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 Sep 2026

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09/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 254

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:39:07

Top 5 authors

1. Voyage Media (5 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

4. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

5. Bloody FM (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (34 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. Audioboom (6 shows)

5. Libsyn (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	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	420	Simplecast	58
5	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	834	Simplecast	73
6	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
7	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	388	ART19	63
8	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	659	Simplecast	68
9	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	959	Megaphone	53
10	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	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	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
14	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	145	Acast	69
15	Room 1D343: I'll Stop When They're Dead	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	72
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	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	436	Podbean	52
21	Full Body Chills	audiochuck	Fiction	144	Simplecast	63
22	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	168	Simplecast	68
23	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	97	Simplecast	73
24	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	564	Megaphone	59
25	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
26	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
27	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	159	Megaphone	78
28	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
29	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
30	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	722	Omny Studio	84
31	The Sleepy Bookshelf: Just Jane	Slumber Studios	Fiction	12	ART19	62
32	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	371	Megaphone	68
33	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
34	It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton	Wil Wheaton	Fiction	56	Megaphone	58
35	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
36	HumorUs Stories — Classic and Original Funny Stories	Don McDonald	Fiction	23	Acast	69
37	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	369	Libsyn	68
38	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
39	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
40	American Hostage	Criminal Content	Fiction	12	Spreaker	59
41	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Spotify for Podcasters	32
42	Degenerated: a Horror Fiction Podcast	Erik Peabody, Geoff Sturtevant, Paul J. McSorley, and Drew Blood	Fiction	8	RSS.com	41
43	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	369	Audioboom	47
44	The Fog City Mysteries: IN COLOR!	WHAT You Say Productions	Fiction	20	Captivate	58
45	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
46	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
47	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
48	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
49	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	29	ART19	63
50	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
51	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
52	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
53	Unobtainium Podcast	Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer	Fiction	20	Acast	83
54	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
55	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	461	Audioboom	52
56	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	252	Spreaker	63
57	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	292	BBC	38
58	The Dr. John Delony Show	The Dr.John Delony Show	Fiction	100	Podbean	48
59	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	23	Megaphone	58
60	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
61	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
62	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	236	BBC	58
63	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	109	Spotify for Podcasters	48
64	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	418	Megaphone	53
65	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	84	Simplecast	63
66	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	585	Spotify for Podcasters	28
67	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
68	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	478	Megaphone	78
69	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
70	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
71	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
72	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	424	Spotify for Podcasters	41
73	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	467	Simplecast	68
74	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
75	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1259	RSS.com	32
76	The Sound Of Home	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	83
77	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
78	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
79	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	57	Podbean	22
80	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	577	Simplecast	58
81	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
82	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	303	Audioboom	53
83	Station 151	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	41	Megaphone	78
84	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1008	RedCircle	63
85	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	169	Simplecast	58
86	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	260	Megaphone	38
87	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	266	Audioboom	57
88	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	717	Spreaker	53
89	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
90	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
91	Thirteen Details temporarily unavailable	Imaginary Comma	Fiction	143	RedCircle	63
92	Drive Thru Magic	Atypical Artists	Fiction	10	ART19	83
93	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	140	Acast	59
94	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
95	Acephale: Horror Fiction	Jeffrey Walker	Fiction	76	Megaphone	38
96	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
97	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
98	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1649	Simplecast	83
99	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
100	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68

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