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 20 sept. 2026

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09/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 208

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:33:34

Top 5 authors

1. Chilling Entertainment (5 shows)

2. GZM Shows (5 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

4. Bloody FM (3 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. ART19 (13 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. Spreaker (9 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	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	106	Megaphone	83
3	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	831	Simplecast	73
4	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
5	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	2	Omny Studio	53
6	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
7	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	657	Simplecast	68
8	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	4	Megaphone	63
9	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1245	Acast	69
10	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
11	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	368	Audioboom	47
12	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
13	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
14	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	716	Omny Studio	84
15	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
16	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	165	Simplecast	68
17	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
18	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
19	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
20	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	291	BBC	38
21	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
22	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	716	Spreaker	53
23	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
24	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
25	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	264	Audioboom	57
26	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
27	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	229	BBC	58
28	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
29	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
30	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
31	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
32	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
33	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
34	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Spotify for Podcasters	32
35	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
36	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
37	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	263	Megaphone	63
38	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	84	Simplecast	63
39	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
40	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
41	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
42	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	449	Megaphone	69
43	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
44	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	658	Spreaker	63
45	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
46	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
47	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	84	ART19	73
48	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
49	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	370	Audioboom	68
50	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
51	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
52	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
53	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	39	ART19	83
54	Tales of Harkshire	Artis House	Fiction	26	Podbean	73
55	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
56	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
57	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
58	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	146	Spreaker	59
59	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
60	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
61	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	550	Acast	48
62	The Ranting Podcast	With Nick and Miranda	Fiction	148	Spotify for Podcasters	42
63	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	34	Megaphone	89
64	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
65	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	171	Megaphone	42
66	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	48	ART19	53
67	TJ & Amanda's 2nd Date Update	KJ103 (KJYO-FM)	Fiction	44	Spreaker	32
68	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	784	Acast	64
69	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
70	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
71	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
72	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
73	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	180	ART19	52
74	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
75	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	124	Spreaker	38
76	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	38	BBC	28
77	Fear From the Heartland — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	126	Audioboom	57
78	Boston Blackie Podcast; Master Detective	Radio Memories Network	Kids & Family	485	Libsyn	32
79	Someone Is Killing The Wolfhounds	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
80	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
81	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1124	Spreaker	63
82	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
83	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	144	Libsyn	32
84	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	117	Megaphone	63
85	Discovering Dad	GZM Shows	Fiction	17	ART19	73
86	Dark Providence	Chaos Assembly	Fiction	13	Podbean	83
87	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
88	The Farm - a mystery audio drama	Little Fish Entertainment, LLC	Fiction	10	Podbean	78
89	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
90	Elephant Graveyard	Abuda	Fiction	10	RedCircle	79
91	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	510	Acast	53
92	قصص رون	فانز قصص رون	Fiction	890	Spotify for Podcasters	28
93	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
94	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	72	Spotify for Podcasters	59
95	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
96	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	142	Simplecast	69
97	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
98	The Heresies Of Radulf Burntwine	Zachary Golden	Fiction	37	Megaphone	38
99	The Bardic Hearth	Chase Noseworthy	Fiction	30	ART19	83
100	Blood Ties	Audible	Fiction	8	ART19	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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