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 11 Aug 2026

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08/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 269

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:40:37

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

4. Voyage Media (3 shows)

5. Dr. NoSleep Studios (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (32 shows)

2. Simplecast (17 shows)

3. Acast (10 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Audioboom (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	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media Inc.	Fiction	729	Audioboom	48
4	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
5	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	829	Simplecast	73
7	Midnight Monologue	TheMidnightMonologue	Fiction	11	Podbean	48
8	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	148	Megaphone	63
9	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
10	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	953	Megaphone	53
11	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	656	Simplecast	68
12	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
13	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
14	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	144	Acast	69
15	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
16	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	560	Megaphone	59
17	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	432	Podbean	52
18	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	97	Simplecast	73
19	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
20	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
21	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
22	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
23	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
24	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	713	Omny Studio	84
25	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	369	Megaphone	68
26	Full Body Chills	audiochuck	Fiction	144	Simplecast	63
27	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
28	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
29	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
30	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
31	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
32	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
33	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	368	Libsyn	68
34	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	28	ART19	63
35	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
36	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
37	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
38	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
39	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
40	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
41	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	465	Simplecast	68
42	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
43	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	258	Megaphone	38
44	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	20	RSS.com	52
45	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
46	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	301	Audioboom	53
47	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
48	Unobtainium Podcast	Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer	Fiction	19	Acast	83
49	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	225	BBC	58
50	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
51	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	405	Megaphone	53
52	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	422	Spotify for Podcasters	41
53	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1639	Simplecast	83
54	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	105	Spotify for Podcasters	48
55	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
56	Rude Tales of Magic	Bucket of Milk	Fiction	196	ART19	79
57	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
58	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
59	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	476	Megaphone	78
60	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	53
61	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	532	Simplecast	58
62	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
63	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
64	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	135	Megaphone	68
65	The Fog City Mysteries: IN COLOR!	WHAT You Say Productions	Fiction	20	Captivate	58
66	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
67	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	163	Simplecast	73
68	The Dr. John Delony Show	The Dr.John Delony Show	Fiction	100	Podbean	48
69	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	272	Simplecast	53
70	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
71	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	715	Spreaker	53
72	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
73	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
74	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
75	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	136	Acast	59
76	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	251	Spreaker	63
77	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
78	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
79	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	56	Podbean	22
80	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
81	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1006	RedCircle	73
82	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
83	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
84	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
85	The Sound Of Home	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	83
86	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	151	Megaphone	48
87	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	323	Simplecast	83
88	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	579	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
90	Bedtime Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	19	Megaphone	53
91	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
92	طنزپردازی \| tanzpardazi	tanzpardazi \| طنزپردازی	Fiction	153	Libsyn	58
93	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	167	Simplecast	58
94	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
95	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
96	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	448	Megaphone	69
97	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
99	Batman: The Audio Adventures	Max	Fiction	23	Megaphone	63
100	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43

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