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 06 Aug 2026

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08/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 282

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:42:26

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (5 shows)

2. Voyage Media (4 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

5. GZM Shows (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (30 shows)

2. Simplecast (18 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Audioboom (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (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	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	736	Audioboom	48
4	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
5	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	110	Megaphone	63
6	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	114	Megaphone	83
7	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	972	Megaphone	53
8	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	670	Simplecast	68
9	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
10	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	851	Simplecast	73
11	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	385	Megaphone	53
12	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
13	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
14	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
15	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	40	Acast	89
16	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
17	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	575	Megaphone	59
18	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	165	Megaphone	78
19	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	178	Simplecast	68
20	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
21	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1281	Acast	69
22	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
23	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	14	Acast	69
24	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	748	Omny Studio	84
25	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	58
26	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	380	Megaphone	68
27	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
28	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	154	Simplecast	58
29	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	42	Acast	63
30	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	127	Spotify for Podcasters	48
31	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	383	Libsyn	68
32	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
33	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
34	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
35	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
36	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
37	The Dr. John Delony Show	The Dr.John Delony Show	Fiction	100	Podbean	48
38	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	26	RSS.com	52
39	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	8	Captivate	53
40	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
41	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Simplecast	78
42	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	267	BBC	58
43	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
44	Bedtime Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	35	Megaphone	53
45	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
46	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	279	Simplecast	53
47	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	467	Audioboom	52
48	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	34	ART19	68
49	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	454	Megaphone	53
50	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	52	Podbean	52
51	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	351	Simplecast	58
52	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	429	Spotify for Podcasters	41
53	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	599	Spotify for Podcasters	28
54	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
55	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
56	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
57	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	264	Simplecast	58
58	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	33	ART19	63
59	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
60	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
61	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
62	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	53
63	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
64	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	152	Acast	59
65	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	473	Simplecast	68
66	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	308	Audioboom	53
67	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	335	Simplecast	83
68	Nightmares	EFRAIN	Fiction	485	WideOrbit	32
69	Midnight Monologue	TheMidnightMonologue	Fiction	12	Podbean	48
70	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	722	Spreaker	53
71	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
72	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
73	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	142	Megaphone	68
74	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	483	Megaphone	78
75	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	165	Simplecast	63
76	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
77	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
78	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	274	Audioboom	57
79	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
80	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1680	Simplecast	83
81	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	455	Megaphone	69
82	Unobtainium Podcast	Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer	Fiction	23	Acast	89
83	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
84	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
85	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
86	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
87	Sorry About The Murder	TA2 Productions	Fiction	32	Megaphone	79
88	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	57	Podbean	22
89	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	380	Audioboom	68
90	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
91	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1284	RSS.com	32
92	The Sound Of Home	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	83
93	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	90	ART19	73
94	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	173	Simplecast	58
95	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
96	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
97	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
98	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1013	RedCircle	63
99	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
100	Redwood Bureau	Eeriecast Network	Fiction	123	Megaphone	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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