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 30 Jun 2026

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06/30/2026

Average data

Episodes: 299

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:39:49

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. GZM Shows (3 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

5. Voyage Media (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (29 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. Libsyn (7 shows)

5. ART19 (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	124	Omny Studio	63
2	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	735	Audioboom	48
3	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	422	Simplecast	58
4	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	114	Megaphone	83
5	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	969	Megaphone	53
6	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
7	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	393	ART19	63
8	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	848	Simplecast	73
9	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	110	Megaphone	63
10	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	384	Megaphone	53
11	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1277	Acast	69
12	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
13	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	668	Simplecast	68
14	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
15	Higher Grounds	YellaBird Media	Fiction	12	Transistor	79
16	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
17	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	573	Megaphone	59
18	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
19	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
20	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
21	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	176	Simplecast	68
22	Captains Quadrant	Captains Quadrant	Fiction	293	Spotify for Podcasters	28
23	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	744	Omny Studio	84
24	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	164	Megaphone	78
25	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	32	ART19	63
26	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	377	Megaphone	68
27	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	473	Simplecast	68
28	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
29	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
30	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
31	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
32	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
33	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	58
34	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	262	BBC	58
35	Kaboom: An Audio Adventure Podcast	BYUradio	Fiction	78	Unknown	78
36	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	379	Libsyn	68
37	Fantastic Castle	Bri, Caldwell, Kiana & Raj	Fiction	19	ART19	79
38	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	13	Acast	69
39	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
40	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	26	RSS.com	52
41	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	307	Audioboom	53
42	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	263	Megaphone	38
43	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
44	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	152	Simplecast	58
45	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	39	Acast	89
46	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
47	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	278	Simplecast	53
48	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	293	BBC	38
49	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
50	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	721	Spreaker	53
51	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	165	Simplecast	63
52	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	597	Spotify for Podcasters	28
53	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
54	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	141	Megaphone	68
55	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	36	ART19	48
56	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
57	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1675	Simplecast	83
58	Midnight Shadows	rokonbiswas1280	Fiction	183	Podbean	48
59	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	151	Acast	59
60	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	44	Megaphone	73
61	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	448	Megaphone	53
62	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	429	Spotify for Podcasters	41
63	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
64	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
65	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	482	Megaphone	78
66	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	57	Podbean	22
67	Miles the Brave	Storybutton	Kids & Family	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	80	Acast	74
69	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	273	Audioboom	57
70	We Fix Space Junk	Battle Bird Productions	Fiction	87	Megaphone	63
71	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
72	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	332	Simplecast	83
73	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
74	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	53
75	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
76	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	466	Audioboom	52
77	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
78	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
79	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	124	Spotify for Podcasters	48
80	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
81	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
82	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
83	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
84	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	41	Acast	63
85	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
86	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1012	RedCircle	63
87	Taking Time	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
88	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	86	Simplecast	63
89	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	73	Megaphone	68
90	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	196	Megaphone	59
91	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	149	Megaphone	48
92	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	9	Captivate	53
93	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	351	Simplecast	58
94	Nightmares	EFRAIN	Fiction	485	WideOrbit	32
95	WOE.BEGONE	WOE.BEGONE Industries LLC	Fiction	367	Acast	58
96	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
97	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	325	Libsyn	42
98	Imagination Amplified	GZM Shows	Fiction	92	ART19	73
99	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1280	RSS.com	32
100	The Mario Bros. Show	Rainstorm Productions	Fiction	139	Spotify for Podcasters	28

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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