Genre chart · October 2026

Top Fiction Podcasts

Audio dramas, serialized thrillers, comedy fiction and immersive storytelling. These are the scripted and fiction podcasts drawing the biggest audiences right now.

1

Table Read
iHeartPodcasts

Apple #1 Spotify — P. Casts #1

62Pulse Score out of 100
2

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories
NOISER

Apple #2 Spotify — P. Casts #2

56Pulse Score out of 100
3

The NoSleep Podcast
Creative Reason Media

Apple #3 Spotify #12 P. Casts #3

71Pulse Score out of 100
4

The Sleepy Bookshelf
Slumber Studios

Apple #5 Spotify — P. Casts #4

46Pulse Score out of 100
5

The Adventure Zone
The McElroys

Apple #4 Spotify #10 P. Casts #5

68Pulse Score out of 100
6

Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep
Dr. NoSleep Studios

Apple #7 Spotify #8 P. Casts #6

64Pulse Score out of 100
7

UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob | Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa
iHeartPodcasts

Apple #10 Spotify — P. Casts #7

36Pulse Score out of 100
8

Six Minutes
GZM Shows

Apple #6 Spotify — P. Casts #8

41Pulse Score out of 100
9

Midnight Burger
Business Goose Media

Apple #8 Spotify #38 P. Casts #9

46Pulse Score out of 100
10

The Haunted Library
BBC Studios

Apple #9 Spotify — P. Casts #10

35Pulse Score out of 100
11

Old Gods of Appalachia
DeepNerd Media

Apple #11 Spotify #16 P. Casts #11

49Pulse Score out of 100
12

Relatos de la Noche
Sonoro

Apple #12 Spotify #3 P. Casts #12

63Pulse Score out of 100
13

EXTRA ANORMAL
iEX Studios

Apple #14 Spotify #2 P. Casts #13

64Pulse Score out of 100
14

Drift Into Dreams A Closing Blessing Elevated Open
Jessica rodriguez

Apple #16 Spotify — P. Casts #14

27Pulse Score out of 100
15

Welcome to Night Vale
Night Vale Presents

Apple #17 Spotify #23 P. Casts #15

39Pulse Score out of 100
16

Jane Austen Stories
NOISER

Apple #18 Spotify — P. Casts #16

25Pulse Score out of 100
17

Bear Hunt
Goalhanger

Apple #15 Spotify — P. Casts #17

26Pulse Score out of 100
18

Creepy
Be Afraid

Apple #19 Spotify #35 P. Casts #18

33Pulse Score out of 100
19

Legends of Avantris
Avantris Entertainment

Apple #20 Spotify #6 P. Casts #19

49Pulse Score out of 100
20

Blood Stone
Voyage Media

Apple #24 Spotify — P. Casts #20

21Pulse Score out of 100
21

Sherlock & Co.
Goalhanger

Apple #22 Spotify #45 P. Casts #21

29Pulse Score out of 100
22

Full Body Chills
Audiochuck

Apple #21 Spotify — P. Casts #22

22Pulse Score out of 100
23

The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings
Bloody FM

Apple #25 Spotify #29 P. Casts #23

31Pulse Score out of 100
24

The Sleepy Bookshelf: Just Jane
Slumber Studios

Apple #30 Spotify — P. Casts #24

18Pulse Score out of 100
25

THE DOUBLE[S]
Wolf at the Door

Apple #26 Spotify — P. Casts #25

19Pulse Score out of 100
26

We're Alive
Wayland Productions Inc

Apple #23 Spotify — P. Casts #26

20Pulse Score out of 100
27

Unobtainium Podcast
Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer

Apple #31 Spotify — P. Casts #27

17Pulse Score out of 100
28

The Saints
The Merry Beggars

Apple #28 Spotify — P. Casts #28

18Pulse Score out of 100
29

The SCP Experience
Dr. NoSleep Studios

Apple #27 Spotify #17 P. Casts #29

34Pulse Score out of 100
30

Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast
Chilling Entertainment

Apple #32 Spotify — P. Casts #30

16Pulse Score out of 100
31

Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast
Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast

Apple #41 Spotify — P. Casts #31

14Pulse Score out of 100
32

Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series
Chilling Entertainment

Apple #35 Spotify — P. Casts #32

15Pulse Score out of 100
33

Phoebe Reads a Mystery
Vox Media Podcast Network

Apple #38 Spotify — P. Casts #33

15Pulse Score out of 100
34

The Harbingers
Audacious Machine Creative

Apple #29 Spotify — P. Casts #34

17Pulse Score out of 100
35

The Road of Shadows
Mark R. Healy

Apple #34 Spotify — P. Casts #35

15Pulse Score out of 100
36

Knifepoint Horror
SpectreVision Radio

Apple #39 Spotify — P. Casts #36

14Pulse Score out of 100
37

The Strata
Mark R. Healy

Apple #33 Spotify — P. Casts #37

15Pulse Score out of 100
38

The White Vault
Fool and Scholar Productions

Apple #36 Spotify — P. Casts #38

14Pulse Score out of 100
39

CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio
Creeps McPasta

Apple #37 Spotify #28 P. Casts #39

25Pulse Score out of 100
40

Tales of Harkshire
Artis House

Apple #46 Spotify — P. Casts #40

13Pulse Score out of 100
41

HumorUs Stories — Classic and Original Funny Stories
Don McDonald

Apple #40 Spotify — P. Casts #41

13Pulse Score out of 100
42

Survival Dispatch Remnant
Christopher Heaven, CEO Survival Dispatch

Apple #42 Spotify — P. Casts #42

13Pulse Score out of 100
43

The Mysteries Of Derlin County
Brandon

Apple #43 Spotify — P. Casts #43

13Pulse Score out of 100
44

Bloodrock Springs
Mark R. Healy

Apple #47 Spotify — P. Casts #44

12Pulse Score out of 100
45

Lighthouse Horror Podcast
Lighthouse Horror

Apple #55 Spotify #32 P. Casts #45

21Pulse Score out of 100
46

Horror Stories
Horror Stories

Apple #51 Spotify #1 P. Casts #46

50Pulse Score out of 100
47

Room 1D343: I'll Stop When They're Dead
Voyage Media

Apple #48 Spotify — P. Casts #47

12Pulse Score out of 100
48

Malevolent
Harlan Guthrie

Apple #45 Spotify — P. Casts #48

12Pulse Score out of 100
49

Scary Story Podcast
Scary Stories

Apple #44 Spotify — P. Casts #49

12Pulse Score out of 100

Showing Pocket Casts's own chart order. Platform columns show each show's position on every app's Fiction chart.