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 16 Aug 2026

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08/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 291

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:42:09

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (5 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. Voyage Media (4 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

5. Night Vale Presents (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (30 shows)

2. Simplecast (19 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Libsyn (7 shows)

5. Audioboom (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	125	Omny Studio	63
2	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	423	Simplecast	58
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	114	Megaphone	83
4	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
5	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	110	Megaphone	63
6	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	736	Audioboom	48
7	Midnight Monologue	TheMidnightMonologue	Fiction	12	Podbean	48
8	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	385	Megaphone	53
9	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	971	Megaphone	53
10	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	850	Simplecast	73
11	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	669	Simplecast	68
12	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
13	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
14	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
15	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
16	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
17	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	574	Megaphone	59
18	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	39	Acast	89
19	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1281	Acast	69
20	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	177	Simplecast	68
21	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
22	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	164	Megaphone	78
23	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
24	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	746	Omny Studio	84
25	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
26	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	154	Simplecast	58
27	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
28	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
29	HumorUs Stories — Classic and Original Funny Stories	Don McDonald	Fiction	27	Acast	69
30	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	13	Acast	69
31	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	58
32	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
33	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	33	ART19	68
34	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	378	Megaphone	68
35	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
36	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	466	Audioboom	52
37	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	382	Libsyn	68
38	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	265	BBC	58
39	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
40	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	33	ART19	63
41	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
42	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	722	Spreaker	53
43	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	452	Megaphone	53
44	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	279	Simplecast	53
45	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	274	Audioboom	57
46	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
47	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	42	Acast	63
48	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	8	Captivate	53
49	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
50	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	126	Spotify for Podcasters	48
51	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
52	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
53	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
54	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
55	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	429	Spotify for Podcasters	41
56	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
57	The Fog City Mysteries: IN COLOR!	WHAT You Say Productions	Fiction	21	Captivate	58
58	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	598	Spotify for Podcasters	28
59	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	473	Simplecast	68
60	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
61	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	173	Simplecast	58
62	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
63	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	165	Simplecast	63
64	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	335	Simplecast	83
65	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	26	RSS.com	52
66	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	482	Megaphone	78
67	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	141	Megaphone	68
68	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1679	Simplecast	83
69	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
70	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	152	Acast	59
71	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	53
72	The Dr. John Delony Show	The Dr.John Delony Show	Fiction	100	Podbean	48
73	Unobtainium Podcast	Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer	Fiction	22	Acast	89
74	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	307	Audioboom	53
75	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
76	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
77	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Simplecast	78
78	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
79	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	149	Megaphone	48
80	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	264	Simplecast	58
81	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	351	Simplecast	58
82	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
83	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1283	RSS.com	32
84	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
85	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
86	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
87	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
88	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
89	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
90	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
91	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	455	Megaphone	69
92	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
93	Do-Good Detectives	Chick-fil-A Play	Fiction	12	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	Rude Tales of Magic	Bucket of Milk	Fiction	200	ART19	79
95	Batman: The Audio Adventures	Max	Fiction	23	Megaphone	63
96	The Sound Of Home	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	83
97	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	44	Megaphone	73
98	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	325	Libsyn	42
99	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1414	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69

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