Apple Podcast Rankings - USA - Drama

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 charts from 11 Jun 2026

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06/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 192

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:33:45

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. GZM Shows (6 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

4. Chilling Entertainment, LLC & Studio71 (4 shows)

5. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (41 shows)

2. Acast (11 shows)

3. Spreaker (6 shows)

4. RedCircle (5 shows)

5. Captivate (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	98	Megaphone	89
2	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	785	Simplecast	73
3	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	382	Megaphone	73
4	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
5	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	628	Megaphone	53
6	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	143	Megaphone	83
7	Creepy	Bloody FM	Fiction	1201	Megaphone	59
8	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	229	Acast	84
9	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
10	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
11	Knifepoint Horror	Soren Narnia	Fiction	123	Libsyn	43
12	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	644	Omny Studio	84
13	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment, LLC & Studio71	Fiction	515	Megaphone	42
14	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Megaphone	59
15	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	144	Megaphone	48
16	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	85	Acast	74
17	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	17	ART19	69
18	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	7	Captivate	53
19	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
20	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment, LLC & Studio71	Fiction	349	Megaphone	52
21	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	28	Acast	89
22	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	279	BBC	33
23	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	64	Megaphone	53
24	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	142	BBC	63
25	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	119	Megaphone	79
26	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	64	Acast	74
27	Scary Stories Told in the Dark: A Horror Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment, LLC & Studio71	Fiction	454	Megaphone	69
28	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	701	Spreaker	59
29	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	445	Megaphone	74
30	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	Megaphone	58
31	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
32	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
33	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment, LLC & Studio71	Fiction	247	Megaphone	62
34	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	74	Megaphone	79
35	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
36	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	24	Megaphone	79
37	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	77	Megaphone	79
38	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
39	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	344	Audioboom	68
40	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	768	Acast	64
41	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	556	Spreaker	69
42	Undertow: Familiar Haunts	Realm	Fiction	119	Megaphone	84
43	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	73	Megaphone	63
44	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
45	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	709	Spreaker	43
46	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
47	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	43	Acast	69
48	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	261	Megaphone	69
49	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	25	Megaphone	84
50	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	128	Megaphone	74
51	Thirteen	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	140	RedCircle	63
52	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	83	Simplecast	63
53	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	41	Megaphone	90
54	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	169	Megaphone	69
55	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	154	Megaphone	48
56	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
57	Dark Providence	Chaos Assembly	Fiction	5	Podbean	53
58	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	63
59	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
60	This Address Does Not Exist	Law of Names Media	Fiction	4	Pinecast	63
61	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	963	RedCircle	49
62	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	184	Megaphone	58
63	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	129	Megaphone	48
64	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	16	Acast	84
65	TJ, Amanda & JRod’s 2nd Date Update	KJ103 (KJYO-FM)	Fiction	41	Spreaker	38
66	Pixel Quest	Storybutton & Riffio	Fiction	65	Spotify for Podcasters	22
67	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	521	Acast	53
68	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	23	BBC	33
69	Nightmare Soup	Bloody FM	Fiction	17	Megaphone	83
70	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
71	Blood Ties	Audible	Fiction	27	ART19	59
72	Paralyzed	Bloody FM	Fiction	117	Megaphone	53
73	Dogman & Werewolf Encounters	Dogman & Werewolf Encounters	Fiction	95	Transistor	48
74	Dark Woods	Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	53
75	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	27	PRX	59
76	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	62	Acast	69
77	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
78	Treasure Island 2020	GZM Shows	Fiction	10	Megaphone	63
79	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	423	Acast	63
80	Last Dance	Blackabbey Productions	Fiction	16	Spotify for Podcasters	73
81	The Darkive — Scary Stories, Horror Fiction, and Creepypastas	Craig Groshek	Fiction	25	Spotify for Podcasters	38
82	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
83	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	122	RedCircle	54
84	The Love Talker	Alien Ghost Robot / Celebrity Tumour	Fiction	16	RedCircle	63
85	Weekly Spooky: Scary Stories & Eerie Horror Tales	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1000	Spreaker	69
86	The Shadow \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	41	Podbean	48
87	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
88	Discovering Dad	GZM Shows	Fiction	9	Megaphone	53
89	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old time Retro Radio	Fiction	63	Podbean	48
90	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
91	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & SiriusXM	Fiction	13	Simplecast	83
92	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	98	Libsyn	38
93	Lakecastle	Sansrival	Fiction	6	Buzzsprout	58
94	36 Questions – The Podcast Musical	Two-Up	Fiction	5	Megaphone	48
95	Soft Voice	QCODE	Fiction	13	Megaphone	79
96	Someone Just Like You: Horror Stories	Jeremy Ellett	Fiction	30	Megaphone	63
97	The Very Worst Thing That Could Possibly Happen	Wolf at the Door, Alex Kemp	Fiction	21	Megaphone	48
98	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	72	Captivate	94
99	Project Super Crush: The Audio Drama	PASTELIA	Fiction	15	Spotify for Podcasters	32
100	Lux Radio Theatre	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	736	RedCircle	64

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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