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 Dec 2025

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12/22/2025

Average data

Episodes: 300

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:40:58

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (5 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. NOISER (3 shows)

4. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (27 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Libsyn (10 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	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	734	Audioboom	48
4	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	38	Acast	89
5	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	846	Simplecast	73
6	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	113	Megaphone	83
7	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	393	ART19	63
8	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	383	Megaphone	53
9	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	966	Megaphone	53
10	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
11	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	109	Megaphone	63
12	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
13	Season's Readings – Christmas Stories and Holiday Tales	Short Storyverses	Fiction	21	Acast	69
14	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
15	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	440	Podbean	52
16	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	148	Acast	69
17	Scrooge: A Christmas Carol	Hope Media Group	Fiction	7	Unknown	59
18	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	667	Simplecast	68
19	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
20	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	99	Simplecast	73
21	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
22	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	163	Megaphone	78
23	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	151	Simplecast	58
24	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
25	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1273	Acast	69
26	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	376	Megaphone	68
27	A Christmas Carol	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	78	Omny Studio	94
28	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
29	Classic Christmas Stories	Jason Hovde	Fiction	78	Buzzsprout	58
30	Conversations with Ghosts	Dead Signals	Fiction	18	Libsyn	62
31	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
32	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	571	Megaphone	59
33	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
34	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	80	Acast	74
35	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1671	Simplecast	83
36	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	378	Audioboom	47
37	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
38	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	741	Omny Studio	84
39	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	57	Podbean	22
40	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	175	Simplecast	68
41	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
42	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	196	Megaphone	59
43	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	164	Simplecast	63
44	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	721	Spreaker	53
45	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	471	Simplecast	68
46	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
47	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	262	Megaphone	38
48	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	41	Acast	63
49	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	80	Megaphone	48
50	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	17	Acast	63
51	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	150	Acast	59
52	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
53	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
54	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	428	Spotify for Podcasters	41
55	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	465	Audioboom	52
56	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
57	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	272	Audioboom	57
58	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	140	Megaphone	68
59	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
60	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
61	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
62	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
63	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
64	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
65	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	377	Libsyn	68
66	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
67	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	332	Simplecast	83
68	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
69	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
70	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
71	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	298	BBC	38
72	Oakbridge - A Sci-Fi Mystery Audio Drama	97toNow Productions	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
73	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	43	Megaphone	73
74	Old Time Radio Christmas Shows	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	1000	RSS.com	48
75	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
76	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
77	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
78	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	350	Simplecast	58
79	A Christmas Carol: Full-Cast Radio Show	A Christmas Carol	Fiction	7	Unknown	38
80	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	35	ART19	48
81	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
82	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	596	Spotify for Podcasters	28
83	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
84	1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales	Jon Hagadorn	Fiction	674	Libsyn	38
85	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	78	Megaphone	63
86	Havoc Town	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	14	Omny Studio	53
87	Haunted American History	Bloody FM	History	438	Simplecast	52
88	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	149	Megaphone	48
89	Star Trek: Khan	Star Trek	TV & Film	10	WideOrbit	58
90	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	306	Audioboom	53
91	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1278	RSS.com	32
92	Redwood Bureau	Eeriecast Network	Fiction	123	Megaphone	53
93	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
94	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	454	Megaphone	69
95	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	481	Megaphone	78
96	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
97	طنزپردازی \| tanzpardazi	tanzpardazi \| طنزپردازی	Fiction	156	Libsyn	58
98	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
99	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	258	BBC	58
100	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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