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 02 Sep 2026

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09/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 225

Frequency: every 24 days

Duration: 00:35:54

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (6 shows)

2. GZM Shows (5 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. Bloody FM (4 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Acast (13 shows)

3. Spreaker (11 shows)

4. ART19 (11 shows)

5. Simplecast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	115	Megaphone	83
3	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	40	Acast	89
4	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
5	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	852	Simplecast	73
6	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	670	Simplecast	68
7	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	178	Simplecast	68
8	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
9	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1282	Acast	69
10	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	165	Megaphone	78
11	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	749	Omny Studio	84
12	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
13	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	467	Audioboom	52
14	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
15	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
16	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
17	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	52	Podbean	52
18	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
19	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
20	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
21	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
22	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	381	Audioboom	47
23	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	268	BBC	58
24	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
25	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
26	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
27	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
28	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	274	Audioboom	57
29	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	34	ART19	68
30	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	277	Megaphone	63
31	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Simplecast	78
32	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	722	Spreaker	53
33	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	8	Captivate	53
34	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	722	Spreaker	43
35	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
36	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
37	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	456	Megaphone	69
38	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	55	ART19	89
39	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	380	Audioboom	68
40	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	80	Megaphone	63
41	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
42	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
43	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63
44	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	703	Spreaker	63
45	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
46	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
47	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
48	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
49	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
50	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	149	Megaphone	69
51	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
52	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	92	ART19	73
53	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
54	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	562	Acast	48
55	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
56	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	26	Megaphone	73
57	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
58	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
59	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	68
60	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
61	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
62	1865	Airship / Audible Original	Fiction	25	ART19	79
63	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	180	ART19	52
64	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	180	Megaphone	42
65	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
66	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
67	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	50	ART19	53
68	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
69	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	159	Libsyn	32
70	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	175	Megaphone	63
71	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
72	TJ & Amanda's 2nd Date Update	KJ103 (KJYO-FM)	Fiction	56	Spreaker	32
73	Larkspur Underground	Plainview Public Radio	Fiction	16	Libsyn	58
74	Paralyzed	Bloody FM	Fiction	117	Simplecast	58
75	TRUE Scary Stories for Sleep +Rain Sounds	Midnight Lullaby	Fiction	48	Spotify for Podcasters	48
76	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
77	Discovering Dad	GZM Shows	Fiction	17	ART19	53
78	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
79	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
80	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1177	Spreaker	63
81	The Last Movie	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	15	Libsyn	58
82	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	191	Spreaker	59
83	قصص رون	فانز قصص رون	Fiction	916	Spotify for Podcasters	28
84	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	147	Megaphone	63
85	The Shadow \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	162	Spreaker	59
86	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
87	Last Known Position	QCODE	Fiction	9	Megaphone	73
88	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
89	Wicked Weatherford	Wicked Weatherford	Fiction	4	Libsyn	58
90	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	549	Acast	53
91	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	36	Megaphone	89
92	The Ranting Podcast	With Nick and Miranda	Fiction	168	Spotify for Podcasters	42
93	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	790	Acast	64
94	The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1	Adam Graham	Fiction	802	Spreaker	73
95	Sapphic Stories - Spicy WLW Fiction	Dipsea	Fiction	31	Captivate	58
96	Marvel's Wastelanders: Black Widow	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	15	Megaphone	58
97	Everyone's Happy	GravyTree Media	Fiction	15	Acast	84
98	British Spy Stories	Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.	Fiction	179	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	18	Acast	69
100	PodCastle	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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