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 Aug 2026

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08/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 305

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:40:01

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. Voyage Media (4 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

5. Dr. NoSleep Studios (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (33 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Audioboom (7 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	735	Audioboom	48
4	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	393	ART19	63
5	Midnight Monologue	TheMidnightMonologue	Fiction	12	Podbean	48
6	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	113	Megaphone	83
7	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	109	Megaphone	63
8	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	846	Simplecast	73
9	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	38	Acast	89
10	Blood Stone	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	78
11	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	148	Acast	69
12	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	967	Megaphone	53
13	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	383	Megaphone	53
14	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	667	Simplecast	68
15	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
16	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	99	Simplecast	73
17	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1274	Acast	69
18	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
19	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	440	Podbean	52
20	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	571	Megaphone	59
21	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	376	Megaphone	68
22	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	163	Megaphone	78
23	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
24	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
25	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
26	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	741	Omny Studio	84
27	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	471	Simplecast	68
28	Bedtime Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	33	Megaphone	53
29	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	151	Simplecast	58
30	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
31	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	175	Simplecast	68
32	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	721	Spreaker	53
33	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
34	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
35	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	298	BBC	38
36	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
37	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	80	Acast	74
38	HumorUs Stories — Classic and Original Funny Stories	Don McDonald	Fiction	26	Acast	69
39	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	58
40	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
41	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	12	Acast	69
42	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	378	Audioboom	47
43	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
44	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
45	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	377	Libsyn	68
46	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	445	Megaphone	53
47	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	140	Megaphone	68
48	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	35	ART19	48
49	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
50	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
51	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	32	ART19	63
52	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	466	Audioboom	52
53	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
54	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
55	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	122	Spotify for Podcasters	48
56	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	259	BBC	58
57	Unobtainium Podcast	Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer	Fiction	22	Acast	89
58	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	164	Simplecast	63
59	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	272	Audioboom	57
60	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	196	Megaphone	59
61	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	481	Megaphone	78
62	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	262	Megaphone	38
63	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	307	Audioboom	53
64	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	41	Acast	63
65	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1673	Simplecast	83
66	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	428	Spotify for Podcasters	41
67	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	150	Acast	59
68	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	86	Simplecast	63
69	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	596	Spotify for Podcasters	28
70	CBS Radio Mystery Theater	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	970	Spreaker	49
71	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
72	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	332	Simplecast	83
73	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
74	The Fog City Mysteries: IN COLOR!	WHAT You Say Productions	Fiction	21	Captivate	58
75	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
76	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
77	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	277	Simplecast	53
78	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Megaphone	68
79	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	25	RSS.com	52
80	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
81	The Mario Bros. Show	Rainstorm Productions	Fiction	139	Spotify for Podcasters	28
82	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
83	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
84	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	325	Libsyn	42
85	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	693	Spreaker	63
86	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
87	The Sound Of Home	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	83
88	1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales	Jon Hagadorn	Fiction	674	Libsyn	38
89	The Dr. John Delony Show	The Dr.John Delony Show	Fiction	100	Podbean	48
90	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	454	Megaphone	69
91	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	149	Megaphone	48
92	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	378	Audioboom	68
93	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
94	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1012	RedCircle	63
95	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
96	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
97	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	53
98	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
99	Fear Daily	Brennan Storr & Brandon Schexnayder	Fiction	645	Megaphone	58
100	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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