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 26 Oct 2026

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10/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 232

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:36:17

Top 5 authors

1. GZM Shows (6 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (6 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. Bloody FM (3 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Acast (12 shows)

3. Spreaker (12 shows)

4. ART19 (11 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Midnight Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	3	Omny Studio	53
2	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	847	Simplecast	73
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	113	Megaphone	83
4	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1276	Acast	69
5	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	393	ART19	63
6	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Libsyn	62
7	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	668	Simplecast	68
8	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	13	Omny Studio	73
9	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	39	Acast	89
10	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
11	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
12	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
13	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
14	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
15	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	80	Acast	74
16	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	743	Omny Studio	84
17	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	176	Simplecast	68
18	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	164	Megaphone	78
19	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
20	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
21	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
22	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	298	BBC	38
23	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
24	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	466	Audioboom	52
25	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	148	Megaphone	69
26	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
27	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	273	Megaphone	63
28	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	721	Spreaker	53
29	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	36	ART19	48
30	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
31	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
32	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	272	Audioboom	57
33	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
34	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	261	BBC	58
35	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	53	ART19	83
36	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
37	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
38	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	73	Megaphone	68
39	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	86	Simplecast	63
40	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	454	Megaphone	69
41	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	695	Spreaker	63
42	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	91	ART19	73
43	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
44	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	78	Megaphone	63
45	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
46	The Survivor Tapes	Josh Sterling	Fiction	16	Spotify for Podcasters	58
47	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
48	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	25	Megaphone	73
49	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	378	Audioboom	68
50	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
51	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	43	BBC	28
52	Dreadful, Inc. Presents: Blood Moon Radio	Dreadful, Inc.	Fiction	2	Spotify for Podcasters	52
53	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
54	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1166	Spreaker	63
55	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
56	Dark Providence	Chaos Assembly	Fiction	13	Podbean	83
57	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
58	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	25	Omny Studio	58
59	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	52	Podbean	52
60	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
61	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
62	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
63	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
64	The Ranting Podcast	With Nick and Miranda	Fiction	164	Spotify for Podcasters	42
65	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	36	Megaphone	89
66	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	542	Acast	53
67	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	49	ART19	53
68	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	719	Spreaker	43
69	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	176	Megaphone	42
70	Ghost - Scary Stories	Caloroga Shark Media \| Award-winning writers	Fiction	269	Spreaker	69
71	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
72	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	181	Spreaker	59
73	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
74	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	560	Acast	48
75	Scary Stories for Sleep : The Spooky Hunter	The Spooky Hunter	Fiction	54	Acast	48
76	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
77	The Shadow \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	154	Spreaker	59
78	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
79	明朝那些事	当年明月	Fiction	268	Firstory	39
80	Boston Blackie Podcast; Master Detective	Radio Memories Network	Fiction	497	Libsyn	32
81	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
82	Your Mom's Romance Shelf	Alli Mowrey	Fiction	3	Unknown	63
83	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	789	Acast	64
84	قصص رون	فانز قصص رون	Fiction	915	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	140	Megaphone	63
86	Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal	Cineverse, Bloody FM, Echoverse	Fiction	12	Simplecast	73
87	Dogman & Werewolf Encounters	Dogman & Werewolf Encounters	Fiction	98	Spotify for Podcasters	28
88	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
89	Gunsmoke	The Old Time Radio	Fiction	250	Spreaker	70
90	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
91	Discovering Dad	GZM Shows	Fiction	20	ART19	53
92	Someone Just Like You: Horror Stories	Jeremy Ellett	Fiction	29	Megaphone	68
93	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
94	TRUE Scary Stories for Sleep +Rain Sounds	Midnight Lullaby	Fiction	48	Spotify for Podcasters	48
95	VARÚÐ RPG	Blighthouse Studio	Fiction	29	Acast	94
96	Last Known Position	QCODE	Fiction	9	Megaphone	73
97	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
98	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	183	ART19	52
99	Tomorrow	GZM Shows	Fiction	57	ART19	73
100	Old Time Radio Superman Show\|Superhero Adventure Audiodrama	Adam Graham\| Superhero Audiodrama Podcast Host	Fiction	1000	Spreaker	69

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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