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 Sep 2026

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09/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 279

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:40:46

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. Dr. NoSleep Studios (3 shows)

4. Voyage Media (3 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (27 shows)

2. Simplecast (17 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

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

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