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 24 Mar 2026

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03/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 299

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:42:30

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. NOISER (3 shows)

4. GZM Shows (3 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (29 shows)

2. Simplecast (19 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Audioboom (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	125	Omny Studio	63
2	The Red Weather	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	9	Omny Studio	53
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	115	Megaphone	83
4	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	736	Audioboom	48
5	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	423	Simplecast	58
6	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	854	Simplecast	73
7	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	974	Megaphone	53
8	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	112	Megaphone	63
9	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	386	Simplecast	63
10	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
11	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1283	Acast	69
12	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	670	Simplecast	68
13	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
14	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
15	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
16	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
17	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
18	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	40	Acast	89
19	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
20	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	81	Megaphone	48
21	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
22	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
23	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	165	Megaphone	78
24	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
25	Night Falls: Bedtime Stories For Sleep	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	380	Megaphone	73
26	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	751	Omny Studio	84
27	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	154	Simplecast	58
28	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	576	Megaphone	59
29	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
30	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	82	Acast	74
31	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	92	ART19	73
32	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
33	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	142	Megaphone	68
34	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	14	Acast	69
35	Hard Drive	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	73
36	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	42	Acast	63
37	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	179	Simplecast	68
38	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
39	SADISTIC	Be Afraid	Fiction	188	Acast	48
40	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
41	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
42	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1683	Simplecast	83
43	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	382	Audioboom	47
44	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	467	Audioboom	52
45	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	352	Simplecast	58
46	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
47	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
48	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	723	Spreaker	53
49	See You in Hell	Gary Whitta	Fiction	9	Acast	59
50	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
51	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
52	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	473	Simplecast	68
53	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	600	Spotify for Podcasters	28
54	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
55	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	34	ART19	68
56	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	430	Spotify for Podcasters	41
57	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	197	Megaphone	59
58	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	275	Audioboom	57
59	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	57	Podbean	22
60	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
61	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	483	Megaphone	78
62	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	308	Audioboom	53
63	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	337	Simplecast	83
64	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
65	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	165	Simplecast	63
66	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
67	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	457	Megaphone	53
68	Sonic the Hedgehog Presents: The Chaotix Casefiles	Realm	Fiction	10	Megaphone	58
69	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	270	BBC	58
70	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
71	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
72	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
73	Harvey in Hell	Chris McClure	Fiction	24	Acast	38
74	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
75	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	383	Libsyn	68
76	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
77	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
78	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	34	ART19	63
79	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1013	RedCircle	63
80	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	264	Simplecast	58
81	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
82	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
83	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	279	Simplecast	53
84	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	150	Megaphone	48
85	1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales	Jon Hagadorn	Fiction	676	Libsyn	38
86	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
87	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
88	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	381	Audioboom	68
89	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
90	The Midnight Zone	Jesse Bowling	Fiction	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
91	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	154	Acast	59
92	Blackout	QCODE & Endeavor Content	Fiction	20	Megaphone	79
93	After Dark Horror Stories	After Dark Studios	Fiction	86	Megaphone	59
94	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63
95	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
96	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	322	Libsyn	42
97	TWO THOUSAND AND LATE	Atypical Artists	Fiction	26	ART19	69
98	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1287	RSS.com	32
99	Barmy Dale - Comedy Podcast (Sitcom)	Barmy Productions	Fiction	46	RedCircle	42
100	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	175	Simplecast	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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