Top Documentary Podcasts in United States

The latest Apple Podcasts Documentary chart for United States, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked August 7, 2026.

1

Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

2

The Telepathy Tapes

Ky Dickens

3

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

4

We call her Emma | Tortoise Investigates

The Observer

5

Focus: Adults in the Room

KUOW News and Information

6

This Is Actually Happening

Audible

7

Paper Trail

ProPublica

8

Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries

Olimpia Pérez

9

Danny Jones Podcast

Danny Jones | Daylight Media

10

Adrift

Apple TV / Blanchard House

11

Otherworld

Otherworld

12

Embedded

NPR

13

Where the River Took Us

Texas Monthly

14

OnlyFantasy

Audible

15

5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan

Andrew Callaghan

16

The Secret World of Roald Dahl

iHeartPodcasts

17

Question Everything

Brian Reed

18

Ear Hustle

Ear Hustle & Radiotopia

19

Better in Person with Stephen Dubner

Freakonomics Radio

20

Sweet Bobby

Tortoise Media

21

The Hidden Third

Mariana van Zeller

22

Johnathan Walton Media

Johnathan Walton

23

Wind of Change

Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify

24

Flightless Bird

David Farrier

25

The CRUX: True Survival Stories

Kaycee McIntosh, Julie Henningsen, Bleav

26

Sold a Story

APM Reports

27

The Documentary Podcast

BBC World Service

28

World of Secrets

BBC

29

Stories from a Stranger

HigherGround

30

Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities

Audacy

31

What It Was Like

Superreal

32

Decoder Ring

Slate Podcasts

33

The Rewriting Humanity

Jim Walsh

34

Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever

iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope

35

Radio Ambulante

My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts

36

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

Jimmy Akin

37

Bed of Lies

The Telegraph

38

Our American Stories

iHeartPodcasts

39

Swingers

BBC Radio Wales

40

Strangers on a Bench

Tom Rosenthal

41

ChannelB پادکست فارسی

Ali Bandari

42

The Missing Sister

iHeartPodcasts

43

Uncanny

BBC Radio 4

44

All My Relations Podcast

Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane

45

Mind Games

Kaleidoscope

46

The Birth Keepers

The Guardian

47

Sound, Light & Frequency

iHeartPodcasts

48

The Paranormal Podcast

Jim Harold

49

The Brohio Podcast

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

50

Noble

Audiochuck

51

What I survived

Jack Laurence

52

Real Life Ghost Stories

Real Life Ghost Stories

53

Hyperfixed

Alex Goldman & Radiotopia

54

The Shrink Next Door

Audible | Bloomberg

55

pepe&chema podcast

Directed by José Grajales | troop audio

56

Belief Hole | Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks

SpectreVision Radio

57

Scene on Radio

Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University

58

To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll

Rubrik | Nicole Perlroth | Pod People

59

Army of Normal Folks

iHeartPodcasts

60

The Underworld Podcast

The Underworld Podcast

61

SuperHuman

iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope

62

Fighting Crime

Arnold Ventures

63

The Vanguard Wall Podcast

The Vanguard Wall Podcast

64

The Know Rogan Experience

Cross Pond Productions

65

Relatos Forenses Podcast

Relatos Forenses / troop audio

66

Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter

Forbidden Knowledge Network

67

Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord

iHeartPodcasts

68

The Obit Project

Jad Abumrad and Jule Banville

69

Inconceivable Truth

Audiochuck

70

heretics. | andrew gold

Andrew Gold

71

搞钱女孩

搞钱女孩小辉

72

Dalton Fischer Podcast

Dalton Fischer

73

Off Duty | The Guardian Investigates

The Guardian

74

Hysterical

Audible | Pineapple Street Studios

75

JFK The Enduring Secret

Jeff Crudele

76

The Missing Cryptoqueen

BBC Sounds

77

Boomtown

Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly

78

Lucky Boy

Tortoise Media

79

The Crimes of Margo Freshwater

Sony Music Entertainment

80

Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan

IRONCLAD

81

Hoaxed

Tortoise Media

82

Affaires sensibles

France Inter

83

Artifacts: Stories from the Emotional History of the Internet

Danny Brown

84

Stealing Superman

iHeartPodcasts

85

Alien UFO Podcast

Simon Bown

86

Leaving Eden Podcast

Leaving Eden LLC

87

The Commune

Stuff Audio

88

Debt Heads

Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster

89

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

90

I'm Not a Monster

BBC Radio 5 Live

91

The Slow Newscast

The Observer

92

WTF is on my Mind?!

Mark Vicente

93

The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories

True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories

94

Consciousness Cassettes

Ky Dickens

95

Everyday Abundance: The hidden stories behind everyday technologies

Virginia Postrel and Charles C. Mann

96

Stolen Lives True Crime

Stolen Lives True Crime

97

Radio Marz | پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز

Marzie

98

HABITUAL

Colorado Radio for Justice

99

Be Amazed

Be Amazed

100

JAXXON PODCAST

Jaxxon Podcast

101

Concrete Mama: The Podcast

Unincarcerated Productions

102

Curse of: America’s Next Top Model

iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts

103

Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

104

BioHacked: Family Secrets

Sony Music Entertainment

105

Stuff Matters with Ed Conway

Sky News

106

History's Great Mysteries

Nick

107

Secrets We Keep

LiSTNR

108

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

Byte & Pieces

109

Jungle Prince

The New York Times

110

MiedoScope Historias de Miedo en Directo

Miedoscope

111

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112

Untold: Opus Dei

Financial Times

113

Creepy Shit

Creepy Shit

114

Personally: Discount Dave (and the Fix)

CBC

115

Lore Lodge Podcast

Lodge

116

An Arm and a Leg

An Arm and a Leg

117

Power Plays

Human Rights Foundation

118

Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained

Haunted UK

119

No One Is Coming

Lance Still

120

The Red Treehouse: Scary Stories to Keep You Up at Night

Will Soto

121

Cosmic Peach

Julia Hamilton

122

Stories with Matt Cullen

Matt Cullen

123

Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast

Clem Dallaway

124

Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups

Forbidden Knowledge Network

125

The Other Latif

WNYC Studios

126

Into The Fog with Peter Laws

Peter Laws

127

The Agent

Imperative Entertainment

128

The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door

The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door

129

Pop Mystery Pod

Tess Barker

130

Radio Diaries

Radio Diaries & Radiotopia

131

Pipeline

Daily Mail

132

Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera Network

133

Mysteries at Bedtime

Jack Laurence

134

Strangeology

Strangeology Podcast

135

Signal Hill

Signal Hill

136

Spicy Alien After Dark

Alien

137

The Diamond King | Telegraph Investigates

The Telegraph

138

Thunder Bay

Canadaland

139

A Very British Cult

BBC Radio 4

140

Everyone Has An Ex

Mamamia Podcasts

141

The Compendium: An Assembly of Fascinating Things

Strange True Stories with Kyle Risi & Adam Cox

142

Rádio Novelo Apresenta

Rádio Novelo

143

Trapped in Treatment

iHeartPodcasts and Warner Bros

144

Bitter Blood: Kasem V Kasem

Audible Originals

145

Más Allá del Rosa

Jessica Fernández

146

Death on the Lot

Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment

147

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

Secrets & Spies

148

Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez

Sonoro | Futuro Studios

149

MimmPodcast | پادکست میم

مهدی عباسی

150

Pig Iron

Tortoise Media

151

The Improvement Association

Serial Productions & The New York Times

152

I Talk To Ghosts

Jennifer Page

153

Truth or Demons Podcast

Stevi

154

Odessa

The New York Times

155

The Vanishing of Janis Rose

Sony Music Entertainment

156

Al Jazeera English

Al Jazeera Network

157

The Experiment

The Atlantic and WNYC Studios

158

The Haunted Objects Podcast

SpectreVision Radio

159

人間動物園：厭世姬外出取材

厭世姬＆邊角料

160

Storytime with Seth Rogen

Earwolf & Seth Rogen

161

From Now On

LA PHILLIPS MEDIA

162

The Witch Farm

BBC Radio 4

163

Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted

Osbourne Media

164

Fatal Fantasy

Sony Music Entertainment

165

When We Were Wizards

Traction Media

166

My Year in Mensa

iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus

167

The Gas Man

Tortoise Media

168

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

Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan

169

Great Lives

BBC Radio 4

170

Reflector

Longview

171

UFO - Extraterrestrial Reality

James Quirk

172

Chameleon: Dr. Miracle

Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media

173

Mysteries and Monsters

Mysteries and Monsters

174

Storytime

Storytime

175

Dave and Cheryl and the 90s

Dave and Cheryl

176

Outlawed

Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz

177

老高和小茉最新更新

老高与小茉高速更新

178

给女孩的商业第一课

闪光少女斯斯

179

Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman

Envision Podcast Productions

180

Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media

Louie Media

181

Paranormal Record: A True Ghost Story Podcast

Rob Constantine

182

Better Odds

Doug Stoddard & Ben Watts

183

Blue square | مربع آبی

Raad charity

184

The Back from the Brink Podcast

Ryann Blackshere Vargas, Back from the Brink

185

Chameleon: The Michigan Plot

Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media

186

Chris Chan: A Comprehensive History

Geno Samuel

187

The Legend of SwordQuest

iHeartPodcasts

188

Work-Shaped Life

Sheepscot Creative

189

Atonement: The John Paulk Story

iHeartPodcasts

190

It's Not a Purse

Mr. Nice TV

191

The Gift

BBC Radio 4

192

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193

Getting Free

International Beit Din

194

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195

True Creeps: True Crime, Ghost Stories, Cryptids, Horrors in History & Spooky Stories

Amanda Mednansky and Lindsey Charlick

196

The Brothers Ortiz

Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts

197

On Our Watch

KQED

198

Horror a la Media Noche

Horror de la Noche

199

THE RYAN FILES

With Ryan Pelton

200

Weight For It

ohitsBigRon Studios

201

Life with Ghosts — LET'S CHAT!

Stephen Berkley

202

Ripple

American Public Media

203

The United States of Paranormal

theunitedstatesofparanormal

204

SCAMMERLAND

Superreal

205

Inheriting

NPR

206

On podcast پادکست آن

mersen

207

28ish Days Later

BBC Radio 4

208

Penny Royal

Nathan Isaac

209

Phantoms & Monsters Radio

Lon Strickler

210

Chess Piece: The Elián González Story

My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts

211

On Assignment

Reuters

212

The Redefector

Audiochuck

213

Into The Dirt

Tortoise Media

214

Causality

The Engineered Network

215

In Trust

iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg

216

Skyline Drive

iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope

217

Catastrophic Failure

Times Union

218

Elon's Spies

Tortoise Media

219

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

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

220

A Whole Other Country

Marfa Public Radio

221

The InBetween Official Podcast

The_InBetween

222

Our Common Nature

WNYC

223

On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse

On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse

224

Toldja! The Nikki Finke Story

Linda Grasso & Charlie Koones

225

Chameleon: Gallery of Lies

Sony Podcasts

226

Extreme

BBC

227

Telephone Stories

Ninth Planet Audio

228

Buckeye Bigfoot

Nance Warren

229

Admissible: Shreds of Evidence

VPM & Story Mechanics

230

Inheritance: Samsung

BBC World Service

231

LANDED

American Farmland Trust

232

Wild N' Woolly Ozarks

Cline Champion Herren

233

Documentary on One Podcast

RTÉ

234

Fat Leonard

Brazen

235

Hood Stocks

hoodstockspodcast

236

Wake Up With The Wolf

Cole DaSilva

237

Canal Café Brasil

Luciano Pires & Café Brasil Editorial Ltda

238

We Want Them Infected Podcast

Dr. Jonathan Howard and Wendy Orent

239

Kurzgesagt Podcast: Science Revealed

Lynn Studio

240

What's Missing

Casefile Presents

241

Coffeehouse Crime

Coffeehouse Crime

242

Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman

Tortoise Media

243

Welcome to Paradise

CBC

244

Lake Effect: Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes

JHughes Productions

245

Small Town Monsters Broadcast Network

stmbroadcastingnetwork

246

The Squarepeg Podcast

Amy Richards

247

Cruising | Queer History and Culture

Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jennifer McGinity

248

More Muslim

More Muslim

249

Shadows of Mystery Podcast

PodCast Lab Studios Inc

250

Prenderse Fuego: Las Voces de Pedro Lemebel

Podium Podcast Chile

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