Apple Podcasts · United States · Nov 2, 2026

Best Documentary Podcasts

The top 100 Documentary shows on the Apple Podcasts chart (US), plus the episodes trending right now.

Trending Documentary episodes

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#1

693. What’s Our Job as Humans Anymore?

Freakonomics Radio · 57 min

#2

Anatomy of a Myth: The Complete History of the Vampire (Bedtime Story)

Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries · 1 h 06 min

#3

The Hopi Prophecy: The End of the World in Nine Signs

The Why Files: Operation Podcast · 36 min

#4

Limitless

The Binge: Free Shelley Jensen · 47 min

#5

Halloween Countdown 2026: Uncanny Halloween Special

Uncanny · 58 min

#6

Episode 192 - The Lakehouse Pt. 3

Otherworld · 56 min

#7

#444 - Something Very Strange Is Happening at The Vatican | Exiled Minister

Danny Jones Podcast · 2 h 15 min

#8

Episode 2: Karat and Schtick

METRO with Sarah Koenig · 40 min

#9

S2 E4: What Can You Do for My Black Children?

Sold a Story · 27 min

#10

Reporting Live From the Villa Vie Odyssey

Hyperfixed · 1 h 37 min

#11

The Locked Ward

The Binge: Free Shelley Jensen ·

#12

S2 E3: The Forgotten Experiment

Sold a Story · 31 min

New in Documentary

Brand new shows that entered this chart within two weeks of launch.

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

Sold a Story

APM Reports

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2

The Binge: Free Shelley Jensen

Sony Music Entertainment

▲ 2
3

Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

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4

METRO with Sarah Koenig

Serial Productions & The New York Times

▼ 2
5

Otherworld

Otherworld

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6

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

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7

The Telepathy Tapes

Ky Dickens

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8

Danny Jones Podcast

Danny Jones | Daylight Media

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9

This Is Actually Happening

Audible Original

▲ 1
10

No One Is Coming

Ten Cats Media

▲ 1
11

Behind The Story Show

Jelani Gonzalez

▼ 2
12

Reaching Out

Futuro Media

—
13

Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories

John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav

—
14

Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries

Olimpia Pérez

▲ 2
15

Deep Secrets

Nothing To See Here, Inc.

▼ 1
16

Hyperfixed

Alex Goldman & Radiotopia

▲ 2
17

Uncanny

BBC Radio 4

▲ 2
18

Paper Trail

ProPublica

▼ 1
19

What It Was Like

Superreal

▼ 4
20

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

BBC Sounds

▲ 2
21

Embedded

NPR

▲ 4
22

Adrift

Apple TV / Blanchard House

▼ 2
23

The Hidden Third

Mariana van Zeller

—
24

The Documentary Podcast

BBC World Service

▲ 3
25

Curse of: Miss America

iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts

▼ 4
26

Decoder Ring

Slate Podcasts

▼ 2
27

Johnathan Walton Media

Johnathan Walton

▲ 1
28

Ear Hustle

Ear Hustle & Radiotopia

▲ 1
29

The Reincarnation Records (The Telepathy Tapes Season 3)

TTT Media

▼ 3
30

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

Jimmy Akin

—
31

Theories of the Third Kind

Theories of the Third Kind

—
32

Question Everything

KCRW

▲ 1
33

Focus: We Keep Us Safe

KUOW News and Information

▼ 1
34

The Haunted Objects Podcast

SpectreVision Radio

▲ 11
35

World of Secrets

BBC

—
36

Spiral | Tortoise Investigates

The Observer

▼ 2
37

Flightless Bird

David Farrier

▲ 5
38

Radio Ambulante

My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts

▼ 2
39

Better in Person with Stephen Dubner

Freakonomics Radio

▲ 2
40

Wind of Change

Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify

▼ 3
41

Heretics | Andrew Gold

Andrew Gold

▲ 24
42

Unquiet Realities

Winchester

▲ 1
43

Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 4
44

Real Life Ghost Stories

Real Life Ghost Stories

▲ 8
45

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

▲ 17
46

Sweet Bobby

Tortoise Media

▼ 6
47

Dalton Fischer Podcast

Dalton Fischer

▼ 8
48

ChannelB پادکست فارسی

Ali Bandari

▲ 11
49

Inheritance

BBC World Service

▲ 21
50

The Crux True Survival Stories

The Crux True Survival Stories

▲ 1

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