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 13 Oct 2026

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10/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 211

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:34:29

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (5 shows)

3. GZM Shows (4 shows)

4. Bloody FM (3 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (26 shows)

2. ART19 (12 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Spreaker (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	113	Megaphone	83
2	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	846	Simplecast	73
3	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1273	Acast	69
4	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Libsyn	62
5	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	393	ART19	63
6	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	667	Simplecast	68
7	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	38	Acast	89
8	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	12	Omny Studio	73
9	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
10	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
11	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
12	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
13	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	741	Omny Studio	84
14	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
15	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
16	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	163	Megaphone	78
17	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	378	Audioboom	47
18	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
19	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	175	Simplecast	68
20	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
21	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
22	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
23	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	465	Audioboom	52
24	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	147	Megaphone	69
25	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
26	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	35	ART19	48
27	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	298	BBC	38
28	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
29	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
30	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
31	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
32	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	258	BBC	58
33	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	721	Spreaker	53
34	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	270	Megaphone	63
35	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	52	ART19	83
36	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	80	Acast	74
37	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	454	Megaphone	69
38	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	272	Audioboom	57
39	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
40	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Megaphone	68
41	Dreadful, Inc. Presents: Blood Moon Radio	Dreadful, Inc.	Fiction	2	Spotify for Podcasters	52
42	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	692	Spreaker	63
43	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1162	Spreaker	63
44	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	78	Megaphone	63
45	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
46	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	91	ART19	73
47	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
48	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
49	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	539	Acast	53
50	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	86	Simplecast	63
51	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
52	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	378	Audioboom	68
53	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
54	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	43	BBC	28
55	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	179	Spreaker	59
56	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
57	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
58	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
59	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
60	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
61	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	24	Megaphone	73
62	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
63	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	35	Megaphone	89
64	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
65	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	25	Omny Studio	58
66	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
67	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
68	The You and Ryan Show	Ryan Chase	Fiction	19	Megaphone	53
69	Boston Blackie Podcast; Master Detective	Radio Memories Network	Fiction	495	Libsyn	32
70	Fear From the Heartland — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	131	Audioboom	57
71	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
72	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	559	Acast	48
73	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	789	Acast	64
74	Tales of Harkshire	Artis House	Fiction	26	Podbean	73
75	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
76	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
77	The Ranting Podcast	With Nick and Miranda	Fiction	163	Spotify for Podcasters	42
78	TJ & Amanda's 2nd Date Update	KJ103 (KJYO-FM)	Fiction	56	Spreaker	32
79	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
80	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	183	ART19	52
81	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	176	Megaphone	42
82	Dark Woods	Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	53
83	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
84	Ghost - Scary Stories	Caloroga Shark Media \| Award-winning writers	Fiction	268	Spreaker	69
85	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	137	Megaphone	63
86	scared with jess	Jess	Fiction	37	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
88	VARÚÐ RPG	Blighthouse Studio	Fiction	26	Acast	94
89	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
90	明朝那些事	当年明月	Fiction	268	Firstory	39
91	Sapphic Stories - Spicy WLW Fiction	Dipsea	Fiction	31	Captivate	58
92	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	18	Acast	69
93	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
94	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
95	The Bardic Hearth	Chase Noseworthy	Fiction	31	ART19	83
96	Someone Just Like You: Horror Stories	Jeremy Ellett	Fiction	29	Megaphone	68
97	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	49	ART19	53
98	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	154	Libsyn	32
99	Blood Ties	Audible	Fiction	8	ART19	53
100	Dark Providence	Chaos Assembly	Fiction	13	Podbean	83

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