Top Drama Podcasts in South Africa

The latest Apple Podcasts Drama chart for South Africa, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked September 22, 2026.

1

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

NOISER

2

Bear Hunt

Goalhanger

3

Jane Austen Stories

NOISER

4

Sherlock & Co.

Goalhanger

5

We're Alive

Wayland Productions Inc

6

The Haunted Library

BBC Studios

7

The Sleepy Bookshelf

Slumber Studios

8

Phoebe Reads a Mystery

Vox Media Podcast Network

9

The Archers

BBC Radio 4

10

Malevolent

Harlan Guthrie

11

Die bankroof – ’n vervolgverhaal

Maroela Media

12

Strandloper 2 – ’n vervolgverhaal

Maroela Media

13

Charles Dickens Ghost Stories

NOISER

14

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Hush Studios

15

Creepy

Be Afraid

16

Limelight

BBC Radio 4

17

The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings

Bloody FM

18

NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast

Ransom Media Productions

19

The White Vault

Fool and Scholar Productions

20

Tower 4

Bloody FM

21

American Afterlife

Gamut Podcast Network

22

The Lovecraft Investigations

BBC Radio 4

23

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24

Alice Isn't Dead

Night Vale Presents

25

Soft Voice

QCODE

26

Afflicted: A Horror Thriller Audio Drama

Ransom Media Productions

27

The Death of Edgar Allan Poe

My Victorian Nightmare

28

Classic Gothic Audiobooks: Haunted Castles, Victorian Horror & Dark Secrets

Free Audiobook Library

29

Les Misérables

INA

30

The Girls: Find Sadie

Macmillan

31

The Archers Omnibus

BBC Radio 4

32

Video Palace

Shudder

33

Six Minutes

GZM Shows

34

Englewood After Dark

ersatzmediagroup

35

Borrasca

QCODE

36

Dr. Creepen's Dungeon

Dr. Creepen

37

End of the Loop

The Midnight Mystery

38

Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story

Sleep Cove

39

OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween

Jeff Schmidt

40

CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio

Creeps McPasta

41

Dangerous Assignment – Old Time Radio Spy & Adventure Drama

Heritage Radio Vault

42

Friends to Lovers | Boyfriend ASMR [M4A]

Lieutenant Snugglepaws

43

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

Julian Simpson

44

The Far Meridian

The Whisperforge

45

MOONFACE

Overtones Media

46

Drama of the Week

BBC Radio 4

47

Mayfair Watchers Society

Bloody FM

48

The Grimoire Diaries

Stone Fable

49

Hunted

Dick Wolf, Wolf Entertainment & Endeavor Content

50

The Lesbian Romantic - Immersive Stories

Sigrid Dufraimont

51

Sapphic Stories - Spicy WLW Fiction

Dipsea

52

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

Chilling Entertainment

53

Counterbalance

Kessir Riliniki

54

Project Super Crush: The Audio Drama

PASTELIA

55

Be. Scared

Be. Busta and Studio71

56

Inkommers

Maroela Media

57

Blood Ties

Audible

58

Campfire Radio Theater

Haunted Air Audio

59

Knifepoint Horror

SpectreVision Radio

60

Radio Detective Story Hour

Dennis Humphrey

61

Dark Woods

Endeavor Content

62

The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel

GZM Shows

63

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

Chilling Entertainment

64

Rex Rivetter: Private Eye

Downstairs Entertainment

65

Kambrokind

Maroela Media

66

Close Your Eyes

Cryptic Radio

67

The Elmwood Strain

Violet Hour Media

68

Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production

Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg

69

The Divide

Definitely Human

70

Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story

Citeog Podcasts

71

Candela Obscura

Critical Role

72

Wake Of Corrosion

Shadow & Static Productions

73

British Spy Stories

Gabby Lane is Britain's most dangerous MI6 field officer.

74

The Gospel of Haven

Bloody FM, Daisy McNamara

75

Blackout

QCODE & Endeavor Content

76

The Saints

The Merry Beggars

77

Arc

BBC Sounds

78

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

Chilling Entertainment

79

Thirteen

SpectreVision Radio

80

The Adventures of Sam Spade

Entertainment Radio

81

Daddy Sounds — Audio Erotica for Women

Daddy Sounds

82

Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom

Marvel | Realm

83

Story Time Animated

Story Time Animated

84

Madeleine McCann

Letícia

85

Lyra Whispers ASMR

LyraWhispersASMR

86

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

iHeartPodcasts

87

Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery

Audacious Machine Creative

88

The Mantawauk Caves

iHeartPodcasts

89

Syntax

Twin Strangers Productions

90

Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine

Marvel & Realm

91

Sandra

Gimlet

92

Uncanny Valley

DWM | Realm

93

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Dream audio books

94

True Horror Stories

True Horror Stories

95

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

96

The Heresies Of Radulf Burntwine

Zachary Golden

97

When the Roses Bloom Again

When the Roses Bloom Again

98

The Whisperer In Darkness

Julian Simpson

99

Young's Infinite City

Alex Dolan | Realm

100

Wrong Station

The Wrong Station

101

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

Chilling Entertainment

102

The Antique Shop

Ghostly Thistle

103

Camp Monsters

REI Co-op

104

Squad Cars (SA)

Entertainment Radio

105

Crave: Slow Burn - Romance Stories

Pod Hour

106

ARD Radio Tatort

ARD

107

Cowboy Classics: Old Time Radio Westerns & Audio Drama

Vintage Western Audio Network & Classic OTR

108

Undertow: Familiar Haunts

Realm

109

CBS Radio Mystery Theater

Entertainment Radio

110

Listen Smarter and Discover Stories Narrated With Cinematic Emotion and Powerful Authenticity

Echoed Editions

111

The Best Dam Camp: A Percy Jackson Podcast

Francesca Mcmahon

112

The Black Tapes

Pacific Northwest Stories

113

Gaslight

QCODE

114

Fear From the Heartland — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast

Chilling Entertainment

115

Mythology & Fiction Explained

Marios Christou

116

Dark Taboo Stories

Deltajam

117

Edge of the Forgotten

Pale Matter | Realm

118

Primal

Voyage Media

119

Fictional Men Written By Women

Dipsea

120

Drama X Theater

duane Old Time Radio

121

Strawberry Spring

iHeartPodcasts and Audio Up, Inc.

122

The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)

Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast

123

Long Night in Egypt

Violet Hour Media

124

Burning Rock Radio

Lauren Lofthus

125

Shadows at the Door

Shadows at the Door Publishing | Realm

126

The Bardic Hearth

Chase Noseworthy

127

Tales to Terrify

Drew Sebesteny

128

Lux Radio Theatre - Nighttime Radio

Cecil B. DeMille

129

Bookwild

Kate Hergott, Bookwild Collective

130

The Hitler File

Voyage Media

131

Spicy ASMR by Dipsea

Dipsea

132

Owned By a Dragon: A Shifter Romance Audiobook | Daily Chapters

Cassie Alexander & Kara Lockharte | Shifter Romance and Urban Fantasy

133

Terms

Airship | Audible

134

Hörspiel

Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)

135

Short Story

BBC Radio 4

136

Imagination Amplified

GZM Shows

137

Scary Stories

Justin Kandell Network

138

This Address Does Not Exist

Law of Names Media

139

Intake: Hallowed Halls

The Duck is Wrong

140

Vault Veritas: SCP Files

Vault Veritas

141

Murder By Experts

Entertainment Radio

142

High Adventure (SA)

Jacab R Singer

143

Crystal Blue

Bloody FM

144

Messy Minutes

Becs and Mel

145

COLD TAPES

Free Turn

146

Romance

Wellington Rodrigues

147

TJ & Amanda's 2nd Date Update

KJ103 (KJYO-FM)

148

TRUE Scary Stories for Sleep +Rain Sounds

Midnight Lullaby

149

Ghost Tape

QCODE

150

Give Me Away

Gideon Media

151

Red Meat Village

Voyage Media

152

Revel: First Street

Realm

153

以读攻读

深焦Radio

154

Treasure Island 2020

GZM Shows

155

A City of Rivers and Rust: A Werewolf Romance Audiobook | Daily Chapters

Ainsley Bay | Romantasy, Shifter Romance author

156

Red Riding Hoods

Violet Hour Media

157

Tea and Two Sugars

Tatty

158

Silverwood Saga: Dark Fantasy Audio Story

SilverwoodSaga.com

159

The Ranting Podcast

With Nick and Miranda

160

Four Crowns — A Why-Choose Reverse Harem Fantasy Romance

Mia

161

The Patient Files

Dark Papers Entertainment

162

Apotheosis | Dark Fantasy Audio Drama

AcheronAudio

163

Someone Just Like You: Horror Stories

Jeremy Ellett

164

Re: Dracula

Regarding Audio Drama

165

Waiting For October

D.J. Sylvis

166

The Grotto

Hush Studios

167

Hotel Daydream

Conundrum and Esoterica

168

KILL FM

Gas Station Drugs

169

Almelem

Sean Williams

170

The Love Talker

Alien Ghost Robot / Celebrity Tumour

171

Ostium Podcast

The Ostium Network

172

It's All in the Cards Podcast

Dabbed in Ink

173

Darkstead

Gibb Smith Productions

174

Don't Mind

Fool and Scholar Productions

175

TELL ME A STORY: THE TRUE LIFE OF JAKOB STANLEY

Strange Midnight AV

176

Blum

El Extraordinario

177

Apocalypse Songs

Apocalypse Songs

178

The Wyrd Side

Alexandra M. Barrow and Finn Cresswell

179

Samite

J.W.G. Wise

180

WhispurrAudio

WhispurrAudio

181

Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga

Mike Bennett

182

The Lion's Den

Voyage Media

183

The Angel of Vine

Vox Populi

184

Random Stories

Theresa Romana

185

Electromancy

Nathan Comstock

186

Dreamboy

Night Vale Presents

187

No Return

Kier Zhou

188

Last Known Position

QCODE

189

Imprimatur: A Radio Drama

Newton Holt

190

The Infamous Lizzie Borden

LEAH FAULKNER

191

PodCastle

Escape Artists Foundation

192

What Happened in Skinner

Mazama Entertainment

193

Old Time Radio Crime & Detectives

theaterofthemind-otr.com

194

Tomorrow

GZM Shows

195

The Lost Cat Podcast

A P Clarke

196

Limetown

Two-Up

197

Tumanbay

iHeartPodcasts

198

Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals

BBC Radio 4

199

Audiobooks Inspire Listeners to Explore Stories Beyond Traditional Reading Experiences Constantly

Tale Tracks

200

Life Lines

BBC Radio 4

201

Epic Saga in Sound: Book of Enoch

Epic Saga In Sound

202

Smut Loving Canadian💋

Smut Loving Canadian💋 Hosted By Sara 🖤

203

The Complete Orson Welles

duane Old Time Radio

204

Janna liest: FanFiction Hörbücher

Janna Ambrosy

205

Passenger List

Passenger List and Radiotopia

206

Case Files: short crime fiction stories

Rachel Amphlett

207

The Ballad Of Anne & Mary

Long Cat Media

208

The Stories of Sherlock Holmes

Classic Radio Shows

209

Undertow: Familiar Haunts

Realm

210

Dramas

BBC World Service

211

Tales of the Night

Sonoro | RDLN

212

36 Questions – The Podcast Musical

Two-Up

213

Winnie Taylor's 4th and Inches

GZM Shows

214

Discworld 25 - The Truth by Terry Pratchett (Full Audiobook)

terry-pratchett

215

Discworld 24 - The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett (Full Audiobook)

Terry Pratchett

216

Forever Has Fallen

FHF Studios

217

Between the Devil

Violet Hour Media | Realm

218

Mini Mystery Theater

Tim Grant

219

Ghost stories and the Unusual Paranormal podcast

Joe the Paranormal Detective

220

The Sheridan Tapes

Homestead on the Corner | Realm

221

The Adventures of Superman | Old Time Radio

Old Time Retro Radio

222

In Another Room

Violet Hour Media

223

Weeping Cedars

J.W.G. Wise

224

Lake Clarity

Midnight Disease Productions

225

Station Blue

Ester Ellis

226

A Scottish Podcast the Audio Drama Series

Jester's Baffies Productions

227

Barren

Ridiculous Danger

228

The Milkman of St. Gaff's

Christopher Scott McClure

229

Forest 404

BBC Radio 4

230

The Darkroom

The Darkroom

231

Tunnels

Haunted Griffin Entertainment

232

Who The F**K Killed My Sister?

Chris Sowa

233

Paralyzed

Bloody FM

234

Selene

Aaron Reardon

235

The Cellar Letters

Jamie Petronis

236

Nowhere, On Air

Jesse Syratt

237

How it Ends

How it Ends

238

The Shawn Rowland Show™

TSRS™️

239

Remy’s Life...Interrupted

GZM Shows

240

Pensieve Podfics

Hanz

241

Radio Drama Revival

Elena Fernández Collins | Hug House Productions

242

The Shiver Show

Time Warp Studios

243

Quiet Please - Timeless Radio

Wyllis Cooper

244

Bedtime Stories With Salty Vixen

Salty Vixen

245

The Storage Papers

Jeremy Enfinger

246

Camp Scuba

Mr. Jim and Storybutton

247

Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)

Agatha Christie

248

Pixel Quest

Storybutton and Mr. Jim

249

The Genome Killer

Voyage Media

250

The Weekly Dub

Ashton Dye

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