Top Documentary Podcasts in United States

The latest Apple Podcasts Documentary chart for United States, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked October 13, 2026.

1

Reaching Out

Futuro Media

2

Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

3

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

4

Otherworld

Otherworld

5

The Telepathy Tapes

Ky Dickens

6

Sold a Story

APM Reports

7

Paper Trail

ProPublica

8

This Is Actually Happening

Audible

9

Danny Jones Podcast

Danny Jones | Daylight Media

10

I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?

BBC Sounds

11

Embedded

NPR

12

Focus: We Keep Us Safe

KUOW News and Information

13

Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries

Olimpia Pérez

14

Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

15

Adrift

Apple TV / Blanchard House

16

World of Secrets

BBC

17

Theories of the Third Kind

Theories of the Third Kind

18

Johnathan Walton Media

Johnathan Walton

19

Uncanny

BBC Radio 4

20

Hyperfixed

Alex Goldman & Radiotopia

21

The Speaker

KQED

22

Dalton Fischer Podcast

Dalton Fischer

23

The Documentary Podcast

BBC World Service

24

Personally: Agent Layla

CBC

25

Where the River Took Us

Texas Monthly

26

Question Everything

Brian Reed

27

Lucky Boy

Tortoise Media

28

The Hidden Third

Mariana van Zeller

29

The Crux True Survival Stories

The Crux True Survival Stories

30

Unquiet Realities

Winchester

31

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

Jimmy Akin

32

The Birth Keepers

The Guardian

33

Better in Person with Stephen Dubner

Freakonomics Radio

34

Ear Hustle

Ear Hustle & Radiotopia

35

Black Box: The Chatbots

The Guardian

36

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

37

Wind of Change

Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify

38

What It Was Like

Superreal

39

Sweet Bobby

Tortoise Media

40

Flightless Bird

David Farrier

41

The Consciousness Cassettes (Season 2 of The Telepathy Tapes)

TTT Media

42

Decoder Ring

Slate Podcasts

43

A Very British Cult

BBC Radio 4

44

Real Life Ghost Stories

Real Life Ghost Stories

45

Careless | Tortoise Investigates

The Observer

46

Stories from a Stranger

Higher Ground

47

Sound, Light & Frequency

iHeartPodcasts

48

Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities

Audacy

49

Call Sign Condor: Latino Soldiers Fighting in Ukraine

DW, LA Times Studios, Futuro Studios

50

The Secret World of Roald Dahl

iHeartPodcasts

51

ChannelB پادکست فارسی

Ali Bandari

52

The Reincarnation Records

TTT Media

53

Radio Ambulante

My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts

54

Noble

Audiochuck

55

Belief Hole | Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks

SpectreVision Radio

56

Heretics | Andrew Gold

Andrew Gold

57

Our American Stories

iHeartPodcasts

58

Dispatches from the Divide

BYUradio

59

The Shrink Next Door

Audible | Bloomberg

60

OnlyFantasy

Audible

61

The Paranormal Podcast

Jim Harold

62

Revisiting The Gay Life

David Boyer

63

Taming Lyons

Autonomous

64

Radio Marz | پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز

Marzie

65

The Powers of Darkness Podcast

Or Whatever Movies

66

Deep Secrets

NOTHING TO SEE HERE INC

67

Scene on Radio

Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University

68

Lore Lodge Podcast

Lodge

69

JFK The Enduring Secret

Jeff Crudele

70

Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter

Forbidden Knowledge Network

71

搞钱女孩

搞钱女孩小辉

72

Alien UFO Podcast

Simon Bown

73

pepe&chema podcast

pepe&chema

74

Strangers on a Bench

Tom Rosenthal

75

Kendall Rae

Kendall Rae

76

Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups

Forbidden Knowledge Network

77

The Missing Cryptoqueen

BBC Sounds

78

The Poet

Sony Music Entertainment

79

What I survived

Jack Laurence

80

After The Hatch: Fly Fishing Stories from Big Sky Country & Beyond

Steve Hoovler

81

Fighting Crime

Arnold Ventures

82

Relatos Forenses Podcast

pepe&chema

83

The Underworld Podcast

The Underworld Podcast

84

Jungle Prince

The New York Times

85

Chameleon: Dr. Miracle

Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media

86

The Commune

Stuff Audio

87

Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan

IRONCLAD

88

5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan

Andrew Callaghan

89

Inconceivable Truth

Audiochuck

90

Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained

Haunted UK

91

Hysterical

Audible | Pineapple Street Studios

92

The Know Rogan Experience

Cross Pond Productions

93

Radio Diaries

Radio Diaries & Radiotopia

94

On Our Watch

KQED

95

Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera Network

96

SAS: The Shadow War

The Independent / Aurra Studios

97

SNAPPED: The Podcast

Lucy Taylor

98

True Crime News

True Crime News

99

HABITUAL

Colorado Radio for Justice

100

All My Relations Podcast

Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane

101

Hoaxed

Tortoise Media

102

The Brohio Podcast

Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy

103

Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage | Global Issues | Current Affairs

Secrets & Spies

104

Swingers

BBC Radio Wales

105

BioHacked: Family Secrets

Sony Music Entertainment

106

Army of Normal Folks

iHeartPodcasts

107

The Long Time Academy

Headspace Studios, The Long Time Project, Scenery Studios

108

Autoimmunity and the Good Girls: Behind-the-Page with Sara Hirsh Bordo

Women Rising®

109

The Flood

The Australian

110

Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever

iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope

111

The Witch Farm

BBC Radio 4

112

History's Great Mysteries

Nick

113

Fatal Fantasy

Sony Music Entertainment

114

The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters

True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories

115

Boomtown

Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly

116

Affaires sensibles

France Inter

117

Debt Heads

Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster

118

The Cryptid Podcast

The Cryptid Podcast - Daniel "Dano" Hamilton

119

The Crimes of Margo Freshwater

Sony Music Entertainment

120

The Agent

Imperative Entertainment

121

Stolen Lives True Crime

Stolen Lives True Crime

122

How I Survived

That's Life!

123

Death on the Lot

Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment

124

Más Allá del Rosa

Jessica Fernández

125

Bed of Lies

The Telegraph

126

Be Amazed

Be Amazed

127

Spicy Alien After Dark

Alien

128

An Arm and a Leg

An Arm and a Leg

129

Arcane Carolinas

Arcane Carolinas

130

JAXXON PODCAST

Jaxxon Podcast

131

The Obit Project

Jad Abumrad and Jule Banville

132

人間動物園：厭世姬外出取材

厭世姬＆邊角料

133

给女孩的商业第一课

闪光少女斯斯

134

The Haunted Objects Podcast

SpectreVision Radio

135

The Slow Newscast

The Observer

136

Into The Fog with Peter Laws

Peter Laws

137

MimmPodcast | پادکست میم

مهدی عباسی

138

Welcome to Paradise

CBC

139

Reflector

Longview

140

Paranormal Record: A True Ghost Story Podcast

Rob Constantine

141

Theo Von - Biography Flash

Inception Point AI

142

WTF is on my Mind?!

Mark Vicente

143

The InBetween Official Podcast

The_InBetween

144

Untold: Opus Dei

Financial Times

145

The Vanishing of Janis Rose

Sony Music Entertainment

146

Kurzgesagt Podcast: Science Revealed

Lynn Studio

147

A Whole Other Country

Marfa Public Radio

148

Inheritance: Fiat

BBC World Service

149

On Solid Ground

Atlantic Re:think and Walmart

150

The Compendium: An Assembly of Fascinating Things

Strange True Stories with Kyle Risi & Adam Cox

151

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

bgty

152

The Other Latif

WNYC Studios

153

Thunder Bay

Canadaland

154

Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez

Sonoro | Futuro Studios

155

Great Lives

BBC Radio 4

156

You Look Like Me

Louise McLoughlin

157

Bitter Blood: Kasem V Kasem

Audible Originals

158

The Improvement Association

Serial Productions & The New York Times

159

On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse

On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse

160

Mind Games

Kaleidoscope

161

The Night Parade

SpectreVision Radio

162

Secrets We Keep

LiSTNR

163

AFTER DARK | True Scary, Paranormal, Ghost, Supernatural & Mysterious Stories

True Crime, Mysteries, Paranormal, Unexplained, True Scary Stories

164

Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!

Byte & Pieces

165

The Redefector

Audiochuck

166

Odessa

The New York Times

167

THE RYAN FILES

With Ryan Pelton

168

Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted

Osbourne Media

169

Our Common Nature

WNYC

170

To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll

Rubrik | Nicole Perlroth

171

MiedoScope Historias de Miedo en Directo

Miedoscope

172

The Telepathy Tapes

vfgt

173

Documentary on One Podcast

RTÉ Documentary on One

174

Mysteries at Bedtime

Jack Laurence

175

Leaving Eden Podcast

Leaving Eden LLC

176

The Guild of Ghostly Grounds

The Guild of Ghostly Grounds

177

Investigation Chancla

Mama Chancla

178

Mysteries and Monsters

Mysteries and Monsters

179

No One Is Coming

Ten Cats Media

180

Threshold

Auricle Productions

181

Talk Tracks

TTT Media

182

Chameleon: The Michigan Plot

Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media

183

Catastrophic Failure

Times Union

184

Pipeline

Daily Mail

185

Creepy Shit

Creepy Shit

186

The Gift

BBC Radio 4

187

Underground Mysteries

Underground Mysteries

188

What The Hell Do I Know w/JB

Jason Becker

189

My Year in Mensa

iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus

190

Homeless Unfiltered from Invisible People

Invisible People

191

SuperHuman

iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope

192

Chameleon: Gallery of Lies

Sony Podcasts

193

SCAMMERLAND

Superreal

194

Elon's Spies

Tortoise Media

195

Steven Bartlett - Biography Flash

Inception Point AI

196

Tipping Point: The True Story of "The Limits to Growth"

Katy Shields

197

Chris Chan: A Comprehensive History

Geno Samuel

198

Getting Free

International Beit Din

199

Before We Go

Podcast Nation

200

Strangeology

Strangeology Podcast

201

Everyone Has An Ex

Mamamia Podcasts

202

Weight For It

ohitsBigRon Studios

203

What's Missing

Casefile Presents

204

Ripple

American Public Media

205

Escafandro

Rádio Escafandro

206

EWU Crime Storytime

EWU Crime Storytime

207

Phantoms & Monsters Radio

Lon Strickler

208

Kate and Kathleen - A podcast about humans and horses

Kathleen Beckham and KATE SANDEL

209

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210

Our Hen House: Vegan & Animal Rights Movement | Stories from the Frontlines of Animal Liberation

Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan

211

Curse of: America’s Next Top Model

iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts

212

The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door

The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door

213

Storytime

Storytime

214

Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media

Louie Media

215

The Brothers Ortiz

Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts

216

Ghost Herd

KUOW News and Information

217

On Assignment

Reuters

218

Atonement: The John Paulk Story

iHeartPodcasts

219

Artifacts: Stories from the Emotional History of the Internet

Danny Brown

220

Into the Mix

Ben & Jerry's and ABF Creative

221

Outlawed

Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz

222

Not Special: A Liberty Speaks Show

Liberty Speaks | Herb Thompson & Corrie Thompson

223

Rádio Novelo Apresenta

Rádio Novelo

224

Short Cuts

BBC Radio 4

225

Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman

Envision Podcast Productions

226

Deliver Us From Ervil

iHeartPodcasts and Novel

227

Dreamtown: The Story of Adelanto

Dreamtown: The Story of Adelanto

228

28ish Days Later

BBC Radio 4

229

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230

Cosmic Peach

Julia Hamilton

231

Freakonomics Radio

vfgt

232

FBI Files

The FBI Files

233

Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast

Unincarcerated Productions

234

EWU Bodycam

EWU Bodycam

235

Storytime with Seth Rogen

Earwolf & Seth Rogen

236

Extreme

BBC

237

I Talk To Ghosts

Jennifer Page

238

Cruising | Queer History and Culture

Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jennifer McGinity

239

Weird History

Forbidden Knowledge Network

240

The Experiment

The Atlantic and WNYC Studios

241

UFO - Extraterrestrial Reality

James Quirk

242

Cultureful: Global Identity & Intergenerational Stories

Jess Lin, Oral Histories

243

The Squarepeg Podcast

Amy Richards

244

APM Reports Documentaries

APM Reports

245

In God's Name: An Unseen Cult

Grace Elizabeth

246

老高和小茉最新更新

老高与小茉高速更新

247

Admissible: Shreds of Evidence

VPM & Story Mechanics

248

Rachel Maddow - Biography Flash

Inception Point AI

249

The People's Republic of Astoria

Tim Donovan

250

Sumud Podcast: Inspired by Palestine

Dr. Ed Hasan

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