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 Jun 2026

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06/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 286

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:39:28

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

5. GZM Shows (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (36 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Acast (10 shows)

4. Audioboom (6 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	119	Omny Studio	63
2	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media Inc.	Fiction	729	Audioboom	48
3	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	418	Simplecast	58
4	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
5	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	20	RSS.com	52
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	829	Simplecast	73
7	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	148	Megaphone	63
8	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
9	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	953	Megaphone	53
10	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
11	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
12	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
13	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	144	Acast	69
14	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	656	Simplecast	68
15	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
16	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
17	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	432	Podbean	52
18	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	105	Spotify for Podcasters	48
19	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	560	Megaphone	59
20	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
21	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	97	Simplecast	73
22	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	53
23	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
24	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
25	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
26	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
27	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	713	Omny Studio	84
28	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
29	The Red Weather	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	9	Omny Studio	53
30	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
31	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
32	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	532	Simplecast	58
33	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
34	Full Body Chills	audiochuck	Fiction	144	Simplecast	63
35	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	369	Megaphone	68
36	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
37	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
38	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
39	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
40	Captains Quadrant	Captains Quadrant	Fiction	293	Spotify for Podcasters	28
41	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
42	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	465	Simplecast	68
43	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
44	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	258	Megaphone	38
45	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
46	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
47	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	28	ART19	63
48	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	135	Megaphone	68
49	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	715	Spreaker	53
50	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	422	Spotify for Podcasters	41
51	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
52	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1639	Simplecast	83
53	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
54	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
55	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	301	Audioboom	53
56	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
57	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
58	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	579	Spotify for Podcasters	28
59	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	368	Libsyn	68
60	It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton	Wil Wheaton	Fiction	53	Megaphone	58
61	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
62	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
63	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	163	Simplecast	73
64	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
65	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	225	BBC	58
66	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1006	RedCircle	73
67	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
68	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	476	Megaphone	78
69	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	136	Acast	59
70	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	86	Megaphone	63
71	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	405	Megaphone	53
72	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
73	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
74	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
75	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	56	Podbean	22
76	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	323	Simplecast	83
77	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	262	Megaphone	63
78	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	83	ART19	73
79	Acephale: Horror Fiction	Jeffrey Walker	Fiction	75	Megaphone	38
80	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
81	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
82	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
83	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
84	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
85	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	272	Simplecast	53
86	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
87	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	193	Megaphone	59
88	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	251	Spreaker	63
89	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	151	Megaphone	48
90	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
91	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
92	After Dark Horror Stories	After Dark Studios	Fiction	86	Megaphone	59
93	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	344	Simplecast	58
94	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	313	Libsyn	42
95	Kids Short Stories: a Bedtime Show By Mr Jim	iHeartPodcasts and Mr. Jim	Kids & Family	2000	Omny Studio	49
96	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	448	Megaphone	69
97	The Mario Bros. Show	Rainstorm Productions	Fiction	133	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
99	DUST	Gunpowder & Sky	Fiction	47	Acast	74
100	Trap Street	Tony Martinez and Michael P. Greco	Fiction	28	Megaphone	59

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