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 Oct 2026

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10/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 195

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:33:12

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

2. GZM Shows (4 shows)

3. Bloody FM (4 shows)

4. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

5. Old Time Retro Radio (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Spreaker (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Acast (10 shows)

5. ART19 (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	109	Megaphone	83
2	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	836	Simplecast	73
3	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
4	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
5	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	660	Simplecast	68
6	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	63
7	Drift Into Dreams A Closing Blessing Elevated Open	Jessica rodriguez	Fiction	131	RedCircle	43
8	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	6	Megaphone	63
9	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
10	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1250	Acast	69
11	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	160	Megaphone	78
12	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	169	Simplecast	68
13	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
14	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	725	Omny Studio	84
15	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
16	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	462	Audioboom	52
17	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
18	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
19	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
20	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
21	Survival Dispatch Remnant	Christopher Heaven, CEO Survival Dispatch	Fiction	44	RSS.com	72
22	Tales of Harkshire	Artis House	Fiction	26	Podbean	73
23	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
24	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
25	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
26	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	369	Audioboom	47
27	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	78	Acast	74
28	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
29	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	239	BBC	58
30	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
31	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
32	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
33	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
34	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
35	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
36	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	266	Audioboom	57
37	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	717	Spreaker	53
38	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Libsyn	62
39	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
40	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	21	Megaphone	73
41	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	451	Megaphone	69
42	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
43	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	373	Audioboom	68
44	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
45	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
46	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
47	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	669	Spreaker	63
48	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
49	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
50	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	86	ART19	73
51	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
52	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
53	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
54	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	42	ART19	83
55	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	264	Megaphone	63
56	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
57	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
58	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	157	Spreaker	59
59	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	144	Simplecast	69
60	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
61	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	34	Megaphone	89
62	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
63	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
64	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
65	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
66	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
67	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	174	Megaphone	42
68	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
69	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	552	Acast	48
70	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
71	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
72	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
73	The Shadow \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	130	Spreaker	59
74	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1136	Spreaker	63
75	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	39	BBC	28
76	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	127	Megaphone	63
77	The You and Ryan Show	Ryan Chase	Fiction	13	Megaphone	53
78	Roanoke Falls: A Horror History	Realm	Fiction	7	Megaphone	59
79	scared with jess	Jess	Fiction	34	Spotify for Podcasters	28
80	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
81	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	519	Acast	53
82	Paralyzed	Bloody FM	Fiction	117	Simplecast	58
83	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	48	ART19	53
84	Discovering Dad	GZM Shows	Fiction	17	ART19	73
85	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
86	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
87	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
88	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
89	Project Super Crush: The Audio Drama	PASTELIA	Fiction	16	Spotify for Podcasters	27
90	The 50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	130	Spreaker	59
91	The Ranting Podcast	With Nick and Miranda	Fiction	154	Spotify for Podcasters	42
92	Soft Voice	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
93	Gunsmoke	Kevin Patel	Fiction	201	Spreaker	59
94	The Gospel of Haven	Bloody FM, Daisy McNamara	Fiction	27	Simplecast	73
95	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
96	This House Will Devour You	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	30	Captivate	63
97	Syntax	Twin Strangers Productions	Fiction	71	Pinecast	73
98	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
99	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
100	Boston Blackie Podcast; Master Detective	Radio Memories Network	Fiction	489	Libsyn	32

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