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 12 Aug 2025

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08/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 172

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:32:37

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

2. GZM Shows (5 shows)

3. Voyage Media (4 shows)

4. Bloody FM (4 shows)

5. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (30 shows)

2. ART19 (12 shows)

3. Acast (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Spreaker (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	A MURDER IN MONTECITO	Sonoro	Fiction	8	Simplecast	63
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	106	Megaphone	83
3	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
4	Hamlet	Make-Believe Association	Fiction	8	Libsyn	58
5	Broadway Is My Beat	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	166	Spreaker	64
6	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	657	Simplecast	68
7	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	717	Omny Studio	84
8	Boston Blackie	Entertainment Radio	Drama	140	N/A	N/A
9	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1245	Acast	69
10	The Search For Gillian Gold - A Paranormal Mystery Podcast	Nine Ladies Productions	Fiction	17	Buzzsprout	58
11	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	143	Simplecast	69
12	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
13	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
14	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
15	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
16	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
17	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
18	Elias The Caretaker	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	RedCircle	78
19	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
20	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
21	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
22	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
23	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	34	Megaphone	89
24	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
25	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	166	Simplecast	68
26	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
27	The Mind Doctor	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
28	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
29	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
30	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
31	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
32	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	368	Audioboom	47
33	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
34	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	716	Spreaker	53
35	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
36	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
37	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
38	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
39	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
40	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
41	The Bright Sessions	Atypical Artists	Fiction	125	ART19	73
42	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
43	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
44	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	264	Audioboom	57
45	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
46	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	230	BBC	58
47	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
48	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	263	Megaphone	63
49	The Handmaid's Tale	Wondery	Fiction	6	ART19	69
50	MOONFACE	Overtones Media	Fiction	8	Acast	53
51	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
52	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	449	Megaphone	69
53	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	39	ART19	83
54	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	291	BBC	38
55	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
56	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	171	Megaphone	42
57	Soft Voice	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
58	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	84	ART19	73
59	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
60	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
61	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
62	Who The F**K Killed My Sister?	Chris Sowa	Fiction	18	Buzzsprout	42
63	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	371	Audioboom	68
64	The Genome Killer	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
65	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
66	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	84	Simplecast	63
67	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	124	Spreaker	38
68	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	72	Spotify for Podcasters	59
69	Longtime, First Time	KNUCKLEDRAGGER STUDIOS	Fiction	15	Ausha	84
70	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
71	A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording	Zertex Media Ltd	Fiction	9	Podbean	52
72	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	511	Acast	53
73	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
74	Roanoke Falls: A Horror History	Realm	Fiction	7	Megaphone	59
75	Last Dance	Blackabbey Productions	Fiction	18	Acast	69
76	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	145	Libsyn	32
77	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
78	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	38	BBC	28
79	Blood Ties	Audible	Fiction	8	ART19	53
80	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
81	Dark Woods	Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	53
82	Madam Ram	QCODE	Fiction	21	Megaphone	79
83	Route Styx	Sound and Fury Entertainment	Fiction	6	Buzzsprout	69
84	Strange Matter: The Witch Who Came in From the Cold	Realm	Fiction	117	Megaphone	89
85	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
86	The Sounds of Nightmares	Little Nightmares - Bandai Namco Europe	Fiction	12	Acast	64
87	Gaslight	QCODE	Fiction	12	Megaphone	58
88	Iowa Chapman and The Last Dog	GZM Shows	Fiction	15	ART19	58
89	The Piper	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	10	BBC	43
90	Discovering Dad	GZM Shows	Fiction	17	ART19	73
91	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	550	Acast	48
92	In Media Res	Good Story Guild	Fiction	12	Unknown	69
93	The Hatred	Madhouse Radio	Fiction	13	Megaphone	53
94	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1125	Spreaker	63
95	Crime Adjacent	Chase Patrick	Fiction	67	ART19	79
96	36 Questions – The Podcast Musical	Two-Up	Fiction	5	Megaphone	48
97	Give Me Away	Gideon Media	Fiction	54	Megaphone	59
98	Crystal Blue	Bloody FM	Fiction	11	Simplecast	69
99	TJ & Amanda's 2nd Date Update	KJ103 (KJYO-FM)	Fiction	44	Spreaker	32
100	Alligator Alcatraz	Caloroga Shark Media	Fiction	9	Spreaker	64

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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