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 04 May 2026

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05/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 294

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:40:18

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

4. GZM Shows (3 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (33 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Audioboom (6 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	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	735	Audioboom	48
4	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	114	Megaphone	83
5	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	848	Simplecast	73
7	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	394	ART19	63
8	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	110	Megaphone	63
9	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	384	Megaphone	53
10	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	970	Megaphone	53
11	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
12	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	164	Megaphone	78
13	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
14	The Red Weather	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	9	Omny Studio	53
15	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
16	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	58
17	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	668	Simplecast	68
18	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
19	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
20	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
21	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
22	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	13	Acast	69
23	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	377	Megaphone	68
24	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	177	Simplecast	68
25	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	125	Spotify for Podcasters	48
26	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1278	Acast	69
27	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	573	Megaphone	59
28	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	39	Acast	89
29	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	745	Omny Studio	84
30	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
31	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	263	Megaphone	38
32	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
33	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	73	Megaphone	68
34	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
35	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	153	Simplecast	58
36	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
37	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
38	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
39	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1677	Simplecast	83
40	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
41	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
42	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	721	Spreaker	53
43	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	165	Simplecast	63
44	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
45	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
46	Harvey in Hell	Chris McClure	Fiction	24	Acast	38
47	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	429	Spotify for Podcasters	41
48	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
49	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	720	Spreaker	43
50	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	37	ART19	48
51	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	473	Simplecast	68
52	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	93	ART19	63
53	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
54	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	466	Audioboom	52
55	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	41	Acast	63
56	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	80	Acast	74
57	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
58	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
59	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	273	Audioboom	57
60	As The Raven Dreams Podcast	As The Raven Dreams	Fiction	746	Megaphone	52
61	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
62	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
63	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	380	Libsyn	68
64	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
65	See You in Hell	Gary Whitta	Fiction	9	Acast	59
66	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	141	Megaphone	68
67	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
68	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	57	Podbean	22
69	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	449	Megaphone	53
70	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
71	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	152	Acast	59
72	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	482	Megaphone	78
73	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	33	ART19	63
74	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	278	Simplecast	53
75	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	263	BBC	58
76	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
77	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
78	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
79	The Silt Verses	Eskew Productions Ltd	Fiction	56	Acast	84
80	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
81	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
82	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	81	Megaphone	48
83	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	78	Megaphone	63
84	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	597	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
86	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	334	Simplecast	83
87	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1012	RedCircle	63
88	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	307	Audioboom	53
89	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
90	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	44	Megaphone	73
91	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
92	1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales	Jon Hagadorn	Fiction	674	Libsyn	38
93	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	351	Simplecast	58
94	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
95	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
96	Hard Drive	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	73
97	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	196	Megaphone	59
98	Nocturno: Tales From the Shadows	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	30	Omny Studio	68
99	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
100	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	455	Megaphone	69

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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