Top 200 Documentary podcasts
The top 200 documentary podcasts on the Apple Podcasts US chart for November 9, 2026, with episode counts and host contacts in Media List.
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#1
Freakonomics RadioFreakonomics Radio + Stitcher
937episodes
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#2
The Binge: Free Shelley JensenSony Music Entertainment
155episodes
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#3
The Why Files: Operation PodcastThe Why Files: Operation Podcast
303episodes
Key facts
- This page lists the full Apple Podcasts US Documentary chart for November 9, 2026, positions 1 to 200; the top 100 also has its own page.
- Positions 101 to 200 start with Dispatches from the Divide at #101.
- 30 of the shows at positions 101 to 200 have a host contact in Media List.
- The typical show at positions 101 to 200 has about 40 episodes (Media List's podcast data as of November 8, 2026).
- 54 of the 200 shows on this page have a host contact in Media List.
- Chart checked .
Top 200 documentary podcasts, by Apple chart position
Jump to Positions 101 to 200 · Top 25 · Top 50 · Top 100
Top 100Top 200
| # | Show | Episodes | Apple | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Top 25 Documentary podcasts | ||||
| 1 | Freakonomics Radio Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher |
937 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 2 | The Binge: Free Shelley Jensen Sony Music Entertainment |
155 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 3 | The Why Files: Operation Podcast The Why Files: Operation Podcast |
303 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 4 | Sold a Story APM Reports |
23 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 5 | The Telepathy Tapes Ky Dickens |
– | Listen | Similar shows |
| 6 | METRO with Sarah Koenig Serial Productions & The New York Times |
4 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 7 | Otherworld Otherworld |
258 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 8 | This Is Actually Happening Audible Original |
348 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 9 | Danny Jones Podcast Danny Jones | Daylight Media |
432 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 10 | Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries Olimpia Pérez |
140 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 11 | Theories of the Third Kind Theories of the Third Kind |
300 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 12 | Curse of: Miss America iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts |
18 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 13 | Reaching Out Futuro Media |
– | Listen | Similar shows |
| 14 | The Documentary Podcast BBC World Service |
1,000+ | Listen | Similar shows |
| 15 | Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Jimmy Akin |
300 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 16 | What It Was Like Superreal |
93 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 17 | Hyperfixed Alex Goldman & Radiotopia |
54 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 18 | Embedded NPR |
190 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 19 | I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice? BBC Sounds |
31 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 20 | The Hidden Third Mariana van Zeller |
48 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 21 | Spiral | Tortoise Investigates The Observer |
– | Listen | Similar shows |
| 22 | Decoder Ring Slate Podcasts |
162 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 23 | Adrift Apple TV / Blanchard House |
9 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 24 | Deep Secrets Nothing To See Here, Inc. |
2 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 25 | Radio Ambulante My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts |
369 | Listen | Similar shows |
Top 50, positions 26 to 50 | ||||
| 26 | The Crux True Survival Stories The Crux True Survival Stories |
263 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 27 | Dalton Fischer Podcast Dalton Fischer |
22 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 28 | Ear Hustle Ear Hustle & Radiotopia |
188 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 29 | Flightless Bird David Farrier |
211 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 30 | World of Secrets BBC |
95 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 31 | Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast iHeartPodcasts |
45 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 32 | Latino USA My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts |
700 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 33 | Focus: We Keep Us Safe KUOW News and Information |
17 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 34 | Real Life Ghost Stories Real Life Ghost Stories |
1,000+ | Listen | Similar shows |
| 35 | Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities Audacy |
93 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 36 | Heretics | Andrew Gold Andrew Gold |
697 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 37 | Question Everything KCRW |
83 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 38 | Uncanny BBC Radio 4 |
100 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 39 | ChannelB پادکست فارسی Ali Bandari |
105 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 40 | The Vanishing of Janis Rose Sony Music Entertainment |
4 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 41 | Johnathan Walton Media Johnathan Walton |
48 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 42 | Our American Stories iHeartPodcasts |
1,000+ | Listen | Similar shows |
| 43 | Paper Trail ProPublica |
13 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 44 | No One Is Coming Ten Cats Media |
7 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 45 | JFK The Enduring Secret Jeff Crudele |
398 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 46 | Radio Diaries Radio Diaries & Radiotopia |
272 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 47 | Alien UFO Podcast Simon Bown |
441 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 48 | What I survived Jack Laurence |
64 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 49 | The Paranormal Podcast Jim Harold |
14 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 50 | The Reincarnation Records (The Telepathy Tapes Season 3) TTT Media |
6 | Listen | Similar shows |
Top 100, positions 51 to 100 | ||||
| 51 | Wind of Change Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify |
15 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 52 | The Know Rogan Experience Cross Pond Productions |
87 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 53 | Scene on Radio Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University |
140 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 54 | An Arm and a Leg An Arm and a Leg |
170 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 55 | Unquiet Realities Winchester |
6 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 56 | The Brohio Podcast Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy |
523 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 57 | Noble Audiochuck |
12 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 58 | All My Relations Podcast Matika Wilbur |
77 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 59 | The Underworld Podcast The Underworld Podcast |
279 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 60 | Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage | Global Issues | Current Affairs Secrets & Spies |
348 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 61 | WTF is on my Mind?! Mark Vicente |
123 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 62 | Black Box: The Chatbots The Guardian |
51 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 63 | Relatos Forenses Podcast pepe&chema |
265 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 64 | Belief Hole | Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks SpectreVision Radio |
155 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 65 | Personally: Agent Layla CBC |
68 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 66 | The Consciousness Cassettes (The Telepathy Tapes Season 2) TTT Media |
14 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 67 | 搞钱女孩 搞钱女孩小辉 |
188 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 68 | Sweet Bobby Tortoise Media |
8 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 69 | pepe&chema podcast pepe&chema |
– | Listen | Similar shows |
| 70 | Be Amazed Be Amazed |
490 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 71 | Better in Person with Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio |
11 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 72 | Strangers on a Bench Tom Rosenthal |
100 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 73 | Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained Haunted UK |
222 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 74 | How I Survived That's Life! |
35 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 75 | OnlyFantasy Audible Original |
– | Listen | Similar shows |
| 76 | The Secret World of Roald Dahl iHeartPodcasts |
14 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 77 | Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord iHeartPodcasts |
26 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 78 | The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories |
636 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 79 | The Speaker KQED |
2 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 80 | Affaires sensibles France Inter |
– | Listen | Similar shows |
| 81 | Where the River Took Us Texas Monthly |
– | Listen | Similar shows |
| 82 | Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter Forbidden Knowledge Network |
– | Listen | Similar shows |
| 83 | The Shrink Next Door Audible Original | Bloomberg |
3 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 84 | Into The Fog with Peter Laws Peter Laws |
79 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 85 | BioHacked: Family Secrets Sony Music Entertainment |
14 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 86 | Radio Marz | پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز Marzie |
91 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 87 | The Missing Cryptoqueen BBC Sounds |
18 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 88 | Army of Normal Folks iHeartPodcasts |
482 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 89 | Inheritance BBC World Service |
11 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 90 | The Birth Keepers The Guardian |
6 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 91 | The Haunted Objects Podcast SpectreVision Radio |
33 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 92 | The Guild of Ghostly Grounds The Guild of Ghostly Grounds |
8 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 93 | Stolen Lives True Crime Stolen Lives True Crime |
292 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 94 | MimmPodcast | پادکست میم مهدی عباسی |
55 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 95 | Leaving Eden Podcast Leaving Eden LLC |
340 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 96 | Curse of: America's Next Top Model iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts |
17 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 97 | History's Great Mysteries Nick |
20 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 98 | Inconceivable Truth Audiochuck |
12 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 99 | Debt Heads Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster |
0 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 100 | The Slow Newscast The Observer |
438 | Listen | Similar shows |
Positions 101 to 200 | ||||
| 101 | Dispatches from the Divide BYUradio |
168 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 102 | MiedoScope Historias de Miedo en Directo Miedoscope |
1,000+ | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 103 | Stories from a Stranger Higher Ground |
20 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 104 | Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc! Byte & Pieces |
1,000+ | Listen | Similar shows |
| 105 | A Very British Cult BBC Radio 4 |
9 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 106 | Everyone Has An Ex Mamamia Podcasts |
96 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 107 | Hysterical Audible Original | Pineapple Street Studios |
4 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 108 | The Commune Stuff Audio |
13 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 109 | Phantoms & Monsters Radio Lon Strickler |
313 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 110 | Boomtown Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly |
15 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 111 | The Youth Development Center NHPR |
5 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 112 | Chameleon: Dr. Miracle Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media |
3 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 113 | Sound, Light & Frequency iHeartPodcasts |
33 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 114 | The Agent Imperative Entertainment |
15 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 115 | 5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan Andrew Callaghan |
31 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 116 | 人間動物園:厭世姬外出取材 厭世姬&邊角料 |
209 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 117 | The Cryptid Podcast The Cryptid Podcast - Daniel "Dano" Hamilton |
265 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 118 | On Our Watch KQED |
28 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 119 | Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted Osbourne Media |
59 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 120 | Toxic: The Britney Spears Story SiriusXM |
15 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 121 | On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse |
93 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 122 | Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman Envision Podcast Productions |
– | Listen | Similar shows |
| 123 | THE RYAN FILES With Ryan Pelton |
218 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 124 | Shadows of Mystery Podcast PodCast Lab Studios Inc |
100 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 125 | Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups Forbidden Knowledge Network |
– | Listen | Similar shows |
| 126 | Chris Chan: A Comprehensive History Geno Samuel |
85 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 127 | Bitter Blood: Kasem V Kasem Audible Original |
9 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 128 | Great Lives BBC Radio 4 |
410 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 129 | Behind The Story Show Jelani Gonzalez |
64 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 130 | I Talk To Ghosts Jennifer Page |
324 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 131 | The Compendium: An Assembly of Fascinating Things Strange True Stories with Kyle Risi & Adam Cox |
162 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 132 | Más Allá del Rosa Jessica Fernández |
232 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 133 | Jungle Prince The New York Times |
3 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 134 | AFTER DARK | True Scary, Paranormal, Ghost, Supernatural & Mysterious Stories True Crime, Mysteries, Paranormal, Unexplained, True Scary Stories |
134 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 135 | My Brother David iHeartPodcasts |
1 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 136 | Taming Lyons Autonomous |
7 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 137 | Rádio Novelo Apresenta Rádio Novelo |
200 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 138 | Call Sign Condor: Latino Soldiers Fighting in Ukraine DW, LA Times Studios, Futuro Studios |
1 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 139 | The Witch Farm BBC Radio 4 |
13 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 140 | The Red Treehouse: Scary Stories to Keep You Up at Night Will Soto |
292 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 141 | Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan IRONCLAD |
12 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 142 | The Powers of Darkness Podcast Or Whatever Movies |
7 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 143 | A Whole Other Country Marfa Public Radio |
7 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 144 | Death on the Lot Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment |
13 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 145 | Secrets We Keep LiSTNR |
156 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 146 | The Crimes of Margo Freshwater Sony Music Entertainment |
3 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 147 | Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media Louie Media |
208 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 148 | Unsung Heroes Among Us Sienna Rourke |
115 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 149 | Revisiting The Gay Life David Boyer |
15 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 150 | Our Hen House: Vegan & Animal Rights Movement | Stories from the Frontlines of Animal Liberation Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan |
375 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 151 | Thunder Bay Canadaland |
12 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 152 | Mind Games Kaleidoscope |
11 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 153 | Σκληρές αλήθειες LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ |
321 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 154 | Ça peut vous arriver RTL |
101 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 155 | Lake Effect: Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes JHughes Productions |
40 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 156 | The Poet Sony Music Entertainment |
2 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 157 | Mysteries at Bedtime Jack Laurence |
86 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 158 | Swingers BBC Radio Wales |
7 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 159 | Broken Badge Broken Badge |
9 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 160 | Reflector Longview |
33 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 161 | Cosmic Peach Julia Hamilton |
– | Listen | Similar shows |
| 162 | Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope |
22 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 163 | Une lettre d'Amérique RTL |
101 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 164 | Documentary on One Podcast RTÉ Documentary on One |
1,000+ | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 165 | How To Destroy Everything HTDE | Daylight Media |
– | Listen | Similar shows |
| 166 | TETHERS 11:59 Media |
60 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 167 | Storytime Storytime |
1,000+ | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 168 | Here Be Monsters Here Be Monsters |
185 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 169 | Chameleon: The Michigan Plot Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media |
8 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 170 | Chameleon: Gallery of Lies Sony Podcasts |
6 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 171 | Horror a la Media Noche Horror de la Noche |
1,000+ | Listen | Similar shows |
| 172 | Profile BBC Radio 4 |
695 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 173 | FBI Files The FBI Files |
9 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 174 | STUDIO SHOW SANTO STUDIO |
353 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 175 | Fatal Fantasy Sony Music Entertainment |
2 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 176 | Stealing Superman iHeartPodcasts |
11 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 177 | Sky Signal Jason Abadi |
115 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 178 | The Brothers Ortiz Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts |
11 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 179 | On podcast پادکست آن mersen |
53 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 180 | Hoaxed Tortoise Media |
8 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 181 | Mysteries and Monsters Mysteries and Monsters |
428 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 182 | Pop Mystery Pod Tess Barker |
110 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 183 | Lucky Boy Tortoise Media |
2 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 184 | To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll Rubrik | Nicole Perlroth |
11 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 185 | ドーナツ ~このポッドキャストはSNSです 朝日新聞ポッドキャスト |
41 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 186 | 给女孩的商业第一课 闪光少女斯斯 |
111 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 187 | Talk Tracks (The Telepathy Tapes Interview Series) TTT Media |
52 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 188 | The Improvement Association Serial Productions & The New York Times |
7 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 189 | Telephone Stories Ninth Planet Audio |
15 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 190 | UFOS & PARANORMAL WITH PRESTON DENNETT Preston Dennett |
221 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 191 | Untold: Opus Dei Financial Times |
25 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 192 | The Redefector Audiochuck |
12 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 193 | Paranoid American Thomas Gorence |
– | Listen | Similar shows |
| 194 | Threshold Auricle Productions |
147 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 195 | Creepy Shit Creepy Shit |
72 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 196 | La Biblioteca de los Sueños: Documentales para Dormir Olimpia Pérez |
53 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 197 | Death in Westminster Planet B Productions |
5 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 198 | The Gift BBC Radio 4 |
23 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 199 | Lauren Lake's Paternity Court MGM Studios, Inc., and Audio Up, Inc. |
235 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 200 | Extreme BBC |
18 | Listen | Similar shows |
How this list is made
Chart positions from Apple Podcasts (US), November 9, 2026. Positions follow Apple's chart, and a show removed on request leaves a gap. We check the charts every week. Episode counts come from Media List's podcast data as of November 8, 2026; Podcast Index caps counts at 1,000, so 1,000+ means at least that many. Host contacts unlock in Media List where we hold one for the show.
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Questions, answered
Which documentary podcasts are at positions 101 to 200?
Positions 101 to 200 on the Apple Podcasts US Documentary chart for November 9, 2026 start with Dispatches from the Divide at #101, and 30 of those shows have a host contact in Media List.
How is this list ranked?
By chart position on the Apple Podcasts US Documentary chart on November 9, 2026. Positions follow Apple's chart, and a show removed on request leaves a gap. Media List adds episode counts and host contacts.
How often is this list updated?
We check the Apple Podcasts charts every week. The date above is the date of the chart shown on this page.
Can I contact these podcast hosts?
54 of the shows on this list have a host contact in Media List. Plans start at $99 a month.
How many episodes do these podcasts have?
The typical show on this list has about 64 episodes, based on Media List's podcast data as of November 8, 2026.
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