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 08 Jul 2026

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07/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 319

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:41:04

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (5 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

4. Voyage Media (3 shows)

5. Dr. NoSleep Studios (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (31 shows)

2. Simplecast (18 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Libsyn (7 shows)

5. Audioboom (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	125	Omny Studio	63
2	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	736	Audioboom	48
3	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	423	Simplecast	58
4	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
5	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	972	Megaphone	53
6	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	114	Megaphone	83
7	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	851	Simplecast	73
8	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	110	Megaphone	63
9	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
10	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
11	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	670	Simplecast	68
12	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
13	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	385	Megaphone	53
14	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
15	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	575	Megaphone	59
16	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
17	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	165	Megaphone	78
18	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	178	Simplecast	68
19	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
20	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1281	Acast	69
21	Captains Quadrant	Captains Quadrant	Fiction	293	Spotify for Podcasters	28
22	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
23	LitReading - Original Short Stories and Classic Tales	Don McDonald	Fiction	124	Megaphone	49
24	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	748	Omny Studio	84
25	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	380	Megaphone	68
26	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	14	Acast	69
27	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
28	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
29	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
30	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Simplecast	78
31	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
32	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
33	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	42	Acast	63
34	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
35	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	40	Acast	89
36	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	383	Libsyn	68
37	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	33	ART19	63
38	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	154	Simplecast	58
39	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
40	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
41	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
42	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	196	Megaphone	59
43	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
44	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
45	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	58
46	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
47	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	267	BBC	58
48	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	308	Audioboom	53
49	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	599	Spotify for Podcasters	28
50	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	473	Simplecast	68
51	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
52	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
53	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
54	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	264	Simplecast	58
55	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	26	RSS.com	52
56	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	142	Megaphone	68
57	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
58	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	722	Spreaker	53
59	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	483	Megaphone	78
60	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	165	Simplecast	63
61	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
62	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	454	Megaphone	53
63	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
64	Kaboom: An Audio Adventure Podcast	BYUradio	Fiction	78	Unknown	78
65	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	34	ART19	68
66	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
67	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	429	Spotify for Podcasters	41
68	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	351	Simplecast	58
69	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1680	Simplecast	83
70	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	57	Podbean	22
71	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
72	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	152	Acast	59
73	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	173	Simplecast	58
74	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
75	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
76	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	335	Simplecast	83
77	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	274	Audioboom	57
78	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
79	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	279	Simplecast	53
80	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	467	Audioboom	52
81	DUST	Gunpowder & Sky	Fiction	47	Acast	74
82	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	53
83	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1284	RSS.com	32
84	WE'RE NOT MEANT TO KNOW	SpectreVision Radio	Fiction	56	Megaphone	43
85	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
86	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
87	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	8	Captivate	53
88	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
89	Sorry About The Murder	TA2 Productions	Fiction	32	Megaphone	79
90	NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast	Ransom Media Productions	Fiction	133	ART19	57
91	طنزپردازی \| tanzpardazi	tanzpardazi \| طنزپردازی	Fiction	157	Libsyn	58
92	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
93	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
94	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1013	RedCircle	63
95	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	455	Megaphone	69
96	WOE.BEGONE	WOE.BEGONE Industries LLC	Fiction	368	Acast	58
97	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
98	Kids Short Stories: a Bedtime Show By Mr Jim	iHeartPodcasts and Mr. Jim	Kids & Family	2000	Omny Studio	49
99	Something Scary	Underscore Talent Management	Fiction	409	Megaphone	64
100	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	45	Megaphone	73

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