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 Oct 2026

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10/07/2026

Average data

Episodes: 203

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:32:57

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

2. GZM Shows (4 shows)

3. Bloody FM (4 shows)

4. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Acast (10 shows)

3. Spreaker (10 shows)

4. ART19 (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	112	Megaphone	83
2	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1267	Acast	69
3	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	73
4	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	843	Simplecast	73
5	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
6	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	665	Simplecast	68
7	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	392	ART19	63
8	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Libsyn	62
9	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	8	Megaphone	63
10	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	37	Acast	89
11	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
12	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	173	Simplecast	68
13	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	736	Omny Studio	84
14	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	162	Megaphone	78
15	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
16	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
17	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	146	Megaphone	69
18	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
19	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
20	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
21	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
22	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	376	Audioboom	47
23	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
24	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	49	ART19	83
25	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
26	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	464	Audioboom	52
27	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
28	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
29	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	80	Acast	74
30	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	33	ART19	68
31	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
32	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
33	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	296	BBC	38
34	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
35	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	253	BBC	58
36	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
37	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	23	Megaphone	73
38	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	453	Megaphone	69
39	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	267	Megaphone	63
40	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	271	Audioboom	57
41	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
42	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	86	Simplecast	63
43	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
44	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	720	Spreaker	53
45	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
46	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Megaphone	68
47	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	77	Megaphone	63
48	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
49	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
50	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
51	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	686	Spreaker	63
52	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
53	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	376	Audioboom	68
54	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
55	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
56	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1155	Spreaker	63
57	Survival Dispatch Remnant	Christopher Heaven, CEO Survival Dispatch	Fiction	48	RSS.com	72
58	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
59	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
60	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
61	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
62	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
63	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	89	ART19	73
64	Dustwalker: A Science-Fantasy Audio Drama	Calamity Valley Productions	Fiction	9	Pinecast	68
65	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	173	Spreaker	59
66	Halloween Pop-up Channel - Powered by "Ghost - Scary Stories"	Caloroga Media	Fiction	120	Spreaker	69
67	Ghost - Scary Stories	Caloroga Shark Media \| Award-winning writers	Fiction	268	Spreaker	69
68	Tales of Harkshire	Artis House	Fiction	26	Podbean	73
69	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	136	Megaphone	63
70	VARÚÐ RPG	Blighthouse Studio	Fiction	20	Acast	94
71	Sapphic Stories - Spicy WLW Fiction	Dipsea	Fiction	31	Captivate	58
72	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
73	The Last Movie	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	15	Libsyn	58
74	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	175	Megaphone	42
75	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
76	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	42	BBC	28
77	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
78	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	49	ART19	53
79	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
80	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
81	Dark Providence	Chaos Assembly	Fiction	13	Podbean	83
82	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	182	ART19	52
83	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
84	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
85	Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal	Cineverse, Bloody FM, Echoverse	Fiction	12	Simplecast	73
86	Marvel's Wastelanders: Black Widow	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	15	Megaphone	58
87	Aftershock	Nomadic Engine	Fiction	24	Acast	58
88	scared with jess	Jess	Fiction	37	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	Paralyzed	Bloody FM	Fiction	117	Simplecast	58
90	明朝那些事	当年明月	Fiction	268	Firstory	39
91	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
92	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	788	Acast	64
93	قصص رون	فانز قصص رون	Fiction	906	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	Murder in Small Town	Murder In a Small Town	Fiction	3	Spotify for Podcasters	48
95	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
96	The You and Ryan Show	Ryan Chase	Fiction	17	Megaphone	53
97	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
98	Waiting For October	D.J. Sylvis	Fiction	27	Megaphone	58
99	HAUNTED: The Audio Drama	Impala Films	Fiction	166	Spreaker	59
100	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	73	Spotify for Podcasters	59

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