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 Aug 2026

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08/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 303

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:41:41

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (5 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. Voyage Media (4 shows)

4. Dr. NoSleep Studios (3 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (28 shows)

2. Simplecast (18 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Audioboom (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	736	Audioboom	48
2	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	423	Simplecast	58
3	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
4	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	114	Megaphone	83
5	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	110	Megaphone	63
6	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	125	Omny Studio	63
7	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	385	Megaphone	53
8	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	850	Simplecast	73
9	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	971	Megaphone	53
10	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	669	Simplecast	68
11	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
12	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
13	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1281	Acast	69
14	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
15	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
16	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	574	Megaphone	59
17	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
18	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
19	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	164	Megaphone	78
20	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	378	Megaphone	68
21	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
22	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	746	Omny Studio	84
23	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
24	Midnight Monologue	TheMidnightMonologue	Fiction	12	Podbean	48
25	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
26	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	39	Acast	89
27	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	13	Acast	69
28	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	154	Simplecast	58
29	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	279	Simplecast	53
30	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	177	Simplecast	68
31	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	466	Audioboom	52
32	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
33	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
34	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
35	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	58
36	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
37	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	52	Podbean	52
38	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	8	Captivate	53
39	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	33	ART19	68
40	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	33	ART19	63
41	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	141	Megaphone	68
42	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	126	Spotify for Podcasters	48
43	The Dr. John Delony Show	The Dr.John Delony Show	Fiction	100	Podbean	48
44	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	473	Simplecast	68
45	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
46	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	265	BBC	58
47	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Simplecast	78
48	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
49	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	307	Audioboom	53
50	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
51	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
52	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	264	Simplecast	58
53	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
54	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
55	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	722	Spreaker	53
56	Bedtime Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	35	Megaphone	53
57	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
58	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	382	Libsyn	68
59	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	452	Megaphone	53
60	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	598	Spotify for Podcasters	28
61	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	274	Audioboom	57
62	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	165	Simplecast	63
63	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
64	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	26	RSS.com	52
65	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
66	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
67	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	53
68	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	482	Megaphone	78
69	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	429	Spotify for Podcasters	41
70	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	42	Acast	63
71	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1679	Simplecast	83
72	The Fog City Mysteries: IN COLOR!	WHAT You Say Productions	Fiction	21	Captivate	58
73	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
74	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	57	Podbean	22
75	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
76	طنزپردازی \| tanzpardazi	tanzpardazi \| طنزپردازی	Fiction	157	Libsyn	58
77	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1013	RedCircle	63
78	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
79	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
80	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	152	Acast	59
81	Nightmares	EFRAIN	Fiction	485	WideOrbit	32
82	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	196	Megaphone	59
83	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	335	Simplecast	83
84	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
85	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
86	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
87	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
88	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
89	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	325	Libsyn	42
90	Redwood Bureau	Eeriecast Network	Fiction	123	Megaphone	53
91	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	173	Simplecast	58
92	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
93	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	455	Megaphone	69
94	1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales	Jon Hagadorn	Fiction	677	Libsyn	38
95	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	351	Simplecast	58
96	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1283	RSS.com	32
97	Unobtainium Podcast	Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer	Fiction	22	Acast	89
98	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
99	The Mario Bros. Show	Rainstorm Productions	Fiction	140	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	The Sound Of Home	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	83

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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