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 Dec 2025

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12/20/2025

Average data

Episodes: 257

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:39:21

Top 5 authors

1. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

2. Bloody FM (4 shows)

3. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. Dr. NoSleep Studios (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (28 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 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	123	Omny Studio	63
2	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	422	Simplecast	58
3	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	38	Acast	89
4	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
5	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	113	Megaphone	83
6	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	966	Megaphone	53
7	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	383	Megaphone	53
8	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	734	Audioboom	48
9	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	845	Simplecast	73
10	Season's Readings – Christmas Stories and Holiday Tales	Short Storyverses	Fiction	21	Acast	69
11	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	393	ART19	63
12	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
13	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	148	Acast	69
14	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	109	Megaphone	63
15	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	440	Podbean	52
16	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
17	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	80	Acast	74
18	Conversations with Ghosts	Dead Signals	Fiction	18	Libsyn	62
19	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	99	Simplecast	73
20	Scrooge: A Christmas Carol	Hope Media Group	Fiction	7	Unknown	59
21	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
22	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
23	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
24	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	667	Simplecast	68
25	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	151	Simplecast	58
26	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1272	Acast	69
27	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
28	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
29	A Christmas Carol	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	78	Omny Studio	94
30	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	163	Megaphone	78
31	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	378	Audioboom	47
32	Classic Christmas Stories	Jason Hovde	Fiction	78	Buzzsprout	58
33	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
34	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	196	Megaphone	59
35	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	571	Megaphone	59
36	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	741	Omny Studio	84
37	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
38	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	17	Acast	63
39	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	175	Simplecast	68
40	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	41	Acast	63
41	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	376	Megaphone	68
42	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	150	Acast	59
43	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	57	Podbean	22
44	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	164	Simplecast	63
45	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
46	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
47	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	80	Megaphone	48
48	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
49	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	332	Simplecast	83
50	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1671	Simplecast	83
51	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	721	Spreaker	53
52	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
53	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
54	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
55	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
56	Havoc Town	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	14	Omny Studio	53
57	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
58	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	465	Audioboom	52
59	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	262	Megaphone	38
60	Barmy Dale - Comedy Podcast (Sitcom)	Barmy Productions	Fiction	46	RedCircle	42
61	Oakbridge - A Sci-Fi Mystery Audio Drama	97toNow Productions	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
62	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	43	Megaphone	73
63	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	377	Libsyn	68
64	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
65	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	298	BBC	38
66	Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal	Cineverse, Bloody FM, Echoverse	Fiction	12	Simplecast	73
67	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
68	Take it from Here	Old Time Radio Shows	Fiction	27	Podomatic	54
69	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	258	BBC	58
70	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
71	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	149	Megaphone	48
72	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	428	Spotify for Podcasters	41
73	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	470	Simplecast	68
74	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	140	Megaphone	68
75	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
76	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	350	Simplecast	58
77	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
78	The Search For Gillian Gold - A Paranormal Mystery Podcast	Nine Ladies Productions	Fiction	17	Buzzsprout	58
79	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	595	Spotify for Podcasters	28
80	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1277	RSS.com	32
81	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
82	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
83	Two Flat Earthers Kidnap a Freemason	Jeremy Ellett	Fiction	37	Megaphone	58
84	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
85	TWO THOUSAND AND LATE	Atypical Artists	Fiction	26	ART19	69
86	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	78	Megaphone	63
87	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
88	Origin Protocol	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	89
89	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	35	ART19	48
90	Star Trek: Khan	Star Trek	TV & Film	10	WideOrbit	58
91	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
92	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
93	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1011	RedCircle	63
94	طنزپردازی \| tanzpardazi	tanzpardazi \| طنزپردازی	Fiction	156	Libsyn	58
95	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	272	Audioboom	57
96	The Royals of Malibu	Emerald Audio	Fiction	54	Megaphone	69
97	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	32	ART19	63
98	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	269	Megaphone	63
99	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	306	Audioboom	53
100	A Christmas Carol: Full-Cast Radio Show	A Christmas Carol	Fiction	7	Unknown	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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