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 2026

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09/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 274

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:40:53

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. Voyage Media (4 shows)

3. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

4. Chilling Entertainment (3 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (26 shows)

2. Simplecast (19 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Libsyn (6 shows)

5. ART19 (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	125	Omny Studio	63
2	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
3	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	423	Simplecast	58
4	Midnight Monologue	TheMidnightMonologue	Fiction	12	Podbean	48
5	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	114	Megaphone	83
6	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	39	Acast	89
7	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
8	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	736	Audioboom	48
9	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
10	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	850	Simplecast	73
11	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	110	Megaphone	63
12	The Sleepy Bookshelf: Just Jane	Slumber Studios	Fiction	23	ART19	62
13	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	385	Megaphone	53
14	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
15	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	971	Megaphone	53
16	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
17	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	669	Simplecast	68
18	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
19	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	177	Simplecast	68
20	Degenerated: a Horror Fiction Podcast	Erik Peabody, Geoff Sturtevant, Paul J. McSorley, and Drew Blood	Fiction	11	RSS.com	41
21	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1281	Acast	69
22	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
23	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
24	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	746	Omny Studio	84
25	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
26	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
27	Blood Stone	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	78
28	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	164	Megaphone	78
29	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
30	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	574	Megaphone	59
31	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
32	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	154	Simplecast	58
33	HumorUs Stories — Classic and Original Funny Stories	Don McDonald	Fiction	27	Acast	69
34	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
35	Unobtainium Podcast	Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer	Fiction	22	Acast	89
36	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
37	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	126	Spotify for Podcasters	48
38	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
39	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	52	Podbean	52
40	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	382	Libsyn	68
41	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
42	The Dr. John Delony Show	The Dr.John Delony Show	Fiction	100	Podbean	48
43	Bedtime Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	35	Megaphone	53
44	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	13	Acast	69
45	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	378	Megaphone	68
46	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
47	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	466	Audioboom	52
48	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	58
49	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	452	Megaphone	53
50	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
51	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
52	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
53	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	473	Simplecast	68
54	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	152	Acast	59
55	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	33	ART19	68
56	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
57	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	165	Simplecast	63
58	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	429	Spotify for Podcasters	41
59	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
60	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	265	BBC	58
61	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	598	Spotify for Podcasters	28
62	The Fog City Mysteries: IN COLOR!	WHAT You Say Productions	Fiction	21	Captivate	58
63	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
64	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
65	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	18	Acast	63
66	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	335	Simplecast	83
67	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	8	Captivate	53
68	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
69	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
70	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	722	Spreaker	53
71	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	264	Simplecast	58
72	DUST	Gunpowder & Sky	Fiction	47	Acast	74
73	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	351	Simplecast	58
74	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	42	Acast	63
75	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	33	ART19	63
76	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	173	Simplecast	58
77	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
78	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
79	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63
80	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	26	RSS.com	52
81	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
82	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1679	Simplecast	83
83	It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton	Wil Wheaton	Fiction	62	Megaphone	58
84	Hidden Island	Gen-Z Media	Fiction	23	ART19	83
85	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	141	Megaphone	68
86	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1283	RSS.com	32
87	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	307	Audioboom	53
88	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
89	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	482	Megaphone	78
90	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	279	Simplecast	53
91	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	721	Spreaker	43
92	The Sound Of Home	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	83
93	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1013	RedCircle	63
94	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Simplecast	78
95	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
96	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
97	True Horror Stories Details temporarily unavailable	Mr. Nightmare	Fiction	14	N/A	N/A
98	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	196	Megaphone	59
99	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
100	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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