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 10 Feb 2026

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02/10/2026

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Episodes: 288

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:41:04

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. NOISER (3 shows)

4. GZM Shows (3 shows)

5. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (32 shows)

2. Simplecast (17 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Libsyn (10 shows)

5. Audioboom (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	120	Omny Studio	63
2	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	834	Simplecast	73
3	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	420	Simplecast	58
4	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	731	Audioboom	48
5	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	108	Megaphone	83
6	The Red Weather	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	9	Omny Studio	53
7	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	388	ART19	63
8	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	959	Megaphone	53
9	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
10	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
11	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
12	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
13	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	97	Simplecast	73
14	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1248	Acast	69
15	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	371	Megaphone	68
16	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	436	Podbean	52
17	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	168	Simplecast	68
18	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	145	Acast	69
19	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
20	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	659	Simplecast	68
21	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
22	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	159	Megaphone	78
23	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	722	Omny Studio	84
24	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1649	Simplecast	83
25	Hard Drive	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	73
26	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
27	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	564	Megaphone	59
28	See You in Hell	Gary Whitta	Fiction	9	Acast	59
29	Full Body Chills	audiochuck	Fiction	144	Simplecast	63
30	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
31	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
32	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
33	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	467	Simplecast	68
34	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
35	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	369	Audioboom	47
36	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
37	Sonic the Hedgehog Presents: The Chaotix Casefiles	Realm	Fiction	10	Megaphone	58
38	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	577	Simplecast	58
39	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
40	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
41	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
42	The ladyaureliaravenshadepresents’s Podcast	ladyaureliaravenshadepresents	Fiction	45	Podbean	62
43	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	163	Simplecast	73
44	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
45	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
46	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	461	Audioboom	52
47	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
48	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	292	BBC	38
49	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	236	BBC	58
50	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	303	Audioboom	53
51	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	717	Spreaker	53
52	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
53	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
54	Wanderer Chronicles Radio	Asa Bove Sobelow	Fiction	117	Buzzsprout	73
55	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	272	Simplecast	53
56	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
57	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	85	ART19	73
58	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
59	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	78	Megaphone	53
60	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	369	Libsyn	68
61	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	194	Megaphone	59
62	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	424	Spotify for Podcasters	41
63	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	140	Acast	59
64	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	325	Simplecast	83
65	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	252	Spreaker	63
66	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	260	Megaphone	38
67	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	266	Audioboom	57
68	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	147	Megaphone	48
69	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
70	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
71	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
72	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	478	Megaphone	78
73	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	318	Libsyn	42
74	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	57	Podbean	22
75	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
76	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
77	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	585	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
79	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
80	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	345	Simplecast	58
81	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
82	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
83	Season's Readings – Christmas Stories and Holiday Tales	Short Storyverses	Fiction	21	Acast	69
84	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
85	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
86	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	418	Megaphone	53
87	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
88	Harvey in Hell	Chris McClure	Fiction	24	Acast	38
89	Conversations with Ghosts	Dead Signals	Fiction	18	Libsyn	62
90	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	23	Megaphone	58
91	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	263	Megaphone	63
92	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
93	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
94	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	450	Megaphone	69
95	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	372	Audioboom	68
96	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1008	RedCircle	63
97	The Mario Bros. Show	Rainstorm Productions	Fiction	135	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales	Jon Hagadorn	Fiction	671	Libsyn	32
99	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	174	Megaphone	42
100	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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