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 Aug 2026

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08/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 320

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:42:51

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

4. Dr. NoSleep Studios (3 shows)

5. Fepo (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Simplecast (21 shows)

3. Acast (10 shows)

4. Audioboom (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	125	Omny Studio	63
2	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	423	Simplecast	58
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	115	Megaphone	83
4	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	736	Audioboom	48
5	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	111	Megaphone	63
6	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
7	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	973	Megaphone	53
8	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	852	Simplecast	73
9	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	385	Simplecast	63
10	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
11	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	670	Simplecast	68
12	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
13	Midnight Monologue	TheMidnightMonologue	Fiction	12	Podbean	48
14	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
15	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	575	Megaphone	59
16	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
17	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
18	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1282	Acast	69
19	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	165	Megaphone	78
20	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
21	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	381	Audioboom	47
22	Night Falls: Bedtime Stories For Sleep	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	380	Megaphone	73
23	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	749	Omny Studio	84
24	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
25	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
26	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	722	Spreaker	53
27	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	178	Simplecast	68
28	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
29	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	52	Podbean	52
30	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	154	Simplecast	58
31	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	268	BBC	58
32	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
33	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	473	Simplecast	68
34	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
35	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
36	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1680	Simplecast	83
37	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	264	Simplecast	58
38	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	383	Libsyn	68
39	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	467	Audioboom	52
40	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	40	Acast	89
41	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
42	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
43	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	455	Megaphone	53
44	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
45	Bedtime Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	36	Megaphone	53
46	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	42	Acast	63
47	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
48	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	14	Acast	69
49	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	34	ART19	68
50	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	128	Spotify for Podcasters	48
51	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
52	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	279	Simplecast	53
53	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	430	Spotify for Podcasters	41
54	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	142	Megaphone	68
55	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	152	Acast	59
56	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
57	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	58
58	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
59	The Dr. John Delony Show	The Dr.John Delony Show	Fiction	100	Podbean	48
60	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	165	Simplecast	63
61	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	33	ART19	63
62	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	483	Megaphone	78
63	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	274	Audioboom	57
64	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	599	Spotify for Podcasters	28
65	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	196	Megaphone	59
66	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
67	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
68	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
69	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
70	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	336	Simplecast	83
71	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
72	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	308	Audioboom	53
73	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	57	Podbean	22
74	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	27	RSS.com	52
75	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	173	Simplecast	58
76	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
77	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Simplecast	78
78	The Mario Bros. Show	Rainstorm Productions	Fiction	140	Spotify for Podcasters	28
79	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
80	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	8	Captivate	53
81	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1285	RSS.com	32
82	The Fog City Mysteries: IN COLOR!	WHAT You Say Productions	Fiction	21	Captivate	58
83	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	53
84	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	321	Libsyn	42
85	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
86	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	456	Megaphone	69
87	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
88	Nightmares	EFRAIN	Fiction	485	WideOrbit	32
89	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	380	Audioboom	68
90	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
91	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	149	Megaphone	48
92	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	352	Simplecast	58
93	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
94	Kids Short Stories: a Bedtime Show By Mr Jim	iHeartPodcasts and Mr. Jim	Kids & Family	2000	Omny Studio	49
95	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
96	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
97	Punch the Line	Paul Roland	Fiction	2	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63
99	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	703	Spreaker	63
100	Captains Quadrant	Captains Quadrant	Fiction	293	Spotify for Podcasters	28

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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