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 Oct 2026

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10/22/2026

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Episodes: 235

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:36:53

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. Voyage Media (5 shows)

3. GZM Shows (4 shows)

4. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

5. Chilling Entertainment (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (32 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Acast (15 shows)

4. ART19 (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	123	Omny Studio	63
2	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	151	Simplecast	58
3	The Red Room	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	83
4	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1275	Acast	69
5	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Libsyn	62
6	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	735	Audioboom	48
7	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	847	Simplecast	73
8	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	422	Simplecast	58
9	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	113	Megaphone	83
10	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	667	Simplecast	68
11	Midnight Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	3	Omny Studio	53
12	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	968	Megaphone	53
13	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
14	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	13	Omny Studio	73
15	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	109	Megaphone	63
16	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	148	Acast	69
17	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	393	ART19	63
18	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	383	Megaphone	53
19	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
20	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	443	Podbean	52
21	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	39	Acast	89
22	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	12	Acast	69
23	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
24	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
25	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	99	Simplecast	73
26	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	163	Megaphone	78
27	Room 1D343: I'll Stop When They're Dead	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	62
28	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	176	Simplecast	68
29	The Dr. John Delony Show’s Podcast	The Dr. John Delony	Fiction	100	Podbean	27
30	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	742	Omny Studio	84
31	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	572	Megaphone	59
32	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
33	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
34	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
35	The Sleepy Bookshelf: Just Jane	Slumber Studios	Fiction	20	ART19	62
36	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	86	Simplecast	63
37	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
38	Blood Stone	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	78
39	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
40	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	32	ART19	63
41	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	148	Megaphone	69
42	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
43	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	377	Megaphone	68
44	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	17	Acast	63
45	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
46	FRIGHTLY! Scary Stories and Tales of Terror	Short Storyverses	Fiction	26	Acast	63
47	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
48	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	446	Megaphone	53
49	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	298	BBC	38
50	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
51	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	377	Libsyn	68
52	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	466	Audioboom	52
53	HumorUs Stories — Classic and Original Funny Stories	Don McDonald	Fiction	27	Acast	69
54	Care Protocol — An Original Limited Series	Don McDonald	Fiction	5	Acast	69
55	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	428	Spotify for Podcasters	41
56	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
57	Shelterwood	Bloody FM	Fiction	30	Megaphone	53
58	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	173	Simplecast	58
59	Spooky Scary Storytime	Spooky Scary Storytime	Fiction	384	Spreaker	64
60	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
61	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	141	Megaphone	68
62	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
63	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Megaphone	68
64	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	150	Acast	59
65	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	53	ART19	83
66	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
67	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
68	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
69	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	123	Spotify for Podcasters	48
70	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	260	BBC	58
71	Unobtainium Podcast	Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer	Fiction	22	Acast	89
72	13 Days of Halloween	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	57	Omny Studio	68
73	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
74	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
75	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
76	The Hollow	GZM Shows	Fiction	12	ART19	63
77	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	35	ART19	48
78	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	80	Acast	74
79	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	332	Simplecast	83
80	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1673	Simplecast	83
81	Station 151	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	45	Megaphone	78
82	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
83	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	41	Acast	63
84	Mina and Lucy's Guide to Slaying Dracula	GZM Shows	Fiction	24	ART19	58
85	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	454	Megaphone	69
86	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	597	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	262	Megaphone	38
88	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
89	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
90	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	350	Simplecast	58
91	End of All Hope	Bloody FM	Fiction	101	Simplecast	68
92	The Fog City Mysteries: IN COLOR!	WHAT You Say Productions	Fiction	21	Captivate	58
93	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
94	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
95	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	482	Megaphone	78
96	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
97	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
98	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	25	RSS.com	52
99	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	272	Megaphone	63
100	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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