Genre chart · October 2026

Top True Crime Podcasts

Investigations, unsolved cases and courtroom drama. True crime is one of podcasting’s most-loved genres, and this chart tracks which shows are leading across Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Pocket Casts.

1New on this chart

Crime Junkie
Audiochuck

Apple #1 Spotify #1 P. Casts #1

100Pulse Score out of 100
2New on this chart

Dateline NBC
NBC News

Apple #2 Spotify #3 P. Casts #2

89Pulse Score out of 100
3New on this chart

Morbid
Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart

Apple #3 Spotify #2 P. Casts #3

87Pulse Score out of 100
4New on this chart

MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
Ballen Studios

Apple #9 Spotify #6 P. Casts #9

62Pulse Score out of 100
5New on this chart

48 Hours
48 Hours

Apple #5 Spotify #16 P. Casts #5

61Pulse Score out of 100
6New on this chart

My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

Apple #7 Spotify #8 P. Casts #10

61Pulse Score out of 100
7New on this chart

20/20
ABC News

Apple #8 Spotify #12 P. Casts #7

58Pulse Score out of 100
8New on this chart

Rotten Mango
Stephanie Soo

Apple #17 Spotify #4 P. Casts #17

55Pulse Score out of 100
9New on this chart

In The Dark
The New Yorker

Apple #6 Spotify #34 P. Casts #6

52Pulse Score out of 100
10New on this chart

Last Podcast On The Left
The Last Podcast Network

Apple #21 Spotify #5 P. Casts #24

49Pulse Score out of 100
11New on this chart

The Woman in the Woods
48 Hours

Apple #4 Spotify — P. Casts #4

48Pulse Score out of 100
12New on this chart

Park Predators
Audiochuck

Apple #14 Spotify #15 P. Casts #14

45Pulse Score out of 100
13New on this chart

Serialously with Annie Elise
Annie Elise

Apple #15 Spotify #19 P. Casts #15

42Pulse Score out of 100
14New on this chart

Murder With My Husband
OH NO MEDIA

Apple #26 Spotify #11 P. Casts #26

39Pulse Score out of 100
15New on this chart

Betrayal Season 6
iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts

Apple #13 Spotify #39 P. Casts #12

39Pulse Score out of 100
16New on this chart

Sword and Scale
Sword and Scale

Apple #20 Spotify #20 P. Casts #18

37Pulse Score out of 100
17New on this chart

My Mom’s Murder
Audible

Apple #10 Spotify — P. Casts #8

35Pulse Score out of 100
18New on this chart

Murder In America
Bloody FM

Apple #40 Spotify #13 P. Casts #39

32Pulse Score out of 100
19New on this chart

Snapped: Women Who Murder
Oxygen

Apple #22 Spotify #31 P. Casts #20

32Pulse Score out of 100
20New on this chart

The Binge Crimes: What Happened to the Harrisons?
Sony Music Entertainment

Apple #12 Spotify — P. Casts #11

31Pulse Score out of 100
21New on this chart

Love Trapped
iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts

Apple #11 Spotify — P. Casts #13

31Pulse Score out of 100
22New on this chart

True Crime with Kendall Rae
Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios

Apple #36 Spotify #23 P. Casts #34

28Pulse Score out of 100
23New on this chart

Criminal
Vox Media Podcast Network

Apple #33 Spotify #27 P. Casts #33

27Pulse Score out of 100
24New on this chart

Crimes Of Reddit with Sabrina Deana-Roga & Alexis Linkletter
Crime House

Apple #27 Spotify #43 P. Casts #25

27Pulse Score out of 100
25New on this chart

Casefile True Crime
Casefile Presents

Apple #31 Spotify #35 P. Casts #28

26Pulse Score out of 100
26New on this chart

Burden of Guilt
iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts

Apple #16 Spotify — P. Casts #16

26Pulse Score out of 100
27New on this chart

Crime, Conspiracy, Cults and Murder
Kallmekris

Apple — Spotify #7 P. Casts —

25Pulse Score out of 100
28New on this chart

The Truth About Natalie
Audiochuck

Apple #19 Spotify — P. Casts #19

23Pulse Score out of 100
29New on this chart

Wisecrack
Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts

Apple #18 Spotify — P. Casts #21

23Pulse Score out of 100
30New on this chart

Dark Downeast
Audiochuck

Apple #38 Spotify #42 P. Casts #36

22Pulse Score out of 100
31New on this chart

Chilling Scares
Chilling Scares

Apple — Spotify #9 P. Casts —

22Pulse Score out of 100
32New on this chart

Just Creepy: Scary Stories
Just Creepy

Apple — Spotify #10 P. Casts —

21Pulse Score out of 100
33New on this chart

The Deck
Audiochuck

Apple #42 Spotify #44 P. Casts #42

21Pulse Score out of 100
34New on this chart

Dateline Originals
NBC News

Apple #23 Spotify — P. Casts #22

21Pulse Score out of 100
35New on this chart

RedHanded
RedHanded

Apple #49 Spotify #41 P. Casts #45

20Pulse Score out of 100
36New on this chart

10 to Life
Annie Elise

Apple #24 Spotify #47 P. Casts —

20Pulse Score out of 100
37New on this chart

True Crime All The Time
Emash Digital

Apple #25 Spotify — P. Casts #23

20Pulse Score out of 100
38New on this chart

Not Just A Terrible Story
Terrible Story Productions

Apple #28 Spotify — P. Casts #27

18Pulse Score out of 100
39New on this chart

Snook
Snook

Apple — Spotify #14 P. Casts —

18Pulse Score out of 100
40New on this chart

The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions
Sony Music Entertainment

Apple #29 Spotify — P. Casts #31

17Pulse Score out of 100
41New on this chart

Betrayal Weekly
iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts

Apple #30 Spotify — P. Casts #32

17Pulse Score out of 100
42New on this chart

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries
Heart Starts Pounding

Apple #54 Spotify #33 P. Casts —

16Pulse Score out of 100
43New on this chart

True Crime All The Time Unsolved
PodcastOne

Apple #32 Spotify — P. Casts #30

16Pulse Score out of 100
44New on this chart

Bear Brook
NHPR

Apple #35 Spotify — P. Casts #29

16Pulse Score out of 100
45New on this chart

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Spotify Studios

Apple — Spotify #17 P. Casts —

16Pulse Score out of 100
46New on this chart

Scandal
Law & Crime

Apple — Spotify #18 P. Casts —

15Pulse Score out of 100
47New on this chart

True Crime Garage
TRUE CRIME GARAGE

Apple #34 Spotify — P. Casts #38

15Pulse Score out of 100
48New on this chart

National Park After Dark
Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian

Apple #69 Spotify #36 P. Casts —

15Pulse Score out of 100
49New on this chart

Criminology
Emash Digital & Mike Ferguson, Mike Morford

Apple #39 Spotify — P. Casts #35

14Pulse Score out of 100
50New on this chart

Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia
TNT / Cadence13

Apple #37 Spotify — P. Casts #40

14Pulse Score out of 100
51New on this chart

True Crime Obsessed
True Crime Obsessed

Apple #41 Spotify — P. Casts #37

14Pulse Score out of 100
52New on this chart

Law And Crime On The Case with Chris Stewart
Law & Crime

Apple — Spotify #21 P. Casts —

14Pulse Score out of 100
53New on this chart

Clues with Kaelyn Moore
Crime House

Apple #58 Spotify #50 P. Casts —

13Pulse Score out of 100
54New on this chart

Rotten Mango Video
Stephanie Soo

Apple — Spotify #22 P. Casts —

13Pulse Score out of 100
55New on this chart

What Happened to the McStays?
ABC News

Apple #43 Spotify — P. Casts #41

13Pulse Score out of 100
56New on this chart

Cruel Summer: The Violent Death of Tiffany Valiante
Wavland and Street Smart Audio

Apple #45 Spotify — P. Casts #43

12Pulse Score out of 100
57New on this chart

Wendigoon
Wendigoon

Apple — Spotify #24 P. Casts —

12Pulse Score out of 100
58New on this chart

Going West: True Crime
Dark West Productions

Apple #47 Spotify — P. Casts #44

12Pulse Score out of 100
59New on this chart

Unseen
Goalcast

Apple — Spotify #25 P. Casts —

12Pulse Score out of 100
60New on this chart

True Crime Stories
True Crime Stories

Apple — Spotify #26 P. Casts —

12Pulse Score out of 100
61New on this chart

CounterClock
Audiochuck

Apple #50 Spotify — P. Casts #47

12Pulse Score out of 100
62New on this chart

Killer Psyche
Audible | Treefort Media

Apple #53 Spotify — P. Casts #46

11Pulse Score out of 100
63New on this chart

Prime Crime: Solved Murders
Law & Crime

Apple — Spotify #28 P. Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
64New on this chart

Factinate
Factinate.com

Apple — Spotify #29 P. Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
65New on this chart

Examined: The Backfire Effect
Pushkin Industries

Apple #57 Spotify — P. Casts #48

11Pulse Score out of 100
66New on this chart

Hot On The Case
Breanna Heim

Apple — Spotify #30 P. Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
67New on this chart

EXPLORE WITH US
EWU Crew

Apple — Spotify #32 P. Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
68New on this chart

Crime Report with Christina Randall
Jellysmack

Apple — Spotify #37 P. Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
69New on this chart

True Crime with Kimbyr
Kimbyrleigha

Apple — Spotify #38 P. Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
70New on this chart

The Connect- with Johnny Mitchell
Johnny Mitchell

Apple — Spotify #40 P. Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
71New on this chart

COLD
KSL Podcasts

Apple #44 Spotify — P. Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
72New on this chart

Midwest Safety
Midwest Safety

Apple — Spotify #45 P. Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
73New on this chart

Something Was Wrong
Broken Cycle Media

Apple #46 Spotify — P. Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
74New on this chart

Crimes of Passion
Law & Crime

Apple — Spotify #46 P. Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
75New on this chart

Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes
Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

Apple #48 Spotify — P. Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
76New on this chart

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
Matthew Cox

Apple — Spotify #48 P. Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
77New on this chart

Beyond Evil
Beyond Evil

Apple — Spotify #49 P. Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
78New on this chart

BABY
Particle Entertainment and Wavland

Apple #51 Spotify — P. Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
79New on this chart

Homicide 360
Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi and Scott Weinberger | Daylight Media

Apple #52 Spotify — P. Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
80New on this chart

Cold Case Files
A&E / PodcastOne

Apple #55 Spotify — P. Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
81New on this chart

American Nightmares: The Canal Murders
Gamut Podcast Network

Apple #56 Spotify — P. Casts —

6Pulse Score out of 100
82New on this chart

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

Apple #59 Spotify — P. Casts —

6Pulse Score out of 100
83New on this chart

Serial Killers & Murderous Minds
Crime House

Apple #60 Spotify — P. Casts —

6Pulse Score out of 100
84New on this chart

COERCED: The Devotion & Death of Mica Francis Miller
LUNASHARK®⁠

Apple #61 Spotify — P. Casts —

6Pulse Score out of 100
85New on this chart

The First 48
A&E | Crime House

Apple #62 Spotify — P. Casts —

6Pulse Score out of 100
86New on this chart

Into The Dark
OH NO MEDIA

Apple #63 Spotify — P. Casts —

6Pulse Score out of 100
87New on this chart

Bone Valley
Lava for Good Podcasts

Apple #64 Spotify — P. Casts —

6Pulse Score out of 100
88New on this chart

Up and Vanished
Tenderfoot TV

Apple #65 Spotify — P. Casts —

6Pulse Score out of 100
89New on this chart

Five Miles From Home
NBC News

Apple #66 Spotify — P. Casts —

6Pulse Score out of 100
90New on this chart

Your Own Backyard
Chris Lambert

Apple #67 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
91New on this chart

Crime Weekly
Stephanie Harlowe and Derrick Levasseur

Apple #68 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
92New on this chart

What to Carry, What to Burn
Blair Braverman

Apple #70 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
93New on this chart

Generation Why: True Crime
Audible

Apple #71 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
94New on this chart

The Prosecutors
PodcastOne

Apple #72 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
95New on this chart

Trace of Suspicion
NBC News

Apple #73 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
96New on this chart

Murder in the Heartland
ID

Apple #74 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
97New on this chart

Dr. Death
Audible

Apple #75 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
98New on this chart

Scared To Death
Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins

Apple #76 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
99New on this chart

MK True Crime
MK Media

Apple #77 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100
100New on this chart

The Lets Read Podcast
Audioboom Studios

Apple #78 Spotify — P. Casts —

5Pulse Score out of 100

Quick answers

What is the #1 true crime podcast right now?

Crime Junkie by Audiochuck is the No. 1 true crime podcast on Pod is Life's combined chart for October 1, 2026 (#1 on Apple Podcasts, #1 on Spotify, #1 on Pocket Casts).

What are the top 3 true crime podcasts this week?

Right now the top three are Crime Junkie, Dateline NBC and Morbid. The chart updates every day, so check back to see who's climbing.

How is this ranking calculated?

We combine each show's position on the Apple Podcasts, Spotify & Pocket Casts True Crime charts into a single Pulse Score from 1 to 100. Shows that rank well on several platforms score higher than shows that top just one. Read the full methodology.