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 29 Dec 2025

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12/29/2025

Average data

Episodes: 287

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:41:39

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

4. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

5. NOISER (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (26 shows)

2. Simplecast (19 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Libsyn (10 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	125	Omny Studio	63
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	115	Megaphone	83
4	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	736	Audioboom	48
5	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	853	Simplecast	73
6	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	40	Acast	89
7	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	423	Simplecast	58
8	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
9	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	385	Simplecast	63
10	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	973	Megaphone	53
11	Babalu	Uneasy Tiger	Fiction	13	Acast	79
12	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	269	BBC	58
13	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	112	Megaphone	63
14	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
15	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
16	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	165	Megaphone	78
17	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	670	Simplecast	68
18	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
19	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
20	Night Falls: Bedtime Stories For Sleep	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	380	Megaphone	73
21	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1282	Acast	69
22	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
23	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
24	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
25	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
26	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	154	Simplecast	58
27	Season's Readings – Christmas Stories and Holiday Tales	Short Storyverses	Fiction	21	Acast	69
28	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	575	Megaphone	59
29	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1683	Simplecast	83
30	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
31	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
32	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
33	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	179	Simplecast	68
34	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	381	Audioboom	47
35	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	473	Simplecast	68
36	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	722	Spreaker	53
37	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
38	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	750	Omny Studio	84
39	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	28
40	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	42	Acast	63
41	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
42	Conversations with Ghosts	Dead Signals	Fiction	18	Libsyn	62
43	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	57	Podbean	22
44	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
45	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
46	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
47	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	165	Simplecast	63
48	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	467	Audioboom	52
49	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	274	Audioboom	57
50	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
51	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	34	ART19	68
52	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	142	Megaphone	68
53	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	18	Acast	63
54	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
55	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
56	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	430	Spotify for Podcasters	41
57	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	81	Megaphone	48
58	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
59	The Dark Is Rising	BBC World Service	Fiction	13	BBC	53
60	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	81	Acast	74
61	Acephale: Horror Fiction	Jeffrey Walker	Fiction	77	Megaphone	38
62	Haunted American History	Bloody FM	History	450	Simplecast	52
63	Classic Christmas Stories	Jason Hovde	Fiction	78	Buzzsprout	58
64	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	337	Simplecast	83
65	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
66	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
67	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
68	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
69	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	383	Libsyn	68
70	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	308	Audioboom	53
71	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	352	Simplecast	58
72	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	380	Audioboom	68
73	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	88	Simplecast	63
74	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
75	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	154	Acast	59
76	A Christmas Carol	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	78	Omny Studio	94
77	طنزپردازی \| tanzpardazi	tanzpardazi \| طنزپردازی	Fiction	157	Libsyn	58
78	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
79	Oakbridge - A Sci-Fi Mystery Audio Drama	97toNow Productions	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
80	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
81	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	150	Megaphone	48
82	1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales	Jon Hagadorn	Fiction	675	Libsyn	38
83	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
84	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
85	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
86	The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast	Michael Satow & Jack Canfora	Fiction	10	Buzzsprout	57
87	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	197	Megaphone	59
88	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
89	Wanderer Chronicles Radio	Asa Bove Sobelow	Fiction	117	Buzzsprout	73
90	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	264	Simplecast	58
91	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	483	Megaphone	78
92	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	34	ART19	63
93	The Void	Still Good Audio Fiction	Fiction	45	Megaphone	73
94	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	398	Megaphone	63
95	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	277	Megaphone	63
96	Barmy Dale - Comedy Podcast (Sitcom)	Barmy Productions	Fiction	46	RedCircle	42
97	Star Trek: Khan	Star Trek	TV & Film	10	WideOrbit	58
98	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	600	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	722	Spreaker	43
100	Scott Sigler's Galactic Football League (GFL) Series	Scott Sigler	Fiction	314	Megaphone	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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