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 04 Jul 2026

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07/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 232

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:34:05

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 (20 shows)

2. ART19 (13 shows)

3. Spreaker (13 shows)

4. Acast (12 shows)

5. Simplecast (11 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	117	Megaphone	83
2	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	398	ART19	63
3	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	989	Simplecast	73
4	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1280	Acast	69
5	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
6	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	669	Simplecast	68
7	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	177	Simplecast	68
8	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
9	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
10	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	514	Audioboom	37
11	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	746	Omny Studio	84
12	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
13	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
14	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	164	Megaphone	78
15	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
16	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
17	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
18	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	264	BBC	58
19	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	46	Acast	89
20	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
21	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	723	Spreaker	53
22	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
23	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
24	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	37	ART19	48
25	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Simplecast	78
26	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	467	Megaphone	69
27	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	466	Audioboom	52
28	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
29	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	379	Audioboom	68
30	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
31	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	65	ART19	89
32	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	93	ART19	63
33	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
34	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
35	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
36	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
37	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	699	Spreaker	63
38	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	277	Megaphone	63
39	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	274	Audioboom	57
40	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63
41	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
42	We’re Alive: Scout’s Honor	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	13	Acast	79
43	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	720	Spreaker	43
44	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
45	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	24	Megaphone	79
46	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
47	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	129	ART19	52
48	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	790	Acast	64
49	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	188	ART19	52
50	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	561	Acast	48
51	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	79	Megaphone	63
52	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	141	Libsyn	32
53	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
54	1865	Airship / Audible Original	Fiction	25	ART19	79
55	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	181	Megaphone	42
56	NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast	Ransom Media Productions	Fiction	133	Megaphone	32
57	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	968	Spreaker	49
58	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
59	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	68
60	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
61	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
62	John Carpenter Presents Something Wicked	Read Ridley, Bloody FM	Fiction	18	Simplecast	52
63	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
64	Afflicted: A Horror Thriller Audio Drama	Ransom Media Productions	Fiction	13	ART19	62
65	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
66	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
67	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	148	Megaphone	69
68	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	175	Megaphone	63
69	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
70	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
71	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	50	ART19	53
72	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	52	Podbean	52
73	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
74	Winnie Taylor's 4th and Inches	GZM Shows	Fiction	18	ART19	58
75	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
76	Paralyzed	Bloody FM	Fiction	117	Simplecast	58
77	Yours Truly Johnny Dollar Collection	CBS Radio	Fiction	750	Spreaker	43
78	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	545	Acast	53
79	Audio Diary ver.	Lauren Evallen	Fiction	11	RSS.com	68
80	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
81	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
82	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
83	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
84	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
85	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1173	Spreaker	63
86	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	73	Spotify for Podcasters	59
87	Karma Stories	KCC Rob	Fiction	1013	Spotify for Podcasters	43
88	Dark Providence	Chaos Assembly	Fiction	13	Podbean	83
89	Dark Woods	Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	53
90	明朝那些事	当年明月	Fiction	268	Firstory	39
91	Gunsmoke	The Old Time Radio	Fiction	268	Spreaker	70
92	The Last Movie	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	15	Libsyn	58
93	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	187	Spreaker	59
94	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
95	Treasure Island 2020	GZM Shows	Fiction	14	ART19	48
96	Gunsmoke - Old Time Radio	theaterofthemind-otr.com	Fiction	473	Spreaker	69
97	36 Questions – The Podcast Musical	Two-Up	Fiction	5	Megaphone	48
98	The Shadow \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	158	Spreaker	59
99	The Gospel of Haven	Bloody FM, Daisy McNamara	Fiction	30	Simplecast	73
100	Lux Radio Theatre	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	200	Spreaker	59

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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