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 Sep 2026

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09/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 259

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:40:21

Top 5 authors

1. Voyage Media (6 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

4. Bloody FM (3 shows)

5. Dr. NoSleep Studios (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (36 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. Audioboom (6 shows)

5. ART19 (5 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	730	Audioboom	48
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	107	Megaphone	83
4	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	419	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	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
10	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
11	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	958	Megaphone	53
12	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
13	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	34	Acast	89
14	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	145	Acast	69
15	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	5	Megaphone	63
16	American Hostage	Criminal Content	Fiction	12	Spreaker	59
17	Room 1D343: I'll Stop When They're Dead	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	72
18	Blood Stone	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	78
19	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1247	Acast	69
20	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	4	Omny Studio	53
21	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	436	Podbean	52
22	Full Body Chills	audiochuck	Fiction	144	Simplecast	63
23	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
24	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	563	Megaphone	59
25	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
26	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	97	Simplecast	73
27	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
28	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	159	Megaphone	78
29	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	721	Omny Studio	84
30	The Sleepy Bookshelf: Just Jane	Slumber Studios	Fiction	11	ART19	62
31	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
32	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	167	Simplecast	68
33	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	461	Audioboom	52
34	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
35	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	252	Spreaker	63
36	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
37	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	370	Megaphone	68
38	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	369	Libsyn	68
39	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
40	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
41	It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton	Wil Wheaton	Fiction	56	Megaphone	58
42	HumorUs Stories — Classic and Original Funny Stories	Don McDonald	Fiction	22	Acast	69
43	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
44	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
45	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	29	ART19	63
46	Degenerated: a Horror Fiction Podcast	Erik Peabody, Geoff Sturtevant, Paul J. McSorley, and Drew Blood	Fiction	8	RSS.com	41
47	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	369	Audioboom	47
48	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
49	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
50	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	58	Megaphone	79
51	Unobtainium Podcast	Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer	Fiction	20	Acast	83
52	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
53	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
54	The Fog City Mysteries: IN COLOR!	WHAT You Say Productions	Fiction	20	Captivate	58
55	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Spotify for Podcasters	32
56	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	136	Megaphone	68
57	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	416	Megaphone	53
58	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
59	The Dr. John Delony Show	The Dr.John Delony Show	Fiction	100	Podbean	48
60	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	292	BBC	38
61	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
62	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
63	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	23	Megaphone	58
64	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	477	Megaphone	78
65	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	109	Spotify for Podcasters	48
66	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	424	Spotify for Podcasters	41
67	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	584	Spotify for Podcasters	28
68	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	84	Simplecast	63
69	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	234	BBC	58
70	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	56	Podbean	22
71	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
72	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
73	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
74	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	546	Simplecast	58
75	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	140	Acast	59
76	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1258	RSS.com	32
77	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	169	Simplecast	58
78	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
79	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1647	Simplecast	83
80	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	259	Megaphone	38
81	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	466	Simplecast	68
82	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
83	The Sound Of Home	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	83
84	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
85	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
86	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
87	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	302	Audioboom	53
88	Station 151	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	41	Megaphone	78
89	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
90	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	345	Simplecast	58
91	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	717	Spreaker	53
92	Bedtime Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	24	Megaphone	53
93	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	450	Megaphone	69
94	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
95	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
96	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
97	Acephale: Horror Fiction	Jeffrey Walker	Fiction	76	Megaphone	38
98	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	265	Audioboom	57
99	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1007	RedCircle	73
100	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73

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