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 Aug 2026

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08/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 320

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:42:26

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (5 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

4. The Midnight Mystery (2 shows)

5. Dr. NoSleep Studios (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (33 shows)

2. Simplecast (17 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. Libsyn (6 shows)

5. Audioboom (6 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	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
5	Midnight Monologue	TheMidnightMonologue	Fiction	11	Podbean	48
6	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	148	Megaphone	63
7	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
8	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	953	Megaphone	53
9	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	656	Simplecast	68
10	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	829	Simplecast	73
11	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
12	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
13	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
14	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
15	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	144	Acast	69
16	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	97	Simplecast	73
17	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1242	Acast	69
18	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
19	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	560	Megaphone	59
20	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	432	Podbean	52
21	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	105	Spotify for Podcasters	48
22	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
23	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
24	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	713	Omny Studio	84
25	HumorUs Stories — Classic and Original Funny Stories	Don McDonald	Fiction	21	Acast	69
26	Full Body Chills	audiochuck	Fiction	144	Simplecast	63
27	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
28	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	369	Megaphone	68
29	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
30	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	368	Libsyn	68
31	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
32	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
33	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	366	Audioboom	47
34	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	225	BBC	58
35	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
36	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
37	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	258	Megaphone	38
38	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
39	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
40	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
41	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
42	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
43	Unobtainium Podcast	Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer	Fiction	19	Acast	83
44	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
45	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	405	Megaphone	53
46	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
47	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	579	Spotify for Podcasters	28
48	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	301	Audioboom	53
49	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
50	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	272	Simplecast	53
51	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
52	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
53	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	465	Simplecast	68
54	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	28	ART19	63
55	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	135	Megaphone	68
56	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	476	Megaphone	78
57	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
58	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
59	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
60	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	422	Spotify for Podcasters	41
61	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
62	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	715	Spreaker	53
63	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	20	RSS.com	52
64	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
65	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	323	Simplecast	83
66	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	163	Simplecast	73
67	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
68	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
69	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	344	Simplecast	58
70	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	167	Simplecast	58
71	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
72	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	136	Acast	59
73	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	251	Spreaker	63
74	The Dr. John Delony Show	The Dr.John Delony Show	Fiction	100	Podbean	48
75	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1639	Simplecast	83
76	Rude Tales of Magic	Bucket of Milk	Fiction	196	ART19	79
77	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	532	Simplecast	58
78	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	151	Megaphone	48
79	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
80	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
81	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
82	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
83	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1249	RSS.com	32
84	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
85	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
86	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
87	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1006	RedCircle	73
88	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
89	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
90	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
91	Something Scary	Underscore Talent Management	Fiction	409	Megaphone	64
92	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	193	Megaphone	59
93	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	448	Megaphone	69
94	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
95	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
96	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1362	Spotify for Podcasters	28
97	Kids Short Stories: a Bedtime Show By Mr Jim	iHeartPodcasts and Mr. Jim	Kids & Family	2000	Omny Studio	49
98	Redwood Bureau	Eeriecast Network	Fiction	120	Megaphone	53
99	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	75	Megaphone	63
100	The Bright Sessions	Atypical Artists	Fiction	124	ART19	73

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