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 06 Oct 2026

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10/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 209

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:35:58

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (6 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. GZM Shows (4 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. Bloody FM (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Spreaker (12 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. ART19 (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	112	Megaphone	83
2	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	73
3	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	843	Simplecast	73
4	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1267	Acast	69
5	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
6	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	392	ART19	63
7	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	8	Megaphone	63
8	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	665	Simplecast	68
9	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	37	Acast	89
10	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
11	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	736	Omny Studio	84
12	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	173	Simplecast	68
13	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
14	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
15	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	162	Megaphone	78
16	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Libsyn	62
17	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
18	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	146	Megaphone	69
19	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
20	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	80	Acast	74
21	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
22	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
23	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	376	Audioboom	47
24	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	33	ART19	68
25	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
26	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	464	Audioboom	52
27	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
28	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
29	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	49	ART19	83
30	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
31	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
32	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
33	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	296	BBC	38
34	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
35	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Megaphone	68
36	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	267	Megaphone	63
37	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	271	Audioboom	57
38	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	86	Simplecast	63
39	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
40	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
41	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	720	Spreaker	53
42	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
43	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	253	BBC	58
44	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
45	Survival Dispatch Remnant	Christopher Heaven, CEO Survival Dispatch	Fiction	48	RSS.com	72
46	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
47	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
48	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	686	Spreaker	63
49	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	453	Megaphone	69
50	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	77	Megaphone	63
51	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
52	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
53	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
54	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1155	Spreaker	63
55	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	23	Megaphone	73
56	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
57	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
58	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
59	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
60	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	89	ART19	73
61	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
62	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	136	Megaphone	63
63	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	376	Audioboom	68
64	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
65	Dustwalker: A Science-Fantasy Audio Drama	Calamity Valley Productions	Fiction	9	Pinecast	68
66	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	42	BBC	28
67	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	173	Spreaker	59
68	Ghost - Scary Stories	Caloroga Shark Media \| Award-winning writers	Fiction	268	Spreaker	69
69	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
70	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	182	ART19	52
71	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	175	Megaphone	42
72	Halloween Pop-up Channel - Powered by "Ghost - Scary Stories"	Caloroga Media	Fiction	120	Spreaker	69
73	The Last Movie	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	15	Libsyn	58
74	VARÚÐ RPG	Blighthouse Studio	Fiction	20	Acast	94
75	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
76	Tales of Harkshire	Artis House	Fiction	26	Podbean	73
77	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
78	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	18	Acast	69
79	The You and Ryan Show	Ryan Chase	Fiction	17	Megaphone	53
80	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	35	Megaphone	89
81	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
82	The Shadow \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	146	Spreaker	59
83	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
84	Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal	Cineverse, Bloody FM, Echoverse	Fiction	12	Simplecast	73
85	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
86	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
87	Classic Gothic Audiobooks: Haunted Castles, Victorian Horror & Dark Secrets	Free Audiobook Library	Fiction	52	Spreaker	53
88	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
89	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
90	Drift Into Dreams A Closing Blessing Elevated Open	Jessica rodriguez	Fiction	153	RedCircle	43
91	Marvel's Wastelanders: Black Widow	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	15	Megaphone	58
92	scared with jess	Jess	Fiction	37	Spotify for Podcasters	28
93	Weeping Cedars	J.W.G. Wise	Fiction	115	Unknown	53
94	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
95	Project Super Crush: The Audio Drama	PASTELIA	Fiction	18	Spotify for Podcasters	27
96	明朝那些事	当年明月	Fiction	268	Firstory	39
97	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	534	Acast	53
98	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	788	Acast	64
99	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
100	Old Time Radio Superman Show\|Superhero Adventure Audiodrama	Adam Graham\| Superhero Audiodrama Podcast Host	Fiction	1000	Spreaker	69

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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