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 Sep 2026

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09/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 284

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:40:12

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (4 shows)

2. Voyage Media (4 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. Dr. NoSleep Studios (3 shows)

5. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (32 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Audioboom (6 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	120	Omny Studio	63
2	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
3	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	731	Audioboom	48
4	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	420	Simplecast	58
5	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	108	Megaphone	83
6	Midnight Monologue	TheMidnightMonologue	Fiction	11	Podbean	48
7	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
8	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	388	ART19	63
9	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
10	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	834	Simplecast	73
11	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	659	Simplecast	68
12	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
13	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	959	Megaphone	53
14	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	145	Acast	69
15	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
16	The Sleepy Bookshelf: Just Jane	Slumber Studios	Fiction	12	ART19	62
17	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	97	Simplecast	73
18	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	168	Simplecast	68
19	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
20	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1248	Acast	69
21	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	436	Podbean	52
22	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	159	Megaphone	78
23	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	722	Omny Studio	84
24	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
25	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	461	Audioboom	52
26	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	564	Megaphone	59
27	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
28	Blood Stone	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	78
29	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
30	HumorUs Stories — Classic and Original Funny Stories	Don McDonald	Fiction	23	Acast	69
31	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
32	Unobtainium Podcast	Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer	Fiction	20	Acast	83
33	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
34	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
35	Full Body Chills	audiochuck	Fiction	144	Simplecast	63
36	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	371	Megaphone	68
37	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
38	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	252	Spreaker	63
39	Bedtime Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	24	Megaphone	53
40	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	369	Libsyn	68
41	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
42	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
43	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
44	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
45	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
46	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
47	The Dr. John Delony Show	The Dr.John Delony Show	Fiction	100	Podbean	48
48	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
49	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	369	Audioboom	47
50	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	418	Megaphone	53
51	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	260	Megaphone	38
52	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	585	Spotify for Podcasters	28
53	The Fog City Mysteries: IN COLOR!	WHAT You Say Productions	Fiction	20	Captivate	58
54	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	236	BBC	58
55	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	303	Audioboom	53
56	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
57	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
58	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	292	BBC	38
59	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	467	Simplecast	68
60	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	21	RSS.com	52
61	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
62	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	424	Spotify for Podcasters	41
63	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	23	Megaphone	58
64	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
65	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
66	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
67	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
68	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	29	ART19	63
69	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	266	Audioboom	57
70	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
71	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	478	Megaphone	78
72	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
73	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	272	Simplecast	53
74	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	345	Simplecast	58
75	Hidden Island	Gen-Z Media	Fiction	22	ART19	83
76	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	263	Megaphone	63
77	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1649	Simplecast	83
78	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	109	Spotify for Podcasters	48
79	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
80	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
81	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
82	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	717	Spreaker	53
83	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
84	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
85	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
86	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
87	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	169	Simplecast	58
88	The Mistholme Museum of Mystery, Morbidity, and Mortality	Dominic Guilfoyle	Fiction	75	Acast	89
89	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1262	RSS.com	32
90	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1008	RedCircle	63
91	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	163	Simplecast	73
92	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	140	Acast	59
93	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1378	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	578	Simplecast	58
95	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
96	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
97	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
98	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	147	Megaphone	48
99	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
100	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	318	Libsyn	42

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