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 10 Jul 2026

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07/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 219

Frequency: every 24 days

Duration: 00:33:27

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (6 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. GZM Shows (4 shows)

4. Bloody FM (4 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (26 shows)

2. ART19 (11 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. Spreaker (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	105	Megaphone	83
2	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
3	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	830	Simplecast	73
4	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	656	Simplecast	68
5	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
6	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1243	Acast	69
7	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
8	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
9	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	165	Simplecast	68
10	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	715	Omny Studio	84
11	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
12	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
13	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
14	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
15	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
16	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
17	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
18	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	227	BBC	58
19	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
20	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
21	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
22	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
23	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	368	Audioboom	47
24	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
25	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
26	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
27	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
28	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
29	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
30	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	449	Megaphone	69
31	NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast	Ransom Media Productions	Fiction	133	Megaphone	32
32	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	715	Spreaker	53
33	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
34	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	84	ART19	73
35	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
36	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
37	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	263	Audioboom	57
38	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	370	Audioboom	68
39	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	655	Spreaker	63
40	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
41	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
42	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
43	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
44	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	39	ART19	83
45	Afflicted: A Horror Thriller Audio Drama	Ransom Media Productions	Fiction	13	ART19	62
46	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
47	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
48	We’re Alive: Scout’s Honor	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	13	Acast	79
49	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
50	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
51	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
52	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	84	Simplecast	63
53	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	180	ART19	52
54	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
55	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	142	Simplecast	69
56	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	549	Acast	48
57	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
58	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
59	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
60	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	38
61	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	170	Megaphone	42
62	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	144	Libsyn	32
63	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	143	Spreaker	59
64	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
65	Karma Stories	KCC Rob	Fiction	1002	Spotify for Podcasters	43
66	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
67	Last Known Position	QCODE	Fiction	9	Megaphone	73
68	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
69	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
70	Who The F**K Killed My Sister?	Chris Sowa	Fiction	18	Buzzsprout	42
71	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
72	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
73	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
74	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
75	John Carpenter Presents Something Wicked	Read Ridley, Bloody FM	Fiction	18	Simplecast	52
76	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	48	ART19	53
77	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
78	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
79	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
80	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
81	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	783	Acast	64
82	Worlds Apart	The Serial Company	Fiction	5	RSS.com	68
83	Dark Woods	Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	53
84	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	113	Megaphone	53
85	Marvel's Wastelanders: Black Widow	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	15	Megaphone	58
86	Someone Is Killing The Wolfhounds	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
87	The Last Movie	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	15	Libsyn	58
88	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
89	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1121	Spreaker	63
90	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
91	PodCastle	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	43
92	Soft Voice	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
93	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
94	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	507	Acast	53
95	Paralyzed	Bloody FM	Fiction	117	Simplecast	58
96	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	34	Megaphone	89
97	The Hitler File	Voyage Media	Fiction	8	Spreaker	74
98	Children of the Stones	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	10	BBC	49
99	Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga	Mike Bennett	Fiction	278	Spreaker	69
100	قصص رون	فانز قصص رون	Fiction	890	Spotify for Podcasters	28

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