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 Nov 2026

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11/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 242

Frequency: every 24 days

Duration: 00:36:09

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (6 shows)

2. Old Time Retro Radio (4 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. GZM Shows (4 shows)

5. Bloody FM (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Spreaker (16 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. ART19 (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Midnight Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	4	Omny Studio	53
2	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	852	Simplecast	73
3	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1282	Acast	69
4	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	115	Megaphone	83
5	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
6	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Libsyn	62
7	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	670	Simplecast	68
8	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	11	Megaphone	83
9	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	15	Omny Studio	73
10	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
11	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	40	Acast	89
12	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
13	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
14	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
15	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
16	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	165	Megaphone	78
17	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	749	Omny Studio	84
18	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	178	Simplecast	68
19	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	36	Megaphone	89
20	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
21	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
22	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
23	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
24	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
25	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	722	Spreaker	53
26	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
27	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	149	Megaphone	69
28	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
29	Silent Key	ARC Productions	Fiction	2	Acast	69
30	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	467	Audioboom	52
31	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	277	Megaphone	63
32	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	274	Audioboom	57
33	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
34	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63
35	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
36	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
37	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	34	ART19	68
38	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	381	Audioboom	47
39	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	268	BBC	58
40	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	703	Spreaker	63
41	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Simplecast	78
42	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	456	Megaphone	69
43	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1177	Spreaker	63
44	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	80	Megaphone	63
45	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	26	Megaphone	73
46	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
47	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	55	ART19	89
48	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
49	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	52	Podbean	52
50	Nine To Midnight	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	60	Libsyn	68
51	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
52	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
53	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
54	Dreadful, Inc. Presents: Blood Moon Radio	Dreadful, Inc.	Fiction	3	Spotify for Podcasters	52
55	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	92	ART19	73
56	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	722	Spreaker	43
57	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	380	Audioboom	68
58	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
59	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
60	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	180	Megaphone	42
61	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
62	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
63	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
64	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	68
65	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	549	Acast	53
66	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	50	ART19	53
67	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	191	Spreaker	59
68	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
69	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
70	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
71	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	180	ART19	52
72	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	562	Acast	48
73	The Heresies Of Radulf Burntwine	Zachary Golden	Fiction	40	Megaphone	38
74	The Survivor Tapes	Josh Sterling	Fiction	17	Spotify for Podcasters	58
75	The Ranting Podcast	With Nick and Miranda	Fiction	168	Spotify for Podcasters	42
76	Ghost - Scary Stories	Caloroga Shark Media \| Award-winning writers	Fiction	270	Spreaker	69
77	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	175	Megaphone	63
78	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	159	Libsyn	32
79	The Shadow \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	162	Spreaker	59
80	Gunsmoke	The Old Time Radio	Fiction	270	Spreaker	70
81	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	790	Acast	64
82	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
83	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
84	Phantom Pulse	Atypical Artists	Fiction	3	ART19	48
85	1865	Airship / Audible Original	Fiction	25	ART19	79
86	Waiting For October	D.J. Sylvis	Fiction	28	Megaphone	58
87	Boston Blackie Podcast; Master Detective	Radio Memories Network	Fiction	501	Libsyn	32
88	Sergeant Will’s Radio	Will Parz	Fiction	70	Podbean	48
89	Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar	Jacab R Singer	Fiction	711	Spreaker	49
90	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
91	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	147	Megaphone	63
92	The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1	Adam Graham	Fiction	802	Spreaker	73
93	Dark Providence	Chaos Assembly	Fiction	13	Podbean	83
94	Lux Radio Theatre	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	201	Spreaker	59
95	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
96	The 50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	158	Spreaker	59
97	Dogman & Werewolf Encounters	Dogman & Werewolf Encounters	Fiction	99	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	قصص رون	فانز قصص رون	Fiction	916	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	The Cellar Letters	Jamie Petronis	Fiction	100	Acast	63
100	Old Time Radio Christmas Shows \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	81	Spreaker	59

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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