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 03 Jul 2026

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07/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 313

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:40:06

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (5 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (3 shows)

4. GZM Shows (3 shows)

5. Voyage Media (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (31 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. ART19 (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	125	Omny Studio	63
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	114	Megaphone	83
3	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	423	Simplecast	58
4	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	735	Audioboom	48
5	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	970	Megaphone	53
6	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	394	ART19	63
7	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	848	Simplecast	73
8	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	110	Megaphone	63
9	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	384	Megaphone	53
10	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
11	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1278	Acast	69
12	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	668	Simplecast	68
13	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
14	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
15	LitReading - Original Short Stories and Classic Tales	Don McDonald	Fiction	124	Megaphone	49
16	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
17	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
18	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
19	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
20	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	177	Simplecast	68
21	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	573	Megaphone	59
22	Captains Quadrant	Captains Quadrant	Fiction	293	Spotify for Podcasters	28
23	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	164	Megaphone	78
24	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	745	Omny Studio	84
25	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
26	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
27	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	196	Megaphone	59
28	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
29	Kaboom: An Audio Adventure Podcast	BYUradio	Fiction	78	Unknown	78
30	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
31	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	377	Megaphone	68
32	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	153	Simplecast	58
33	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
34	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	263	Megaphone	38
35	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	33	ART19	63
36	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	13	Acast	69
37	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
38	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	39	Acast	89
39	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	58
40	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	263	BBC	58
41	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	278	Simplecast	53
42	Midnight Shadows	rokonbiswas1280	Fiction	183	Podbean	48
43	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
44	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
45	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	41	Acast	63
46	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	380	Libsyn	68
47	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
48	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	429	Spotify for Podcasters	41
49	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	26	RSS.com	52
50	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	152	Acast	59
51	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
52	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
53	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	449	Megaphone	53
54	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1677	Simplecast	83
55	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	351	Simplecast	58
56	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
57	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	37	ART19	48
58	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	597	Spotify for Podcasters	28
59	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
60	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	334	Simplecast	83
61	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	165	Simplecast	63
62	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
63	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	307	Audioboom	53
64	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	141	Megaphone	68
65	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	466	Audioboom	52
66	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	482	Megaphone	78
67	Fantastic Castle	Bri, Caldwell, Kiana & Raj	Fiction	19	ART19	79
68	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
69	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	721	Spreaker	53
70	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	57	Podbean	22
71	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	473	Simplecast	68
72	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	455	Megaphone	69
73	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	73	Megaphone	68
74	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
75	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
76	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
77	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
78	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	80	Acast	74
79	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
80	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
81	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1281	RSS.com	32
82	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
83	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	53
84	Miles the Brave	Storybutton	Kids & Family	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	44	Megaphone	73
86	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
87	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
88	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
89	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	93	ART19	63
90	Kids Short Stories: a Bedtime Show By Mr Jim	iHeartPodcasts and Mr. Jim	Kids & Family	2000	Omny Studio	49
91	WOE.BEGONE	WOE.BEGONE Industries LLC	Fiction	367	Acast	58
92	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	173	Simplecast	58
93	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
94	Sorry About The Murder	TA2 Productions	Fiction	32	Megaphone	79
95	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	125	Spotify for Podcasters	48
96	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	55	ART19	83
97	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1012	RedCircle	63
98	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
99	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
100	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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