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 14 Sep 2026

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09/14/2026

Average data

Episodes: 226

Frequency: every 24 days

Duration: 00:35:49

Top 5 authors

1. GZM Shows (7 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. Bloody FM (3 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. ART19 (13 shows)

3. Spreaker (12 shows)

4. Acast (11 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	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
4	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	829	Simplecast	73
5	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
6	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	656	Simplecast	68
7	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	3	Megaphone	63
8	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
9	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
10	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
11	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
12	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
13	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
14	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
15	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
16	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	713	Omny Studio	84
17	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
18	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
19	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	715	Spreaker	53
20	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
21	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
22	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
23	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
24	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	225	BBC	58
25	Tales of Harkshire	Artis House	Fiction	26	Podbean	73
26	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
27	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
28	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
29	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
30	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
31	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
32	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
33	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
34	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
35	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
36	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
37	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	83	Simplecast	63
38	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	653	Spreaker	63
39	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	370	Audioboom	68
40	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
41	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
42	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
43	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
44	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
45	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	83	ART19	73
46	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
47	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
48	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	448	Megaphone	69
49	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
50	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
51	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
52	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
53	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
54	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
55	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	38	ART19	89
56	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	141	Spreaker	59
57	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
58	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	783	Acast	64
59	scared with jess	Jess	Fiction	32	Spotify for Podcasters	28
60	The Ranting Podcast	With Nick and Miranda	Fiction	146	Spotify for Podcasters	42
61	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	48	ART19	53
62	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	143	Libsyn	32
63	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	549	Acast	48
64	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	170	Megaphone	42
65	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
66	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
67	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
68	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	27	PRX	59
69	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	113	Megaphone	53
70	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
71	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	181	ART19	52
72	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
73	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
74	The Shadow \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	114	Spreaker	59
75	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1119	Spreaker	63
76	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	142	Simplecast	69
77	Dark Providence	Chaos Assembly	Fiction	13	Podbean	83
78	Winnie Taylor's 4th and Inches	GZM Shows	Fiction	18	ART19	58
79	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	2	Omny Studio	53
80	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
81	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	506	Acast	53
82	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
83	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
84	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
85	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
86	Yours Truly Johnny Dollar Collection	CBS Radio	Fiction	715	Spreaker	38
87	Roanoke Falls: A Horror History	Realm	Fiction	7	Megaphone	59
88	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
89	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	72	Spotify for Podcasters	59
90	Tomorrow	GZM Shows	Fiction	54	ART19	73
91	Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar	Jacab R Singer	Fiction	713	Spreaker	49
92	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
93	The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1	Adam Graham	Fiction	802	Spreaker	73
94	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
95	The Last Movie	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	15	Libsyn	58
96	TRUE Scary Stories for Sleep +Rain Sounds	Midnight Lullaby	Fiction	48	Spotify for Podcasters	48
97	Discovering Dad	GZM Shows	Fiction	16	ART19	73
98	قصص رون	فانز قصص رون	Fiction	890	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
100	Lux Radio Theatre	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	201	Spreaker	59

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