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 Aug 2026

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08/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 235

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:33:22

Top 5 authors

1. GZM Shows (6 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. Bloody FM (4 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. ART19 (13 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Spreaker (12 shows)

5. Simplecast (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	109	Megaphone	83
3	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	836	Simplecast	73
4	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	661	Simplecast	68
5	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	160	Megaphone	78
6	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
7	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1251	Acast	69
8	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
9	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	169	Simplecast	68
10	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
11	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	726	Omny Studio	84
12	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	370	Audioboom	47
13	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
14	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
15	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
16	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
17	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
18	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	266	Audioboom	57
19	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
20	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	718	Spreaker	53
21	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
22	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
23	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	240	BBC	58
24	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	462	Audioboom	52
25	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
26	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
27	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
28	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
29	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
30	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
31	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
32	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
33	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
34	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
35	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
36	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	451	Megaphone	69
37	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
38	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
39	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	86	ART19	73
40	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	373	Audioboom	68
41	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	670	Spreaker	63
42	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
43	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	39	BBC	28
44	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
45	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
46	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
47	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	43	ART19	83
48	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
49	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
50	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
51	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	180	ART19	52
52	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
53	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	264	Megaphone	63
54	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
55	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
56	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	174	Megaphone	42
57	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	786	Acast	64
58	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
59	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
60	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
61	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
62	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	21	Megaphone	73
63	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
64	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	520	Acast	53
65	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
66	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
67	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	144	Simplecast	69
68	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
69	John Carpenter Presents Something Wicked	Read Ridley, Bloody FM	Fiction	18	Simplecast	52
70	Treasure Island 2020	GZM Shows	Fiction	11	ART19	68
71	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	158	Spreaker	59
72	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
73	it's getting late...	Jude Brewer	Fiction	24	Megaphone	58
74	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
75	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
76	Discovering Dad	GZM Shows	Fiction	17	ART19	73
77	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
78	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	72	Spotify for Podcasters	59
79	قصص رون	فانز قصص رون	Fiction	890	Spotify for Podcasters	28
80	Yours Truly Johnny Dollar Collection	CBS Radio	Fiction	734	Spreaker	38
81	NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast	Ransom Media Productions	Fiction	133	Megaphone	32
82	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1137	Spreaker	63
83	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	553	Acast	48
84	Marvel's Wastelanders: Black Widow	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	15	Megaphone	58
85	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	148	Libsyn	32
86	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	48	ART19	53
87	36 Questions – The Podcast Musical	Two-Up	Fiction	5	Megaphone	48
88	The Heresies Of Radulf Burntwine	Zachary Golden	Fiction	38	Megaphone	38
89	The Shadow \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	131	Spreaker	59
90	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
91	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
92	Karma Stories	KCC Rob	Fiction	1005	Spotify for Podcasters	43
93	Ranger Bill	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	201	Spreaker	64
94	The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1	Adam Graham	Fiction	802	Spreaker	73
95	Paralyzed	Bloody FM	Fiction	117	Simplecast	58
96	Strawberry Spring	iHeartPodcasts and Audio Up, Inc.	Fiction	13	Omny Studio	59
97	Blood Ties	Audible	Fiction	8	ART19	53
98	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	128	Megaphone	63
99	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
100	The Disappearances of Lydia Fountayne	McClintock & Coffyn	Fiction	12	Pinecast	78

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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