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 11 Jun 2026

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06/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 199

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:33:35

Top 5 authors

1. GZM Shows (6 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

3. Bloody FM (5 shows)

4. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

5. Julian Simpson (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. ART19 (14 shows)

3. Acast (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	108	Megaphone	83
2	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	834	Simplecast	73
3	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	388	ART19	63
4	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
5	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	659	Simplecast	68
6	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	159	Megaphone	78
7	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1248	Acast	69
8	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
9	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
10	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
11	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
12	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	722	Omny Studio	84
13	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
14	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
15	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	168	Simplecast	68
16	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
17	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
18	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
19	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
20	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	369	Audioboom	47
21	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
22	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	292	BBC	38
23	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
24	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	236	BBC	58
25	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
26	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
27	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	461	Audioboom	52
28	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	717	Spreaker	53
29	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	450	Megaphone	69
30	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
31	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
32	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
33	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	266	Audioboom	57
34	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	85	ART19	73
35	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
36	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
37	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
38	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
39	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	372	Audioboom	68
40	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	785	Acast	64
41	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	666	Spreaker	63
42	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
43	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
44	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
45	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
46	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
47	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
48	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	263	Megaphone	63
49	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
50	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	144	Simplecast	69
51	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
52	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	84	Simplecast	63
53	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	39	ART19	83
54	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
55	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	174	Megaphone	42
56	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
57	Dark Providence	Chaos Assembly	Fiction	13	Podbean	83
58	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
59	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
60	This Address Does Not Exist	Law of Names Media	Fiction	14	Pinecast	58
61	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
62	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	180	ART19	52
63	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
64	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
65	TJ & Amanda's 2nd Date Update	KJ103 (KJYO-FM)	Fiction	44	Spreaker	32
66	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	48	ART19	53
67	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	551	Acast	48
68	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	39	BBC	28
69	Nightmare Soup	Bloody FM	Fiction	17	Megaphone	83
70	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
71	Blood Ties	Audible	Fiction	7	ART19	53
72	Paralyzed	Bloody FM	Fiction	117	Simplecast	58
73	Dogman & Werewolf Encounters	Dogman & Werewolf Encounters	Fiction	96	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	Dark Woods	Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	53
75	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
76	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
77	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
78	Treasure Island 2020	GZM Shows	Fiction	11	ART19	68
79	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	517	Acast	53
80	Last Dance	Blackabbey Productions	Fiction	18	Acast	69
81	The Darkive — Scary Stories, Horror Fiction, and Creepypastas	Craig Groshek	Fiction	25	Spotify for Podcasters	38
82	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
83	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	124	Spreaker	38
84	The Love Talker	Alien Ghost Robot / Celebrity Tumour	Fiction	15	ART19	63
85	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1132	Spreaker	63
86	The Shadow \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	127	Spreaker	59
87	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
88	Discovering Dad	GZM Shows	Fiction	17	ART19	73
89	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	154	Spreaker	59
90	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
91	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
92	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	147	Libsyn	32
93	Lakecastle	Sansrival	Fiction	6	Buzzsprout	58
94	36 Questions – The Podcast Musical	Two-Up	Fiction	5	Megaphone	48
95	Soft Voice	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
96	Someone Just Like You: Horror Stories	Jeremy Ellett	Fiction	29	Megaphone	68
97	The Very Worst Thing That Could Possibly Happen	Wolf at the Door, Alex Kemp	Fiction	21	Megaphone	48
98	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	72	Spotify for Podcasters	59
99	Project Super Crush: The Audio Drama	PASTELIA	Fiction	15	Spotify for Podcasters	32
100	Lux Radio Theatre	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	201	Spreaker	59

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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