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 18 May 2026

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05/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 333

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:42:58

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

4. GZM Shows (3 shows)

5. Night Vale Presents (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (31 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Acast (9 shows)

5. Audioboom (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	121	Omny Studio	63
2	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	421	Simplecast	58
3	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	732	Audioboom	48
4	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	110	Megaphone	83
5	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
6	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
7	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	961	Megaphone	53
8	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
9	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	381	Megaphone	53
10	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	837	Simplecast	73
11	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	146	Acast	69
12	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	98	Simplecast	73
13	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
14	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	661	Simplecast	68
15	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
16	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	160	Megaphone	78
17	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	438	Podbean	52
18	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	64	Megaphone	63
19	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1253	Acast	69
20	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
21	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	565	Megaphone	59
22	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
23	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	468	Simplecast	68
24	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
25	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
26	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	726	Omny Studio	84
27	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	372	Megaphone	68
28	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	145	Simplecast	58
29	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	371	Audioboom	47
30	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
31	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
32	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
33	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	169	Simplecast	68
34	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	113	Spotify for Podcasters	48
35	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
36	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	718	Spreaker	53
37	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1655	Simplecast	83
38	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
39	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
40	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
41	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	142	Acast	59
42	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
43	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
44	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
45	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	371	Libsyn	68
46	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	29	ART19	63
47	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	267	Audioboom	57
48	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	163	Simplecast	73
49	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	425	Spotify for Podcasters	41
50	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
51	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
52	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
53	The Red Weather	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	9	Omny Studio	53
54	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	194	Megaphone	59
55	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
56	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
57	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
58	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
59	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
60	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
61	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	478	Megaphone	78
62	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
63	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	260	Megaphone	38
64	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	462	Audioboom	52
65	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	587	Spotify for Podcasters	28
66	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	241	BBC	58
67	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	86	ART19	73
68	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
69	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	252	Spreaker	63
70	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	424	Megaphone	53
71	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	303	Audioboom	53
72	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
73	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
74	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
75	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
76	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	326	Simplecast	83
77	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	345	Simplecast	58
78	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
79	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
80	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
81	Kids Short Stories: a Bedtime Show By Mr Jim	iHeartPodcasts and Mr. Jim	Kids & Family	2000	Omny Studio	49
82	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	273	Simplecast	53
83	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	451	Megaphone	69
84	The Mario Bros. Show	Rainstorm Productions	Fiction	136	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	373	Audioboom	68
86	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	78	Megaphone	53
87	After Dark Horror Stories	After Dark Studios	Fiction	86	Megaphone	59
88	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
89	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1263	RSS.com	32
90	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
91	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
92	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	147	Megaphone	48
93	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
94	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
95	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	320	Libsyn	42
96	1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales	Jon Hagadorn	Fiction	673	Libsyn	32
97	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1009	RedCircle	63
98	Friends at the Table	Friends at the Table	Fiction	550	Libsyn	63
99	Rude Tales of Magic	Bucket of Milk	Fiction	198	ART19	79
100	Midst	Critical Role	Fiction	141	Megaphone	68

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