Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet
by Tara A. Devlin
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Estimated from 16 chart positions in 16 markets.
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- 🇺🇸US · Books#1385K to 30K
- 🇬🇧GB · Books#1655K to 30K
- 🇩🇪DE · Books#2005K to 30K
- 🇮🇳IN · Books#4130K to 100K
- 🇸🇪SE · Books#1961K to 10K
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Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
38K to 151K🎙 ~2x weekly·229 episodes·Last published today - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
76K to 301K🇮🇳33%🇺🇸10%🇬🇧10%+13 more - Active Followers
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23K to 90K
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Recent episodes
Watery Tales of Doom
Sep 4, 2026
Unknown duration
Mountain Forest Mayhem
Aug 21, 2026
Unknown duration
Terrifying Unconventional Encounters
Aug 7, 2026
Unknown duration
Nightmarish Encounters & Happenings
Jul 24, 2026
Unknown duration
Traumatising Encounters To Keep You Up At Night
Jul 10, 2026
49m 19s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/4/26 |  Watery Tales of Doom | Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Six terrifying tales from Japan that will make you question what’s really in the water… BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana | — | ||||||
| 8/21/26 |  Mountain Forest Mayhem | Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Six weird and terrifying tales from Japan’s many forests and mountains. What lurks just on the fringes of civilisation? Perhaps it’s best not to find out… BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana | — | ||||||
| 8/7/26 |  Terrifying Unconventional Encounters | Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Ten terrifying tales from Japan that feature weird, bizarre, and often incomprehensible encounters that’ll make you wonder what’s really out there… BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana | — | ||||||
| 7/24/26 |  Nightmarish Encounters & Happenings | Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! These seven horrifying tales from Japan will make you question what’s lying in wait in not just the dark, but the light as well… BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana | — | ||||||
| 7/10/26 | Japanese horrorscary stories+4 | — | MyuujiKevin MacLeod+3 | — | Japanese horrorscary stories+3 | — | 49m 19s | ||
| 6/27/26 | haunted housesJapanese horror+3 | — | PatreonMyuuji+4 | — | haunted housesJapanese horror+3 | — | 47m 05s | ||
| 6/12/26 | Japanese horrorscary stories+3 | — | MyuujiKevin MacLeod+3 | — | Japanese horrorscary stories+3 | — | 48m 48s | ||
| 5/29/26 | Japanese horrordolls+3 | — | MyuujiKevin MacLeod+3 | — | Japanese horrorcreepy dolls+3 | — | 46m 19s | ||
| 5/15/26 | ghost storiesJapanese horror+4 | — | MyuujiKevin MacLeod+3 | — | ghostshorror+6 | — | 45m 04s | ||
| 5/1/26 | Japanese horrorunexplained encounters+3 | — | PatreonMyuuji+4 | — | Japanese horrorscary stories+3 | — | 44m 23s | ||
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| 4/17/26 | Japanese horrorghost stories+1 | — | Japanese horror merchandisePatreon+3 | Japan | scary storiestales+2 | — | 46m 52s | ||
| 4/3/26 | ghost storiesJapanese horror+2 | — | Japanese horror merchandisePatreon+4 | Japan | horrortales+2 | — | 47m 22s | ||
| 3/20/26 | Japanese horrorghost stories+2 | — | Japanese horror merchandisePatreon+2 | Japan | scary storiesocean+2 | — | 46m 14s | ||
| 3/6/26 | Japanese horrorspiritual encounters+1 | — | Japanese horror merchandiseCO.AG+2 | Japan | horrortales+2 | — | 44m 47s | ||
| 2/20/26 | Japanese horrorghost stories+2 | — | Japanese horror merchandisePatreon+4 | Japan | scary storieshorror+2 | — | 46m 53s | ||
| 2/6/26 | Japanese horrormonsters+3 | — | Japanese horror merchandiseCO.AG+2 | Japan | horrorscary stories+2 | — | 46m 47s | ||
| 1/23/26 | schoolhorror+2 | — | Japanese horror merchandisePatreon+3 | — | classroomsgym+2 | — | 49m 43s | ||
| 1/9/26 | Japanese horrorbest stories+1 | — | Japanese horror merchandiseCO.AG+2 | — | Patreonmerchandise+3 | — | 56m 10s | ||
| 12/26/25 | Japanese dollshorror stories+1 | — | Japanese horror merchandiseCO.AG+3 | — | dreadful dollsJapanese horror+1 | — | 46m 18s | ||
| 12/12/25 | dreamshorror+2 | — | Japanese horror merchandisePatreon+3 | — | nightmaresfear+2 | — | 43m 41s | ||
| 11/28/25 |  Encounters of the Twisted | Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Eight Japanese horror tales that will not just terrify you, but also make you question what’s really out there, and whether everything can truly be explained. BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana | — | ||||||
| 11/14/25 |  Spooky Spectral Terrors | Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Five terrifying tales of spooky Japanese ghosts who may or may not just be after a little help… If you’re willing to offer it, that is. BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana | — | ||||||
| 10/31/25 |  Human Horrors for Halloween | Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Sometimes it’s not the ghosts or monsters or other supernatural creepies that might be lurking in the dark that you have to fear. Sometimes it’s our fellow man… BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana | — | ||||||
| 10/17/25 |  2ch Classics Revisited | Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Revisit some of the most beloved creepypastas to have ever come out of 2channel, as voted by Japanese readers! BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana | — | ||||||
| 10/3/25 |  Tales of Cursed Buildings | Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Step inside for 10 terrifying tales of cursed buildings, haunted abodes, and the creepy things that lurk in the darkness of where we live. BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana | — | ||||||
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Chart history for Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet
Peaked at #26 in AE, currently #26 in AE.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AE | — | #26 | #26 | — |
| PH | — | #33 | #33 | — |
| India | — | #41 | #41 | — |
| AE | — | #52 | #52 | — |
| India | — | #75 | #75 | — |
| PH | — | #76 | #76 | — |
| AT | — | #95 | #95 | — |
| SG | — | #96 | #96 | — |
| MY | — | #121 | #121 | — |
| United States | — | #138 | #138 | — |
| KE | — | #149 | #149 | — |
| TH | — | #155 | #155 | — |
| ID | — | #157 | #157 | — |
| PL | — | #161 | #161 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #165 | #165 | — |
| Finland | — | #174 | #174 | — |
| Sweden | — | #196 | #196 | — |
| Ireland | — | #200 | #200 | — |
| Germany | — | #200 | #200 | — |
Chart Positions
19 placements across 16 markets.
Chart Positions
19 placements across 16 markets.