Best True Crime Podcasts
Updated: June 5, 2026
The most popular true crime podcasts covering real cases, investigations, cold cases, and the justice system. Gripping storytelling that keeps you hooked.
Top True Crime Podcasts — Updated Daily for 2026
Discover the 50 most popular true crime podcasts based on daily Apple Podcasts chart rankings. This list is curated by CastFox using real listening data — not editorial picks — so you always see what audiences are actually tuning into. From breakout new shows to established favorites, these are the true crime podcasts dominating the charts right now. Click any podcast to explore its full analytics profile with global rankings, listener estimates, Apple Podcasts reviews, and more.
Top 50 Podcasts
50 shows- 1
Crime Junkie
Audiochuck
- 2
Dateline NBC
NBC News
- 3
CounterClock
Audiochuck
- 4
Morbid
Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart
- 5
Love Trapped
iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
- 6
Serialously with Annie Elise
Annie Elise & Audioboom Studios
- 7
MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
Ballen Studios
- 8
Dr. Death
Audible
- 10
20/20
ABC News
- 11
My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts
- 13
Last Podcast On The Left
The Last Podcast Network
- 14
The Deck
Audiochuck
- 15
Betrayal Weekly
iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts
- 16
Deep Cover
Pushkin Industries
- 17
Dateline Originals
NBC News
- 18
Criminal
Vox Media Podcast Network
- 19
Park Predators
Audiochuck
- 20
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Oxygen
- 21
Blunt Force Trauma
EchoSpace
- 22
Rotten Mango
Stephanie Soo
- 23
True Crime with Kendall Rae
Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios
- 24
The Binge Cases: U R NEXT
Sony Music Entertainment
- 25
Dark Downeast
Audiochuck
- 26
Betrayal Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts
- 27
Murder In America
Bloody FM
- 28
The Binge Crimes: Cut, Color, Kill
Sony Music Entertainment
- 29
Murder With My Husband
OH NO MEDIA
- 30
True Crime All The Time
Emash Digital
- 31
Casefile True Crime
Casefile Presents
- 32
Crime Weekly
Stephanie Harlowe and Derrick Levasseur
- 33
True Crime Garage
TRUE CRIME GARAGE
- 34
RedHanded
RedHanded
- 35
Cold Case Files
A&E / PodcastOne
- 38
Going West: True Crime
Dark West Productions
- 39
Small Town Dicks
Audio 99
- 40
Trace of Suspicion
NBC News
- 41
Two Girls One Ghost
Sony Music Entertainment
- 42
Hunting the Suicide Salesman
CBC
- 43
Blood Trails
MeatEater
- 45
Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries
Heart Starts Pounding
- 46
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline
- 47
Nobody Should Believe Me
True Story Media
- 48
The Girlfriends: Trust Me Babe
iHeartPodcasts and Novel
- 49
America's Most Infamous Crimes with Katie Ring
Crime House
- 50
Something Was Wrong
Broken Cycle Media
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How CastFox Ranks Podcasts
CastFox ranks podcasts using real chart data collected daily from Apple Podcasts. Unlike editorial picks or listener polls, our rankings are based on actual chart performance — giving you an objective view of what people are listening to right now.
We track chart positions across every genre and over 100 countries. Each podcast on this page is ranked by its position on the Apple Podcasts charts, deduplicated and sorted to show the most popular shows first. Rankings refresh every 24 hours so you always see the latest trends.
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