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 05 Sep 2025

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09/05/2025

Average data

Episodes: 241

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:36:57

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (7 shows)

2. Voyage Media (5 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild (3 shows)

5. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (34 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (6 shows)

5. RedCircle (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Scary Shorties	Drew Grimm	Fiction	22	Podomatic	69
2	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	121	Omny Studio	63
3	Havoc Town	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	13	Omny Studio	79
4	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
5	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	420	Simplecast	58
6	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	960	Megaphone	53
7	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	98	Simplecast	73
8	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	731	Audioboom	48
9	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	109	Megaphone	83
10	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	146	Acast	69
11	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	836	Simplecast	73
12	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
13	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	436	Podbean	52
14	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
15	Endgame	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	89
16	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
17	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
18	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	660	Simplecast	68
19	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
20	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	371	Megaphone	68
21	A MURDER IN MONTECITO	Sonoro	Fiction	8	Simplecast	63
22	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1249	Acast	69
23	Full Body Chills	audiochuck	Fiction	144	Simplecast	63
24	Barmy Dale A British Podcast Sitcom	Barmy Productions	Fiction	49	Acast	63
25	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	724	Omny Studio	84
26	Consumed	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	13	Omny Studio	73
27	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
28	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
29	Gaslight	QCODE	Fiction	12	Megaphone	58
30	The Search For Gillian Gold - A Paranormal Mystery Podcast	Nine Ladies Productions	Fiction	17	Buzzsprout	58
31	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
32	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	462	Audioboom	52
33	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
34	Elias The Caretaker	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	RedCircle	78
35	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
36	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	168	Simplecast	68
37	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
38	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
39	The Seraphim Files	Xochitl B	Fiction	56	RedCircle	54
40	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
41	Oakbridge - A Sci-Fi Mystery Audio Drama	97toNow Productions	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
42	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	78	Megaphone	53
43	The Rift	The Rift	Fiction	45	RSS.com	52
44	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	467	Simplecast	68
45	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
46	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
47	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	141	Acast	59
48	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
49	Star Trek: Khan	Star Trek	Fiction	10	Megaphone	63
50	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	160	Megaphone	78
51	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
52	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
53	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
54	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	564	Megaphone	59
55	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
56	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1651	Simplecast	83
57	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	345	Simplecast	58
58	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
59	Fabric	Miles Gibson	Fiction	10	RedCircle	74
60	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
61	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
62	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	23	Megaphone	58
63	Hamlet	Make-Believe Association	Fiction	8	Libsyn	58
64	Batman: The Audio Adventures	Max	Fiction	23	Megaphone	63
65	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	585	Spotify for Podcasters	28
66	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	369	Audioboom	47
67	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	252	Spreaker	63
68	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
69	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
70	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
71	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
72	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
73	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
74	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
75	Escaping Denver	Escaping Denver / Curiouscast	Fiction	89	Megaphone	53
76	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	478	Megaphone	78
77	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	260	Megaphone	38
78	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1008	RedCircle	63
79	Shelterwood	Bloody FM	Fiction	28	Megaphone	53
80	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
81	طنزپردازی \| tanzpardazi	tanzpardazi \| طنزپردازی	Fiction	154	Libsyn	58
82	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	325	Simplecast	83
83	The Mind Doctor	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
84	Curious Matter Anthology	Knightsville Workshop	Fiction	70	Megaphone	74
85	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
86	DUST	Gunpowder & Sky	Fiction	47	Acast	74
87	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
88	The Silt Verses	Eskew Productions Ltd	Fiction	56	Acast	84
89	The Penumbra Podcast	Harley Takagi Kaner and Kevin Vibert	Fiction	222	Acast	79
90	End of All Hope	Bloody FM	Fiction	100	Simplecast	68
91	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	451	Megaphone	69
92	13 Days of Halloween	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	57	Omny Studio	73
93	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	425	Spotify for Podcasters	41
94	Who The F**K Killed My Sister?	Chris Sowa	Fiction	18	Buzzsprout	42
95	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	303	Audioboom	53
96	Sanctuary	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	RedCircle	78
97	Fear Daily	Brennan Storr & Brandon Schexnayder	Fiction	590	Megaphone	53
98	Haunted American History	Bloody FM	History	414	Simplecast	52
99	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	39	ART19	83
100	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	238	BBC	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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