Top Drama Podcasts in South Africa

The latest Apple Podcasts Drama chart for South Africa, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked July 25, 2026.

1

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

NOISER

2

Die bankroof – ’n vervolgverhaal

Maroela Media

3

Jane Austen Stories

NOISER

4

The Sleepy Bookshelf

Slumber Studios

5

Sherlock & Co.

Goalhanger

6

The Archers

BBC Radio 4

7

Limelight

BBC Radio 4

8

Alice Isn't Dead

Night Vale Presents

9

The Lovecraft Investigations

BBC Radio 4

10

Six Minutes

GZM Shows

11

The Whisperer In Darkness

Julian Simpson

12

The White Vault

Fool and Scholar Productions

13

Drama of the Week

BBC Radio 4

14

Strandloper 2 – ’n vervolgverhaal

Maroela Media

15

Knifepoint Horror

SpectreVision Radio

16

Creepy

Be Afraid

17

The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings

Bloody FM

18

Phoebe Reads a Mystery

Vox Media Podcast Network

19

Tower 4

Bloody FM

20

The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel

GZM Shows

21

Borrasca

QCODE

22

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

Chilling Entertainment

23

American Afterlife

Gamut Podcast Network

24

Mayfair Watchers Society

Bloody FM

25

Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story

Citeog Podcasts

26

Malevolent

Harlan Guthrie

27

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

Cassie Alexander & Kara Lockharte | Shifter Romance and Urban Fantasy

28

Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery

Audacious Machine Creative

29

CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio

Creeps McPasta

30

Blackout

QCODE & Endeavor Content

31

Inkommers

Maroela Media

32

The Stories of Sherlock Holmes

Entertainment Radio

33

Iowa Chapman and The Last Dog

GZM Shows

34

Haunted

EWN

35

Mr. Buchman Goes To Washington

Voyage Media

36

Uncanny Valley

DWM | Realm

37

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

Chilling Entertainment

38

Close Your Eyes

Cryptic Radio

39

Undertow: Familiar Haunts

Realm

40

Schlechte Gesellschaft - ARD Polit- und Psychokrimis

ARD

41

Arc

BBC Sounds

42

George Orwell - 1984

Audiobooks On Line

43

The Sounds of Nightmares

Little Nightmares - Bandai Namco Europe

44

Charles Dickens Ghost Stories

NOISER

45

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

Julian Simpson

46

Short Story

BBC Radio 4

47

The Beautiful Liar

QCODE

48

The Saints

The Merry Beggars

49

The Black Tapes

Pacific Northwest Stories

50

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

Chilling Entertainment

51

Project Super Crush: The Audio Drama

PASTELIA

52

Petrified

Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne

53

The Archers Omnibus

BBC Radio 4

54

Camp Monsters

REI Co-op

55

Radio Detective Story Hour

Dennis Humphrey

56

Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga

Mike Bennett

57

We're Alive

Wayland Productions Inc

58

The Sheridan Tapes

Homestead on the Corner | Realm

59

Dr. Creepen's Dungeon

Dr. Creepen

60

Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine

Marvel & SiriusXM

61

The Custodians

So Gross Productions

62

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

Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast

63

The Ranting Podcast

With Nick and Miranda

64

Sandra

Gimlet

65

Motherhacker

Gimlet

66

Hamlet

William Shakespeare

67

Tales to Terrify

Drew Sebesteny

68

Give Me Away

Gideon Media

69

OMINOUS THRILL

Jeff Schmidt

70

TAGGED

Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment

71

Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom

Marvel & SiriusXM

72

Strawberry Spring

iHeartPodcasts and Audio Up, Inc.

73

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

Chilling Entertainment

74

The Hidden People

DWM | Realm

75

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

76

Olive Kitteridge/奥丽芙·基特里奇有声书

Pola

77

Strange Trails

Colton Woods

78

The Ghost Catchers

Minerva Sweeney Wren

79

Cryptic

Crooked Path Productions

80

REDACTED

Hush Studios

81

Pensieve Podfics

Hanz

82

Residents of Proserpina Park - A Mythology Audio Drama

Angela Yeh

83

Daddy Sounds Audio Erotica

Daddy Sounds

84

Be. Scared

Be. Busta and Studio71

85

Dark Woods

Endeavor Content

86

Othello

William Shakespeare

87

TJ & Amanda's 2nd Date Update

KJ103 (KJYO-FM)

88

Spicy ASMR by Dipsea

Dipsea

89

Think Fast

DWM | Realm

90

Soft Voice

QCODE

91

Vintage Drama Radio

solgoodmedia.com

92

The Lion's Den

Voyage Media

93

Dogman & Werewolf Encounters

Dogman & Werewolf Encounters

94

Hörspiel

Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)

95

Limetown

Two-Up

96

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

Sleep Cove

97

HEMOPHOBIA

C. S. W.

98

Circe Podcast

Alex C. Telander

99

Lyra Whispers ASMR

LyraWhispersASMR

100

Project Audion: Classic Audio Dramas for Modern Times

Larry Groebe

101

Syntax

Twin Strangers Productions

102

What Happened in Skinner

Mazama Entertainment

103

The Complete Orson Welles

duane Old Time Radio

104

Emmanuel - The broken diary (Podcast Novel)

Antonia Del Monaco

105

Fictional Men Written By Women

Dipsea

106

Kambrokind

Maroela Media

107

Dark Providence

Chaos Assembly

108

Passenger List

Passenger List and Radiotopia

109

1984, by George Orwell

Audiobooks by Librivox

110

Tamil Short Stories - Under the tree

Tamil Short Stories - Under the tree

111

پادکستِ هرروز

Harrooz Team

112

Gay Audio Books

MDxA

113

Tomorrow

GZM Shows

114

Squad Cars (SA)

Entertainment Radio

115

The Battersea Poltergeist

BBC Radio 4

116

The Dark Is Rising

BBC World Service

117

Adult BedTime Stories By Sha Podcast

Adult Bed Time Stories By Sha Podcast

118

Golden Age Drama

solgoodmedia.com

119

The Stories of Sherlock Holmes

Classic Radio Shows

120

The Grimoire Diaries

Stone Fable

121

Rebel Robin: Surviving Hawkins (A Stranger Things Podcast)

Netflix

122

Epic Saga in Sound: Book of Enoch

Epic Saga In Sound

123

Ghostumentary Scary Short Stories

Bill Doty

124

Wrong Station

The Wrong Station

125

Love and Luck

Passer Vulpes Productions

126

British Spy Stories

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

127

Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production

Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg

128

True Horror Stories

True Horror Stories

129

Blood Ties

Audible

130

Romance Sleep Stories

Scarlett Sinclair

131

Scary short stories

Mera Rose

132

Points of Articulation

Points of Articulation

133

Crave: Slow Burn - Romance Stories

Pod Hour

134

西游记后传之孙悟空探案 | 侦探推理|孙悟空

呦呦鹿鸣儿童睡前故事

135

Cloud 9 Anthology

Kobold Blue Productions

136

Tales After Dark: Erotic Audio Dramas

Tales of the Forgotten Fiction Network

137

The Night Road

Dom Guilfoyle

138

Marvel's Wastelanders: Black Widow

Marvel & SiriusXM

139

PodCastle

Escape Artists Foundation

140

Someone Just Like You: Horror Stories

Jeremy Ellett

141

Bridgewater

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

142

Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)

Agatha Christie

143

Underwater

Interval Presents

144

Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

145

Other World Tales - Sleep Stories

lopon

146

Clocked Out | Boring Reddit Stories for sleep podcast

Clocked Out

147

Sapphic Stories - Spicy WLW Fiction

Dipsea

148

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

terry-pratchett

149

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

Terry Pratchett

150

Smut Loving Canadian💋

Smut Loving Canadian💋 Hosted By Sara 🖤

151

Aftershock

Nomadic Engine

152

Tales of the Night

Sonoro | RDLN

153

John Carpenter Presents Something Wicked

Read Ridley, Bloody FM

154

Camp Here & There

Blue Wolfe

155

Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals

BBC Radio 4

156

Nazis: The Road to Power

BBC Radio 4

157

Knifepoint Horror

SpectreVision Radio

158

رادیو جاده | داستان و نمایش های صوتی

رضا صفوی

159

36 Questions – The Podcast Musical

Two-Up

160

ARD Radio Tatort

ARD

161

The Genome Killer

Voyage Media

162

Out of the Dark by Chioces (Drarry Podfic)

Chioces

163

A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk - Full Cast Recording

Zertex Media Ltd

164

Complete Classic Drama Stories

The Podcast Network

165

The Hitler File

Voyage Media

166

The Midnight Hour

Crown Noir Studios

167

HOT COPY RADIO THEATER

HOT COPY RADIO THEATER

168

Tea and Two Sugars

Tatty

169

Crave: Sparks - Romance Stories

Pod Hour

170

Last Known Position

QCODE

171

Primal

Voyage Media

172

1984 by George Orwell

Audiobooks, Podcasts and More

173

Gaslight

QCODE

174

Dragnet

EntertainmentRadioBD

175

Christmas Ghost Stories

Jon Briggs

176

Rag and Bone Story Time

Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre

177

Discovering Dad

GZM Shows

178

Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch

Julian Simpson

179

The Last Movie

Public Radio Alliance

180

Sherlock Holmes starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce

Inception Point AI

181

Pixel Quest

Storybutton and Mr. Jim

182

Dangerously Yours

Entertainment Radio

183

100 Words of Astounding Beauty

Red Button Audio

184

Thirteen

SpectreVision Radio

185

Who The F**K Killed My Sister?

Chris Sowa

186

Four Noncanonical Sherlock Holmes Short Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930)

ciesse

187

Long lost love.

Elex

188

TRUE Scary Stories for Sleep +Rain Sounds

Midnight Lullaby

189

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (Audiobook)

Robert Louis Stevenson

190

The Toxic Boyfriend Podcast | A Narcissistic Relationship Experience

Voice Inside ASMR

191

Boyfriend ASMR [M4A] - Lieutenant Snugglepaws

Lieutenant Snugglepaws

192

Tracks

BBC Radio 4

193

Dark Tome

Fred Greenhalgh

194

Gay Audio Books

MDxA

195

Video Palace

Shudder

196

Signed in Blood

Evan O’Cuana

197

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (Full Audiobook)

Don Miguel Ruiz

198

The Twelvelms Conspiracy

Eira Major's Hanging Sloth

199

The Mind Doctor

Voyage Media

200

Everyone's Happy

GravyTree Media

201

Black Diamond

Cece Rockee

202

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

Chilling Entertainment

203

Mythology & Fiction Explained

Marios Christou

204

Sherlock Holmes

Craig Hart

205

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206

Winnie Taylor's 4th and Inches

GZM Shows

207

Dreamboy

Night Vale Presents

208

Shadows at the Door

Shadows at the Door Publishing | Realm

209

This House Will Devour You

Citeog Podcasts

210

Pembroke Investigations

InknPaws

211

The Bellhop: A Live Audio Horror Experience

The Sinister CTK

212

Speck – A Folk Horror Audio Drama

Jade Jiao

213

Horror Files With Praveen

Audio Pitara by Channel176 Productions

214

Chudail - A Horror Audio Talkie | Audio Pitara Originals

Audio Pitara by Channel176 Productions

215

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216

The Count of Monte Cristo

Little Lucky Productions

217

The Midnight Podcast

Stories After Midnight

218

Madam Ram

QCODE

219

PseudoPod

Escape Artists Foundation

220

1865

Airship / Audible

221

Dupont Investigations

Nocturne Hall

222

The Shakespeare Sessions

BBC Radio 3

223

Off The Hook

KBLX

224

Don't Mind

Fool and Scholar Productions

225

The Imperfection

Wolf at the Door Studios, Alexander Kemp

226

Bad Vibes

QCODE

227

Duskhaven Point

Melinda Janet

228

WEB OF LOVE

MIGNON FARMANI, COCO FARMANI

229

The Very Worst Thing That Could Possibly Happen

Wolf at the Door, Alex Kemp

230

A Prophecy Of Incense And Snow

Meet Cute

231

CARAVAN

The Whisperforge

232

The Hatred | A Supernatural Thriller Miniseries

Madhouse Radio

233

Short Horror Stories

PMvoiceovers

234

The Shawn Rowland Show™

TSRS™️

235

Dark Taboo Stories

Deltajam

236

historias de terror de stray kids

Abdiel N.

237

We’re Alive: Scout’s Honor

Wayland Productions Inc

238

Sex Life of the Gods

Michael Knerr

239

Scripted Pleasure (Erotic Adventure Stories)

Sweet Beef

240

Tumanbay

iHeartPodcasts

241

The Heresies Of Radulf Burntwine

Zachary Golden

242

Long Night in Egypt

Violet Hour Media

243

Electric Easy

QCODE

244

Sherlock Holmes -Rathbone & Bruce

Entertainment Radio

245

The Wanderer

Ponders Productions

246

Ghost Tape

QCODE

247

العتمة | بودكاست رعب

العتمة | بودكاست رعب

248

Poirot Presented by the Great Detectives of Old TIme Radio

Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcasts

249

Bedtime Stories With Salty Vixen

Salty Vixen

250

Last Dance

Blackabbey Productions

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