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 27 Jun 2026

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06/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 282

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:42:35

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (5 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (3 shows)

4. GZM Shows (3 shows)

5. Voyage Media (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (33 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Acast (10 shows)

4. Audioboom (6 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 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	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	112	Megaphone	83
4	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	147	Acast	69
5	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	734	Audioboom	48
6	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	964	Megaphone	53
7	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	392	ART19	63
8	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
9	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	108	Megaphone	63
10	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	383	Megaphone	53
11	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	844	Simplecast	73
12	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
13	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	666	Simplecast	68
14	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	99	Simplecast	73
15	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	174	Simplecast	68
16	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1269	Acast	69
17	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	440	Podbean	52
18	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	570	Megaphone	59
19	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	738	Omny Studio	84
20	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
21	Captains Quadrant	Captains Quadrant	Fiction	293	Spotify for Podcasters	28
22	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	163	Megaphone	78
23	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	31	ART19	63
24	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	58
25	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
26	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
27	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
28	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	150	Simplecast	58
29	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	376	Megaphone	68
30	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
31	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	255	BBC	58
32	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
33	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
34	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
35	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	12	Acast	69
36	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
37	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
38	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	25	RSS.com	52
39	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	376	Audioboom	47
40	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	376	Libsyn	68
41	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	164	Simplecast	63
42	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	38	Acast	89
43	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	147	Acast	59
44	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	297	BBC	38
45	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
46	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
47	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	720	Spreaker	53
48	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	331	Simplecast	83
49	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	594	Spotify for Podcasters	28
50	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	470	Simplecast	68
51	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	440	Megaphone	53
52	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	86	Simplecast	63
53	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
54	Midnight Monologue	TheMidnightMonologue	Fiction	12	Podbean	48
55	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	428	Spotify for Podcasters	41
56	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	57	Podbean	22
57	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
58	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
59	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
60	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	53
61	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	481	Megaphone	78
62	The Battersea Poltergeist	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	14	BBC	42
63	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Megaphone	68
64	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	349	Simplecast	58
65	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	140	Megaphone	68
66	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	34	ART19	68
67	The STARLOG Podcast	Jordan Hoffman	Fiction	17	Megaphone	69
68	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1669	Simplecast	83
69	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	120	Spotify for Podcasters	48
70	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	43	Megaphone	73
71	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	41	Acast	63
72	Midnight Shadows	rokonbiswas1280	Fiction	183	Podbean	48
73	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
74	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	465	Audioboom	52
75	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
76	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
77	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	262	Megaphone	38
78	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
79	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
80	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
81	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	306	Audioboom	53
82	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1275	RSS.com	32
83	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	169	Simplecast	58
84	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
85	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
86	WOE.BEGONE	WOE.BEGONE Industries LLC	Fiction	365	Acast	58
87	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
88	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
89	Real Made Up Stories	Coequal	Fiction	6	Spreaker	79
90	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	453	Megaphone	69
91	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	195	Megaphone	59
92	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	377	Audioboom	68
93	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
94	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	148	Megaphone	48
95	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	80	Megaphone	48
96	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
97	OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween	Jeff Schmidt	Fiction	50	ART19	83
98	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
99	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	89	ART19	73
100	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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