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.

1

Crime Junkie
Audiochuck

Apple #1 Spotify #1 P. Casts #1

100Pulse Score out of 100
2

Dateline NBC
NBC News

Apple #2 Spotify #3 P. Casts #2

89Pulse Score out of 100
3

Morbid
Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart

Apple #3 Spotify #2 P. Casts #3

87Pulse Score out of 100
4

The Woman in the Woods
48 Hours

Apple #4 Spotify — P. Casts #4

48Pulse Score out of 100
5

48 Hours
48 Hours

Apple #5 Spotify #16 P. Casts #5

61Pulse Score out of 100
6

In The Dark
The New Yorker

Apple #6 Spotify #34 P. Casts #6

52Pulse Score out of 100
7

20/20
ABC News

Apple #8 Spotify #12 P. Casts #7

58Pulse Score out of 100
8

My Mom’s Murder
Audible

Apple #10 Spotify — P. Casts #8

35Pulse Score out of 100
9

MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
Ballen Studios

Apple #9 Spotify #6 P. Casts #9

62Pulse Score out of 100
10

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
11

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

Apple #12 Spotify — P. Casts #11

31Pulse Score out of 100
12

Betrayal Season 6
iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts

Apple #13 Spotify #39 P. Casts #12

39Pulse Score out of 100
13

Love Trapped
iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts

Apple #11 Spotify — P. Casts #13

31Pulse Score out of 100
14

Park Predators
Audiochuck

Apple #14 Spotify #15 P. Casts #14

45Pulse Score out of 100
15

Serialously with Annie Elise
Annie Elise

Apple #15 Spotify #19 P. Casts #15

42Pulse Score out of 100
16

Burden of Guilt
iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts

Apple #16 Spotify — P. Casts #16

26Pulse Score out of 100
17

Rotten Mango
Stephanie Soo

Apple #17 Spotify #4 P. Casts #17

55Pulse Score out of 100
18

Sword and Scale
Sword and Scale

Apple #20 Spotify #20 P. Casts #18

37Pulse Score out of 100
19

The Truth About Natalie
Audiochuck

Apple #19 Spotify — P. Casts #19

23Pulse Score out of 100
20

Snapped: Women Who Murder
Oxygen

Apple #22 Spotify #31 P. Casts #20

32Pulse Score out of 100
21

Wisecrack
Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts

Apple #18 Spotify — P. Casts #21

23Pulse Score out of 100
22

Dateline Originals
NBC News

Apple #23 Spotify — P. Casts #22

21Pulse Score out of 100
23

True Crime All The Time
Emash Digital

Apple #25 Spotify — P. Casts #23

20Pulse Score out of 100
24

Last Podcast On The Left
The Last Podcast Network

Apple #21 Spotify #5 P. Casts #24

49Pulse Score out of 100
25

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

Apple #27 Spotify #43 P. Casts #25

27Pulse Score out of 100
26

Murder With My Husband
OH NO MEDIA

Apple #26 Spotify #11 P. Casts #26

39Pulse Score out of 100
27

Not Just A Terrible Story
Terrible Story Productions

Apple #28 Spotify — P. Casts #27

18Pulse Score out of 100
28

Casefile True Crime
Casefile Presents

Apple #31 Spotify #35 P. Casts #28

26Pulse Score out of 100
29

Bear Brook
NHPR

Apple #35 Spotify — P. Casts #29

16Pulse Score out of 100
30

True Crime All The Time Unsolved
PodcastOne

Apple #32 Spotify — P. Casts #30

16Pulse Score out of 100
31

The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions
Sony Music Entertainment

Apple #29 Spotify — P. Casts #31

17Pulse Score out of 100
32

Betrayal Weekly
iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts

Apple #30 Spotify — P. Casts #32

17Pulse Score out of 100
33

Criminal
Vox Media Podcast Network

Apple #33 Spotify #27 P. Casts #33

27Pulse Score out of 100
34

True Crime with Kendall Rae
Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios

Apple #36 Spotify #23 P. Casts #34

28Pulse Score out of 100
35

Criminology
Emash Digital & Mike Ferguson, Mike Morford

Apple #39 Spotify — P. Casts #35

14Pulse Score out of 100
36

Dark Downeast
Audiochuck

Apple #38 Spotify #42 P. Casts #36

22Pulse Score out of 100
37

True Crime Obsessed
True Crime Obsessed

Apple #41 Spotify — P. Casts #37

14Pulse Score out of 100
38

True Crime Garage
TRUE CRIME GARAGE

Apple #34 Spotify — P. Casts #38

15Pulse Score out of 100
39

Murder In America
Bloody FM

Apple #40 Spotify #13 P. Casts #39

32Pulse Score out of 100
40

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
41

What Happened to the McStays?
ABC News

Apple #43 Spotify — P. Casts #41

13Pulse Score out of 100
42

The Deck
Audiochuck

Apple #42 Spotify #44 P. Casts #42

21Pulse Score out of 100
43

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

Apple #45 Spotify — P. Casts #43

12Pulse Score out of 100
44

Going West: True Crime
Dark West Productions

Apple #47 Spotify — P. Casts #44

12Pulse Score out of 100
45

RedHanded
RedHanded

Apple #49 Spotify #41 P. Casts #45

20Pulse Score out of 100
46

Killer Psyche
Audible | Treefort Media

Apple #53 Spotify — P. Casts #46

11Pulse Score out of 100
47

CounterClock
Audiochuck

Apple #50 Spotify — P. Casts #47

12Pulse Score out of 100
48

Examined: The Backfire Effect
Pushkin Industries

Apple #57 Spotify — P. Casts #48

11Pulse Score out of 100

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