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 26 Dec 2025

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12/26/2025

Average data

Episodes: 285

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:40:40

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. NOISER (3 shows)

4. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

5. Dr. NoSleep Studios (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Simplecast (18 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Audioboom (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
2	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	123	Omny Studio	63
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	113	Megaphone	83
4	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	845	Simplecast	73
5	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	38	Acast	89
6	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	422	Simplecast	58
7	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	734	Audioboom	48
8	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	393	ART19	63
9	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	965	Megaphone	53
10	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	383	Megaphone	53
11	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1271	Acast	69
12	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	109	Megaphone	63
13	Classic Christmas Stories	Jason Hovde	Fiction	78	Buzzsprout	58
14	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
15	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
16	Season's Readings – Christmas Stories and Holiday Tales	Short Storyverses	Fiction	21	Acast	69
17	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
18	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
19	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	163	Megaphone	78
20	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	440	Podbean	52
21	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	666	Simplecast	68
22	A Christmas Carol	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	78	Omny Studio	94
23	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	148	Acast	69
24	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	99	Simplecast	73
25	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	175	Simplecast	68
26	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
27	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	376	Megaphone	68
28	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
29	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	151	Simplecast	58
30	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1671	Simplecast	83
31	Scrooge: A Christmas Carol	Hope Media Group	Fiction	7	Unknown	59
32	Conversations with Ghosts	Dead Signals	Fiction	18	Libsyn	62
33	Old Time Radio Christmas Shows	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	1000	RSS.com	48
34	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
35	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	570	Megaphone	59
36	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	57	Podbean	22
37	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
38	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
39	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
40	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
41	A Christmas Carol: Full-Cast Radio Show	A Christmas Carol	Fiction	7	Unknown	38
42	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	257	BBC	58
43	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	740	Omny Studio	84
44	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
45	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
46	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
47	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
48	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	140	Megaphone	68
49	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
50	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	164	Simplecast	63
51	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	17	Acast	63
52	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	428	Spotify for Podcasters	41
53	Christmas Ghost Stories	Jon Briggs	Fiction	15	Buzzsprout	73
54	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
55	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	377	Audioboom	47
56	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	720	Spreaker	53
57	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
58	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	332	Simplecast	83
59	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	80	Megaphone	48
60	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	41	Acast	63
61	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	465	Audioboom	52
62	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
63	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	149	Acast	59
64	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
65	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
66	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	470	Simplecast	68
67	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
68	طنزپردازی \| tanzpardazi	tanzpardazi \| طنزپردازی	Fiction	156	Libsyn	58
69	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	350	Simplecast	58
70	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	35	ART19	48
71	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	196	Megaphone	59
72	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	262	Megaphone	38
73	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
74	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	377	Libsyn	68
75	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
76	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	86	Simplecast	63
77	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	306	Audioboom	53
78	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	454	Megaphone	69
79	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
80	Oakbridge - A Sci-Fi Mystery Audio Drama	97toNow Productions	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
81	Silent Snow: The Christmas Eve Mystery	Quiet.Please	Fiction	3	Spreaker	59
82	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	718	Spreaker	43
83	Barmy Dale - Comedy Podcast (Sitcom)	Barmy Productions	Fiction	46	RedCircle	42
84	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	481	Megaphone	78
85	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	176	Megaphone	42
86	Star Trek: Khan	Star Trek	TV & Film	10	WideOrbit	58
87	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	378	Audioboom	68
88	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
89	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
90	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
91	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
92	Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal	Cineverse, Bloody FM, Echoverse	Fiction	12	Simplecast	73
93	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	32	ART19	63
94	Haunted American History	Bloody FM	History	436	Simplecast	52
95	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	43	Megaphone	73
96	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	271	Audioboom	57
97	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	595	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
99	1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales	Jon Hagadorn	Fiction	674	Libsyn	38
100	The ladyaureliaravenshadepresents’s Podcast	ladyaureliaravenshadepresents	Fiction	45	Podbean	62

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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