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 01 Jul 2026

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07/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 224

Frequency: every 31 days

Duration: 00:35:52

Top 5 authors

1. GZM Shows (6 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. Bloody FM (4 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. ART19 (14 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Spreaker (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	105	Megaphone	83
2	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
3	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	830	Simplecast	73
4	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	656	Simplecast	68
5	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1243	Acast	69
6	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
7	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
8	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
9	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
10	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
11	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	165	Simplecast	68
12	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	715	Omny Studio	84
13	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
14	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
15	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	227	BBC	58
16	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
17	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
18	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
19	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
20	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	368	Audioboom	47
21	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
22	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
23	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	715	Spreaker	53
24	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
25	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
26	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
27	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
28	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
29	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
30	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
31	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	263	Audioboom	57
32	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
33	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
34	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	84	ART19	73
35	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
36	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
37	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	655	Spreaker	63
38	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
39	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
40	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	449	Megaphone	69
41	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	370	Audioboom	68
42	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	142	Simplecast	69
43	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
44	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
45	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
46	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
47	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
48	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	84	Simplecast	63
49	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
50	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
51	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	180	ART19	52
52	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	39	ART19	83
53	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
54	NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast	Ransom Media Productions	Fiction	133	Megaphone	32
55	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	170	Megaphone	42
56	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	144	Libsyn	32
57	John Carpenter Presents Something Wicked	Read Ridley, Bloody FM	Fiction	18	Simplecast	52
58	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	549	Acast	48
59	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	48	ART19	53
60	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
61	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
62	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
63	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
64	Afflicted: A Horror Thriller Audio Drama	Ransom Media Productions	Fiction	13	ART19	62
65	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
66	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
67	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
68	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	783	Acast	64
69	Paralyzed	Bloody FM	Fiction	117	Simplecast	58
70	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	507	Acast	53
71	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
72	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
73	We’re Alive: Scout’s Honor	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	13	Acast	79
74	The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1	Adam Graham	Fiction	802	Spreaker	73
75	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
76	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
77	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
78	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
79	Discovering Dad	GZM Shows	Fiction	17	ART19	73
80	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
81	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
82	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	72	Spotify for Podcasters	59
83	Winnie Taylor's 4th and Inches	GZM Shows	Fiction	18	ART19	58
84	Karma Stories	KCC Rob	Fiction	1002	Spotify for Podcasters	43
85	Last Known Position	QCODE	Fiction	9	Megaphone	73
86	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
87	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1121	Spreaker	63
88	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
89	HAUNTED: The Audio Drama	Impala Films	Fiction	160	Spreaker	59
90	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
91	36 Questions – The Podcast Musical	Two-Up	Fiction	5	Megaphone	48
92	قصص رون	فانز قصص رون	Fiction	890	Spotify for Podcasters	28
93	TRUE Scary Stories for Sleep +Rain Sounds	Midnight Lullaby	Fiction	48	Spotify for Podcasters	48
94	Blood Ties	Audible	Fiction	8	ART19	53
95	Soft Voice	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
96	The ladyaureliaravenshadepresents’s Podcast	ladyaureliaravenshadepresents	Fiction	45	Podbean	62
97	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
98	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	113	Megaphone	53
99	Dark Providence	Chaos Assembly	Fiction	13	Podbean	83
100	Dogman & Werewolf Encounters	Dogman & Werewolf Encounters	Fiction	95	Spotify for Podcasters	28

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