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 Oct 2026

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10/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 233

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:36:37

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (5 shows)

2. Voyage Media (5 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (33 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. ART19 (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	122	Omny Studio	63
2	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	146	Simplecast	58
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	111	Megaphone	83
4	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	732	Audioboom	48
5	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	7	Omny Studio	63
6	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	421	Simplecast	58
7	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	839	Simplecast	73
8	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1256	Acast	69
9	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
10	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	381	Megaphone	53
11	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
12	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
13	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	7	Megaphone	63
14	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	146	Acast	69
15	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	963	Megaphone	53
16	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	662	Simplecast	68
17	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	36	Acast	89
18	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
19	Blood Stone	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	78
20	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	438	Podbean	52
21	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
22	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	98	Simplecast	73
23	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	29	ART19	63
24	Unobtainium Podcast	Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer	Fiction	21	Acast	89
25	Drive Thru Magic	Atypical Artists	Fiction	16	ART19	83
26	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	729	Omny Studio	84
27	The Sleepy Bookshelf: Just Jane	Slumber Studios	Fiction	15	ART19	62
28	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	170	Simplecast	68
29	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
30	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
31	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
32	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	64	Megaphone	63
33	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	161	Megaphone	78
34	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	252	Spreaker	63
35	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	114	Spotify for Podcasters	48
36	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	373	Megaphone	68
37	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Libsyn	62
38	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
39	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
40	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
41	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	145	Simplecast	69
42	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
43	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
44	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	566	Megaphone	59
45	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
46	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
47	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	427	Megaphone	53
48	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	372	Audioboom	47
49	HumorUs Stories — Classic and Original Funny Stories	Don McDonald	Fiction	24	Acast	69
50	Room 1D343: I'll Stop When They're Dead	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	72
51	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
52	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
53	13 Days of Halloween	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	56	Omny Studio	68
54	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	463	Audioboom	52
55	The Fog City Mysteries: IN COLOR!	WHAT You Say Productions	Fiction	20	Captivate	58
56	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
57	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
58	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	45	ART19	83
59	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	138	Megaphone	68
60	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	23	Megaphone	58
61	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
62	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
63	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
64	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
65	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
66	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	468	Simplecast	68
67	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
68	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
69	American Hostage	Criminal Content	Fiction	12	Spreaker	59
70	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
71	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	372	Libsyn	68
72	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
73	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
74	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
75	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1009	RedCircle	63
76	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	78
77	FRIGHTLY! Scary Stories and Tales of Terror	Short Storyverses	Fiction	20	Acast	63
78	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
79	Degenerated: a Horror Fiction Podcast	Erik Peabody, Geoff Sturtevant, Paul J. McSorley, and Drew Blood	Fiction	10	RSS.com	41
80	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	327	Simplecast	83
81	The Hollow	GZM Shows	Fiction	9	ART19	73
82	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
83	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
84	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
85	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	426	Spotify for Podcasters	41
86	The Silt Verses	Eskew Productions Ltd	Fiction	56	Acast	84
87	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
88	The Dr. John Delony Show’s Podcast	The Dr. John Delony	Fiction	100	Podbean	27
89	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	588	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	194	Megaphone	59
91	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	265	Megaphone	63
92	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1657	Simplecast	83
93	Havoc Town	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	13	Omny Studio	79
94	Bedtime Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	28	Megaphone	53
95	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	169	Simplecast	58
96	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
97	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	273	Simplecast	53
98	The Bright Sessions	Atypical Artists	Fiction	125	ART19	73
99	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	268	Audioboom	57
100	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	479	Megaphone	78

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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