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 05 Oct 2026

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10/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 218

Frequency: every 25 days

Duration: 00:33:49

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (6 shows)

2. GZM Shows (4 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. Bloody FM (3 shows)

5. Old Time Retro Radio (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Spreaker (13 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. ART19 (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	110	Megaphone	83
2	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	838	Simplecast	73
3	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1255	Acast	69
4	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
5	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	7	Omny Studio	63
6	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
7	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	662	Simplecast	68
8	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	6	Megaphone	63
9	Drift Into Dreams A Closing Blessing Elevated Open	Jessica rodriguez	Fiction	153	RedCircle	43
10	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	36	Acast	89
11	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
12	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	372	Audioboom	47
13	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	170	Simplecast	68
14	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	161	Megaphone	78
15	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
16	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
17	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	728	Omny Studio	84
18	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
19	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
20	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	462	Audioboom	52
21	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
22	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
23	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
24	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
25	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
26	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
27	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	718	Spreaker	53
28	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
29	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	44	ART19	83
30	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	145	Simplecast	69
31	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
32	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	268	Audioboom	57
33	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
34	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
35	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
36	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Libsyn	62
37	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
38	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
39	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	243	BBC	58
40	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
41	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	451	Megaphone	69
42	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	674	Spreaker	63
43	Tales of Harkshire	Artis House	Fiction	26	Podbean	73
44	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	265	Megaphone	63
45	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
46	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
47	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
48	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
49	Survival Dispatch Remnant	Christopher Heaven, CEO Survival Dispatch	Fiction	46	RSS.com	72
50	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
51	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
52	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
53	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
54	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1141	Spreaker	63
55	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
56	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	22	Megaphone	73
57	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
58	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	40	BBC	28
59	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
60	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	86	ART19	73
61	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	374	Audioboom	68
62	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
63	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	162	Spreaker	59
64	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
65	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	132	Megaphone	63
66	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
67	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	180	ART19	52
68	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
69	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
70	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
71	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	524	Acast	53
72	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
73	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	174	Megaphone	42
74	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	786	Acast	64
75	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
76	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	553	Acast	48
77	Dustwalker: A Science-Fantasy Audio Drama	Calamity Valley Productions	Fiction	9	Pinecast	68
78	Gothic FM	Gothic FM	Fiction	23	Simplecast	48
79	VARÚÐ RPG	Blighthouse Studio	Fiction	8	Acast	74
80	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
81	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
82	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
83	The Antique Shop	Ghostly Thistle	Fiction	53	Buzzsprout	38
84	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	34	Megaphone	89
85	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
86	Halloween Pop-up Channel - Powered by "Ghost - Scary Stories"	Caloroga Media	Fiction	105	Spreaker	69
87	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
88	Ghost - Scary Stories	Caloroga Shark Media \| Award-winning writers	Fiction	266	Spreaker	69
89	The Last Movie	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	15	Libsyn	58
90	The You and Ryan Show	Ryan Chase	Fiction	15	Megaphone	53
91	The 50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	133	Spreaker	59
92	明朝那些事	当年明月	Fiction	268	Firstory	39
93	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
94	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	48	ART19	53
95	The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1	Adam Graham	Fiction	802	Spreaker	73
96	Dark Providence	Chaos Assembly	Fiction	13	Podbean	83
97	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	149	Libsyn	32
98	The Shadow \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	134	Spreaker	59
99	Project Super Crush: The Audio Drama	PASTELIA	Fiction	17	Spotify for Podcasters	27
100	Boston Blackie Podcast; Master Detective	Radio Memories Network	Fiction	491	Libsyn	32

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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