Top Fiction Podcasts in New Zealand

The latest Apple Podcasts Fiction chart for New Zealand, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked October 28, 2026.

1

Bear Hunt

Goalhanger

2

The Archers

BBC Radio 4

3

Sherlock & Co.

Goalhanger

4

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

NOISER

5

Jane Austen Stories

NOISER

6

Don't Mind

Fool and Scholar Productions

7

Midnight Radio

iHeartPodcasts

8

The Lovecraft Investigations

BBC Radio 4

9

The Archers Omnibus

BBC Radio 4

10

The Haunted Library

BBC Studios

11

Não Inviabilize

Déia Freitas

12

The Death of Edgar Allan Poe

My Victorian Nightmare

13

Brett’s Old Time Radio Show

Brett Orchard

14

We Will NOT Play DnD

Dawn Somewhere

15

The Sleepy Bookshelf

Slumber Studios

16

The NoSleep Podcast

Creative Reason Media

17

Welcome to Night Vale

Night Vale Presents

18

Six Minutes

GZM Shows

19

The Adventure Zone

The McElroys

20

Full Body Chills

Audiochuck

21

Legends of Avantris

Avantris Entertainment

22

We're Alive

Wayland Productions Inc

23

Limelight

BBC Radio 4

24

Dying On Tuesday

The Sonar Network

25

Spy Company, a Story of the Mexican War

Archibald Clavering Gunter

26

The Classic Tales Podcast

B.J. Harrison

27

The Chronicles of Wild Hollow

Shouting Is Funny

28

THE DOUBLE[S]

Wolf at the Door

29

Heroes of the Hydian Way: Mask of The Pirate Queen: A Star Wars Adventure

Benjamin Yendall

30

The Harbingers

Audacious Machine Creative

31

Midnight Burger

Business Goose Media

32

The Dr. John Delony Show’s Podcast

Dr. John Delony

33

Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast

Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast

34

Mr. Creeps: Scary Stories & Creepypastas

Mr. Creeps

35

Old Gods of Appalachia

DeepNerd Media

36

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Dream audio books

37

D&D Legends and Lore

William Stark & Omar Timsah

38

NeoScum

NeoScum

39

The Sanderlanche Podcast

thesanderlanche

40

Wooden Overcoats

Wooden Overcoats Ltd

41

Worlds Beyond Number

Worlds Beyond Number

42

Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast

Chilling Entertainment

43

Phoebe Reads a Mystery

Vox Media Podcast Network

44

The Strata

Mark R. Healy

45

The Left Right Game

QCODE

46

The Battersea Poltergeist

BBC Radio 4

47

UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob | Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa

iHeartPodcasts

48

Drive Thru Magic

Atypical Artists

49

Dominus

Motzie Dapul

50

The Truth

The Truth

51

Tracks

BBC Radio 4

52

I Hear Fear

Audible

53

Old Radio Shows

Audio Shows

54

The Void

StillGood Audio Fiction

55

Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast

Chilling Entertainment

56

OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween

Jeff Schmidt

57

Tolkien Lord Of The Rings - BBC

BRIAN SIBLEY

58

Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast

Chilling Entertainment

59

Sonic the Hedgehog Presents: The Chaotix Casefiles

Realm

60

不止读书

魏小河

61

90 Degrees South

BMB Productions LLC - Antarctica Audio Drama

62

Leonidas Witherall - Nighttime Radio

Phoebe Atwood Taylor

63

Beyond the Map: a World of Darkness Series

Sanspants Radio

64

Easy Stories in English

Ariel Goodbody, Polyglot English Teacher & Glassbox Media

65

PseudoPod

Escape Artists Foundation

66

Unobtainium Podcast

Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer

67

Hi Nay

Motzie Dapul

68

Re: Dracula

Regarding Audio Drama

69

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71

The Foxes of Hydesville

QCODE | Criminal Content

72

Creepy

Be Afraid

73

Stories from the Village of Nothing Much

Wellness Loud

74

Raqi’s Secret Files

Love Radio Manila

75

The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel

GZM Shows

76

Lighthouse Horror Podcast

Lighthouse Horror

77

Old Time Radio Crime & Detectives

theaterofthemind-otr.com

78

Scott Sigler's Galactic Football League (GFL) Series

Scott Sigler

79

Latin Horror Stories

Latin Horror Stories

80

The Gentleman From Hell

Maeltopia

81

The SCP Experience

Dr. NoSleep Studios

82

Dramas

BBC World Service

83

The Thieves Guild

Jake Kerr | Epic Fantasy | Audio Drama | Thieves Guild | Full Cast

84

Drama of the Week

BBC Radio 4

85

Knifepoint Horror

SpectreVision Radio

86

The Leviathan Chronicles

Leviathan Audio Productions

87

The Bright Sessions

Atypical Artists

88

Marvel's Wastelanders: Hawkeye

Marvel | Realm

89

Aurelius Whitlock's Murder Museum

Marcus Richardson and Nathan Hicken

90

The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings

Bloody FM

91

Call Jonathan Pie

BBC Radio 4

92

Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast

Dumb-Dumbs & Dice

93

Clarkesworld Magazine

Clarkesworld Magazine

94

Send Me To Sleep

Send Me To Sleep

95

National Emergency

The Midnight Mystery

96

Worm Audiobook

Robert "Rein" Ramsay

97

The Sleepy Bookshelf: Just Jane

Slumber Studios

98

Edge of the Forgotten

Pale Matter | Realm

99

Hell or High Rollers

Dice House Media ltd

100

The Penumbra Podcast

Harley Takagi Kaner and Kevin Vibert

101

Malevolent

Harlan Guthrie

102

REDACTED

Hush Studios

103

The White Vault

Fool and Scholar Productions

104

The Milkman of St. Gaff's

Christopher Scott McClure

105

The Writer

Little Ear Productions

106

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories

Scott Miller

107

Apollyon

Observer Pictures | Realm

108

The Amelia Project

Imploding Fictions

109

Station 151

Pale Matter | Realm

110

The Liberty Podcast

Fool and Scholar Productions

111

Case 63

Spotify Studios

112

Fictional Men Written By Women

Dipsea

113

Borrasca

QCODE

114

Trader's Tales From the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper

Nathan Lowell | Scribl

115

Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch

Pickaxe

116

The Mysteries Of Derlin County

Brandon

117

The Red Room

Voyage Media

118

The River

RNZ

119

Writing Excuses

Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler

120

Kids Animal Stories

Storybutton and Mr. Jim

121

Legends of Wasteland City

The Apocalypse Post

122

Wolf 359

Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC

123

1865

Airship / Audible Original

124

Escaping Denver

Escaping Denver / Curiouscast

125

Red Valley

Kontinue Productions

126

Bunker 8

The Midnight Mystery

127

Bedtime Stories for Dreamers

Draytwo

128

Camp Here & There

Blue Wolfe

129

The Divide

Definitely Human

130

Academy

Audible | AT WILL MEDIA

131

Cast of Wonders

Escape Artists, Inc

132

The Greater Good (No ads)

Pinball Productions

133

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Jon Hagadorn

134

Yap Island

Yap Island

135

Veronica Caldera Experience Hotwife Love

Veronica Caldera

136

Christmas Tales

The Telegraph

137

Bedtime Sleep Stories

Sleepytime Studios

138

Spout Lore

Spout Lore Studios

139

明朝那些事

当年明月

140

Silver and Copper

Gr8t_78 on AO3

141

Mockery Manor

Long Cat Media

142

Acephale: Horror Fiction

Jeffrey Walker

143

Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production

Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg

144

Sorry About The Murder

TA2 Productions

145

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146

King Falls AM

King Falls AM

147

Arc

BBC Sounds

148

Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series

Chilling Entertainment

149

Krimi

Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)

150

The Infected Trilogy

Scott Sigler

151

Thirteen

SpectreVision Radio

152

The Burned Photo

QCODE

153

TANIS

Public Radio Alliance

154

Nazis: The Road to Power

BBC Radio 4

155

IN核公园

IN核公园

156

The Road of Shadows

Mark R. Healy

157

The Dark Somnium

Bloody FM

158

Kids Short Stories: a Bedtime Show By Mr Jim

Storybutton and Mr. Jim

159

Schreckmümpfeli

Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)

160

Dead Space: Deep Cover

Bloody FM, EA, Motive Studios

161

Room 1D343: I'll Stop When They're Dead

Voyage Media

162

Voices of the Trench (Trench Crusade Lore)

The Recorder

163

Bloodrock Springs

Mark R. Healy

164

The Northern Bank Job

BBC Radio 4

165

Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals

BBC Radio 4

166

Ravenwood

Nathan Lowell | Scribl

167

True Scary Stories

Creator at Obomedia

168

Restricted Radio

Twilight Rex

169

Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story

Citeog Podcasts

170

Nowhere, On Air

Jesse Syratt

171

Short Story

BBC Radio 4

172

ARD Radio Tatort

ARD

173

Hörspiel

Hörspiel und Feature

174

Sam Spade Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcasts

175

Auf der Spur - ARD Ermittlerkrimis

ARD

176

红楼梦原文朗读｜四大名著

白云出岫、蓝色百合

177

Poirot Presented by the Great Detectives of Old TIme Radio

Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcasts

178

The Proof Is In The Podcast: A WOE.BEGONE Recap Show

WOE.BEGONE Industries LLC

179

Knallhart - ARD Thriller-Hörspiele

ARD

180

中国古今民间故事杂谈|奇闻异事|百姓传奇|民间百态

第九戍卫

181

The Adventures of Sam Spade | Old Time Radio Detective Series Classic

Heritage Radio Vault

182

中国民间故事丨恐怖悬疑丨灵异惊悚

张健讲故事

183

Philip Marlowe Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcasts

184

The Lost Mountain Saga: Blood Red Gulch

Ellinor DiLorenzo, Sydney Amanuel

185

Mystery Theater: Classic Old Time Radio Detective & Horror

Vintage Radio Network & Classic Audio Dramas or Classic OTR Suspense Network

186

A Darker Tale

Jelle Havermans

187

Haunted House Flippers

JD Lauriat

188

Creepscast

Mr. Creeps

189

Just Roll With It

JRWI

190

Artifacts of the Arcane

Jake Kerr | Urban Fantasy | Audio Drama | Full Cast

191

Blood Stone

Voyage Media

192

Erotic Stories from Wylde in Bed

Devlin Wylde

193

Wrong Station

The Wrong Station

194

What if it's True Podcast

Cameron Buckner

195

Horrid Henry's Stories

Unknown

196

The Cleaner

Voyage Media

197

Mythos

Julian Simpson

198

JeffMara Podcast

Jeff Mara

199

Blood of the Stars - Epic Fantasy Audiobook

Karyne Norton

200

1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle

201

True Vault Escapades: A Fallout Audio Drama

Preston Hardin

202

Venture Forth: A D&D Podcast

Venture Forth

203

Barren

Ridiculous Danger

204

CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio

Creeps McPasta

205

Charles Dickens Ghost Stories

NOISER

206

VARÚÐ RPG

Blighthouse Studio

207

This Sounds Serious

Kelly & Kelly

208

The Edge of Sleep

QCODE & Wood Elf

209

半夜停看聽

李JJ

210

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211

Friends at the Table

Friends at the Table

212

Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep

Dr. NoSleep Studios

213

Audio Fiction Releases: A Cambridge Geek Podcast

The Cambridge Geek

214

Fawx & Stallion

Rambling Absurdities

215

The Three Ravens Podcast

Three Ravens

216

X-Men: The Audio Drama

Karl Dutton

217

江湖风云之加代

大宇江湖故事

218

Last Resort

Voyage Media

219

Tower 4

Bloody FM

220

Short Story Stack

RNZ

221

Saigon

iHeartPodcasts

222

DC High Volume: Batman

DC | Realm

223

The Ranting Podcast

With Nick and Miranda

224

Kalila Stormfire's Economical Magick Services

Lisette Alvarez

225

Fever, le podcast érotique

RTBF

226

Arden

Wheyface Radio

227

The Far Meridian

The Whisperforge

228

Solutions to Problems

Nathan Comstock, Austin Hendricks, and Michael F. Gill

229

Inkwyrm

Caldera Studios

230

Campfire Radio Theater

Haunted Air Audio

231

I Am In Eskew

David Ward

232

Epic Saga in Sound: Book of Enoch

Epic Saga In Sound

233

Syntax

Twin Strangers Productions

234

The Mario Bros. Show

Rainstorm Productions

235

Aftershock

Nomadic Engine

236

Mission Rejected

The Porch Room

237

Pixel Quest

Storybutton and Mr. Jim

238

Dark Star Adventurecast

Dark Star Adventures

239

The Gospel of Haven

Bloody FM, Daisy McNamara

240

Fool's Gold: Sands

Avery Howett, DingoDoodles, Felix Irnich

241

The Saints

The Merry Beggars

242

Solve This Murder

solvethismurder

243

Eliza: A Robot Story

Crowd Network

244

Journey Into Space

The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network

245

طنزپردازی | tanzpardazi

tanzpardazi | طنزپردازی

246

Incoming

Past Tense Future Perfect

247

The Adventures of Horatio Hornblower Collection

C.S. Forester

248

Irish Folklore Archive

Irish Folklore Archive

249

Escape Pod

Escape Artists Foundation

250

Desert Skies

Jared Carter

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