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 Oct 2026

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10/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 198

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:33:57

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (6 shows)

2. GZM Shows (5 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. QCODE (3 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (27 shows)

2. Acast (13 shows)

3. ART19 (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Spreaker (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Libsyn	62
2	Midnight Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	3	Omny Studio	53
3	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1271	Acast	69
4	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	113	Megaphone	83
5	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	845	Simplecast	73
6	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
7	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	393	ART19	63
8	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	666	Simplecast	68
9	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	86	Simplecast	63
10	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	12	Omny Studio	73
11	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
12	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
13	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	38	Acast	89
14	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	175	Simplecast	68
15	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
16	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	740	Omny Studio	84
17	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	147	Megaphone	69
18	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
19	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
20	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	163	Megaphone	78
21	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
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	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	377	Audioboom	47
25	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
26	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	35	ART19	48
27	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
28	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
29	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
30	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	297	BBC	38
31	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	51	ART19	83
32	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
33	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
34	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	35	Megaphone	89
35	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
36	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
37	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	454	Megaphone	69
38	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	720	Spreaker	53
39	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	257	BBC	58
40	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
41	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Megaphone	68
42	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	77	Megaphone	63
43	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
44	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1160	Spreaker	63
45	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	268	Megaphone	63
46	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	271	Audioboom	57
47	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	24	Megaphone	73
48	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
49	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	91	ART19	73
50	The Survivor Tapes	Josh Sterling	Fiction	14	Spotify for Podcasters	58
51	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
52	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	378	Audioboom	68
53	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
54	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
55	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
56	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	25	Omny Studio	58
57	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
58	پادکست شنود	Mona Zare	Fiction	15	Acast	69
59	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	690	Spreaker	63
60	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
61	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
62	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
63	Dreadful, Inc. Presents: Blood Moon Radio	Dreadful, Inc.	Fiction	2	Spotify for Podcasters	52
64	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
65	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	177	Spreaker	59
66	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
67	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
68	Someone Just Like You: Horror Stories	Jeremy Ellett	Fiction	29	Megaphone	68
69	Ghost - Scary Stories	Caloroga Shark Media \| Award-winning writers	Fiction	268	Spreaker	69
70	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
71	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	788	Acast	64
72	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	176	Megaphone	42
73	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
74	Lethal Lit: A Tig Torres Mystery	iHeartPodcasts and Einhorn's Epic Productions	Fiction	19	Omny Studio	58
75	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
76	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	537	Acast	53
77	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
78	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
79	Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal	Cineverse, Bloody FM, Echoverse	Fiction	12	Simplecast	73
80	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
81	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	558	Acast	48
82	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	136	Megaphone	63
83	Treasure Island 2020	GZM Shows	Fiction	13	ART19	48
84	Last Known Position	QCODE	Fiction	9	Megaphone	73
85	Welcome to the Brass Eagle	Connor Bushoven	Fiction	23	Spotify for Podcasters	52
86	Dark Providence	Chaos Assembly	Fiction	13	Podbean	83
87	Strawberry Spring	iHeartPodcasts and Audio Up, Inc.	Fiction	13	Omny Studio	59
88	VARÚÐ RPG	Blighthouse Studio	Fiction	24	Acast	94
89	scared with jess	Jess	Fiction	37	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	Dark Woods	Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	53
91	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
92	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	18	Acast	69
93	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	42	BBC	28
94	Your Mom's Romance Shelf	Alli Mowrey	Fiction	3	Unknown	63
95	Gaslight	QCODE	Fiction	12	Megaphone	58
96	The Ranting Podcast	With Nick and Miranda	Fiction	163	Spotify for Podcasters	42
97	Roanoke Falls: A Horror History	Realm	Fiction	7	Megaphone	59
98	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
99	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	183	ART19	52
100	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	154	Libsyn	32

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