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 07 Jul 2026

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07/07/2026

Average data

Episodes: 235

Frequency: every 24 days

Duration: 00:33:54

Top 5 authors

1. GZM Shows (7 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (6 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. Bloody FM (4 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. ART19 (14 shows)

3. Spreaker (12 shows)

4. Acast (11 shows)

5. Simplecast (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	115	Megaphone	83
3	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	854	Simplecast	73
4	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
5	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	670	Simplecast	68
6	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1283	Acast	69
7	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	179	Simplecast	68
8	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
9	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
10	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
11	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	165	Megaphone	78
12	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
13	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	751	Omny Studio	84
14	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
15	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Simplecast	78
16	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
17	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	40	Acast	89
18	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
19	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
20	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	382	Audioboom	47
21	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
22	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	270	BBC	58
23	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
24	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	723	Spreaker	53
25	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	82	Acast	74
26	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	34	ART19	68
27	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
28	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	275	Audioboom	57
29	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	467	Audioboom	52
30	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
31	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	8	Captivate	53
32	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
33	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	456	Megaphone	69
34	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	92	ART19	73
35	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
36	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	722	Spreaker	43
37	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	705	Spreaker	63
38	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
39	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63
40	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	381	Audioboom	68
41	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
42	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	55	ART19	89
43	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
44	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
45	NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast	Ransom Media Productions	Fiction	133	ART19	57
46	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	149	Megaphone	69
47	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
48	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	277	Megaphone	63
49	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
50	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
51	We’re Alive: Scout’s Honor	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	13	Acast	79
52	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	81	Megaphone	63
53	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
54	1865	Airship / Audible Original	Fiction	25	ART19	79
55	KILLIONAIRE \|\| Hodgepodge Originals	Hodgepodge Audio	Fiction	37	RedCircle	68
56	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
57	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
58	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	175	Megaphone	63
59	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	791	Acast	64
60	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
61	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	193	Spreaker	59
62	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	563	Acast	48
63	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
64	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	180	ART19	52
65	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	68
66	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	180	Megaphone	42
67	Who The F**K Killed My Sister?	Chris Sowa	Fiction	18	Buzzsprout	42
68	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
69	HAUNTED: The Audio Drama	Impala Films	Fiction	169	Spreaker	59
70	Afflicted: A Horror Thriller Audio Drama	Ransom Media Productions	Fiction	13	ART19	62
71	Worlds Apart	The Serial Company	Fiction	5	RSS.com	68
72	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
73	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
74	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
75	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
76	明朝那些事	当年明月	Fiction	268	Firstory	39
77	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	73	Spotify for Podcasters	59
78	The Shadow \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	163	Spreaker	59
79	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	550	Acast	53
80	Last Known Position	QCODE	Fiction	9	Megaphone	73
81	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
82	Treasure Island 2020	GZM Shows	Fiction	11	ART19	68
83	قصص رون	فانز قصص رون	Fiction	916	Spotify for Podcasters	28
84	Winnie Taylor's 4th and Inches	GZM Shows	Fiction	18	ART19	58
85	John Carpenter Presents Something Wicked	Read Ridley, Bloody FM	Fiction	18	Simplecast	52
86	Yours Truly Johnny Dollar Collection	CBS Radio	Fiction	769	Spreaker	43
87	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
88	Gunsmoke	The Old Time Radio	Fiction	279	Spreaker	70
89	Soft Voice	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
90	The Last Movie	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	15	Libsyn	58
91	Karma Stories	KCC Rob	Fiction	1017	Spotify for Podcasters	43
92	Tomorrow	GZM Shows	Fiction	54	ART19	73
93	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	52	Podbean	52
94	Tumanbay	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	45	Omny Studio	53
95	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1179	Spreaker	63
96	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
97	Paralyzed	Bloody FM	Fiction	117	Simplecast	58
98	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
99	Marvel's Wastelanders: Black Widow	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	15	Megaphone	58
100	Dogman & Werewolf Encounters	Dogman & Werewolf Encounters	Fiction	99	Spotify for Podcasters	28

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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