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 20 Jul 2026

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07/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 279

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:40:46

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (5 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

4. GZM Shows (3 shows)

5. Voyage Media (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (34 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Acast (9 shows)

4. ART19 (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Midnight Monologue	TheMidnightMonologue	Fiction	11	Podbean	48
2	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	731	Audioboom	48
3	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	420	Simplecast	58
4	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
5	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	108	Megaphone	83
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	834	Simplecast	73
7	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	121	Omny Studio	63
8	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
9	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	959	Megaphone	53
10	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	146	Acast	69
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	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	110	Spotify for Podcasters	48
14	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	98	Simplecast	73
15	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	660	Simplecast	68
16	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
17	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	436	Podbean	52
18	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	160	Megaphone	78
19	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	168	Simplecast	68
20	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1248	Acast	69
21	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
22	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
23	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
24	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	564	Megaphone	59
25	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
26	Captains Quadrant	Captains Quadrant	Fiction	293	Spotify for Podcasters	28
27	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
28	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	723	Omny Studio	84
29	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	371	Megaphone	68
30	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
31	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	292	BBC	38
32	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
33	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
34	Full Body Chills	audiochuck	Fiction	144	Simplecast	63
35	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	369	Audioboom	47
36	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
37	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	22	RSS.com	52
38	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	467	Simplecast	68
39	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
40	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	53
41	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
42	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	260	Megaphone	38
43	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	57	Podbean	22
44	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
45	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
46	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
47	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
48	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	272	Simplecast	53
49	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	370	Libsyn	68
50	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
51	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
52	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	419	Megaphone	53
53	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	163	Simplecast	73
54	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	266	Audioboom	57
55	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
56	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	78	Acast	74
57	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	425	Spotify for Podcasters	41
58	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	237	BBC	58
59	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	29	ART19	63
60	The Sound Of Home	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	83
61	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
62	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
63	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1651	Simplecast	83
64	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	717	Spreaker	53
65	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
66	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	585	Spotify for Podcasters	28
67	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	194	Megaphone	59
68	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	252	Spreaker	63
69	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
70	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
71	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	8	Captivate	53
72	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
73	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	478	Megaphone	78
74	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
75	Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality Audiobook	Jack Voraces	Fiction	137	Podbean	58
76	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
77	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
78	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	325	Simplecast	83
79	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
80	Acephale: Horror Fiction	Jeffrey Walker	Fiction	76	Megaphone	38
81	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
82	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
83	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	345	Simplecast	58
84	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	303	Audioboom	53
85	Nightmares	EFRAIN	Fiction	485	WideOrbit	32
86	Redwood Bureau	Eeriecast Network	Fiction	121	Megaphone	53
87	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	147	Megaphone	48
88	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
89	Sorry About The Murder	TA2 Productions	Fiction	39	Megaphone	89
90	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	462	Audioboom	52
91	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	140	Acast	59
92	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
93	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1259	RSS.com	32
94	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	85	ART19	73
95	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1008	RedCircle	63
96	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
97	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
98	LitReading - Original Short Stories and Classic Tales	Don McDonald	Fiction	124	Megaphone	49
99	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	318	Libsyn	42
100	Fantastic Castle	Bri, Caldwell, Kiana & Raj	Fiction	15	ART19	79

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