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 2026

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08/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 214

Frequency: every 34 days

Duration: 00:33:52

Top 5 authors

1. GZM Shows (6 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (6 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. Bloody FM (3 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Acast (13 shows)

3. ART19 (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Spreaker (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	393	ART19	63
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	114	Megaphone	83
3	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	668	Simplecast	68
4	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	848	Simplecast	73
5	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
6	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	164	Megaphone	78
7	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1277	Acast	69
8	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	39	Acast	89
9	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	744	Omny Studio	84
10	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	466	Audioboom	52
11	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	176	Simplecast	68
12	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
13	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
14	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
15	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
16	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
17	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	262	BBC	58
18	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	36	ART19	48
19	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
20	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
21	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
22	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
23	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
24	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	80	Acast	74
25	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
26	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	721	Spreaker	53
27	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
28	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
29	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	73	Megaphone	68
30	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
31	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	273	Audioboom	57
32	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
33	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	92	ART19	73
34	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	78	Megaphone	63
35	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	52	Podbean	52
36	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	455	Megaphone	69
37	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	274	Megaphone	63
38	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
39	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
40	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	86	Simplecast	63
41	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	379	Audioboom	68
42	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	696	Spreaker	63
43	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	54	ART19	83
44	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
45	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
46	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
47	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	177	Megaphone	42
48	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
49	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
50	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	183	ART19	52
51	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
52	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
53	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	560	Acast	48
54	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
55	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
56	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	25	Megaphone	73
57	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
58	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
59	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	720	Spreaker	43
60	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	148	Megaphone	69
61	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
62	Marvel's Wastelanders: Black Widow	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	15	Megaphone	58
63	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
64	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	18	Acast	69
65	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
66	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
67	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
68	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	182	Spreaker	59
69	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	789	Acast	64
70	What Happened in Skinner	Mazama Entertainment	Fiction	34	RedCircle	73
71	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	43	BBC	28
72	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1167	Spreaker	63
73	John Carpenter Presents Something Wicked	Read Ridley, Bloody FM	Fiction	18	Simplecast	52
74	1865	Airship / Audible Original	Fiction	25	ART19	79
75	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
76	The Gospel of Haven	Bloody FM, Daisy McNamara	Fiction	30	Simplecast	73
77	قصص رون	فانز قصص رون	Fiction	916	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	Last Known Position	QCODE	Fiction	9	Megaphone	73
79	Aftershock	Nomadic Engine	Fiction	24	Acast	58
80	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
81	Blood Ties	Audible Original	Fiction	6	ART19	63
82	Dark Providence	Chaos Assembly	Fiction	13	Podbean	83
83	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	25	Omny Studio	58
84	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
85	it's getting late...	Jude Brewer	Fiction	24	Megaphone	58
86	Discovering Dad	GZM Shows	Fiction	20	ART19	53
87	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	543	Acast	53
88	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	73	Spotify for Podcasters	59
89	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
90	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	156	Libsyn	32
91	NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast	Ransom Media Productions	Fiction	133	Megaphone	32
92	PodCastle	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	43
93	Iowa Chapman and The Last Dog	GZM Shows	Fiction	18	ART19	38
94	Children of the Stones	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	10	BBC	49
95	The Shadow \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	154	Spreaker	59
96	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
97	The Ranting Podcast	With Nick and Miranda	Fiction	165	Spotify for Podcasters	42
98	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	49	ART19	53
99	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
100	The Mantawauk Caves	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	17	Omny Studio	53

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