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 22 Sep 2026

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09/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 268

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:40:41

Top 5 authors

1. Voyage Media (5 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

4. Bloody FM (3 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (32 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. ART19 (6 shows)

5. Audioboom (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	120	Omny Studio	63
2	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	731	Audioboom	48
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	108	Megaphone	83
4	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
5	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	420	Simplecast	58
6	Room 1D343: I'll Stop When They're Dead	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	72
7	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	388	ART19	63
8	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	834	Simplecast	73
9	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
10	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	959	Megaphone	53
11	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
12	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
13	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	145	Acast	69
14	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	659	Simplecast	68
15	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
16	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	5	Omny Studio	63
17	Blood Stone	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	78
18	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	5	Megaphone	63
19	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1248	Acast	69
20	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	168	Simplecast	68
21	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
22	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	97	Simplecast	73
23	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
24	Full Body Chills	audiochuck	Fiction	144	Simplecast	63
25	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	436	Podbean	52
26	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	564	Megaphone	59
27	The Sleepy Bookshelf: Just Jane	Slumber Studios	Fiction	12	ART19	62
28	It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton	Wil Wheaton	Fiction	56	Megaphone	58
29	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	722	Omny Studio	84
30	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
31	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	159	Megaphone	78
32	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Spotify for Podcasters	32
33	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
34	American Hostage	Criminal Content	Fiction	12	Spreaker	59
35	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
36	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
37	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
38	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
39	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
40	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
41	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
42	HumorUs Stories — Classic and Original Funny Stories	Don McDonald	Fiction	23	Acast	69
43	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	369	Audioboom	47
44	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
45	Degenerated: a Horror Fiction Podcast	Erik Peabody, Geoff Sturtevant, Paul J. McSorley, and Drew Blood	Fiction	8	RSS.com	41
46	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	29	ART19	63
47	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	369	Libsyn	68
48	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	371	Megaphone	68
49	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
50	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	252	Spreaker	63
51	The Fog City Mysteries: IN COLOR!	WHAT You Say Productions	Fiction	20	Captivate	58
52	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
53	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	109	Spotify for Podcasters	48
54	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
55	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	585	Spotify for Podcasters	28
56	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
57	Unobtainium Podcast	Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer	Fiction	20	Acast	83
58	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
59	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	23	Megaphone	58
60	The Dr. John Delony Show	The Dr.John Delony Show	Fiction	100	Podbean	48
61	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	292	BBC	38
62	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	461	Audioboom	52
63	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
64	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
65	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
66	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	418	Megaphone	53
67	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	236	BBC	58
68	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	266	Audioboom	57
69	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	303	Audioboom	53
70	Midnight Monologue	TheMidnightMonologue	Fiction	11	Podbean	48
71	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
72	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1008	RedCircle	63
73	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
74	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	424	Spotify for Podcasters	41
75	Drive Thru Magic	Atypical Artists	Fiction	10	ART19	83
76	The Sound Of Home	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	83
77	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1259	RSS.com	32
78	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	260	Megaphone	38
79	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
80	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	478	Megaphone	78
81	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
82	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	467	Simplecast	68
83	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
84	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
85	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	717	Spreaker	53
86	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	345	Simplecast	58
87	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1378	Spotify for Podcasters	28
88	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1649	Simplecast	83
89	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
90	Acephale: Horror Fiction	Jeffrey Walker	Fiction	76	Megaphone	38
91	طنزپردازی \| tanzpardazi	tanzpardazi \| طنزپردازی	Fiction	154	Libsyn	58
92	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
93	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	169	Simplecast	58
94	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
95	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	577	Simplecast	58
96	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	84	Simplecast	63
97	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	140	Acast	59
98	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
99	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
100	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68

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