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 09 Sep 2026

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09/09/2026

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Episodes: 258

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:38:41

Top 5 authors

1. Voyage Media (4 shows)

2. Bloody FM (4 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

5. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (31 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. ART19 (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	120	Omny Studio	63
2	Midnight Monologue	TheMidnightMonologue	Fiction	11	Podbean	48
3	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	731	Audioboom	48
4	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	419	Simplecast	58
5	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
6	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	34	Acast	89
7	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	388	ART19	63
8	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	108	Megaphone	83
9	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	145	Acast	69
10	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	834	Simplecast	73
11	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
12	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	958	Megaphone	53
13	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	659	Simplecast	68
14	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
15	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
16	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1248	Acast	69
17	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
18	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	159	Megaphone	78
19	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	97	Simplecast	73
20	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	563	Megaphone	59
21	The Sleepy Bookshelf: Just Jane	Slumber Studios	Fiction	12	ART19	62
22	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	436	Podbean	52
23	Degenerated: a Horror Fiction Podcast	Erik Peabody, Geoff Sturtevant, Paul J. McSorley, and Drew Blood	Fiction	8	RSS.com	41
24	HumorUs Stories — Classic and Original Funny Stories	Don McDonald	Fiction	22	Acast	69
25	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
26	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
27	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	370	Megaphone	68
28	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
29	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
30	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
31	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
32	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	721	Omny Studio	84
33	Unobtainium Podcast	Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer	Fiction	20	Acast	83
34	Full Body Chills	audiochuck	Fiction	144	Simplecast	63
35	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	167	Simplecast	68
36	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	252	Spreaker	63
37	Blood Stone	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	78
38	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	369	Libsyn	68
39	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
40	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
41	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	417	Megaphone	53
42	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
43	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
44	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
45	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
46	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	369	Audioboom	47
47	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	235	BBC	58
48	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	461	Audioboom	52
49	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
50	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
51	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	136	Megaphone	68
52	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
53	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
54	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
55	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
56	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	292	BBC	38
57	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	467	Simplecast	68
58	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	584	Spotify for Podcasters	28
59	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	109	Spotify for Podcasters	48
60	DUST	Gunpowder & Sky	Fiction	47	Acast	74
61	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	303	Audioboom	53
62	The Fog City Mysteries: IN COLOR!	WHAT You Say Productions	Fiction	20	Captivate	58
63	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
64	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	29	ART19	63
65	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
66	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	560	Simplecast	58
67	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
68	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	717	Spreaker	53
69	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	424	Spotify for Podcasters	41
70	Bedtime Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	24	Megaphone	53
71	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	477	Megaphone	78
72	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
73	The Dr. John Delony Show	The Dr.John Delony Show	Fiction	100	Podbean	48
74	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	266	Audioboom	57
75	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	163	Simplecast	73
76	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	84	Simplecast	63
77	Station 151	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	41	Megaphone	78
78	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
79	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
80	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1649	Simplecast	83
81	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	21	RSS.com	52
82	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	140	Acast	59
83	طنزپردازی \| tanzpardazi	tanzpardazi \| طنزپردازی	Fiction	154	Libsyn	58
84	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
85	Hidden Island	Gen-Z Media	Fiction	22	ART19	83
86	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	259	Megaphone	38
87	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
88	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
89	The Sound Of Home	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	83
90	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	23	Megaphone	58
91	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
92	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	345	Simplecast	58
93	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1372	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1008	RedCircle	73
95	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
96	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
97	Drive Thru Magic	Atypical Artists	Fiction	10	ART19	83
98	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
99	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
100	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78

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