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 Aug 2026

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08/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 280

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:40:59

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. Voyage Media (5 shows)

3. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

5. Dr. NoSleep Studios (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (32 shows)

2. Simplecast (18 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Libsyn (6 shows)

5. Audioboom (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	125	Omny Studio	63
2	Midnight Monologue	TheMidnightMonologue	Fiction	12	Podbean	48
3	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
4	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	423	Simplecast	58
5	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	114	Megaphone	83
6	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	110	Megaphone	63
7	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	736	Audioboom	48
8	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
9	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
10	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	40	Acast	89
11	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	972	Megaphone	53
12	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	851	Simplecast	73
13	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	670	Simplecast	68
14	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
15	Blood Stone	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	78
16	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	385	Megaphone	53
17	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1281	Acast	69
18	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	178	Simplecast	68
19	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
20	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
21	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
22	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	748	Omny Studio	84
23	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	165	Megaphone	78
24	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
25	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
26	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
27	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	575	Megaphone	59
28	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
29	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	154	Simplecast	58
30	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
31	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
32	Unobtainium Podcast	Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer	Fiction	23	Acast	89
33	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
34	HumorUs Stories — Classic and Original Funny Stories	Don McDonald	Fiction	27	Acast	69
35	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
36	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	383	Libsyn	68
37	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
38	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	380	Megaphone	68
39	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	14	Acast	69
40	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
41	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
42	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
43	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	58
44	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	279	Simplecast	53
45	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
46	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	267	BBC	58
47	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	454	Megaphone	53
48	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	473	Simplecast	68
49	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	429	Spotify for Podcasters	41
50	The Dr. John Delony Show	The Dr.John Delony Show	Fiction	100	Podbean	48
51	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
52	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	467	Audioboom	52
53	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	599	Spotify for Podcasters	28
54	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
55	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	34	ART19	68
56	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	152	Acast	59
57	Bedtime Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	35	Megaphone	53
58	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	127	Spotify for Podcasters	48
59	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
60	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	33	ART19	63
61	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	42	Acast	63
62	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
63	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	8	Captivate	53
64	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	351	Simplecast	58
65	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	483	Megaphone	78
66	The Fog City Mysteries: IN COLOR!	WHAT You Say Productions	Fiction	21	Captivate	58
67	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
68	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	142	Megaphone	68
69	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	264	Simplecast	58
70	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	26	RSS.com	52
71	True Horror Stories Details temporarily unavailable	Mr. Nightmare	Fiction	14	N/A	N/A
72	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	455	Megaphone	69
73	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
74	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	308	Audioboom	53
75	The Sound Of Home	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	83
76	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
77	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
78	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	196	Megaphone	59
79	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	722	Spreaker	53
80	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Simplecast	78
81	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
82	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	335	Simplecast	83
83	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1284	RSS.com	32
84	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
85	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	173	Simplecast	58
86	Sorry About The Murder	TA2 Productions	Fiction	32	Megaphone	79
87	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	165	Simplecast	63
88	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	722	Spreaker	43
89	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1680	Simplecast	83
90	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	149	Megaphone	48
91	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
92	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
93	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
94	Não Inviabilize	Déia Freitas	Fiction	1416	Spotify for Podcasters	28
95	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
96	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
97	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	274	Audioboom	57
98	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
99	Acephale: Horror Fiction	Jeffrey Walker	Fiction	76	Megaphone	38
100	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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