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 02 Apr 2026

Country

Main category

Sub category

Date

04/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 327

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:43:02

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. GZM Shows (3 shows)

4. QCODE (2 shows)

5. Night Vale Presents (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (35 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Audioboom (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	121	Omny Studio	63
2	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	732	Audioboom	48
3	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	421	Simplecast	58
4	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	110	Megaphone	83
5	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	837	Simplecast	73
6	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
7	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	961	Megaphone	53
8	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	381	Megaphone	53
9	The Red Weather	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	9	Omny Studio	53
10	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	98	Simplecast	73
11	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
12	Harvey in Hell	Chris McClure	Fiction	24	Acast	38
13	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	661	Simplecast	68
14	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	438	Podbean	52
15	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
16	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	160	Megaphone	78
17	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1253	Acast	69
18	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
19	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	146	Acast	69
20	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	565	Megaphone	59
21	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
22	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
23	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	145	Simplecast	58
24	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	726	Omny Studio	84
25	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
26	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
27	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
28	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1655	Simplecast	83
29	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
30	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	372	Megaphone	68
31	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
32	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
33	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
34	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	86	ART19	73
35	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
36	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	345	Simplecast	58
37	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	78	Megaphone	53
38	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	462	Audioboom	52
39	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	169	Simplecast	68
40	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
41	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	425	Spotify for Podcasters	41
42	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	163	Simplecast	73
43	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	371	Audioboom	47
44	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
45	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	468	Simplecast	68
46	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	64	Megaphone	63
47	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
48	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
49	See You in Hell	Gary Whitta	Fiction	9	Acast	59
50	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	142	Acast	59
51	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
52	Hard Drive	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	73
53	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	260	Megaphone	38
54	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	241	BBC	58
55	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	718	Spreaker	53
56	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
57	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	371	Libsyn	68
58	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
59	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	587	Spotify for Podcasters	28
60	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
61	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	303	Audioboom	53
62	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
63	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
64	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
65	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
66	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	478	Megaphone	78
67	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	29	ART19	63
68	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	267	Audioboom	57
69	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
70	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1009	RedCircle	63
71	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	451	Megaphone	69
72	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	326	Simplecast	83
73	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	273	Simplecast	53
74	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
75	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	265	Megaphone	63
76	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	252	Spreaker	63
77	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1263	RSS.com	32
78	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
79	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
80	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
81	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
82	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
83	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	373	Audioboom	68
84	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
85	Rude Tales of Magic	Bucket of Milk	Fiction	198	ART19	79
86	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
87	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
88	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
89	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
90	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	424	Megaphone	53
91	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	194	Megaphone	59
92	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
93	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
94	Fear Daily	Brennan Storr & Brandon Schexnayder	Fiction	590	Megaphone	53
95	Call Her Daddy by Alex Cooper, Podcast Summary	Raghvendra Singh	Comedy Fiction	1	N/A	N/A
96	Redwood Bureau	Eeriecast Network	Fiction	121	Megaphone	53
97	Sonic the Hedgehog Presents: The Chaotix Casefiles	Realm	Fiction	10	Megaphone	58
98	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
99	Friends at the Table	Friends at the Table	Fiction	550	Libsyn	63
100	Kids Short Stories: a Bedtime Show By Mr Jim	iHeartPodcasts and Mr. Jim	Kids & Family	2000	Omny Studio	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

The podcast landscape in USA is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in USA.
Explore more data on podcast rankings by diving into other categories and countries, and stay ahead in the ever-changing podcast scene.

Previous charts Next charts

About Methodology Contact Support me Privacy Policy Legal Notice