  | The Agent | Imperative Entertainment | Society & Culture | 16 | 00:39:04 | Megaphone | Standard | 64 |
| 66 |  | Bed of Lies | The Telegraph | Society & Culture | 31 | 00:38:57 | Acast | Standard | 79 |
| 67 |  | Split Screen: Who Replaced Avril Lavigne? | CBC | Society & Culture | 22 | 00:26:45 | Triton Digital | Standard | 63 |
| 68 |  | The Underworld Podcast | The Underworld Podcast | Society & Culture | 273 | 00:51:24 | Megaphone | Standard | 43 |
| 69 |  | Dalton Fischer Podcast | Dalton Fischer | Society & Culture | 12 | 03:22:06 | Buzzsprout | Standard | 32 |
| 70 |  | This is My Thing | Michael Lee | Society & Culture | 8 | 00:16:22 | PRX | Standard | 79 |
| 71 |  | On Our Watch | KQED | Society & Culture | 26 | 00:45:59 | Megaphone | Standard | 69 |
| 72 |  | BioHacked: Family Secrets | Sony Music Entertainment | Society & Culture | 14 | 00:35:59 | Megaphone | Standard | 53 |
| 73 |  | The Legend of SwordQuest | iHeartPodcasts | Society & Culture | 12 | 00:34:55 | Omny Studio | Standard | 53 |
| 74 |  | Top of Mind with Julie Rose | BYUradio | Society & Culture | 132 | 00:45:49 | Unknown | Standard | 68 |
| 75 |  | All My Relations Podcast | Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane | Society & Culture | 58 | 00:55:24 | Buzzsprout | Standard | 62 |
| 76 |  | 搞钱女孩｜女性成长访谈播客 | 搞钱女孩小辉 | Society & Culture | 110 | 01:12:03 | Ximalaya | Standard | 48 |
| 77 |  | Weight For It | ohitsBigRon Studios | Society & Culture | 23 | 00:35:03 | PRX | Standard | 84 |
| 78 |  | Finally! A Show | iHeartPodcasts | Society & Culture | 17 | 00:27:43 | Omny Studio | Standard | 73 |
| 79 |  | In Trust | iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg | Society & Culture | 16 | 00:34:45 | Omny Studio | Standard | 59 |
| 80 |  | heretics. | Andrew Gold | Society & Culture | 541 | 01:03:56 | Megaphone | Standard | 64 |
| 81 |  | Everyone Has An Ex | Mamamia Podcasts | Society & Culture | 65 | 00:47:30 | Omny Studio | Standard | 94 |
| 82 |  | Noche de Lluvia Podcast | Insólita Labs I Lourdes Gómez | Society & Culture | 39 | 00:57:27 | Spotify for Podcasters | Standard | 28 |
| 83 |  | Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative | Radiotopia | Society & Culture | 6 | 00:32:47 | PRX | Standard | 73 |
| 84 |  | The Brohio Podcast | Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy | Society & Culture | 441 | 01:26:58 | Spreaker | Standard | 43 |
| 85 |  | JFK The Enduring Secret | Jeff Crudele | Society & Culture | 281 | 00:38:57 | Buzzsprout | Standard | 83 |
| 86 |  | Prometheus Lens | Prometheus Lens Podcast | Society & Culture | 191 | 00:56:23 | RSS.com | Standard | 53 |
| 87 |  | On podcast پادکست آن | mersen | Society & Culture | 48 | 00:40:51 | Simplecast | Standard | 58 |
| 88 |  | Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast | iHeartPodcasts | Society & Culture | 35 | 00:30:28 | Omny Studio | Standard | 48 |
| 89 |  | Extreme | BBC | Society & Culture | 18 | 00:24:47 | BBC | Standard | 69 |
| 90 |  | The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh | Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci | Society & Culture | 9 | 00:35:28 | Megaphone | Standard | 69 |
| 91 |  | Odessa | The New York Times | Society & Culture | 4 | 00:41:12 | Simplecast | Standard | 73 |
| 92 |  | Outlawed | Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz | Society & Culture | 10 | 00:31:42 | Buzzsprout | Standard | 63 |
| 93 |  | 13 Minutes to the Moon | BBC World Service | Technology | 29 | 00:33:24 | BBC | Standard | 33 |
| 94 |  | The Superhero Complex | iHeartPodcasts and Novel | Society & Culture | 13 | 00:35:29 | Omny Studio | Standard | 59 |
| 95 |  | Stolen Lives True Crime | Stolen Lives True Crime | Society & Culture | 207 | 00:26:17 | Audioboom | Standard | 58 |
| 96 |  | I'm Not a Monster | BBC Radio 5 Live | Society & Culture | 32 | 00:27:05 | BBC | Standard | 59 |
| 97 |  | Rescue | Sony Music Entertainment | Society & Culture | 21 | 00:42:23 | Megaphone | Standard | 79 |
| 98 |  | 10 Mujeres | Wondery | Dudas Media | Society & Culture | 11 | 00:27:01 | ART19 | Standard | 89 |
| 99 |  | SCAMMERLAND | Superreal | Society & Culture | 7 | 00:27:57 | Acast | Standard | 79 |
| 100 |  | Relatos del lado oscuro | Relatos del Lado Oscuro | Society & Culture | 455 | 00:48:58 | Spreaker | Standard | 60 |
Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA
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