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 09 Aug 2026

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08/09/2026

Average data

Episodes: 243

Frequency: every 25 days

Duration: 00:36:08

Top 5 authors

1. GZM Shows (6 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (5 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

4. Bloody FM (3 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Acast (12 shows)

3. ART19 (12 shows)

4. Spreaker (11 shows)

5. Simplecast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
2	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	386	ART19	63
3	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	829	Simplecast	73
4	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	655	Simplecast	68
5	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
6	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
7	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	157	Megaphone	78
8	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
9	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
10	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	712	Omny Studio	84
11	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
12	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
13	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
14	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
15	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	715	Spreaker	53
16	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	224	BBC	58
17	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
18	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
19	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
20	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
21	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
22	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
23	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
24	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
25	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
26	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
27	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
28	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
29	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
30	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
31	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	447	Megaphone	69
32	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
33	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
34	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
35	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
36	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
37	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	369	Audioboom	68
38	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
39	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	652	Spreaker	63
40	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	83	ART19	73
41	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
42	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
43	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
44	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	83	Simplecast	63
45	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
46	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	170	Megaphone	42
47	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	38	ART19	89
48	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	783	Acast	64
49	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
50	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
51	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
52	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
53	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
54	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
55	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	181	ART19	52
56	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	27	PRX	59
57	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
58	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
59	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
60	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	17	Megaphone	73
61	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
62	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	548	Acast	48
63	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
64	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	140	Spreaker	59
65	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
66	it's getting late...	Jude Brewer	Fiction	23	Megaphone	58
67	Fear From the Heartland — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	125	Audioboom	57
68	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	142	Simplecast	69
69	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	505	Acast	53
70	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
71	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1118	Spreaker	63
72	Treasure Island 2020	GZM Shows	Fiction	11	ART19	68
73	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
74	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
75	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
76	The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1	Adam Graham	Fiction	802	Spreaker	73
77	Marvel's Wastelanders: Black Widow	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	15	Megaphone	58
78	Yours Truly Johnny Dollar Collection	CBS Radio	Fiction	715	Spreaker	38
79	قصص رون	فانز قصص رون	Fiction	890	Spotify for Podcasters	28
80	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	72	Spotify for Podcasters	59
81	Karma Stories	KCC Rob	Fiction	1001	Spotify for Podcasters	43
82	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
83	Gunsmoke	Macdonnell & Meston	Fiction	839	Spreaker	49
84	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
85	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
86	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
87	Discovering Dad	GZM Shows	Fiction	16	ART19	73
88	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	143	Libsyn	32
89	The Heresies Of Radulf Burntwine	Zachary Golden	Fiction	36	Megaphone	38
90	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	48	ART19	53
91	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
92	John Carpenter Presents Something Wicked	Read Ridley, Bloody FM	Fiction	18	Simplecast	52
93	Cowboy Classics: Old Time Radio Westerns & Audio Drama	Vintage Western Audio Network & Classic OTR	Fiction	247	RedCircle	74
94	NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast	Ransom Media Productions	Fiction	133	Megaphone	32
95	TRUE Scary Stories for Sleep +Rain Sounds	Midnight Lullaby	Fiction	48	Spotify for Podcasters	48
96	Dark Woods	Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	53
97	Worm: An Unabridged Production	Abaddon Productions	Fiction	303	Unknown	43
98	Syntax	Twin Strangers Productions	Fiction	70	Pinecast	73
99	Aftershock	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	63
100	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69

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