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 29 Jun 2026

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06/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 244

Frequency: every 31 days

Duration: 00:35:52

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (6 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 (20 shows)

2. ART19 (13 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Spreaker (11 shows)

5. Simplecast (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	108	Megaphone	83
2	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	388	ART19	63
3	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	834	Simplecast	73
4	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	659	Simplecast	68
5	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	168	Simplecast	68
6	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
7	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	159	Megaphone	78
8	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
9	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1248	Acast	69
10	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	369	Audioboom	47
11	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	722	Omny Studio	84
12	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
13	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	717	Spreaker	53
14	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
15	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
16	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
17	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
18	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	292	BBC	38
19	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
20	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
21	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	236	BBC	58
22	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
23	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	266	Audioboom	57
24	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
25	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
26	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
27	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	461	Audioboom	52
28	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
29	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
30	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
31	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
32	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	450	Megaphone	69
33	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	666	Spreaker	63
34	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	372	Audioboom	68
35	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
36	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	85	ART19	73
37	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
38	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
39	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
40	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	39	BBC	28
41	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	263	Megaphone	63
42	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	39	ART19	83
43	Tales to Terrify	Drew Sebesteny	Fiction	785	Acast	64
44	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	84	Simplecast	63
45	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
46	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
47	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
48	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
49	Radio Detective Story Hour	Dennis Humphrey	Fiction	147	Libsyn	32
50	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
51	Petrified	Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne	Fiction	42	Acast	79
52	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	174	Megaphone	42
53	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
54	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
55	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	144	Simplecast	69
56	The ladyaureliaravenshadepresents’s Podcast	ladyaureliaravenshadepresents	Fiction	45	Podbean	62
57	PseudoPod	Escape Artists Foundation	Fiction	300	Libsyn	38
58	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
59	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
60	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
61	Remy’s Life...Interrupted	GZM Shows	Fiction	180	ART19	52
62	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
63	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	517	Acast	53
64	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
65	Pixel Quest	Storybutton and Mr. Jim	Fiction	48	ART19	53
66	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
67	Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom	Marvel \| Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	68
68	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
69	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
70	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	72	Spotify for Podcasters	59
71	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	28	PRX	53
72	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
73	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
74	Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	124	Spreaker	38
75	Voces del Abismo	Voces del Abismo	Fiction	551	Acast	48
76	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward	Julian Simpson	Fiction	11	Captivate	58
77	NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast	Ransom Media Productions	Fiction	133	Megaphone	32
78	The Sheridan Tapes	Homestead on the Corner \| Realm	Fiction	174	Megaphone	63
79	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
80	Treasure Island 2020	GZM Shows	Fiction	11	ART19	68
81	TRUE Scary Stories for Sleep +Rain Sounds	Midnight Lullaby	Fiction	48	Spotify for Podcasters	48
82	The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1	Adam Graham	Fiction	802	Spreaker	73
83	Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine	Marvel & Realm	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
84	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
85	Lux Radio Theatre	EntertainmentRadioBD	Fiction	201	Spreaker	59
86	Yours Truly Johnny Dollar Collection	CBS Radio	Fiction	730	Spreaker	38
87	The Heresies Of Radulf Burntwine	Zachary Golden	Fiction	37	Megaphone	38
88	Afflicted: A Horror Thriller Audio Drama	Ransom Media Productions	Fiction	13	ART19	62
89	Paralyzed	Bloody FM	Fiction	117	Simplecast	58
90	John Carpenter Presents Something Wicked	Read Ridley, Bloody FM	Fiction	18	Simplecast	52
91	The Last Movie	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	15	Libsyn	58
92	Karma Stories	KCC Rob	Fiction	1005	Spotify for Podcasters	43
93	Weekly Spooky \| Scary Stories for Halloween	Henrique Couto \| Scary Stories & Horror Expert	Fiction	1132	Spreaker	63
94	قصص رون	فانز قصص رون	Fiction	890	Spotify for Podcasters	28
95	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
96	Blood Ties	Audible	Fiction	7	ART19	53
97	Twilight Meridian	Wrong Dimension Productions	Fiction	12	Acast	94
98	明朝那些事	当年明月	Fiction	268	Firstory	39
99	Old Time Radio Superman Show\|Superhero Adventure Audiodrama	Adam Graham\| Superhero Audiodrama Podcast Host	Fiction	1000	Spreaker	69
100	Dogman & Werewolf Encounters	Dogman & Werewolf Encounters	Fiction	96	Spotify for Podcasters	28

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