Apple Podcasts – United States – True Crime
Top podcasts in United States from the Apple Podcasts charts for True Crime.
- 1Increased by 0CBC + BBC World Service
The Con: Kaitlyn's Baby
- 2Increased by 0NBC News
Dateline NBC
- 3Increased by 0Lionsgate Sound
Scamanda
- 4Increased by 0audiochuck
Crime Junkie
- 5Increased by 0Morbid Network | Wondery
Morbid
- 6Increased by 4NHPR
Bear Brook
- 7Increased by 5Blink | Jake Haendel's Story
Blink | Jake Haendel's Story
- 8Decreased by 2CBC
Sea of Lies from Uncover
- 9Increased by 0CBS News
48 Hours
- 10Increased by 3iHeartPodcasts
My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
- 11Decreased by 4Tenderfoot TV
Up and Vanished Weekly
- 12Decreased by 4Wondery | Campside Media
We Came to the Forest
- 13Increased by 1Ballen Studios
MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
- 14Decreased by 3ABC News
20/20
- 15Increased by 0Celisia Stanton
Truer Crime
- 16Increased by 1iHeartPodcasts and Tenderfoot TV
Monster: BTK
- 17Decreased by 1Sony Music Entertainment
The Binge Cases: Baby Broker
- 18Increased by 110 to LIFE & Audioboom Studios
Serialously with Annie Elise
- 19Increased by 5iHeartPodcasts
Murder on Songbird Road
- 20Increased by 6audiochuck
The Deck
- 21Decreased by 3audiochuck
Park Predators
- 22Increased by 0NBC News
Dateline Originals
- 23Increased by 12iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
Betrayal: Weekly
- 24Decreased by 1CBC
Someone Knows Something
- 25Increased by 11Campside Media / Sony Music Entertainment
Wild Boys
- 26Decreased by 6NBC News
Deadly Mirage
- 27Increased by 3The Last Podcast Network
Last Podcast On The Left
- 28Increased by 0Stephanie Soo
Rotten Mango
- 29Increased by 0Broken Cycle Media | Wondery
Something Was Wrong
- 31Decreased by 10audiochuck
Anatomy of Murder
- 32Increased by 6True Story Media
Nobody Should Believe Me
- 33Decreased by 8Oxygen
Snapped: Women Who Murder
- 34Increased by 0iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
Burden of Guilt
- 35Increased by 5Sony Music Entertainment
The Binge Crimes: Deadly Fortune
- 36Decreased by 3Wondery | Ballen Studios
MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries
- 37Decreased by 10Sword and Scale
Sword and Scale
- 38Increased by 7audiochuck
Dark Downeast
- 39Increased by 55Wondery | Novel
Kill List
- 40Increased by 13TRUE CRIME GARAGE
True Crime Garage
- 42Decreased by 11OH NO MEDIA
Murder With My Husband
- 43Increased by 4Casefile Presents
Casefile True Crime
- 44Decreased by 1Audioboom Studios
Murder, Mystery & Makeup
- 45Decreased by 4Tenderfoot TV
Up and Vanished
- 46Increased by 2Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts
Crook County
- 47Decreased by 5A&E / PodcastOne
Cold Case Files
- 48Increased by 9OH NO MEDIA
Into The Dark
- 49Increased by 2Apple TV+ / Blanchard House
Extrasensory
- 50Decreased by 11True Crime Obsessed
True Crime Obsessed
- 51Increased by 34Foxtopus Ink
Blood Vines
- 52Decreased by 6Brittani Ard
You Probably Think This Story’s About You
- 53Increased by 31iHeartPodcasts
Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes
- 54Decreased by 4Bloody FM
Murder In America
- 55Decreased by 11Dark West Productions
Going West: True Crime
- 56Increased by 7The New Yorker
In The Dark
- 57Increased by 1Wavland
Drowning Creek
- 58Increased by 6Heart Starts Pounding
Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries
- 59Decreased by 7Audio 99
Small Town Dicks
- 60Decreased by 4audiochuck
The Deck Investigates
- 61Increased by 10Mile Higher Media
Mile Higher
- 62Decreased by 7A&E / PodcastOne
I Survived
- 63Increased by 7iHeartPodcasts and AYR Media
The Real Killer
- 64Decreased by 2Apple TV+ / FunMeter
Scamtown
- 65Decreased by 6Two Girls One Ghost
Two Girls One Ghost
- 66Increased by 7CBS News
Blood is Thicker: The Hargan Family Killings
- 67Increased by 21L.A. Times Studios
Crimes of the Times
- 68Decreased by 8iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
- 69Increased by 3Wondery | RedHanded
RedHanded
- 70Increased by 34Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield
Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield
- 71Decreased by 22Wondery
The Vanished Podcast
- 72Decreased by 18Audioboom Studios
National Park After Dark
- 73Increased by 1Ballen Studios
Bedtime Stories
- 75NEWiHeartPodcast
Once Upon A Con
- 76Increased by 32Alexis Linkletter, Jac Vanek
The First Degree
- 77Increased by 23Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins
Scared To Death
- 78Increased by 34Audacy Podcasts
Gone South
- 79Increased by 10NBC News
Dateline: Missing In America
- 80Increased by 57NBC News
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
- 81Decreased by 12Spotify Studios
Serial Killers
- 82Increased by 86Cloud10
Black Girl Gone: A True Crime Podcast
- 83Decreased by 6iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
American Homicide
- 84Increased by 51iHeartPodcasts and Cool Zone Media
Weird Little Guys
- 85Increased by 7CBC
Bad Results
- 86Decreased by 4Wondery
Scam Factory
- 87Decreased by 6Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media
Chameleon: Dr. Miracle
- 88Decreased by 8iHeartPodcasts
Murder in Illinois
- 89Increased by 43Audioboom Studios
Crime Weekly
- 90Decreased by 25Crime House
Mind of a Serial Killer
- 91Increased by 11HLN
Forensic Files
- 92Increased by 6Wondery
Dr. Death
- 93Decreased by 32Cryptic County
Let's Not Meet: A True Horror Podcast
- 94Decreased by 8CBS News
48 Hours: NCIS
- 95Decreased by 2Audioboom Studios
The Lets Read Podcast
- 96Decreased by 6iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
Betrayal: Seasons 1, 2, 3
- 97Decreased by 21Ballen Studios
RUN, FOOL!
- 98Decreased by 32ABC News
Radioactive: The Karen Silkwood Mystery
- 99Decreased by 21PodcastOne
The Prosecutors
- 100Decreased by 1Wavland
Three
- 101Increased by 2Wondery | Pineapple Street Studios
Ghost Story
- 102Decreased by 23Law&Crime
The Rise and Fall of Diddy
- 103NEWLuna Shark
True Sunlight
- 104NEWiHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild
Haunted Road
- 105Increased by 12WBUR
Beyond All Repair
- 106Increased by 7Apple TV+ / Spoke Media
Under Cover of Knight
- 107Increased by 9Canadaland
The Copernic Affair | Canadaland Investigates
- 108Decreased by 12NBC News
The Man in the Black Mask
- 109Decreased by 4Chris Lambert
Your Own Backyard
- 110Increased by 31Tank Sinatra & Investigator Slater
Psychopedia
- 111Decreased by 44Wondery
The Generation Why Podcast
- 112Decreased by 37Wondery | Treefort Media
Killer Psyche
- 113Decreased by 3Law&Crime | Wondery
Karen
- 114NEWImperative Entertainment
In the Land of Lies
- 115Decreased by 4Crime House
Murder: True Crime Stories
- 116Decreased by 7Creative Babble
PRETEND
- 117Increased by 7CBS News
Candyman: The True Story Behind The Bathroom Mirror Murder
- 118Decreased by 27Free Range Productions
The Unforgotten
- 119Increased by 0A Concerned Citizen
Swindled
- 120Increased by 0ID
Who Killed Jennifer Judd?
- 121Increased by 30iHeartPodcasts
Hell and Gone
- 122Increased by 4Law&Crime | Wondery
The Rise and Fall of Ruby Franke
- 123Increased by 49Texas Monthly
Tom Brown's Body
- 124Increased by 6Lava for Good Podcasts
Bone Valley
- 125Decreased by 30PodcastOne with Law & Crime
Court Junkie
- 126Increased by 13Wondery
Criminal Attorney
- 127Decreased by 5Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios
Lights Out
- 128NEWI Think Not!
I Think Not!
- 129Decreased by 32Emash Digital / Wondery
True Crime All The Time
- 130Increased by 17Wondery
Happily Never After: Dan and Nancy
- 131NEWID
Scorned: Love Kills
- 132Decreased by 26Reach Freaks
Invisible Choir
- 133Decreased by 26Big Mad Media | QCODE
Big Mad True Crime
- 134Decreased by 11iHeartPodcasts
The Idaho Massacre
- 135Increased by 11ID
Nightmare Next Door
- 136Decreased by 35Not Your Mom Media
Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast
- 137Decreased by 1Pushkin Industries
Deep Cover
- 138Decreased by 5NBC News
Motive for Murder
- 139Decreased by 56Kristen Seavey | QCODE
Murder, She Told
- 140Increased by 5Sword and Scale
Sword and Scale Nightmares
- 141Decreased by 54Voices for Justice Media
Media Pressure
- 142Increased by 16Tenderfoot TV & Audacy
Lords of Death
- 143Increased by 10CBC
The Next Call with David Ridgen
- 144Decreased by 30Grip Tape
The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories
- 145Increased by 35Bloody FM
The Conspiracy Files
- 146Increased by 6Wondery
Over My Dead Body
- 147Increased by 13ID
Unraveled
- 148Decreased by 21CNBC
American Greed Podcast
- 149Decreased by 20iHeartPodcasts
The Unborn
- 150Decreased by 6Eeriecast Network
Tales from the Break Room
- 151Decreased by 3KSL Podcasts
Cold
- 152NEWBrandi Churchwell
13th Juror Podcast
- 153NEWJessie Pray and Andie Cassette
LOVE MURDER
- 154NEWStrange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan
Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan
- 155Decreased by 1Laura Palmer
Island Crime
- 156Increased by 0Crime Salad
Crime Salad
- 157Increased by 4Storyglass
Encounters
- 158Increased by 8Sony Music Entertainment
The Conspiracy Tapes
- 159Decreased by 10iHeartPodcasts and Novel
The Girlfriends
- 160NEWKimberly and Katie - ADWDL
A Date With Dateline
- 161Decreased by 4iHeartPodcasts
Paper Ghosts: The Ozarks
- 162Decreased by 12iHeartPodcasts
Missing in Arizona
- 163Decreased by 38ID
Deadly Nightmares
- 164Increased by 24Apple TV+ / Jigsaw Productions
The Line
- 165Decreased by 44PodcastOne
The Opportunist
- 166Increased by 28Shondaland Audio and iHeartPodcasts
Criminalia
- 167Increased by 17Serial Productions & The New York Times
The Retrievals
- 168Increased by 15Audioboom Studios
The Criminal Makeup
- 169NEWLos Angeles Times | Wondery
Man In The Window: The Golden State Killer
- 170Decreased by 6Tenderfoot TV, Resonate Recordings & Audacy
Culpable
- 171Decreased by 16Wondery
Hollywood & Crime
- 172Decreased by 44Campside Media / Sony Music Entertainment
Chameleon: Dr. Dante
- 173Decreased by 35Breanna Heim
Hot On The Case
- 174Decreased by 9Sarah Turney
Voices for Justice
- 175NEWTenderfoot TV & Audacy
To Live and Die in LA
- 176Increased by 2Law&Crime
Sins of the Child
- 177Decreased by 2iHeartPodcasts
There and Gone: South Street
- 178Decreased by 16Wondery | Sun Sentinel
Felonious Florida
- 179Decreased by 9Wondery
Head Number 7
- 180Decreased by 49Rebmasel
Rebuttal
- 181Decreased by 38Cloud10
Women and Crime
- 182Decreased by 15Red Marble Media
Proof: A True Crime Podcast
- 183Decreased by 41Texas Monthly
Texas Monthly True Crime: The Problem With Erik
- 184Decreased by 66iHeartPodcasts
Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson
- 185Increased by 4Urban One
Fatal Attraction
- 186Decreased by 10Tenderfoot TV & Audacy
The Vanishing Point
- 187Increased by 3Lemonada Media
Believe Her
- 188NEWApple TV+ / Blanchard House
The Pirate of Prague
- 189NEWCrimeOnline and iHeartPodcasts
Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan
- 190Decreased by 19PodcastOne
The Consult: Real FBI Profilers
- 191NEWCloud10
MURDERISH
- 192NEWCampside Media / Sony Music Entertainment
Evaporated: Gone with the Gods
- 193Decreased by 6Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts
To Die For
- 194Decreased by 13Fox Audio Network
The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno
- 195NEWLava for Good Podcasts
Wrongful Conviction
- 196Decreased by 4iHeartPodcasts
Hookergate: Criminals and Libertines in the South
- 197Decreased by 23Campside Media
White Devil
- 198Decreased by 2iHeartPodcasts and Tenderfoot TV
Atlanta Monster
- 200Decreased by 60BBC Sounds
Stalked
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a True Crime podcast?
A True Crime podcast is a type of audio show that focuses on real-life criminal stories. These might include murders, missing persons cases, robberies, or other serious crimes.
In each episode, the hosts try to piece together what really happened by looking at evidence, talking to experts, and explaining different points of view.
By listening, you get a chance to understand the events behind a crime and learn about the people involved, whether they are victims, investigators, or suspects.
What are the Top True Crime Podcast?
Deadly Mirage," Dateline NBC's newest podcast hosted by Josh Mankiewicz, is one of the hottest tickets in town. As of Dec. 10, 2024 it reached number one on Apple Podcasts' Top New Shows in the U.S.
The series investigates a murder plot right in the Mojave Desert of California-a labyrinthine tale of secrets of sex, friendship, and religion. Strong storytelling combined with the great reputation of Dateline has made it achieve fast success. Read our review here!
Crime Junkie," from AudioChuck and hosted by Ashley Flowers, has remained one of the most popular true crime podcasts. The show ranked as the second most popular podcast in the U.S. on Apple's year-end chart for 2024, behind only The Daily.
Since its release, the show has been in a position to present captivating and well-researched crime stories that have maintained its place among the audience.
Dateline NBC" is presented by one of the biggest players in the true crime podcasting game, the Canadian-American media journalist Keith Morrisremains.
It's still one of the biggest players in the true crime podcasting game. It came in fourth on Apple's ranking of the most popular podcasts in the U.S. for 2024.
The podcast is an audio version of Dateline television episodes where listeners receive in-depth coverage about intriguing stories of crimes and their investigations.
Their success is built on several factors: perfect production quality, engaging stories, and public interest in true crime stories.
Would you like to know which True Crime podcasts would keep you up at night? Read our reviews here!
Are True Crime podcasts suitable for all ages?
Most true crime podcasts are aimed at adults. Some topics can be very upsetting, and certain episodes may have detailed descriptions of violent acts or other sensitive information.
Many shows warn listeners before they share something disturbing, so parents and guardians can decide if it is right for their families. If younger people want to listen, an adult should check the content first to make sure it is appropriate.
Are all True Crime podcasts about unsolved cases?
No, not all true crime podcasts focus on cases that remain unsolved. Some look at old cases that have already been solved and explain how the police and courts handled them.
Others study famous historical crimes or cases where innocent people were convicted. Each show may have its own style. Some try to uncover new clues about forgotten cases, while others explain how justice was served or how mistakes were made along the way.
How accurate are True Crime podcasts?
The accuracy of a show depends on how well the producers research their topics. Good podcasts use reliable sources, such as police reports, court records, and interviews with people who were involved. Some shows are made by journalists or lawyers who know how to verify information.
Others might focus more on telling a dramatic story, which can sometimes lead to mistakes. It is wise to pay attention to where the show gets its facts and to trust podcasts that clearly state their sources.
How to suggest a case to a True Crime podcast?
Many hosts welcome ideas from their audience. Most shows have a website or social media pages where you can get in touch with the team.
You might find instructions for sending in case suggestions, or you can reach out through messages or comments. While not every suggestion will be used, the hosts often appreciate learning about cases they may not have heard of before.
Do True Crime podcasts ever help solve cases?
Sometimes they do. By bringing attention to certain details or telling the story of a case that has gone cold, these podcasts can spark new interest.
Listeners might share tips or information. In a few instances, high-profile shows have led to new investigations or even arrests. While this is not the goal of every show, it shows how the popularity of podcasts can have an impact in the real world.
Are True Crime podcasts exploitative of victims or their families?
This is a concern for many listeners. Thoughtful producers try to handle their stories with care. They focus on facts, avoid being overly graphic, and respect the people who were harmed. Some shows talk to victims’ families or bring in experts who work with them.
Not all podcasts handle this equally well, though. A good tip is to pay attention to how the hosts talk about the victims. If it feels respectful and considerate, it is a sign that the show is taking the right approach.
How can I find the best True Crime podcasts?
You can start by looking at podcast charts, recommendations on apps, or trusted reviewers online. Well-known shows often have many listeners and good ratings.
You can also search for podcasts that match your interests, like historical crimes, international cases, or stories that focus on criminal psychology. Reading reviews and asking friends for suggestions can help you discover shows that are both informative and entertaining.
How often do True Crime podcasts release new episodes?
It depends on the show. Some come out every week or every two weeks. Others release episodes one season at a time, so you might get a bunch of episodes all at once.
More complex shows with lots of research might need more time between episodes. If you subscribe to a podcast on a platform like Apple Podcasts or Spotify, you will usually get an alert when a new episode is ready. This makes it easy to stay up to date with your favorite shows.