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 17 Jul 2026

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07/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 220

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:34:19

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (6 shows)

2. GZM Shows (6 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (5 shows)

4. Bloody FM (4 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. ART19 (14 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Spreaker (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	115	Megaphone	83
2	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
3	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	853	Simplecast	73
4	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	670	Simplecast	68
5	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1282	Acast	69
6	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	179	Simplecast	68
7	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
8	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	165	Megaphone	78
9	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	750	Omny Studio	84
10	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	34	ART19	68
11	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
12	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
13	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
14	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
15	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
16	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Simplecast	78
17	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	40	Acast	89
18	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
19	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
20	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	269	BBC	58
21	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
22	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
23	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
24	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	381	Audioboom	47
25	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
26	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
27	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
28	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	722	Spreaker	53
29	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	456	Megaphone	69
30	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	8	Captivate	53
31	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	55	ART19	89
32	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	467	Audioboom	52
33	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63
34	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
35	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	380	Audioboom	68
36	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
37	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
38	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	274	Audioboom	57
39	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
40	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
41	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	92	ART19	73
42	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
43	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	704	Spreaker	63
44	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
45	Tomorrow	GZM Shows	Fiction	54	ART19	73
46	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	277	Megaphone	63
47	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	722	Spreaker	43
48	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
49	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
50	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	80	Megaphone	63
51	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	149	Megaphone	69
52	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	180	Megaphone	42
53	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	562	Acast	48
54	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
55	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	26	Megaphone	73
56	NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast	Ransom Media Productions	Fiction	133	ART19	57
57	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	180	ART19	52
58	The Steeger Classic Pulp Podcast	All-Fiction Studios	Fiction	51	Podbean	31
59	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
60	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	159	Libsyn	32
61	TJ & Amanda's 2nd Date Update	KJ103 (KJYO-FM)	Fiction	56	Spreaker	32
62	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
63	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
64	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
65	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
66	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	68
67	1865	Airship / Audible Original	Fiction	25	ART19	79
68	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
69	Fear From the Heartland — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	133	Audioboom	57
70	Karma Stories	KCC Rob	Fiction	1016	Spotify for Podcasters	43
71	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
72	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	790	Acast	64
73	Afflicted: A Horror Thriller Audio Drama	Ransom Media Productions	Fiction	13	ART19	62
74	Paralyzed	Bloody FM	Fiction	117	Simplecast	58
75	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	192	Spreaker	59
76	Discovering Dad	GZM Shows	Fiction	17	ART19	53
77	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
78	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1178	Spreaker	63
79	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	175	Megaphone	63
80	We’re Alive: Scout’s Honor	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	13	Acast	79
81	Shadows at the Door	Shadows at the Door Publishing \| Realm	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53
82	قصص رون	فانز قصص رون	Fiction	916	Spotify for Podcasters	28
83	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
84	The Disappearances of Lydia Fountayne	McClintock & Coffyn	Fiction	12	Pinecast	78
85	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
86	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	51	ART19	53
87	Dark Providence	Chaos Assembly	Fiction	13	Podbean	83
88	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
89	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
90	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	18	Acast	69
91	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	73	Spotify for Podcasters	59
92	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
93	The Shadow \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	163	Spreaker	59
94	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
95	Dark Woods	Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	53
96	The Heresies Of Radulf Burntwine	Zachary Golden	Fiction	40	Megaphone	38
97	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
98	Aftershock	Nomadic Engine	Fiction	24	Acast	58
99	Worm: An Unabridged Production	Abaddon Productions	Fiction	303	Unknown	43
100	The Sounds of Nightmares	Little Nightmares - Bandai Namco Europe	Fiction	12	Acast	64

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