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 Oct 2026

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10/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 246

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:37:14

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (5 shows)

2. Voyage Media (4 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

5. Dr. NoSleep Studios (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (33 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Acast (9 shows)

4. ART19 (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	121	Omny Studio	63
2	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	145	Simplecast	58
3	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	732	Audioboom	48
4	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	421	Simplecast	58
5	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	110	Megaphone	83
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	838	Simplecast	73
7	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1254	Acast	69
8	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
9	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	7	Omny Studio	63
10	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	381	Megaphone	53
11	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
12	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	962	Megaphone	53
13	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
14	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	662	Simplecast	68
15	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	146	Acast	69
16	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	6	Megaphone	63
17	Drift Into Dreams A Closing Blessing Elevated Open	Jessica rodriguez	Fiction	149	RedCircle	43
18	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	36	Acast	89
19	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	438	Podbean	52
20	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	98	Simplecast	73
21	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
22	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
23	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	373	Megaphone	68
24	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	372	Audioboom	47
25	Blood Stone	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	78
26	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	170	Simplecast	68
27	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	29	ART19	63
28	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	160	Megaphone	78
29	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
30	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
31	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	727	Omny Studio	84
32	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	566	Megaphone	59
33	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
34	Drive Thru Magic	Atypical Artists	Fiction	16	ART19	83
35	The Sleepy Bookshelf: Just Jane	Slumber Studios	Fiction	14	ART19	62
36	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	64	Megaphone	63
37	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	252	Spreaker	63
38	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
39	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
40	Unobtainium Podcast	Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer	Fiction	20	Acast	83
41	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	468	Simplecast	68
42	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	113	Spotify for Podcasters	48
43	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	462	Audioboom	52
44	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
45	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	425	Megaphone	53
46	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
47	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
48	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
49	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
50	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
51	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
52	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
53	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
54	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	718	Spreaker	53
55	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
56	HumorUs Stories — Classic and Original Funny Stories	Don McDonald	Fiction	24	Acast	69
57	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	371	Libsyn	68
58	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	57	Podbean	22
59	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
60	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	44	ART19	83
61	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	425	Spotify for Podcasters	41
62	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	145	Simplecast	69
63	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	138	Megaphone	68
64	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
65	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1655	Simplecast	83
66	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	267	Audioboom	57
67	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
68	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
69	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
70	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	23	Megaphone	58
71	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
72	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
73	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	588	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	Room 1D343: I'll Stop When They're Dead	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	72
75	The Fog City Mysteries: IN COLOR!	WHAT You Say Productions	Fiction	20	Captivate	58
76	13 Days of Halloween	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	56	Omny Studio	68
77	Degenerated: a Horror Fiction Podcast	Erik Peabody, Geoff Sturtevant, Paul J. McSorley, and Drew Blood	Fiction	9	RSS.com	41
78	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	273	Simplecast	53
79	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Libsyn	62
80	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
81	American Hostage	Criminal Content	Fiction	12	Spreaker	59
82	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
83	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	326	Simplecast	83
84	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
85	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
86	Bedtime Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	27	Megaphone	53
87	The Hollow	GZM Shows	Fiction	9	ART19	73
88	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	242	BBC	58
89	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
90	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	78
91	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	194	Megaphone	59
92	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	479	Megaphone	78
93	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
94	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	260	Megaphone	38
95	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1009	RedCircle	63
96	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
97	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
98	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
99	It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton	Wil Wheaton	Fiction	57	Megaphone	58
100	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	169	Simplecast	58

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