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 28 Aug 2026

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08/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 219

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:35:21

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

2. GZM Shows (5 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. Bloody FM (4 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Acast (13 shows)

3. ART19 (13 shows)

4. Spreaker (12 shows)

5. Simplecast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	114	Megaphone	83
3	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
4	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	39	Acast	89
5	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	850	Simplecast	73
6	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	669	Simplecast	68
7	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1281	Acast	69
8	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	177	Simplecast	68
9	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
10	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	746	Omny Studio	84
11	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	164	Megaphone	78
12	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
13	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
14	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
15	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
16	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
17	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
18	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
19	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
20	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
21	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	265	BBC	58
22	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
23	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	466	Audioboom	52
24	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
25	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	33	ART19	68
26	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
27	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	8	Captivate	53
28	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	455	Megaphone	69
29	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
30	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	722	Spreaker	53
31	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Simplecast	78
32	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
33	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	721	Spreaker	43
34	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
35	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	274	Audioboom	57
36	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63
37	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	700	Spreaker	63
38	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	379	Audioboom	68
39	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
40	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	277	Megaphone	63
41	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
42	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	90	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	79	Megaphone	63
45	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
46	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
47	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
48	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
49	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
50	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
51	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
52	OMINOUS THRILL	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	55	ART19	89
53	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
54	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	52	Podbean	52
55	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
56	1865	Airship / Audible Original	Fiction	25	ART19	79
57	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
58	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
59	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	179	Megaphone	42
60	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	50	ART19	53
61	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	180	ART19	52
62	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	25	Megaphone	73
63	Paralyzed	Bloody FM	Fiction	117	Simplecast	58
64	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	68
65	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	561	Acast	48
66	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
67	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
68	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
69	TJ & Amanda's 2nd Date Update	KJ103 (KJYO-FM)	Fiction	56	Spreaker	32
70	Discovering Dad	GZM Shows	Fiction	17	ART19	53
71	Marvel's Wastelanders: Black Widow	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	15	Megaphone	58
72	The Heresies Of Radulf Burntwine	Zachary Golden	Fiction	40	Megaphone	38
73	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
74	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
75	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
76	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	148	Megaphone	69
77	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	188	Spreaker	59
78	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
79	End of the Loop	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	18	Acast	69
80	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	175	Megaphone	63
81	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	145	Megaphone	63
82	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
83	Last Known Position	QCODE	Fiction	9	Megaphone	73
84	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
85	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	73	Spotify for Podcasters	59
86	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	157	Libsyn	32
87	The Shadow \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	159	Spreaker	59
88	قصص رون	فانز قصص رون	Fiction	916	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	790	Acast	64
90	We’re Alive: Scout’s Honor	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	13	Acast	79
91	The Last Movie	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	15	Libsyn	58
92	Soft Voice	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
93	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1174	Spreaker	63
94	TRUE Scary Stories for Sleep +Rain Sounds	Midnight Lullaby	Fiction	48	Spotify for Podcasters	48
95	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	546	Acast	53
96	Blood Ties	Audible Original	Fiction	6	ART19	63
97	The Mind Doctor	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
98	Yours Truly Johnny Dollar Collection	CBS Radio	Fiction	750	Spreaker	43
99	50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows	50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows	Fiction	57	Spreaker	43
100	Afflicted: A Horror Thriller Audio Drama	Ransom Media Productions	Fiction	13	ART19	62

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