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 03 Oct 2026

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10/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 201

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:36:06

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

2. GZM Shows (5 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. Bloody FM (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Spreaker (12 shows)

3. ART19 (12 shows)

4. Acast (11 shows)

5. Simplecast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	109	Megaphone	83
2	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	63
3	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	836	Simplecast	73
4	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1251	Acast	69
5	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
6	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	6	Megaphone	63
7	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
8	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	661	Simplecast	68
9	Drift Into Dreams A Closing Blessing Elevated Open	Jessica rodriguez	Fiction	136	RedCircle	43
10	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	169	Simplecast	68
11	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
12	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
13	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	160	Megaphone	78
14	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	726	Omny Studio	84
15	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	370	Audioboom	47
16	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
17	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
18	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
19	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
20	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
21	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
22	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	462	Audioboom	52
23	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
24	Tales of Harkshire	Artis House	Fiction	26	Podbean	73
25	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	43	ART19	83
26	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
27	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
28	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
29	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
30	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	240	BBC	58
31	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
32	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
33	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	718	Spreaker	53
34	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
35	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
36	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	144	Simplecast	69
37	Survival Dispatch Remnant	Christopher Heaven, CEO Survival Dispatch	Fiction	44	RSS.com	72
38	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
39	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
40	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
41	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Libsyn	62
42	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
43	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	21	Megaphone	73
44	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
45	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
46	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	266	Audioboom	57
47	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	264	Megaphone	63
48	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	451	Megaphone	69
49	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
50	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	670	Spreaker	63
51	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
52	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
53	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
54	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
55	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
56	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
57	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	158	Spreaker	59
58	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
59	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	373	Audioboom	68
60	Gothic FM	Gothic FM	Fiction	23	Simplecast	48
61	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
62	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1137	Spreaker	63
63	Dustwalker: A Science-Fantasy Audio Drama	Calamity Valley Productions	Fiction	9	Pinecast	68
64	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	86	ART19	73
65	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
66	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
67	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
68	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	34	Megaphone	89
69	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
70	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
71	Classic Gothic Audiobooks: Haunted Castles, Victorian Horror & Dark Secrets	Free Audiobook Library	Fiction	44	Spreaker	53
72	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	180	ART19	52
73	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
74	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	553	Acast	48
75	Ghost - Scary Stories	Caloroga Shark Media \| Award-winning writers	Fiction	265	Spreaker	69
76	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
77	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	786	Acast	64
78	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	148	Libsyn	32
79	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	128	Megaphone	63
80	Dark Providence	Chaos Assembly	Fiction	13	Podbean	83
81	Boston Blackie Podcast; Master Detective	Radio Memories Network	Fiction	489	Libsyn	32
82	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
83	Project Super Crush: The Audio Drama	PASTELIA	Fiction	17	Spotify for Podcasters	27
84	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	48	ART19	53
85	VARÚÐ RPG	Blighthouse Studio	Fiction	4	Acast	74
86	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
87	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
88	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
89	The Last Movie	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	15	Libsyn	58
90	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	174	Megaphone	42
91	Blood Ties	Audible	Fiction	8	ART19	53
92	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
93	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
94	Halloween Pop-up Channel - Powered by "Ghost - Scary Stories"	Caloroga Media	Fiction	100	Spreaker	69
95	Discovering Dad	GZM Shows	Fiction	17	ART19	73
96	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
97	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	39	BBC	28
98	The Shadow \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	131	Spreaker	59
99	The Heresies Of Radulf Burntwine	Zachary Golden	Fiction	38	Megaphone	38
100	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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