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 21 Aug 2025

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08/21/2025

Average data

Episodes: 217

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:35:21

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (5 shows)

2. Voyage Media (4 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

5. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (37 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. Libsyn (7 shows)

5. RedCircle (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Havoc Town	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	13	Omny Studio	79
2	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	121	Omny Studio	63
3	A MURDER IN MONTECITO	Sonoro	Fiction	8	Simplecast	63
4	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	98	Simplecast	73
5	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	731	Audioboom	48
6	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
7	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	420	Simplecast	58
8	پادکست رخ	Rokh Podcast	History	146	Acast	63
9	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
10	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	960	Megaphone	53
11	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	109	Megaphone	83
12	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	146	Acast	69
13	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
14	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
15	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	836	Simplecast	73
16	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	660	Simplecast	68
17	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	436	Podbean	52
18	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
19	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
20	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
21	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	724	Omny Studio	84
22	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
23	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	78	Megaphone	53
24	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1249	Acast	69
25	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
26	Consumed	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	13	Omny Studio	73
27	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
28	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	73
29	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	168	Simplecast	68
30	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
31	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	141	Acast	59
32	The Royals of Malibu	Emerald Audio	Fiction	54	Megaphone	69
33	Hamlet	Make-Believe Association	Fiction	8	Libsyn	58
34	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	371	Megaphone	68
35	Barmy Dale A British Podcast Sitcom	Barmy Productions	Fiction	49	Acast	63
36	The Search For Gillian Gold - A Paranormal Mystery Podcast	Nine Ladies Productions	Fiction	17	Buzzsprout	58
37	Shelterwood	Bloody FM	Fiction	28	Megaphone	53
38	Oakbridge - A Sci-Fi Mystery Audio Drama	97toNow Productions	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
39	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
40	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	160	Megaphone	78
41	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	462	Audioboom	52
42	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
43	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
44	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
45	Elias The Caretaker	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	RedCircle	78
46	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
47	Inverted World Live	Shane Cashman	Fiction	282	Libsyn	68
48	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
49	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	252	Spreaker	63
50	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
51	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	564	Megaphone	59
52	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1651	Simplecast	83
53	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
54	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
55	Full Body Chills	audiochuck	Fiction	144	Simplecast	63
56	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
57	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
58	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
59	Batman: The Audio Adventures	Max	Fiction	23	Megaphone	63
60	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
61	TAGGED	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment	Fiction	3	Megaphone	53
62	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
63	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
64	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
65	Buzz: The Man & The Moon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	12	Omny Studio	73
66	Curious Matter Anthology	Knightsville Workshop	Fiction	70	Megaphone	74
67	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	325	Simplecast	83
68	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	467	Simplecast	68
69	Fabric	Miles Gibson	Fiction	10	RedCircle	74
70	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	585	Spotify for Podcasters	28
71	Gabriel: Born	Voyage Media	Fiction	8	Megaphone	63
72	طنزپردازی \| tanzpardazi	tanzpardazi \| طنزپردازی	Fiction	154	Libsyn	58
73	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
74	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	369	Audioboom	47
75	Tales From The Dark World	SpectreVision Radio	Fiction	7	Megaphone	53
76	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1008	RedCircle	63
77	The Rift	The Rift	Fiction	45	RSS.com	52
78	Fear Daily	Brennan Storr & Brandon Schexnayder	Fiction	590	Megaphone	53
79	Hollow Disciple	Shadow & Static Productions	Fiction	18	Acast	69
80	Sanctuary	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	RedCircle	78
81	Don't Mind	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	34	Megaphone	89
82	The Handmaid's Tale	Wondery	Fiction	6	ART19	69
83	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
84	Camp Here & There	Blue Wolfe	Fiction	72	Spotify for Podcasters	59
85	The Seraphim Files	Xochitl B	Fiction	56	RedCircle	54
86	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	23	Megaphone	58
87	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	147	Megaphone	48
88	The Deca Tapes	Lex Noteboom	Fiction	25	Megaphone	69
89	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
90	Scary Shorties	Drew Grimm	Fiction	22	Podomatic	69
91	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
92	Who The F**K Killed My Sister?	Chris Sowa	Fiction	18	Buzzsprout	42
93	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
94	Star Trek: Khan	Star Trek	Fiction	10	Megaphone	63
95	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	425	Spotify for Podcasters	41
96	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	292	BBC	38
97	Wooden Overcoats	Wooden Overcoats Ltd	Fiction	59	Megaphone	53
98	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
99	The Silt Verses	Eskew Productions Ltd	Fiction	56	Acast	84
100	Red Valley	Kontinue Productions	Fiction	48	Megaphone	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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