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 Jun 2026

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06/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 281

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:41:12

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. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (32 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Acast (9 shows)

4. Audioboom (7 shows)

5. ART19 (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	119	Omny Studio	63
2	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media Inc.	Fiction	729	Audioboom	48
3	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	418	Simplecast	58
4	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	144	Acast	69
5	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
6	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	148	Megaphone	63
7	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
8	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	953	Megaphone	53
9	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	829	Simplecast	73
10	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
11	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
12	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	656	Simplecast	68
13	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	97	Simplecast	73
14	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
15	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
16	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	432	Podbean	52
17	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
18	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
19	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	20	RSS.com	52
20	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
21	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	560	Megaphone	59
22	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
23	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
24	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
25	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	713	Omny Studio	84
26	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
27	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	369	Megaphone	68
28	Full Body Chills	audiochuck	Fiction	144	Simplecast	63
29	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	105	Spotify for Podcasters	48
30	Captains Quadrant	Captains Quadrant	Fiction	293	Spotify for Podcasters	28
31	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
32	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
33	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	258	Megaphone	38
34	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
35	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	53
36	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
37	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
38	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	368	Libsyn	68
39	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	56	Podbean	22
40	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
41	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
42	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
43	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	136	Acast	59
44	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	28	ART19	63
45	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	422	Spotify for Podcasters	41
46	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
47	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
48	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
49	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
50	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	135	Megaphone	68
51	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
52	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	344	Simplecast	58
53	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
54	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
55	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1639	Simplecast	83
56	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	225	BBC	58
57	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	579	Spotify for Podcasters	28
58	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
59	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
60	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	465	Simplecast	68
61	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	715	Spreaker	53
62	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	476	Megaphone	78
63	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
64	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	301	Audioboom	53
65	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	86	Megaphone	63
66	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
67	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	405	Megaphone	53
68	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
69	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	163	Simplecast	73
70	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	323	Simplecast	83
71	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
72	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
73	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
74	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	272	Simplecast	53
75	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
76	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
77	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1249	RSS.com	32
78	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	448	Megaphone	69
79	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1006	RedCircle	73
80	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
81	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	532	Simplecast	58
82	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
83	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
84	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
85	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	251	Spreaker	63
86	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
87	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
88	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
89	Midnight Shadows	rokonbiswas1280	Fiction	183	Podbean	48
90	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
91	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
93	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
94	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	370	Audioboom	68
95	The Whisperer In Darkness	Julian Simpson	Fiction	10	Captivate	68
96	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	83	ART19	73
97	Something Scary	Underscore Talent Management	Fiction	409	Megaphone	64
98	The Red Weather	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	9	Omny Studio	53
99	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
100	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	78	Megaphone	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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