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 Sep 2026

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09/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 203

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:35:41

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

2. GZM Shows (5 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. QCODE (4 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Acast (11 shows)

3. ART19 (11 shows)

4. Spreaker (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	114	Megaphone	83
3	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	39	Acast	89
4	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	848	Simplecast	73
5	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	394	ART19	63
6	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	668	Simplecast	68
7	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1278	Acast	69
8	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	10	Megaphone	83
9	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
10	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	164	Megaphone	78
11	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
12	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
13	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	745	Omny Studio	84
14	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
15	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
16	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
17	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	177	Simplecast	68
18	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
19	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
20	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
21	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
22	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	263	BBC	58
23	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
24	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	466	Audioboom	52
25	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
26	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	37	ART19	48
27	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
28	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	80	Acast	74
29	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	52	Podbean	52
30	Tales of Harkshire	Artis House	Fiction	26	Podbean	73
31	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
32	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	73	Megaphone	68
33	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
34	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	721	Spreaker	53
35	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
36	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
37	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
38	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	275	Megaphone	63
39	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	273	Audioboom	57
40	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
41	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	379	Audioboom	68
42	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	697	Spreaker	63
43	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
44	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
45	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	455	Megaphone	69
46	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
47	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	93	ART19	63
48	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
49	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	78	Megaphone	63
50	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
51	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	720	Spreaker	43
52	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	25	Megaphone	73
53	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
54	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	55	ART19	83
55	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
56	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
57	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
58	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
59	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	183	Spreaker	59
60	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	148	Megaphone	69
61	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	560	Acast	48
62	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
63	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
64	1865	Airship / Audible Original	Fiction	25	ART19	79
65	The Ranting Podcast	With Nick and Miranda	Fiction	166	Spotify for Podcasters	42
66	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	25	Omny Studio	58
67	The Shadow \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	156	Spreaker	59
68	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	14	Omny Studio	73
69	The Night Road	Dom Guilfoyle	Fiction	5	Acast	69
70	Last Known Position	QCODE	Fiction	9	Megaphone	73
71	Dark Providence	Chaos Assembly	Fiction	13	Podbean	83
72	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	178	Megaphone	42
73	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
74	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
75	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	183	ART19	52
76	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	156	Libsyn	32
77	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
78	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
79	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
80	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
81	Soft Voice	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
82	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	50	ART19	53
83	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	73	Spotify for Podcasters	59
84	TRUE Scary Stories for Sleep +Rain Sounds	Midnight Lullaby	Fiction	48	Spotify for Podcasters	48
85	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
86	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1169	Spreaker	63
87	Discovering Dad	GZM Shows	Fiction	21	ART19	53
88	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	142	Megaphone	63
89	Hindsight- The Fracture	JD Walsh	Fiction	13	Libsyn	68
90	Gaslight	QCODE	Fiction	12	Megaphone	58
91	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	18	Acast	69
92	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
93	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	789	Acast	64
94	Messy Minutes	Becs and Mel	Fiction	17	Spotify for Podcasters	28
95	Gothic FM	Gothic FM	Fiction	23	Simplecast	48
96	The Mantawauk Caves	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	17	Omny Studio	53
97	The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1	Adam Graham	Fiction	802	Spreaker	73
98	Sapphic Stories - Spicy WLW Fiction	Dipsea	Fiction	31	Captivate	58
99	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
100	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42

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