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 Jun 2026

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06/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 215

Frequency: every 33 days

Duration: 00:33:16

Top 5 authors

1. GZM Shows (7 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

3. Bloody FM (4 shows)

4. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. ART19 (15 shows)

3. Acast (15 shows)

4. Spreaker (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
2	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	829	Simplecast	73
3	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
4	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
5	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	656	Simplecast	68
6	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
7	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
8	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
9	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
10	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
11	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
12	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
13	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
14	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	713	Omny Studio	84
15	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
16	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
17	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
18	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
19	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
20	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
21	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
22	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	715	Spreaker	53
23	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
24	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	225	BBC	58
25	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
26	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
27	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
28	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
29	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
30	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
31	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
32	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
33	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
34	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
35	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	83	ART19	73
36	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	448	Megaphone	69
37	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	142	Simplecast	69
38	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
39	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
40	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
41	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
42	Dark Providence	Chaos Assembly	Fiction	13	Podbean	83
43	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
44	Last Dance	Blackabbey Productions	Fiction	18	Acast	69
45	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
46	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
47	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	653	Spreaker	63
48	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
49	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	370	Audioboom	68
50	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	83	Simplecast	63
51	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
52	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
53	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
54	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
55	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	170	Megaphone	42
56	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
57	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
58	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
59	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	27	PRX	59
60	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
61	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
62	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
63	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	549	Acast	48
64	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
65	TJ & Amanda's 2nd Date Update	KJ103 (KJYO-FM)	Fiction	32	Spreaker	32
66	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	38	ART19	89
67	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
68	Dark Woods	Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	53
69	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	783	Acast	64
70	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	72	Spotify for Podcasters	59
71	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	181	ART19	52
72	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
73	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
74	Soft Voice	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
75	Paralyzed	Bloody FM	Fiction	117	Simplecast	58
76	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	48	ART19	53
77	Treasure Island 2020	GZM Shows	Fiction	11	ART19	68
78	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1119	Spreaker	63
79	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
80	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
81	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	506	Acast	53
82	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
83	Blood Ties	Audible	Fiction	8	ART19	53
84	We’re Alive: Scout’s Honor	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	13	Acast	79
85	Discovering Dad	GZM Shows	Fiction	16	ART19	73
86	Dogman & Werewolf Encounters	Dogman & Werewolf Encounters	Fiction	95	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
88	明朝那些事	当年明月	Fiction	268	Firstory	39
89	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
90	Crime Adjacent	Chase Patrick	Fiction	67	ART19	79
91	Iowa Chapman and The Last Dog	GZM Shows	Fiction	15	ART19	58
92	Yours Truly Johnny Dollar Collection	CBS Radio	Fiction	715	Spreaker	38
93	Who The F**K Killed My Sister?	Chris Sowa	Fiction	18	Buzzsprout	42
94	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
95	قصص رون	فانز قصص رون	Fiction	890	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	HAUNTED: The Audio Drama	Impala Films	Fiction	160	Spreaker	59
97	What Happened in Skinner	Mazama Entertainment	Fiction	34	RedCircle	73
98	MOONFACE	Overtones Media	Fiction	8	Acast	53
99	Worm: An Unabridged Production	Abaddon Productions	Fiction	303	Unknown	43
100	The Greater Good	Pinball Productions	Fiction	14	Acast	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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