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 28 Jun 2026

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06/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 321

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:42:40

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

4. GZM Shows (3 shows)

5. Night Vale Presents (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (28 shows)

2. Simplecast (17 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. Audioboom (7 shows)

5. ART19 (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	113	Megaphone	83
4	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	734	Audioboom	48
5	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	393	ART19	63
6	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	148	Acast	69
7	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	965	Megaphone	53
8	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	109	Megaphone	63
9	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	845	Simplecast	73
10	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	383	Megaphone	53
11	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	666	Simplecast	68
12	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
13	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	175	Simplecast	68
14	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	99	Simplecast	73
15	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	570	Megaphone	59
16	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
17	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	440	Podbean	52
18	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1271	Acast	69
19	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	163	Megaphone	78
20	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	740	Omny Studio	84
21	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
22	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
23	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	32	ART19	63
24	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	377	Audioboom	47
25	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
26	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
27	Captains Quadrant	Captains Quadrant	Fiction	293	Spotify for Podcasters	28
28	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
29	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	257	BBC	58
30	Fantastic Castle	Bri, Caldwell, Kiana & Raj	Fiction	18	ART19	79
31	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	376	Megaphone	68
32	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	720	Spreaker	53
33	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	58
34	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	151	Simplecast	58
35	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
36	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
37	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
38	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	164	Simplecast	63
39	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	377	Libsyn	68
40	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
41	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	12	Acast	69
42	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	271	Audioboom	57
43	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	470	Simplecast	68
44	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
45	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	38	Acast	89
46	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
47	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	297	BBC	38
48	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
49	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	332	Simplecast	83
50	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	140	Megaphone	68
51	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	25	RSS.com	52
52	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
53	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	442	Megaphone	53
54	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1671	Simplecast	83
55	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	149	Acast	59
56	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	595	Spotify for Podcasters	28
57	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	35	ART19	48
58	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	428	Spotify for Podcasters	41
59	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
60	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	481	Megaphone	78
61	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
62	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
63	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
64	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	306	Audioboom	53
65	Kaboom: An Audio Adventure Podcast	BYUradio	Fiction	78	Unknown	78
66	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
67	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	350	Simplecast	58
68	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	276	Simplecast	53
69	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
70	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	86	Simplecast	63
71	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1276	RSS.com	32
72	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
73	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Megaphone	68
74	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	465	Audioboom	52
75	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	121	Spotify for Podcasters	48
76	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	43	Megaphone	73
77	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	41	Acast	63
78	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
79	Midnight Shadows	rokonbiswas1280	Fiction	183	Podbean	48
80	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	53
81	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	262	Megaphone	38
82	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
83	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	57	Podbean	22
84	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
85	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	196	Megaphone	59
86	WOE.BEGONE	WOE.BEGONE Industries LLC	Fiction	366	Acast	58
87	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
88	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
89	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	173	Simplecast	58
90	Kids Short Stories: a Bedtime Show By Mr Jim	iHeartPodcasts and Mr. Jim	Kids & Family	2000	Omny Studio	49
91	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
92	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	91	ART19	73
93	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
94	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1405	Spotify for Podcasters	28
95	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	378	Audioboom	68
96	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	149	Megaphone	48
97	Midnight Monologue	TheMidnightMonologue	Fiction	12	Podbean	48
98	Real Made Up Stories	Coequal	Fiction	6	Spreaker	79
99	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
100	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	454	Megaphone	69

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