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 07 Jun 2026

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06/07/2026

Average data

Episodes: 315

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:42:25

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (5 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

5. Voyage Media (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (30 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Acast (10 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Audioboom (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	144	Acast	69
2	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
3	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	418	Simplecast	58
4	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	829	Simplecast	73
5	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
6	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media Inc.	Fiction	729	Audioboom	48
7	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	953	Megaphone	53
8	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
9	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	148	Megaphone	63
10	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
11	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
12	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	119	Omny Studio	63
13	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	656	Simplecast	68
14	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
15	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	20	RSS.com	52
16	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	432	Podbean	52
17	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
18	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
19	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	560	Megaphone	59
20	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
21	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
22	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	97	Simplecast	73
23	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
24	Captains Quadrant	Captains Quadrant	Fiction	293	Spotify for Podcasters	28
25	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	532	Simplecast	58
26	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	105	Spotify for Podcasters	48
27	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	713	Omny Studio	84
28	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
29	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
30	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
31	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	369	Megaphone	68
32	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
33	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	715	Spreaker	53
34	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
35	Full Body Chills	audiochuck	Fiction	144	Simplecast	63
36	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	28	ART19	63
37	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
38	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
39	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
40	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	465	Simplecast	68
41	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1639	Simplecast	83
42	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
43	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	422	Spotify for Podcasters	41
44	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	53
45	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
46	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	135	Megaphone	68
47	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
48	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
49	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	272	Simplecast	53
50	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	368	Libsyn	68
51	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
52	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	225	BBC	58
53	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
54	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	193	Megaphone	59
55	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
56	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
57	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	136	Acast	59
58	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
59	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	163	Simplecast	73
60	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	476	Megaphone	78
61	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
62	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
63	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
64	The Red Weather	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	9	Omny Studio	53
65	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
66	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
67	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	405	Megaphone	53
68	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	579	Spotify for Podcasters	28
69	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	323	Simplecast	83
70	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
71	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
72	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	167	Simplecast	58
73	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	258	Megaphone	38
74	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
75	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
76	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1249	RSS.com	32
77	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
78	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	370	Audioboom	68
79	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	301	Audioboom	53
80	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	151	Megaphone	48
81	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	344	Simplecast	58
82	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
83	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	448	Megaphone	69
84	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
85	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	313	Libsyn	42
86	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
87	The Mario Bros. Show	Rainstorm Productions	Fiction	133	Spotify for Podcasters	28
88	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	251	Spreaker	63
89	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	83	ART19	73
90	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1006	RedCircle	73
91	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	86	Megaphone	63
92	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
93	Kids Short Stories: a Bedtime Show By Mr Jim	iHeartPodcasts and Mr. Jim	Kids & Family	2000	Omny Studio	49
94	After Dark Horror Stories	After Dark Studios	Fiction	86	Megaphone	59
96	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	56	Podbean	22
97	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
98	DUST	Gunpowder & Sky	Fiction	47	Acast	74
99	طنزپردازی \| tanzpardazi	tanzpardazi \| طنزپردازی	Fiction	153	Libsyn	58
100	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63

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