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 Jul 2026

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07/30/2026

Average data

Episodes: 280

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:42:05

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. Voyage Media (3 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

5. The Midnight Mystery (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (30 shows)

2. Simplecast (17 shows)

3. Acast (9 shows)

4. Audioboom (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	119	Omny Studio	63
2	Midnight Monologue	TheMidnightMonologue	Fiction	11	Podbean	48
3	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	418	Simplecast	58
4	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media Inc.	Fiction	729	Audioboom	48
5	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	387	ART19	63
6	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	148	Megaphone	63
7	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	830	Simplecast	73
8	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	105	Megaphone	83
9	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	954	Megaphone	53
10	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	656	Simplecast	68
11	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
12	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
13	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
14	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
15	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	97	Simplecast	73
16	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
17	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	144	Acast	69
18	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	158	Megaphone	78
19	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1243	Acast	69
20	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	436	Podbean	52
21	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
22	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	560	Megaphone	59
23	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
24	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
25	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	714	Omny Studio	84
26	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
27	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
28	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	369	Megaphone	68
29	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
30	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	105	Spotify for Podcasters	48
31	Full Body Chills	audiochuck	Fiction	144	Simplecast	63
32	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
33	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
34	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
35	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
36	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	368	Libsyn	68
37	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
38	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	272	Simplecast	53
39	Biome	Alex Zoubine	Fiction	20	RSS.com	52
40	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
41	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
42	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
43	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
44	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
45	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	423	Spotify for Podcasters	41
46	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	226	BBC	58
47	Kahani Suno with Kabir and Sarah	Kabir and Sarah	Fiction	56	Podbean	22
48	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
49	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	345	Simplecast	58
50	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	28	ART19	63
51	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
52	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
53	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
54	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	367	Audioboom	47
55	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	406	Megaphone	53
56	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	163	Simplecast	73
57	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	137	Acast	59
58	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	465	Simplecast	68
59	Do-Good Detectives	Chick-fil-A Play	Fiction	12	Spotify for Podcasters	28
60	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
61	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	258	Megaphone	38
62	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1639	Simplecast	83
63	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
64	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	301	Audioboom	53
65	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	579	Spotify for Podcasters	28
66	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	476	Megaphone	78
67	Saigon	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	53
68	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	135	Megaphone	68
69	Sorry About The Murder	TA2 Productions	Fiction	39	Megaphone	89
70	The Dr. John Delony Show	The Dr.John Delony Show	Fiction	100	Podbean	48
71	Captains Quadrant	Captains Quadrant	Fiction	293	Spotify for Podcasters	28
72	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	532	Simplecast	58
73	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	715	Spreaker	53
74	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	449	Megaphone	69
75	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	251	Spreaker	63
76	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
77	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
78	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	460	Audioboom	52
79	The Cleaner	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	73
80	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
81	Nightmares	EFRAIN	Fiction	485	WideOrbit	32
82	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	323	Simplecast	83
83	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1250	RSS.com	32
84	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
85	The Fog City Mysteries: IN COLOR!	WHAT You Say Productions	Fiction	20	Captivate	58
86	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
87	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
88	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
89	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
90	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
91	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	262	Audioboom	57
92	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
93	Borderlands: DeadECHOs	Gearbox Entertainment	Fiction	10	Spotify for Podcasters	58
94	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	370	Audioboom	68
95	Incoming	Past Tense Future Perfect	Fiction	57	ART19	53
96	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
97	The Sound Of Home	Voyage Media	Fiction	10	Megaphone	83
98	INSOMNIO	Fepo	Fiction	167	Simplecast	58
99	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
100	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69

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