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 Oct 2026

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10/09/2026

Average data

Episodes: 262

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:38:26

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (5 shows)

2. Voyage Media (4 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

5. GZM Shows (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (29 shows)

2. Simplecast (18 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. ART19 (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	147	Simplecast	58
2	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	122	Omny Studio	63
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	111	Megaphone	83
4	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	421	Simplecast	58
5	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	733	Audioboom	48
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	841	Simplecast	73
7	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1261	Acast	69
8	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	961	Megaphone	53
9	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	147	Acast	69
10	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	663	Simplecast	68
11	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Libsyn	62
12	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
13	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	7	Megaphone	63
14	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	382	Megaphone	53
15	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	391	ART19	63
16	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	9	Omny Studio	63
17	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
18	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	438	Podbean	52
19	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	37	Acast	89
20	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
21	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	86	Simplecast	63
22	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	171	Simplecast	68
23	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
24	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	117	Spotify for Podcasters	48
25	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	732	Omny Studio	84
26	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	30	ART19	63
27	Blood Stone	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	78
28	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
29	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	161	Megaphone	78
30	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	98	Simplecast	73
31	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
32	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	463	Audioboom	52
33	The Dr. John Delony Show’s Podcast	The Dr. John Delony	Fiction	100	Podbean	27
34	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	64	Acast	63
35	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	568	Megaphone	59
36	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
37	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
38	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
39	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
40	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	146	Simplecast	69
41	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	374	Megaphone	68
42	The Chronicles of Astrimos	Bloody FM, Echoverse	Fiction	9	Simplecast	68
43	The Sleepy Bookshelf: Just Jane	Slumber Studios	Fiction	16	ART19	62
44	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
45	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
46	Drive Thru Magic	Atypical Artists	Fiction	19	ART19	83
47	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
48	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	373	Libsyn	68
49	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
50	Unobtainium Podcast	Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer	Fiction	21	Acast	89
51	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	47	ART19	83
52	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
53	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	16	Acast	63
54	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
55	Room 1D343: I'll Stop When They're Dead	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	72
56	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	432	Megaphone	53
57	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	375	Audioboom	47
58	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
59	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
60	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	328	Simplecast	83
61	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	275	Simplecast	53
62	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	426	Spotify for Podcasters	41
63	The Fog City Mysteries: IN COLOR!	WHAT You Say Productions	Fiction	20	Captivate	58
64	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	195	Megaphone	59
65	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
66	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	348	Simplecast	58
67	HumorUs Stories — Classic and Original Funny Stories	Don McDonald	Fiction	25	Acast	69
68	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
69	13 Days of Halloween	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	56	Omny Studio	68
70	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	80	Acast	74
71	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	32	ART19	68
72	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	295	BBC	38
73	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	591	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	139	Megaphone	68
75	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	452	Megaphone	69
76	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	248	BBC	58
77	FRIGHTLY! Scary Stories and Tales of Terror	Short Storyverses	Fiction	22	Acast	63
78	The Hollow	GZM Shows	Fiction	10	ART19	73
79	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	469	Simplecast	68
80	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
81	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1661	Simplecast	83
82	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
83	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1010	RedCircle	63
84	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	144	Acast	59
85	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
86	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	269	Audioboom	57
87	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
88	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
89	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
90	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
91	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	169	Simplecast	58
92	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	480	Megaphone	78
93	Edge of the Forgotten	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	22	Megaphone	73
94	Bedtime Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	29	Megaphone	53
95	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	261	Megaphone	38
96	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	719	Spreaker	53
97	Degenerated: a Horror Fiction Podcast	Erik Peabody, Geoff Sturtevant, Paul J. McSorley, and Drew Blood	Fiction	10	RSS.com	41
98	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
99	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1269	RSS.com	32
100	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53

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