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 23 Mar 2026

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03/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 299

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:41:38

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. GZM Shows (3 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (31 shows)

2. Simplecast (18 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Audioboom (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	125	Omny Studio	63
2	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	423	Simplecast	58
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	115	Megaphone	83
4	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	853	Simplecast	73
5	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	736	Audioboom	48
6	The Red Weather	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	9	Omny Studio	53
7	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
8	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	973	Megaphone	53
9	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	112	Megaphone	63
10	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	385	Simplecast	63
11	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
12	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	670	Simplecast	68
13	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	165	Megaphone	78
14	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
15	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	40	Acast	89
16	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
17	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	81	Megaphone	48
18	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1282	Acast	69
19	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
20	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
21	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
22	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
23	Night Falls: Bedtime Stories For Sleep	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	380	Megaphone	73
24	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
25	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	750	Omny Studio	84
26	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	575	Megaphone	59
27	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
28	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	154	Simplecast	58
29	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	92	ART19	73
30	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	381	Audioboom	47
31	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	179	Simplecast	68
32	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1683	Simplecast	83
33	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
34	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
35	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	142	Megaphone	68
36	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	722	Spreaker	53
37	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
38	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	473	Simplecast	68
39	Hard Drive	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	73
40	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
41	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
42	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
43	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	42	Acast	63
44	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	467	Audioboom	52
45	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
46	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
47	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	14	Acast	69
48	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	430	Spotify for Podcasters	41
49	SADISTIC	Be Afraid	Fiction	188	Acast	48
50	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
51	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	197	Megaphone	59
52	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
53	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	274	Audioboom	57
54	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
55	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	165	Simplecast	63
56	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
57	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	34	ART19	68
58	Sonic the Hedgehog Presents: The Chaotix Casefiles	Realm	Fiction	10	Megaphone	58
59	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	337	Simplecast	83
60	See You in Hell	Gary Whitta	Fiction	9	Acast	59
61	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
62	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
63	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	352	Simplecast	58
64	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	383	Libsyn	68
65	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
66	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	279	Simplecast	53
67	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
68	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	600	Spotify for Podcasters	28
69	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	483	Megaphone	78
70	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	380	Audioboom	68
71	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
72	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	264	Simplecast	58
73	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	269	BBC	58
74	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	456	Megaphone	53
75	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
76	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
77	1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales	Jon Hagadorn	Fiction	675	Libsyn	38
78	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
79	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	308	Audioboom	53
80	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
81	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	150	Megaphone	48
82	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
83	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	321	Libsyn	42
84	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
85	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1013	RedCircle	63
86	The Mario Bros. Show	Rainstorm Productions	Fiction	140	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	The Midnight Zone	Jesse Bowling	Fiction	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
88	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63
89	The Bright Sessions	Atypical Artists	Fiction	127	ART19	73
90	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	34	ART19	63
91	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
92	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	722	Spreaker	43
93	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	154	Acast	59
94	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
95	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1286	RSS.com	32
96	Batman: The Audio Adventures	Max	Fiction	23	Megaphone	63
97	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
98	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
99	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	456	Megaphone	69
100	After Dark Horror Stories	After Dark Studios	Fiction	86	Megaphone	59

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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