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 17 Oct 2026

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10/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 238

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:37:25

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (8 shows)

2. Voyage Media (4 shows)

3. GZM Shows (4 shows)

4. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (30 shows)

2. Simplecast (18 shows)

3. Acast (15 shows)

4. ART19 (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	151	Simplecast	58
2	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Libsyn	62
3	Midnight Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	3	Omny Studio	53
4	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	422	Simplecast	58
5	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	123	Omny Studio	63
6	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1273	Acast	69
7	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	734	Audioboom	48
8	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	113	Megaphone	83
9	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	846	Simplecast	73
10	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	148	Acast	69
11	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
12	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	966	Megaphone	53
13	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	383	Megaphone	53
14	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	393	ART19	63
15	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	109	Megaphone	63
16	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	667	Simplecast	68
17	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
18	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	86	Simplecast	63
19	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	12	Omny Studio	73
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	87	Simplecast	63
22	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	38	Acast	89
23	Shelterwood	Bloody FM	Fiction	30	Megaphone	53
24	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	440	Podbean	52
25	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	99	Simplecast	73
26	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	175	Simplecast	68
27	The Dr. John Delony Show’s Podcast	The Dr. John Delony	Fiction	100	Podbean	27
28	Room 1D343: I'll Stop When They're Dead	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	62
29	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	32	ART19	63
30	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
31	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	741	Omny Studio	84
32	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	147	Megaphone	69
33	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	12	Acast	69
34	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
35	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
36	Blood Stone	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	78
37	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	571	Megaphone	59
38	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
39	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
40	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	163	Megaphone	78
41	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
42	The Fog City Mysteries: IN COLOR!	WHAT You Say Productions	Fiction	21	Captivate	58
43	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
44	The Sleepy Bookshelf: Just Jane	Slumber Studios	Fiction	19	ART19	62
45	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
46	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	122	Spotify for Podcasters	48
47	Unobtainium Podcast	Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer	Fiction	22	Acast	89
48	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	17	Acast	63
49	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	465	Audioboom	52
50	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	378	Audioboom	47
51	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	376	Megaphone	68
52	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	444	Megaphone	53
53	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
54	The Hollow	GZM Shows	Fiction	12	ART19	63
55	Mina and Lucy's Guide to Slaying Dracula	GZM Shows	Fiction	24	ART19	58
56	Midnight Monologue	TheMidnightMonologue	Fiction	12	Podbean	48
57	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	35	ART19	48
58	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
59	FRIGHTLY! Scary Stories and Tales of Terror	Short Storyverses	Fiction	26	Acast	63
60	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
61	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
62	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	377	Libsyn	68
63	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	173	Simplecast	58
64	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	596	Spotify for Podcasters	28
65	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
66	HumorUs Stories — Classic and Original Funny Stories	Don McDonald	Fiction	26	Acast	69
67	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	298	BBC	38
68	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
69	13 Days of Halloween	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	57	Omny Studio	68
70	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	140	Megaphone	68
71	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	43	Megaphone	73
72	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	150	Acast	59
73	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
74	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	52	ART19	83
75	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	277	Simplecast	53
76	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
77	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	350	Simplecast	58
78	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
79	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	332	Simplecast	83
80	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	428	Spotify for Podcasters	41
81	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
82	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	35	Megaphone	89
83	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	471	Simplecast	68
84	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
85	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	80	Acast	74
86	Zephyrus One	David Huston	Fiction	15	RedCircle	73
87	Bedtime Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	33	Megaphone	53
88	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
89	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	454	Megaphone	69
90	Dying On Tuesday	Bill Keenan	Fiction	4	Acast	64
91	End of All Hope	Bloody FM	Fiction	101	Simplecast	68
92	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1671	Simplecast	83
93	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	481	Megaphone	78
94	Drive Thru Magic	Atypical Artists	Fiction	19	ART19	83
95	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	721	Spreaker	53
96	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	258	BBC	58
97	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	41	Acast	63
98	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
99	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
100	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	196	Megaphone	59

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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