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 Aug 2026

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08/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 308

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:43:34

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (5 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

4. Voyage Media (3 shows)

5. The Midnight Mystery (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (31 shows)

2. Simplecast (18 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Audioboom (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	125	Omny Studio	63
2	Midnight Monologue	TheMidnightMonologue	Fiction	12	Podbean	48
3	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	423	Simplecast	58
4	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	735	Audioboom	48
5	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	393	ART19	63
6	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	110	Megaphone	63
7	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	114	Megaphone	83
8	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	971	Megaphone	53
9	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	669	Simplecast	68
10	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	850	Simplecast	73
11	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	385	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	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
15	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
16	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	164	Megaphone	78
17	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
18	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1280	Acast	69
19	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	177	Simplecast	68
20	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	574	Megaphone	59
21	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
22	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	154	Simplecast	58
23	HumorUs Stories — Classic and Original Funny Stories	Don McDonald	Fiction	27	Acast	69
24	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	39	Acast	89
25	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	746	Omny Studio	84
26	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	126	Spotify for Podcasters	48
27	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
28	Blood Stone	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	78
29	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
30	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	378	Megaphone	68
31	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
32	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
33	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	382	Libsyn	68
34	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
35	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	13	Acast	69
36	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	429	Spotify for Podcasters	41
37	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
38	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
39	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
40	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	351	Simplecast	58
41	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	264	BBC	58
42	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
43	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	42	Acast	63
44	Unobtainium Podcast	Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer	Fiction	22	Acast	89
45	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
46	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	451	Megaphone	53
47	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
48	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	152	Acast	59
49	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Simplecast	78
50	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	466	Audioboom	52
51	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
52	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
53	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	598	Spotify for Podcasters	28
54	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	33	ART19	63
55	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	482	Megaphone	78
56	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	264	Simplecast	58
57	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
58	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	141	Megaphone	68
59	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	473	Simplecast	68
60	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	58
61	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	37	ART19	48
62	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	279	Simplecast	53
63	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
64	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
65	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	307	Audioboom	53
66	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1677	Simplecast	83
67	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	722	Spreaker	53
68	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	26	RSS.com	52
69	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	455	Megaphone	69
70	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	335	Simplecast	83
71	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
72	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	173	Simplecast	58
73	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
74	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	165	Simplecast	63
75	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
76	The Dr. John Delony Show	The Dr.John Delony Show	Fiction	100	Podbean	48
77	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
78	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	8	Captivate	53
79	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	274	Audioboom	57
80	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
81	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
82	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
83	Rude Tales of Magic	Bucket of Milk	Fiction	200	ART19	79
84	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1283	RSS.com	32
85	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
86	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
87	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
88	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	379	Audioboom	68
89	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
90	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	79	Megaphone	63
91	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
92	Something Scary	Underscore Talent Management	Fiction	409	Megaphone	64
93	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
94	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1012	RedCircle	63
95	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	149	Megaphone	48
96	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	53
97	Sorry About The Murder	TA2 Productions	Fiction	32	Megaphone	79
98	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
99	Midst	Critical Role	Fiction	143	Megaphone	68
100	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	196	Megaphone	59

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