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 Jul 2026

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07/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 318

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:40:38

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

4. Voyage Media (3 shows)

5. The Midnight Mystery (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (29 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Acast (9 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	121	Omny Studio	63
2	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	421	Simplecast	58
3	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	731	Audioboom	48
4	Midnight Monologue	TheMidnightMonologue	Fiction	11	Podbean	48
5	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	389	ART19	63
6	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	109	Megaphone	83
7	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	837	Simplecast	73
8	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	961	Megaphone	53
9	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
10	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	381	Megaphone	53
11	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	661	Simplecast	68
12	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	98	Simplecast	73
13	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
14	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	146	Acast	69
15	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	565	Megaphone	59
16	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
17	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	372	Megaphone	68
18	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1252	Acast	69
19	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	438	Podbean	52
20	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	160	Megaphone	78
21	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
22	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	169	Simplecast	68
23	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
24	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	726	Omny Studio	84
25	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	371	Audioboom	47
26	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	468	Simplecast	68
27	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	294	BBC	38
28	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
29	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
30	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	64	Megaphone	63
31	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	718	Spreaker	53
32	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
33	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	113	Spotify for Podcasters	48
34	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	260	Megaphone	38
35	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
36	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
37	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	145	Simplecast	58
38	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
39	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
40	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
41	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
42	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	423	Megaphone	53
43	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	371	Libsyn	68
44	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
45	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
46	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	163	Simplecast	73
47	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
48	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
49	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	267	Audioboom	57
50	Captains Quadrant	Captains Quadrant	Fiction	293	Spotify for Podcasters	28
51	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1653	Simplecast	83
52	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	53
53	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
54	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
55	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	273	Simplecast	53
56	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	29	ART19	63
57	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
58	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	240	BBC	58
59	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
60	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
61	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	425	Spotify for Podcasters	41
62	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
63	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	478	Megaphone	78
64	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	22	RSS.com	52
65	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	57	Podbean	22
66	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
67	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
68	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	303	Audioboom	53
69	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
70	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	142	Acast	59
71	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	252	Spreaker	63
72	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	462	Audioboom	52
73	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	326	Simplecast	83
74	Do-Good Detectives	Chick-fil-A Play	Fiction	12	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
76	The Mario Bros. Show	Rainstorm Productions	Fiction	136	Spotify for Podcasters	28
77	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
78	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
79	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
80	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	451	Megaphone	69
81	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
82	طنزپردازی \| tanzpardazi	tanzpardazi \| طنزپردازی	Fiction	154	Libsyn	58
83	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
84	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
85	Sorry About The Murder	TA2 Productions	Fiction	39	Megaphone	89
86	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	320	Libsyn	42
87	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	671	Spreaker	63
88	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	587	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
90	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1008	RedCircle	63
91	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
92	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1263	RSS.com	32
93	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
94	Kids Short Stories: a Bedtime Show By Mr Jim	iHeartPodcasts and Mr. Jim	Kids & Family	2000	Omny Studio	49
95	1865	Airship / Audible	Fiction	62	ART19	79
96	Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality Audiobook	Jack Voraces	Fiction	137	Podbean	58
97	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	194	Megaphone	59
98	The Sound Of Home	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	83
99	1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales	Jon Hagadorn	Fiction	673	Libsyn	32
100	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	40	BBC	28

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