South Africa · Genre chart · October 2026

Top True Crime Podcasts in South Africa

Top True Crime Podcasts in South Africa today, combining the Apple Podcasts, Castbox & Pocket Casts charts for South Africa into one Pulse Score. A show that ranks well on several platforms scores higher than one that tops a single chart. YouTube does not publish a top podcasts chart for South Africa.

Combined rank Apple PodcastsCastboxPocket Casts

1Up 1 from #2

Rotten Mango
Stephanie Soo

Apple #1 Castbox #1 Pocket Casts #1

100Pulse Score out of 100
2Down 1 from #1

Crime Junkie
Audiochuck

Apple #2 Castbox #2 Pocket Casts #2

94Pulse Score out of 100
3No change

MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
Ballen Studios

Apple #3 Castbox #3 Pocket Casts #3

89Pulse Score out of 100
4Up 2 from #6

48 Hours
48 Hours

Apple #4 Castbox #6 Pocket Casts #4

84Pulse Score out of 100
5Down 1 from #4

True Crime with Kendall Rae
Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios

Apple #5 Castbox #4 Pocket Casts #5

80Pulse Score out of 100
6Down 1 from #5

Dateline NBC
NBC News

Apple #6 Castbox #5 Pocket Casts #6

76Pulse Score out of 100
7No change

True Crime South Africa
Killer Audio Creations

Apple #7 Castbox #7 Pocket Casts #7

73Pulse Score out of 100
8Up 4 from #12

RedHanded
RedHanded

Apple #8 Castbox #8 Pocket Casts #8

70Pulse Score out of 100
9Down 1 from #8

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast
Ray William Johnson

Apple #9 Castbox #11 Pocket Casts #9

66Pulse Score out of 100
10Down 1 from #9

Morbid
Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart

Apple #10 Castbox #9 Pocket Casts #10

64Pulse Score out of 100
11No change

Casefile True Crime
Casefile Presents

Apple #11 Castbox #12 Pocket Casts #11

61Pulse Score out of 100
12Down 2 from #10

Betrayal Season 6
iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts

Apple #12 Castbox #10 Pocket Casts #12

59Pulse Score out of 100
13No change

SERIALOUSLY
Annie Elise

Apple #13 Castbox #13 Pocket Casts #13

57Pulse Score out of 100
14No change

20/20
ABC News

Apple #14 Castbox #14 Pocket Casts #14

55Pulse Score out of 100
15Up 2 from #17

The Bakersfield Three
Casefile Presents

Apple #15 Castbox #15 Pocket Casts #15

53Pulse Score out of 100
16Down 1 from #15

Snapped: Women Who Murder
Oxygen

Apple #16 Castbox #16 Pocket Casts #16

52Pulse Score out of 100
17Up 9 from #26

Criminal
Vox Media Podcast Network

Apple #17 Castbox #24 Pocket Casts #17

50Pulse Score out of 100
18Up 25 from #43

In The Dark
The New Yorker

Apple #18 Castbox #20 Pocket Casts #18

48Pulse Score out of 100
19Down 3 from #16

Murder With My Husband
OH NO MEDIA

Apple #19 Castbox #18 Pocket Casts #19

47Pulse Score out of 100
20Up 1 from #21

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

Apple #20 Castbox #17 Pocket Casts #20

46Pulse Score out of 100
21Up 1 from #22

Profiler: True Crime Africa
plotshift.co.za

Apple #21 Castbox #19 Pocket Casts #21

45Pulse Score out of 100
22Down 3 from #19

Park Predators
Audiochuck

Apple #22 Castbox #22 Pocket Casts #22

43Pulse Score out of 100
23Down 5 from #18

Forensic Files
HLN

Apple #23 Castbox #26 Pocket Casts #23

42Pulse Score out of 100
24No change

Into The Dark
OH NO MEDIA

Apple #24 Castbox #32 Pocket Casts #24

41Pulse Score out of 100
25Up 2 from #27

Crime, Conspiracy, Cults and Murder
Kallmekris

Apple #25 Castbox #27 Pocket Casts #25

40Pulse Score out of 100
26Down 6 from #20

Serial Killers & Murderous Minds
Crime House

Apple #26 Castbox #23 Pocket Casts #26

39Pulse Score out of 100
27Down 4 from #23

The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions
Sony Music Entertainment

Apple #27 Castbox #25 Pocket Casts #27

38Pulse Score out of 100
28Down 3 from #25

Love Trapped
iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts

Apple #28 Castbox #21 Pocket Casts #28

38Pulse Score out of 100
29Up 1 from #30

The First 48
A&E | Crime House

Apple #29 Castbox #30 Pocket Casts #29

36Pulse Score out of 100
30Up 4 from #34

The Lets Read Podcast
Audioboom Studios

Apple #30 Castbox #51 Pocket Casts #30

35Pulse Score out of 100
31No change

Cold Case Files
A&E / PodcastOne

Apple #32 Castbox #46 Pocket Casts #31

34Pulse Score out of 100
32Up 1 from #33

The Criminal Makeup
Danielle Kirsty

Apple #33 Castbox #31 Pocket Casts #32

33Pulse Score out of 100
33Down 5 from #28

10 to Life
Annie Elise

Apple #31 Castbox #29 Pocket Casts —

33Pulse Score out of 100
34Up 1 from #35

The Dropout
ABC News

Apple #34 Castbox #28 Pocket Casts #33

33Pulse Score out of 100
35Up 21 from #56

Dark Downeast
Audiochuck

Apple #35 Castbox #40 Pocket Casts #34

32Pulse Score out of 100
36Down 7 from #29

Bed of Lies
The Telegraph

Apple #36 Castbox #33 Pocket Casts #35

31Pulse Score out of 100
37Down 1 from #36

Bear Brook
NHPR

Apple #37 Castbox #35 Pocket Casts #36

31Pulse Score out of 100
38Up 48 from #86

Death of an Artist
Pushkin Industries

Apple #38 Castbox #36 Pocket Casts #37

30Pulse Score out of 100
39Up 13 from #52

The Bourne Investigation
Charley Bourne

Apple #39 Castbox #38 Pocket Casts #38

30Pulse Score out of 100
40Down 2 from #38

Huisgenoot Ware Lewensdramas
Huisgenoot

Apple #40 Castbox #44 Pocket Casts #39

29Pulse Score out of 100
41Up 1 from #42

Murder, Mystery & Makeup
Audioboom Studios

Apple #41 Castbox #34 Pocket Casts #40

29Pulse Score out of 100
42Up 20 from #62

Crime Weekly
Stephanie Harlowe and Derrick Levasseur

Apple #43 Castbox #42 Pocket Casts #42

28Pulse Score out of 100
43Up 6 from #49

Murder: True Crime Stories
Crime House

Apple #44 Castbox #54 Pocket Casts #43

27Pulse Score out of 100
44Down 12 from #32

True Crime South Africa
Killer Audio Creations

Apple #42 Castbox — Pocket Casts #41

27Pulse Score out of 100
45Up 3 from #48

Burden of Guilt
iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts

Apple #45 Castbox #58 Pocket Casts #44

26Pulse Score out of 100
46Down 7 from #39

Dateline Originals
NBC News

Apple #47 Castbox #39 Pocket Casts #46

26Pulse Score out of 100
47Up 16 from #63

True Crime All The Time
Emash Digital

Apple #46 Castbox #83 Pocket Casts #45

26Pulse Score out of 100
48Up 33 from #81

Murder in the Heartland
ID

Apple #48 Castbox #73 Pocket Casts #47

25Pulse Score out of 100
49Up 1 from #50

Detectives Don't Sleep
NOISER

Apple #49 Castbox #60 Pocket Casts #48

25Pulse Score out of 100
50Down 10 from #40

What Happened to Her
iHeartPodcasts

Apple #50 Castbox #50 Pocket Casts #49

25Pulse Score out of 100
51Up 4 from #55

True Crime South Africa – die Afrikaanse weergawe
JacPod

Apple #51 Castbox #37 Pocket Casts —

23Pulse Score out of 100
52Up 8 from #60

Over My Dead Body
Audible

Apple #52 Castbox #67 Pocket Casts —

23Pulse Score out of 100
53Up 1 from #54

The Mile Zero Murders from Uncover
CBC

Apple #54 Castbox #45 Pocket Casts —

22Pulse Score out of 100
54Up 40 from #94

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

Apple #53 Castbox #82 Pocket Casts —

22Pulse Score out of 100
55Up 34 from #89

Sword and Scale
Sword and Scale

Apple #55 Castbox #43 Pocket Casts —

22Pulse Score out of 100
56Up 1 from #57

The Deck
Audiochuck

Apple #56 Castbox #41 Pocket Casts —

22Pulse Score out of 100
57Down 20 from #37

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

Apple #58 Castbox #49 Pocket Casts —

21Pulse Score out of 100
58Up 26 from #84

Betrayal Weekly
iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts

Apple #57 Castbox #74 Pocket Casts —

21Pulse Score out of 100
59Down 8 from #51

Mile Higher
Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios

Apple #59 Castbox #68 Pocket Casts —

21Pulse Score out of 100
60Up 31 from #91

Last Podcast On The Left
The Last Podcast Network

Apple #60 Castbox #66 Pocket Casts —

20Pulse Score out of 100
61Up 17 from #78

Criminology
Emash Digital & Mike Ferguson, Mike Morford

Apple #61 Castbox #77 Pocket Casts —

20Pulse Score out of 100
62Up 33 from #95

America's Most Infamous Crimes with Katie Ring
Crime House

Apple #63 Castbox #57 Pocket Casts —

20Pulse Score out of 100
63New on this chart

Weird Little Guys
iHeartPodcasts and Cool Zone Media

Apple #62 Castbox #81 Pocket Casts —

20Pulse Score out of 100
64Down 19 from #45

The Poisoned Wife
The Australian

Apple #64 Castbox #52 Pocket Casts —

19Pulse Score out of 100
65Down 4 from #61

True Crime Conversations
Mamamia Podcasts

Apple #65 Castbox #55 Pocket Casts —

19Pulse Score out of 100
66Down 25 from #41

The Woman in the Woods
48 Hours

Apple #66 Castbox #47 Pocket Casts —

19Pulse Score out of 100
67Down 8 from #59

Unravel
ABC Australia

Apple #68 Castbox #48 Pocket Casts —

19Pulse Score out of 100
68Up 19 from #87

Nightmares
Sword and Scale

Apple #67 Castbox #64 Pocket Casts —

19Pulse Score out of 100
69Down 25 from #44

The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories
Grip Tape

Apple #70 Castbox #53 Pocket Casts —

18Pulse Score out of 100
70Up 23 from #93

Going West: True Crime
Dark West Productions

Apple #69 Castbox #78 Pocket Casts —

18Pulse Score out of 100
71No change

Crime Next Door
BBC Sounds

Apple #71 Castbox #59 Pocket Casts —

18Pulse Score out of 100
72Down 2 from #70

Clues with Kaelyn Moore
Crime House

Apple #72 Castbox #56 Pocket Casts —

18Pulse Score out of 100
73Down 26 from #47

UK True Crime Podcast
Always True Crime

Apple #73 Castbox #71 Pocket Casts —

17Pulse Score out of 100
74Down 28 from #46

They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime
They Walk Among Us

Apple #75 Castbox #63 Pocket Casts —

17Pulse Score out of 100
75Up 2 from #77

Bang to Rights
Bang to Rights

Apple #74 Castbox #87 Pocket Casts —

17Pulse Score out of 100
76Up 14 from #90

Crime Analyst
Laura Richards

Apple #77 Castbox #92 Pocket Casts —

16Pulse Score out of 100
77Down 1 from #76

MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries
Audible | Ballen Studios

Apple #78 Castbox #80 Pocket Casts —

16Pulse Score out of 100
78Up 35 from #113

The Casual Criminalist
Cloud10

Apple #79 Castbox #98 Pocket Casts —

16Pulse Score out of 100
79Up 32 from #111

Murder In America
Bloody FM

Apple #80 Castbox #86 Pocket Casts —

16Pulse Score out of 100
80Up 2 from #82

Nightmare Next Door
ID

Apple #76 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

16Pulse Score out of 100
81Down 23 from #58

Deceived: The Daybell Story
KSL Podcasts

Apple #81 Castbox #75 Pocket Casts —

16Pulse Score out of 100
82Up 6 from #88

Psychopedia: True Crime & Criminal Psychology
Investigator Slater

Apple #82 Castbox #61 Pocket Casts —

16Pulse Score out of 100
83Down 9 from #74

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

Apple #83 Castbox #76 Pocket Casts —

16Pulse Score out of 100
84Down 18 from #66

Your Own Backyard
Chris Lambert

Apple #85 Castbox #70 Pocket Casts —

15Pulse Score out of 100
85Up 76 from #161

Sistas Who Kill: A True Crime Podcast
CAKE MEDIA

Apple #84 Castbox #96 Pocket Casts —

15Pulse Score out of 100
86Down 14 from #72

Dr. Death
Audible

Apple #86 Castbox #62 Pocket Casts —

15Pulse Score out of 100
87Down 23 from #64

Just Creepy: Scary Stories
Just Creepy

Apple #87 Castbox #94 Pocket Casts —

15Pulse Score out of 100
88Down 19 from #69

Something Was Wrong
Broken Cycle Media

Apple #89 Castbox #72 Pocket Casts —

15Pulse Score out of 100
89New on this chart

Small Town Dicks
Small Town Dicks | Audio 99 | Daylight Media

Apple #88 Castbox #90 Pocket Casts —

15Pulse Score out of 100
90Down 22 from #68

True Crime Obsessed
True Crime Obsessed

Apple #92 Castbox #69 Pocket Casts —

14Pulse Score out of 100
91Up 8 from #99

Chameleon
Audiochuck | Campside Media

Apple #91 Castbox #91 Pocket Casts —

14Pulse Score out of 100
92Down 39 from #53

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

Apple #94 Castbox #65 Pocket Casts —

14Pulse Score out of 100
93Up 13 from #106

Scared To Death
Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins

Apple #93 Castbox #88 Pocket Casts —

14Pulse Score out of 100
94New on this chart

Intrigue
BBC Radio 4

Apple #90 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

14Pulse Score out of 100
95Down 30 from #65

Killer Psyche
Audible | Treefort Media

Apple #98 Castbox #85 Pocket Casts —

14Pulse Score out of 100
96Up 23 from #119

British Murders with Stuart Blues
Stuart Blues

Apple #95 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

13Pulse Score out of 100
97Down 14 from #83

The Surgeon Of St Helena
Always True Crime

Apple #102 Castbox #79 Pocket Casts —

13Pulse Score out of 100
98Up 36 from #134

Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson
Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

Apple #96 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

13Pulse Score out of 100
99Up 42 from #141

Trace of Suspicion
NBC News

Apple #97 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

13Pulse Score out of 100
100Down 25 from #75

Anatomy of Murder
Audiochuck

Apple #99 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

13Pulse Score out of 100

Show 101–200Showing 101–200

101Down 22 from #79

Bone Valley
Lava for Good Podcasts

Apple #106 Castbox #84 Pocket Casts —

13Pulse Score out of 100
102Up 63 from #165

Alone in the Woods
Eeriecast Network

Apple #100 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

13Pulse Score out of 100
103Down 18 from #85

Sea of Lies
CBC

Apple #107 Castbox #89 Pocket Casts —

13Pulse Score out of 100
104Down 37 from #67

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Spotify Studios

Apple #101 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

13Pulse Score out of 100
105Up 7 from #112

The Slippery
Nancy Moscatiello and Scott Eldridge

Apple #109 Castbox #95 Pocket Casts —

12Pulse Score out of 100
106Down 8 from #98

I Wish You Were Here
Michelle Cuervo

Apple #103 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

12Pulse Score out of 100
107Up 26 from #133

Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime
Nancy Miller 💯 Human

Apple #104 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

12Pulse Score out of 100
108Up 67 from #175

MK True Crime
MK Media

Apple #105 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

12Pulse Score out of 100
109Up 8 from #117

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

Apple #113 Castbox #99 Pocket Casts —

12Pulse Score out of 100
110New on this chart

Nobody Should Believe Me
True Story Media

Apple #108 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

12Pulse Score out of 100
111Up 47 from #158

True Crime with Kimbyr
Kimbyrleigha

Apple #110 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

12Pulse Score out of 100
112Up 13 from #125

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

Apple #111 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

12Pulse Score out of 100
113Down 3 from #110

Scorned: Love Kills
ID

Apple #112 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
114Up 38 from #152

Hot On The Case
Breanna Heim

Apple #114 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
115Up 66 from #181

CreepTime The Podcast
Sylas Dean and Stew

Apple #122 Castbox #100 Pocket Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
116Down 14 from #102

The Survivor Files with Elizabeth Smart
iHeartPodcasts

Apple #115 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
117Up 19 from #136

Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield
Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

Apple #116 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
118Up 31 from #149

Disclosure Investigates
BBC Radio Scotland

Apple #117 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
119Up 41 from #160

The Case Of
ABC Australia

Apple #118 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
120Up 24 from #144

Wicked Crimes
Jan Roodt

Apple #119 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
121Down 24 from #97

American Criminal
Airship & Evergreen Podcasts

Apple #128 Castbox #97 Pocket Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
122Up 6 from #128

COLD
KSL Podcasts

Apple #120 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
123Down 19 from #104

Someone Knows Something
CBC

Apple #121 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
124Down 32 from #92

My Mom’s Murder
Audible

Apple #123 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
125Up 17 from #142

What Happened to the McStays?
ABC News

Apple #124 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
126Down 4 from #122

Australian True Crime
Bravecasting

Apple #125 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
127Down 54 from #73

Dark Asia with Megan
Megan Lee, Bleav

Apple #126 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
128Down 27 from #101

Crime House 24/7
Crime House

Apple #127 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
129Up 34 from #163

Crime Junkie
Crime Junkie

Apple #129 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
130Up 7 from #137

Serial Killers: Real Life Documentaries
Peter Zahr

Apple #130 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
131Down 35 from #96

Lights Out
Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios

Apple #131 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
132Down 6 from #126

REDRUM true crime
redrumpodcast

Apple #132 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
133New on this chart

Zone 7 with Sheryl McCollum
iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

Apple #133 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
134Down 7 from #127

Swindled
Swindled

Apple #134 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
135New on this chart

Have A Seat with Chris Hansen
Chris Hansen

Apple #135 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
136New on this chart

Crime Beat
Curiouscast

Apple #136 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
137Down 21 from #116

Serving Crime Podcast
SNG Productions

Apple #137 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
138Down 20 from #118

The Girlfriends: Flight or Fight
iHeartPodcasts and Novel

Apple #138 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
139Down 25 from #114

Black Effect's Bloodline Crimes
The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

Apple #139 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
140Down 25 from #115

American Nightmares: The Canal Murders
Gamut Podcast Network

Apple #140 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
141Down 36 from #105

LOVE MURDER
Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette

Apple #141 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
142Down 35 from #107

Crimes of the Times
L.A. Times Studios

Apple #142 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
143Down 13 from #130

Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast
Moms and Mysteries Podcast

Apple #143 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
144New on this chart

Lost Hills
Pushkin Industries

Apple #144 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
145Down 45 from #100

What to Carry, What to Burn
Blair Braverman

Apple #145 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
146Up 51 from #197

Generation Why: True Crime
Audible

Apple #146 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
147Up 6 from #153

PRETEND
Creative Babble, LLC

Apple #147 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
148Down 68 from #80

I Survived
A&E / PodcastOne

Apple #148 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
149New on this chart

Strangely
Always True Crime

Apple #149 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
150New on this chart

FBI Case File Review
Jerri Williams

Apple #150 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
151Down 22 from #129

The Truth About Natalie
Audiochuck

Apple #151 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
152Down 49 from #103

Deep Cover
Pushkin Industries

Apple #152 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
153New on this chart

Dragonfly: Brett Cantor Murder Mystery
Casefile Presents

Apple #153 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
154Up 3 from #157

Canadian True Crime
Kristi Lee

Apple #154 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
155Up 22 from #177

True Spies: Espionage | Investigation | Crime | Murder | Detective | Politics
SPYSCAPE

Apple #155 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
156Down 36 from #120

Atlanta Monster
iHeartPodcasts and Tenderfoot TV

Apple #156 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
157Down 48 from #109

Outlore with Eleanor Neale
Eleanor Neale

Apple #157 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
158New on this chart

The Orgasm Cult
BBC Radio 4

Apple #158 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
159Down 36 from #123

The Sinister
Sylas Dean

Apple #159 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
160Down 28 from #132

Unsolved Mysteries
Cosgrove Meurer Productions, Inc. + Audacy

Apple #160 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
161New on this chart

True Crime with Caitlyn
Caitlyn Scott

Apple #161 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
162Down 38 from #124

Crime in America with Joe Budden
Prime Crime Productions

Apple #162 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
163Down 7 from #156

13th Juror Podcast
Brandi Churchwell

Apple #163 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
164Down 25 from #139

Pretty Scary with Clair Buckley
Audio Always

Apple #164 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
165New on this chart

The Vanished Podcast
Audible

Apple #165 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
166New on this chart

I Catch Killers with Gary Jubelin
News.com.au

Apple #166 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
167New on this chart

Alexander Brothers: STS Files
Joel Waldman

Apple #167 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
168New on this chart

Law & Order: Criminal Justice System - Season 1 & Season 2
iHeartPodcasts

Apple #168 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
169New on this chart

Killer Kin
ID

Apple #169 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
170Down 19 from #151

Bad Blood: The Final Chapter
Three Uncanny Four

Apple #170 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
171New on this chart

Dateline: Missing in America
NBC News

Apple #171 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
172New on this chart

Audible True Crime
Audible

Apple #172 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
173Down 19 from #154

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan
CrimeOnline and iHeartPodcasts

Apple #173 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
174Up 5 from #179

DELVE
newsroom.co.nz

Apple #174 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
175Down 20 from #155

True Crime Garage
TRUE CRIME GARAGE

Apple #175 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
176Down 8 from #168

Unrestorable
iHeartPodcasts

Apple #176 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
177New on this chart

CounterClock
Audiochuck

Apple #177 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
178New on this chart

Truly Criminal
Truly Criminal

Apple #178 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
179Down 34 from #145

Detective Perspective
Derrick Levasseur & Square Mile Studios

Apple #179 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
180New on this chart

Women and Crime
Cloud10

Apple #180 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
181Up 18 from #199

MANslaughter
Wondery

Apple #181 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
182Down 61 from #121

Tales from the Break Room
Eeriecast Network

Apple #182 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
183Up 8 from #191

Miss Marple Detective Stories
Sezgin

Apple #183 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
184Down 49 from #135

Up and Vanished
Tenderfoot TV

Apple #184 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
185Down 38 from #147

The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
Isla Traquair

Apple #185 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
186New on this chart

The Final Hours with Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole
Crime House

Apple #186 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
187New on this chart

Every Town
Every Town

Apple #187 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
188Down 80 from #108

Not Just A Terrible Story
Terrible Story Productions

Apple #188 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
189Down 51 from #138

People are the Worst
Cloud10

Apple #189 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
190Down 59 from #131

Bad Women Presents Stolen Sister
Pushkin Industries

Apple #190 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
191New on this chart

Crimehub: A True Crime Podcast
Crimehub Studios

Apple #191 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
192Down 42 from #150

Crime Scene
Sony Music Entertainment

Apple #192 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
193Down 50 from #143

Five Miles From Home
NBC News

Apple #193 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
194New on this chart

Our True Crime Podcast
Our True Crime Podcast

Apple #194 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
195Down 21 from #174

Examined: The Backfire Effect
Pushkin Industries

Apple #195 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
196New on this chart

Creeps and Crimes
Taylar Fetzner, Morgan Harris | Para Pods

Apple #196 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
197Down 49 from #148

Royal Swindle
Exactly Right Media and iHeartPodcasts

Apple #197 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
198New on this chart

The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3
iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch

Apple #198 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
199New on this chart

Crime World
Crime World

Apple #199 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
200Down 13 from #187

Invisible Choir
Reach Freaks

Apple #200 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100

Quick answers

What is the #1 true crime podcast in South Africa right now?

Rotten Mango by Stephanie Soo is the No. 1 true crime podcast on Pod is Life's combined chart for October 31, 2026 (#1 on Apple Podcasts, #1 on Castbox, #1 on Pocket Casts).

What are the top 3 true crime podcasts this week?

Right now the top three are Rotten Mango, Crime Junkie and MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories. 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, Castbox & 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.

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