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 24 Sep 2026

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09/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 203

Frequency: every 25 days

Duration: 00:36:04

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (6 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (5 shows)

3. GZM Shows (4 shows)

4. Bloody FM (4 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Acast (11 shows)

3. ART19 (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Spreaker (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	108	Megaphone	83
2	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	834	Simplecast	73
3	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
4	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	388	ART19	63
5	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	659	Simplecast	68
6	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
7	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	5	Megaphone	63
8	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1248	Acast	69
9	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	5	Omny Studio	63
10	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
11	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
12	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	159	Megaphone	78
13	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	722	Omny Studio	84
14	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	168	Simplecast	68
15	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	461	Audioboom	52
16	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
17	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
18	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
19	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
20	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
21	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	369	Audioboom	47
22	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
23	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
24	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
25	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Spotify for Podcasters	32
26	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
27	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	292	BBC	38
28	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	84	Simplecast	63
29	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	236	BBC	58
30	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
31	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
32	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
33	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	717	Spreaker	53
34	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	450	Megaphone	69
35	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	266	Audioboom	57
36	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
37	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
38	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
39	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
40	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
41	Tales of Harkshire	Artis House	Fiction	26	Podbean	73
42	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
43	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	372	Audioboom	68
44	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
45	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	20	Megaphone	73
46	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	263	Megaphone	63
47	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	666	Spreaker	63
48	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
49	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
50	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
51	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
52	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	39	ART19	83
53	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
54	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	85	ART19	73
55	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
56	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
57	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
58	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1132	Spreaker	63
59	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
60	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	551	Acast	48
61	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
62	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
63	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	154	Spreaker	59
64	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	144	Simplecast	69
65	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
66	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
67	Hindsight- The Fracture	JD Walsh	Fiction	13	Libsyn	68
68	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
69	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	174	Megaphone	42
70	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
71	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	34	Megaphone	89
72	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
73	Dark Providence	Chaos Assembly	Fiction	13	Podbean	83
74	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	39	BBC	28
75	Someone Is Killing The Wolfhounds	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
76	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
77	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	147	Libsyn	32
78	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
79	The Ranting Podcast	With Nick and Miranda	Fiction	151	Spotify for Podcasters	42
80	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	517	Acast	53
81	The You and Ryan Show	Ryan Chase	Fiction	11	Megaphone	53
82	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
83	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	19	Acast	69
84	Boston Blackie Podcast; Master Detective	Radio Memories Network	Fiction	489	Libsyn	32
85	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
86	TJ & Amanda's 2nd Date Update	KJ103 (KJYO-FM)	Fiction	44	Spreaker	32
87	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	48	ART19	53
88	scared with jess	Jess	Fiction	34	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	TRUE Scary Stories for Sleep +Rain Sounds	Midnight Lullaby	Fiction	48	Spotify for Podcasters	48
90	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
91	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	124	Spreaker	38
92	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	785	Acast	64
93	The Mind Doctor	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
94	The Farm - a mystery audio drama	Little Fish Entertainment, LLC	Fiction	10	Podbean	78
95	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	180	ART19	52
96	Fear From the Heartland — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	126	Audioboom	57
97	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
98	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
99	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	124	Megaphone	63
100	Paralyzed	Bloody FM	Fiction	117	Simplecast	58

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