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 Aug 2026

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08/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 260

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:42:47

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. Voyage Media (4 shows)

3. Dr. NoSleep Studios (3 shows)

4. Chilling Entertainment (3 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (33 shows)

2. Simplecast (18 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. Audioboom (6 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	119	Omny Studio	63
2	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	418	Simplecast	58
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
4	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media Inc.	Fiction	729	Audioboom	48
5	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
6	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	148	Megaphone	63
7	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
8	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	953	Megaphone	53
9	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	829	Simplecast	73
10	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	656	Simplecast	68
11	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
12	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
13	Midnight Monologue	TheMidnightMonologue	Fiction	11	Podbean	48
14	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	97	Simplecast	73
15	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	144	Acast	69
16	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
17	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	432	Podbean	52
18	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
19	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
20	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
21	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	560	Megaphone	59
22	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	713	Omny Studio	84
23	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
24	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
25	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
26	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
27	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
28	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
29	Full Body Chills	audiochuck	Fiction	144	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	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
33	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
34	The Dr. John Delony Show	The Dr.John Delony Show	Fiction	100	Podbean	48
35	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
36	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
37	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	53
38	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
39	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
40	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
41	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
42	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	258	Megaphone	38
43	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	20	RSS.com	52
44	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	225	BBC	58
45	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	368	Libsyn	68
46	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
47	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
48	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
49	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	163	Simplecast	73
50	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	28	ART19	63
51	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	105	Spotify for Podcasters	48
52	Bedtime Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	19	Megaphone	53
53	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	715	Spreaker	53
54	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	405	Megaphone	53
55	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	422	Spotify for Podcasters	41
56	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	323	Simplecast	83
57	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	272	Simplecast	53
58	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
59	Unobtainium Podcast	Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer	Fiction	19	Acast	83
60	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	579	Spotify for Podcasters	28
61	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	136	Acast	59
62	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
63	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	465	Simplecast	68
64	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
65	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
66	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
67	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
68	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	251	Spreaker	63
69	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
70	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1639	Simplecast	83
71	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	532	Simplecast	58
72	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	476	Megaphone	78
73	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
74	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	301	Audioboom	53
75	The Sound Of Home	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	83
76	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
77	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
78	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
79	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
80	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	344	Simplecast	58
81	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1249	RSS.com	32
82	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	135	Megaphone	68
83	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
84	It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton	Wil Wheaton	Fiction	53	Megaphone	58
85	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	370	Audioboom	68
86	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	448	Megaphone	69
87	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
88	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
89	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
90	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
91	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
92	Sorry About The Murder	TA2 Productions	Fiction	39	Megaphone	89
93	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
94	Rude Tales of Magic	Bucket of Milk	Fiction	196	ART19	79
95	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	56	Podbean	22
96	The Fog City Mysteries: IN COLOR!	WHAT You Say Productions	Fiction	20	Captivate	58
97	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
98	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
99	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	167	Simplecast	58
100	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54

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