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 18 Oct 2026

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10/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 210

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:33:27

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. GZM Shows (4 shows)

4. Bloody FM (3 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (27 shows)

2. Acast (12 shows)

3. ART19 (10 shows)

4. Spreaker (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (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	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1271	Acast	69
3	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	845	Simplecast	73
4	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	113	Megaphone	83
5	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	393	ART19	63
6	Midnight Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	3	Omny Studio	53
7	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	666	Simplecast	68
8	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
9	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
10	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	12	Omny Studio	73
11	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	38	Acast	89
12	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
13	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	175	Simplecast	68
14	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	86	Simplecast	63
15	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
16	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
17	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	740	Omny Studio	84
18	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	163	Megaphone	78
19	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
20	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	147	Megaphone	69
21	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
22	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	377	Audioboom	47
23	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	465	Audioboom	52
24	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	297	BBC	38
25	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
26	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
27	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
28	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
29	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	35	ART19	48
30	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
31	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
32	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	271	Audioboom	57
33	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	720	Spreaker	53
34	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	257	BBC	58
35	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	51	ART19	83
36	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
37	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	454	Megaphone	69
38	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	77	Megaphone	63
39	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	268	Megaphone	63
40	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
41	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
42	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
43	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
44	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1160	Spreaker	63
45	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	35	Megaphone	89
46	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	91	ART19	73
47	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
48	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Megaphone	68
49	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
50	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	690	Spreaker	63
51	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	378	Audioboom	68
52	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	24	Megaphone	73
53	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
54	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
55	پادکست شنود	Mona Zare	Fiction	15	Acast	69
56	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
57	The Survivor Tapes	Josh Sterling	Fiction	14	Spotify for Podcasters	58
58	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	25	Omny Studio	58
59	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
60	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
61	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
62	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
63	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
64	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	177	Spreaker	59
65	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	788	Acast	64
66	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	558	Acast	48
67	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
68	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	537	Acast	53
69	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	49	ART19	53
70	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
71	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
72	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	176	Megaphone	42
73	The Bardic Hearth	Chase Noseworthy	Fiction	31	ART19	83
74	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
75	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	183	ART19	52
76	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
77	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
78	Someone Just Like You: Horror Stories	Jeremy Ellett	Fiction	29	Megaphone	68
79	Dark Providence	Chaos Assembly	Fiction	13	Podbean	83
80	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
81	Lethal Lit: A Tig Torres Mystery	iHeartPodcasts and Einhorn's Epic Productions	Fiction	19	Omny Studio	58
82	Dreadful, Inc. Presents: Blood Moon Radio	Dreadful, Inc.	Fiction	2	Spotify for Podcasters	52
83	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
84	Roanoke Falls: A Horror History	Realm	Fiction	7	Megaphone	59
85	Dark Woods	Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	53
86	Ghost - Scary Stories	Caloroga Shark Media \| Award-winning writers	Fiction	268	Spreaker	69
87	The Shadow \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	150	Spreaker	59
88	Gunsmoke	The Old Time Radio	Fiction	229	Spreaker	54
89	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
90	VARÚÐ RPG	Blighthouse Studio	Fiction	24	Acast	94
91	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	136	Megaphone	63
92	Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal	Cineverse, Bloody FM, Echoverse	Fiction	12	Simplecast	73
93	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
94	Boston Blackie Podcast; Master Detective	Radio Memories Network	Fiction	495	Libsyn	32
95	Last Known Position	QCODE	Fiction	9	Megaphone	73
96	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	73	Spotify for Podcasters	59
97	Worm: An Unabridged Production	Abaddon Productions	Fiction	303	Unknown	43
98	The Horror of Dolores Roach	Gimlet	Fiction	16	Megaphone	73
99	明朝那些事	当年明月	Fiction	268	Firstory	39
100	Strawberry Spring	iHeartPodcasts and Audio Up, Inc.	Fiction	13	Omny Studio	59

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