Apple Podcast Rankings - USA - Fiction

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 11 Jun 2026

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06/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 280

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:40:57

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment, LLC & Studio71 (4 shows)

3. Voyage Media (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (46 shows)

2. Acast (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (6 shows)

5. Spreaker (4 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	156	Acast	74
2	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media Inc.	Fiction	715	Audioboom	42
3	Table Read	Manifest Media / Realm	Fiction	110	Megaphone	79
4	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	411	Simplecast	63
5	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	98	Megaphone	89
6	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	917	Megaphone	59
7	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	785	Simplecast	73
8	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	382	Megaphone	73
9	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	144	Megaphone	69
10	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
11	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	372	PRX	69
12	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
13	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	628	Megaphone	53
14	EXTRA ANORMAL	Paco Arias	Fiction	493	Simplecast	53
15	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	90	Simplecast	73
16	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	11	RSS.com	78
17	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	413	Podbean	58
18	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	143	Megaphone	83
19	Creepy	Bloody FM	Fiction	1201	Megaphone	59
20	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	532	Megaphone	64
21	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	229	Acast	84
22	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
23	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
24	Knifepoint Horror	Soren Narnia	Fiction	123	Libsyn	43
25	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	644	Omny Studio	84
26	Captains Quadrant	Captains Quadrant	Fiction	286	Spotify for Podcasters	33
27	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	446	Megaphone	73
28	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment, LLC & Studio71	Fiction	515	Megaphone	42
29	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	47	Spotify for Podcasters	53
30	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Megaphone	59
31	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	67	Megaphone	69
32	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
33	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	144	Megaphone	48
34	Full Body Chills	audiochuck	Fiction	144	Simplecast	63
35	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	73
36	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	85	Acast	74
37	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	17	ART19	69
38	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	27	ART19	69
39	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	7	Captivate	53
40	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	9	Omny Studio	59
41	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	46	Megaphone	54
42	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	K&B	Fiction	347	Libsyn	73
43	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	409	Spotify for Podcasters	57
44	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	124	Omny Studio	78
45	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	331	Megaphone	63
46	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	449	Megaphone	53
47	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
48	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
49	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment, LLC & Studio71	Fiction	349	Megaphone	52
50	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	112	Acast	59
51	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	28	Acast	89
52	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	152	Megaphone	63
53	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	46	Podbean	28
54	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	279	BBC	33
55	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	Ice Murdock	Fiction	539	Spreaker	43
56	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	574	Acast	53
57	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
58	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	64	Megaphone	53
59	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
60	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1659	Simplecast	78
61	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	142	BBC	63
62	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	462	Megaphone	83
63	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	119	Megaphone	79
64	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	64	Acast	74
65	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
66	Scary Stories Told in the Dark: A Horror Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment, LLC & Studio71	Fiction	454	Megaphone	69
67	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	45	Megaphone	59
68	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	305	Megaphone	59
69	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	701	Spreaker	59
70	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	62
71	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	287	Audioboom	48
72	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	158	Simplecast	73
73	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	247	Megaphone	43
74	Nightmares	EFRAIN	Fiction	485	WideOrbit	38
75	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	445	Megaphone	74
76	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	32	Buzzsprout	63
77	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	Megaphone	58
78	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	262	Megaphone	49
79	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	14	Megaphone	73
80	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	305	Simplecast	83
81	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	55	Megaphone	79
82	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
83	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	189	PRX	49
84	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	251	Spreaker	63
85	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	83
86	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
87	The Red Weather	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	9	Omny Studio	53
88	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1180	RSS.com	38
89	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment, LLC & Studio71	Fiction	247	Megaphone	62
90	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1180	Libsyn	49
91	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	74	Megaphone	79
92	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	828	RedCircle	79
93	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
94	DUST	Gunpowder & Sky	Fiction	47	Acast	74
95	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	218	Megaphone	53
96	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
97	Batman: The Audio Adventures	Max	Fiction	23	Megaphone	63
98	Meet Cute Originals	Meet Cute	Fiction	411	Simplecast	79
99	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	154	Megaphone	73
100	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	24	Megaphone	79

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