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 25 Oct 2026

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10/25/2026

Average data

Episodes: 268

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:38:26

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. GZM Shows (4 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

5. Voyage Media (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (28 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Acast (15 shows)

4. ART19 (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	123	Omny Studio	63
2	Midnight Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	3	Omny Studio	53
3	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	151	Simplecast	58
4	The Red Room	Voyage Media	Fiction	11	Megaphone	83
5	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	422	Simplecast	58
6	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1275	Acast	69
7	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	113	Megaphone	83
8	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	847	Simplecast	73
9	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	735	Audioboom	48
10	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	968	Megaphone	53
11	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	393	ART19	63
12	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	667	Simplecast	68
13	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Libsyn	62
14	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	148	Acast	69
15	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	109	Megaphone	63
16	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	383	Megaphone	53
17	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
18	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	13	Omny Studio	73
19	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	443	Podbean	52
20	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
21	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	39	Acast	89
22	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	99	Simplecast	73
23	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
24	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	176	Simplecast	68
25	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	572	Megaphone	59
26	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
27	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	742	Omny Studio	84
28	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
29	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
30	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	163	Megaphone	78
31	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	80	Acast	74
32	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
33	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	32	ART19	63
34	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
35	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	12	Acast	69
36	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
37	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	471	Simplecast	68
38	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	298	BBC	38
39	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	377	Megaphone	68
40	The Sleepy Bookshelf: Just Jane	Slumber Studios	Fiction	20	ART19	62
41	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	173	Simplecast	58
42	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	446	Megaphone	53
43	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
44	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
45	13 Days of Halloween	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	57	Omny Studio	68
46	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	377	Libsyn	68
47	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
48	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
49	Tales of the Night	Sonoro \| RDLN	Fiction	148	Megaphone	69
50	Room 1D343: I'll Stop When They're Dead	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	62
51	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
52	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	721	Spreaker	53
53	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	272	Audioboom	57
54	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	466	Audioboom	52
55	Blood Stone	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	78
56	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	260	BBC	58
57	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	272	Megaphone	63
58	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
59	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	428	Spotify for Podcasters	41
60	The Dr. John Delony Show’s Podcast	The Dr. John Delony	Fiction	100	Podbean	27
61	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	277	Simplecast	53
62	Care Protocol — An Original Limited Series	Don McDonald	Fiction	5	Acast	69
63	YAGA: The Official Podcast	Crave	Fiction	3	Omny Studio	47
64	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	17	Acast	63
65	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	597	Spotify for Podcasters	28
66	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	141	Megaphone	68
67	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	53	ART19	83
68	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1673	Simplecast	83
69	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	123	Spotify for Podcasters	48
70	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	150	Acast	59
71	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
72	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
73	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
74	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
75	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	35	ART19	48
76	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	196	Megaphone	59
77	FRIGHTLY! Scary Stories and Tales of Terror	Short Storyverses	Fiction	26	Acast	63
78	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
79	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
80	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	86	Simplecast	63
81	Mina and Lucy's Guide to Slaying Dracula	GZM Shows	Fiction	24	ART19	58
82	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
83	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	332	Simplecast	83
84	The Hollow	GZM Shows	Fiction	12	ART19	63
85	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
86	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	454	Megaphone	69
87	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	482	Megaphone	78
88	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1278	RSS.com	32
89	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Megaphone	68
90	The Fog City Mysteries: IN COLOR!	WHAT You Say Productions	Fiction	21	Captivate	58
91	Station 151	Pale Matter \| Realm	Fiction	45	Megaphone	78
92	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
93	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	307	Audioboom	53
94	HumorUs Stories — Classic and Original Funny Stories	Don McDonald	Fiction	27	Acast	69
95	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	41	Acast	63
96	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	78	Megaphone	63
97	Unobtainium Podcast	Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer	Fiction	22	Acast	89
98	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
99	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	262	Megaphone	38
100	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	694	Spreaker	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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