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 27 Oct 2026

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10/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 211

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:33:47

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (6 shows)

2. GZM Shows (4 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Acast (12 shows)

3. ART19 (11 shows)

4. Spreaker (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Midnight Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	3	Omny Studio	53
2	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Libsyn	62
3	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1277	Acast	69
4	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	848	Simplecast	73
5	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	114	Megaphone	83
6	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	393	ART19	63
7	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	13	Omny Studio	73
8	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	668	Simplecast	68
9	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
10	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	10	Megaphone	83
11	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	176	Simplecast	68
12	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	39	Acast	89
13	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
14	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
15	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	80	Acast	74
16	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	744	Omny Studio	84
17	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
18	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	164	Megaphone	78
19	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
20	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	466	Audioboom	52
21	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	148	Megaphone	69
22	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
23	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
24	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
25	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
26	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
27	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
28	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
29	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
30	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	274	Megaphone	63
31	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	73	Megaphone	68
32	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
33	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	86	Simplecast	63
34	The Survivor Tapes	Josh Sterling	Fiction	16	Spotify for Podcasters	58
35	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	36	ART19	48
36	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	54	ART19	83
37	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	52	Podbean	52
38	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
39	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	721	Spreaker	53
40	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	262	BBC	58
41	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
42	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
43	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
44	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	455	Megaphone	69
45	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	78	Megaphone	63
46	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	25	Megaphone	73
47	Dreadful, Inc. Presents: Blood Moon Radio	Dreadful, Inc.	Fiction	2	Spotify for Podcasters	52
48	Dark Providence	Chaos Assembly	Fiction	13	Podbean	83
49	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	273	Audioboom	57
50	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
51	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	720	Spreaker	43
52	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	696	Spreaker	63
53	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	92	ART19	73
54	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
55	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1167	Spreaker	63
56	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
57	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	36	Megaphone	89
58	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	379	Audioboom	68
59	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
60	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	25	Omny Studio	58
61	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
62	Ghost - Scary Stories	Caloroga Shark Media \| Award-winning writers	Fiction	269	Spreaker	69
63	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
64	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
65	The Ranting Podcast	With Nick and Miranda	Fiction	165	Spotify for Podcasters	42
66	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
67	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	43	BBC	28
68	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	560	Acast	48
69	Your Mom's Romance Shelf	Alli Mowrey	Fiction	3	Unknown	63
70	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
71	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
72	明朝那些事	当年明月	Fiction	268	Firstory	39
73	VARÚÐ RPG	Blighthouse Studio	Fiction	30	Acast	94
74	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
75	The Shadow \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	154	Spreaker	59
76	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	543	Acast	53
77	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	182	Spreaker	59
78	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	49	ART19	53
79	Lethal Lit: A Tig Torres Mystery	iHeartPodcasts and Einhorn's Epic Productions	Fiction	19	Omny Studio	58
80	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
81	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	177	Megaphone	42
82	Blood Ties	Audible Original	Fiction	6	ART19	63
83	Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal	Cineverse, Bloody FM, Echoverse	Fiction	12	Simplecast	73
84	Scary Stories for Sleep : The Spooky Hunter	The Spooky Hunter	Fiction	54	Acast	48
85	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
86	Someone Just Like You: Horror Stories	Jeremy Ellett	Fiction	29	Megaphone	68
87	Tumanbay	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	45	Omny Studio	53
88	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	141	Megaphone	63
89	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	156	Libsyn	32
90	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
91	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
92	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
93	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
94	Discovering Dad	GZM Shows	Fiction	20	ART19	53
95	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
96	1865	Airship / Audible Original	Fiction	25	ART19	79
97	Boston Blackie Podcast; Master Detective	Radio Memories Network	Fiction	497	Libsyn	32
98	Old Time Radio Christmas Shows	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	1000	RSS.com	48
99	The Shade of Attlemoore	Attlemoore Productions	Fiction	3	RSS.com	52
100	Silent Key	ARC Productions	Fiction	1	Acast	69

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