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 19 Mar 2026

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03/19/2026

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Episodes: 304

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:41:38

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (5 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. NOISER (3 shows)

4. GZM Shows (3 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (34 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Audioboom (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	122	Omny Studio	63
2	The Red Weather	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	9	Omny Studio	53
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	110	Megaphone	83
4	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	732	Audioboom	48
5	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	962	Megaphone	53
6	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	421	Simplecast	58
7	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	98	Simplecast	73
8	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	838	Simplecast	73
9	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
10	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	381	Megaphone	53
11	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	78	Megaphone	53
12	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
13	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	662	Simplecast	68
14	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
15	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
16	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1255	Acast	69
17	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	438	Podbean	52
18	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	146	Acast	69
19	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
20	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
21	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	161	Megaphone	78
22	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	36	Acast	89
23	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
24	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	566	Megaphone	59
25	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
26	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
27	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	146	Simplecast	58
28	Hard Drive	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	73
29	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	728	Omny Studio	84
30	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	170	Simplecast	68
31	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
32	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	138	Megaphone	68
33	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
34	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	373	Megaphone	68
35	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	86	ART19	73
36	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
37	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
38	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
39	Sonic the Hedgehog Presents: The Chaotix Casefiles	Realm	Fiction	10	Megaphone	58
40	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	348	Simplecast	58
41	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
42	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
43	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	64	Megaphone	63
44	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	462	Audioboom	52
45	See You in Hell	Gary Whitta	Fiction	9	Acast	59
46	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
47	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1657	Simplecast	83
48	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
49	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
50	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	372	Audioboom	47
51	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
52	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	273	Simplecast	53
53	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
54	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	588	Spotify for Podcasters	28
55	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
56	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
57	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	57	Podbean	22
58	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	243	BBC	58
59	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	372	Libsyn	68
60	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	468	Simplecast	68
61	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
62	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	164	Simplecast	63
63	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	252	Spreaker	63
64	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	260	Megaphone	38
65	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	426	Spotify for Podcasters	41
66	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
67	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
68	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
69	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
70	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	327	Simplecast	83
71	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	303	Audioboom	53
72	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	718	Spreaker	53
73	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
74	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	147	Megaphone	48
75	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	479	Megaphone	78
76	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
77	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	142	Acast	59
78	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
79	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	194	Megaphone	59
80	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
81	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1263	RSS.com	32
82	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
83	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	451	Megaphone	69
84	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	426	Megaphone	53
85	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	169	Simplecast	58
86	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
87	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
88	Batman: The Audio Adventures	Max	Fiction	23	Megaphone	63
89	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	268	Audioboom	57
90	Barmy Dale - Comedy Podcast (Sitcom)	Barmy Productions	Fiction	46	RedCircle	42
91	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
92	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
93	Dead Air Theater	Edward Baker	Fiction	90	Acast	59
94	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	320	Libsyn	42
95	Hi Nay	Motzie Dapul	Fiction	183	Acast	73
96	1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales	Jon Hagadorn	Fiction	674	Libsyn	32
97	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	265	Megaphone	63
98	Kids Short Stories: a Bedtime Show By Mr Jim	iHeartPodcasts and Mr. Jim	Kids & Family	2000	Omny Studio	49
99	Tales From The Outer Court	The Outer Court	Fiction	4	Captivate	68
100	Rude Tales of Magic	Bucket of Milk	Fiction	198	ART19	79

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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