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 Sep 2025

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09/30/2025

Average data

Episodes: 296

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:40:56

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (7 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild (3 shows)

4. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

5. GZM Shows (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (31 shows)

2. Simplecast (19 shows)

3. Acast (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Audioboom (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	125	Omny Studio	63
2	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	736	Audioboom	48
3	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	423	Simplecast	58
4	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	850	Simplecast	73
5	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	114	Megaphone	83
6	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	971	Megaphone	53
7	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	390	ART19	63
8	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	385	Megaphone	53
9	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	164	Megaphone	78
10	Star Trek: Khan	Star Trek	TV & Film	10	WideOrbit	58
11	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	100	Simplecast	73
12	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1281	Acast	69
13	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	110	Megaphone	63
14	Scary Shorties	Drew Grimm	Fiction	22	Podomatic	69
15	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	669	Simplecast	68
16	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	445	Podbean	52
17	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	149	Acast	69
18	Full Body Chills	Audiochuck	Fiction	154	Simplecast	58
19	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	746	Omny Studio	84
20	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
21	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	42	Acast	63
22	The Void	StillGood Audio Fiction	Fiction	44	Megaphone	73
23	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
24	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
25	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	378	Megaphone	68
26	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	466	Audioboom	52
27	Havoc Town	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	13	Omny Studio	73
28	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
29	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1679	Simplecast	83
30	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	574	Megaphone	59
31	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
32	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
33	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
34	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	177	Simplecast	68
35	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	473	Simplecast	68
36	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
37	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	65	Acast	63
38	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	117	Megaphone	73
39	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	90	Acast	69
40	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	379	Audioboom	47
41	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
42	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	79	Megaphone	63
43	The Rift	The Rift	Fiction	45	RSS.com	52
44	Wrong Station	The Wrong Station	Fiction	277	Megaphone	63
45	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	722	Spreaker	53
46	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	253	Spreaker	63
47	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
48	How i Died	Audiohm Media	Fiction	81	Megaphone	48
49	Oakbridge - A Sci-Fi Mystery Audio Drama	97toNow Productions	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
50	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	335	Simplecast	83
51	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
52	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	152	Acast	59
53	The ladyaureliaravenshadepresents’s Podcast	ladyaureliaravenshadepresents	Fiction	45	Podbean	62
54	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
55	Soft Voice	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	73
56	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	264	Simplecast	58
57	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	598	Spotify for Podcasters	28
58	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	307	Audioboom	53
59	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	141	Megaphone	68
60	End of All Hope	Bloody FM	Fiction	101	Simplecast	68
61	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	429	Spotify for Podcasters	41
62	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
63	What if it's True Podcast	Cameron Buckner	Fiction	721	Spreaker	43
64	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	482	Megaphone	78
65	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	18	Acast	63
66	Bridgewater	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	24	Omny Studio	68
67	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
68	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	265	BBC	58
69	Fabric	Miles Gibson	Fiction	10	RedCircle	74
70	طنزپردازی \| tanzpardazi	tanzpardazi \| طنزپردازی	Fiction	157	Libsyn	58
71	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	274	Audioboom	57
72	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
73	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
74	The Amelia Project	Imploding Fictions	Fiction	149	Megaphone	48
75	Paranormal	Fepo	Fiction	351	Simplecast	58
76	Endgame	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	89
77	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
78	Fear Daily	Brennan Storr & Brandon Schexnayder	Fiction	651	Megaphone	58
79	Escaping Denver	Escaping Denver / Curiouscast	Fiction	89	Megaphone	53
80	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
81	DERELICT	Night Rocket Productions	Fiction	44	Megaphone	53
82	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
83	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	33	ART19	68
84	Classic Ghost Stories	Tony Walker	Fiction	397	Megaphone	63
85	Circle Round Club: We've moved! Feed not publicly shared by the creator	WBUR	Fiction	161	N/A	N/A
86	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	165	Simplecast	63
87	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	382	Libsyn	68
88	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	600	Simplecast	58
89	Haunted American History	Bloody FM	History	446	Simplecast	52
90	Primal	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	RedCircle	78
91	X-Men: The Audio Drama	Karl Dutton	Fiction	60	Podomatic	63
92	13 Days of Halloween	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	56	Omny Studio	68
93	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
94	Redwood Bureau	Eeriecast Network	Fiction	123	Megaphone	53
95	After Dark Horror Stories	After Dark Studios	Fiction	86	Megaphone	59
96	La Mano Peluda	Radio Fórmula	Fiction	1283	RSS.com	32
97	Close Your Eyes	Cryptic Radio	Fiction	31	Podbean	68
98	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	455	Megaphone	69
99	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	279	Simplecast	53
100	Consumed	iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild	Fiction	13	Omny Studio	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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