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 Oct 2026

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10/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 215

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:34:06

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 (25 shows)

2. Acast (11 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	4	Omny Studio	53
2	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1278	Acast	69
3	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	848	Simplecast	73
4	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Libsyn	62
5	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	114	Megaphone	83
6	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	668	Simplecast	68
7	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	14	Omny Studio	73
8	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	394	ART19	63
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 Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
12	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	39	Acast	89
13	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	177	Simplecast	68
14	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
15	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	164	Megaphone	78
16	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
17	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
18	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	80	Acast	74
19	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	148	Megaphone	69
20	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	745	Omny Studio	84
21	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
22	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	466	Audioboom	52
23	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
24	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
25	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
26	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
27	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	36	Megaphone	89
28	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
29	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
30	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
31	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
32	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	275	Megaphone	63
33	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	55	ART19	83
34	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	25	Megaphone	73
35	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
36	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	37	ART19	48
37	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
38	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	263	BBC	58
39	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	73	Megaphone	68
40	The Survivor Tapes	Josh Sterling	Fiction	16	Spotify for Podcasters	58
41	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	721	Spreaker	53
42	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
43	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	52	Podbean	52
44	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	455	Megaphone	69
45	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
46	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	78	Megaphone	63
47	Dark Providence	Chaos Assembly	Fiction	13	Podbean	83
48	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
49	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	273	Audioboom	57
50	Dreadful, Inc. Presents: Blood Moon Radio	Dreadful, Inc.	Fiction	2	Spotify for Podcasters	52
51	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
52	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
53	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	697	Spreaker	63
54	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	720	Spreaker	43
55	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
56	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1169	Spreaker	63
57	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	379	Audioboom	68
58	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	93	ART19	63
59	Ghost - Scary Stories	Caloroga Shark Media \| Award-winning writers	Fiction	269	Spreaker	69
60	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
61	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
62	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	25	Omny Studio	58
63	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
64	1865	Airship / Audible Original	Fiction	25	ART19	79
65	The Ranting Podcast	With Nick and Miranda	Fiction	166	Spotify for Podcasters	42
66	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	41	Acast	69
67	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	123	Spreaker	38
68	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	560	Acast	48
69	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
70	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
71	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
72	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
73	Someone Just Like You: Horror Stories	Jeremy Ellett	Fiction	29	Megaphone	68
74	Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal	Cineverse, Bloody FM, Echoverse	Fiction	12	Simplecast	73
75	The Shadow \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	156	Spreaker	59
76	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
77	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	Old Time Retro Radio	Fiction	183	Spreaker	59
78	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	543	Acast	53
79	Your Mom's Romance Shelf	Alli Mowrey	Fiction	3	Unknown	63
80	Blood Ties	Audible Original	Fiction	6	ART19	63
81	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	43	BBC	28
82	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	50	ART19	53
83	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	42
84	明朝那些事	当年明月	Fiction	268	Firstory	39
85	VARÚÐ RPG	Blighthouse Studio	Fiction	32	Acast	94
86	Lethal Lit: A Tig Torres Mystery	iHeartPodcasts and Einhorn's Epic Productions	Fiction	19	Omny Studio	58
87	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
88	The Hidden People	DWM \| Realm	Fiction	86	Megaphone	79
89	Tumanbay	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	45	Omny Studio	53
90	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	183	ART19	52
91	Waiting For October	D.J. Sylvis	Fiction	27	Megaphone	58
92	PodCastle	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	43
93	Silent Key	ARC Productions	Fiction	2	Acast	69
94	قصص رون	فانز قصص رون	Fiction	916	Spotify for Podcasters	28
95	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	178	Megaphone	42
96	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
97	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	142	Megaphone	63
98	Boston Blackie Podcast; Master Detective	Radio Memories Network	Fiction	497	Libsyn	32
99	Dark Woods	Endeavor Content	Fiction	10	Megaphone	53
100	Dogman & Werewolf Encounters	Dogman & Werewolf Encounters	Fiction	99	Spotify for Podcasters	28

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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