Top Fiction Podcasts in South Africa

The latest Apple Podcasts Fiction chart for South Africa, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked October 27, 2026.

1

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

NOISER

2

Jane Austen Stories

NOISER

3

Bear Hunt

Goalhanger

4

The Sleepy Bookshelf

Slumber Studios

5

Sherlock & Co.

Goalhanger

6

Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep

Dr. NoSleep Studios

7

The Sleepy Bookshelf: Just Jane

Slumber Studios

8

The Archers

BBC Radio 4

9

Full Body Chills

Audiochuck

10

Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast

Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast

11

Midnight Radio

iHeartPodcasts

12

The NoSleep Podcast

Creative Reason Media

13

The SCP Experience

Dr. NoSleep Studios

14

Welcome to Night Vale

Night Vale Presents

15

Malevolent

Harlan Guthrie

16

Midnight Burger

Business Goose Media

17

Limelight

BBC Radio 4

18

Six Minutes

GZM Shows

19

The White Vault

Fool and Scholar Productions

20

Miles the Brave

Storybutton and Mr. Jim

21

Die bankroof – ’n vervolgverhaal

Maroela Media

22

The Battersea Poltergeist

BBC Radio 4

23

True Scary Stories

Creator at Obomedia

24

Old Gods of Appalachia

DeepNerd Media

25

Blackout

QCODE & Endeavor Content

26

REDACTED

Hush Studios

27

Send Me To Sleep

Send Me To Sleep

28

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

Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast

29

HEMOPHOBIA

C. S. W.

30

Shelterwood

Bloody FM

31

Mockery Manor

Long Cat Media

32

Don't Mind

Fool and Scholar Productions

33

The Truth

The Truth

34

The Void

StillGood Audio Fiction

35

The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel

GZM Shows

36

Fox Podcasts

Tony Holland-Martin

37

Limetown

Two-Up

38

True Horror Stories

True Horror Stories

39

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

Voyage Media

40

The Lesbian Romantic - Immersive Stories

Sigrid Dufraimont

41

Wilder Dreams

Storybutton and Mr. Jim

42

The Royals of Malibu

Emerald Audio

43

Phoebe Reads a Mystery

Vox Media Podcast Network

44

We're Alive

Wayland Productions Inc

45

Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery

Audacious Machine Creative

46

Creepy

Be Afraid

47

Passenger List

Passenger List and Radiotopia

48

Edge of the Forgotten

Pale Matter | Realm

49

Wrong Station

The Wrong Station

50

Easy Stories in English

Ariel Goodbody, Polyglot English Teacher & Glassbox Media

51

Charles Dickens Ghost Stories

NOISER

52

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

Chilling Entertainment

53

Chilling Scares

Chilling Scares

54

Kids Short Stories: a Bedtime Show By Mr Jim

Storybutton and Mr. Jim

55

The Archers Omnibus

BBC Radio 4

56

The Strata

Mark R. Healy

57

End of All Hope

Bloody FM

58

The Haunted Library

BBC Studios

59

MSA

My Story Animated

60

Sports Horn

Stak

61

Thirteen

SpectreVision Radio

62

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Jon Hagadorn

63

Crave: Slow Burn - Romance Stories

Pod Hour

64

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

Chilling Entertainment

65

British Spy Stories

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

66

Incoming

Past Tense Future Perfect

67

Matt From Nomad’s

Matt Crabtree

68

Strandloper 2 – ’n vervolgverhaal

Maroela Media

69

ANCESTOR

Scott Sigler

70

Midst

Critical Role

71

Tower 4

Bloody FM

72

Knifepoint Horror

SpectreVision Radio

73

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

Chilling Entertainment

74

Another World Audiobooks - Free, Full, High Quality Audiobooks

Another World Audiobooks, Brady Smith

75

Spirit Box Radio

Eira Major's Hanging Sloth

76

Warhammer 40k Lore to Sleep To

Jacob Slebodnik

77

Story Time Animated

Story Time Animated

78

Audiobooks Fantasy Romance

Maurelio

79

Empire of Ashes — A Dark Mafia Arranged-Marriage Romance

Mia

80

The Concierge

North Mist Studios

81

Another Kingdom

The Daily Wire

82

Another Kingdom

The Daily Wire

83

Forgive Me!

Rogue Dialogue

84

Jesters of Ravenloft: A D&D Podcast

Dumb-Dumbs & Dice

85

Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast

Dumb-Dumbs & Dice

86

Kein Mucks! – Der Krimi-Podcast mit Bastian Pastewka

ARD

87

The Dark Somnium

Bloody FM

88

Horror Stories

Horror Stories

89

As The Raven Dreams Podcast

As The Raven Dreams

90

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

Scott Miller

91

The Mario Bros. Show

Rainstorm Productions

92

Wolf 359

Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC

93

Redwood Bureau

Eeriecast Network

94

The Adventure Zone

The McElroys

95

Mr. Creeps: Scary Stories & Creepypastas

Mr. Creeps

96

Wooden Overcoats

Wooden Overcoats Ltd

97

The Red Room

Voyage Media

98

OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween

Jeff Schmidt

99

Clarkesworld Magazine

Clarkesworld Magazine

100

The Saints

The Merry Beggars

101

Nick Carter Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcasts

102

Tracks

BBC Radio 4

103

Bloodrock Springs

Mark R. Healy

104

Academy

Audible | AT WILL MEDIA

105

Dirty Diana

QCODE

106

The Lovecraft Investigations

BBC Radio 4

107

Close Your Eyes

Cryptic Radio

108

The Left Right Game

QCODE

109

The Cipher

BBC Sounds

110

The Program audio series

IMS | Writing an audio drama sci-fi anthology about history of the future | Not at AI

111

FRIGHTLY! Scary Stories and Tales of Terror

Short Storyverses

112

Baron Sordor's Theatre of the Doomed

Blood, Brains & Aliens

113

The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings

Bloody FM

114

Case 63

Spotify Studios

115

Galactic Horrors

Galactic Horrors

116

Primal

Voyage Media

117

The Valentyne Heresy: A Warhammer 40K RPG

Dumb-Dumbs & Dice

118

The Silt Verses

Eskew Productions Ltd

119

Pensieve Podfics

Hanz

120

Lighthouse Horror Podcast

Lighthouse Horror

121

Drama of the Week

BBC Radio 4

122

Void Of Fears: Scary Stories & Creepypastas

Void Of Fears

123

The Leviathan Chronicles

Leviathan Audio Productions

124

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

Arthur Conan Doyle

125

The HorrorBabble Podcast

SpectreVision Radio

126

Creepscast

Mr. Creeps

127

Station 151

Pale Matter | Realm

128

We Fix Space Junk

Battle Bird Productions

129

Jordan B Peterson

Jordan B Peterson

130

Canada by Night a Vampire the Masquerade Podcast

Dumb-Dumbs & Dice

131

Swords Against Madness

Brian C. Rideout

132

Koreaboo

Shenee Howard

133

The Harbingers

Audacious Machine Creative

134

Inkommers

Maroela Media

135

Mythology

Spotify Studios

136

Camp Monsters

REI Co-op

137

Samite

J.W.G. Wise

138

EOS 10

Justin McLachlan and PlanetM

139

Borrasca

QCODE

140

Marvel's Wastelanders (full series)

Marvel | Realm

141

The Dark Pulse

Reid Seiter

142

The Red Eye

Ally Murphy

143

Spicy Romance Stories

Wylde Podcasts

144

Bedtime Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep

Dr. NoSleep Studios

145

Sonic the Hedgehog Presents: The Chaotix Casefiles

Realm

146

The Mysteries Of Derlin County

Brandon

147

Bunker 8

The Midnight Mystery

148

Among the Stars and Bones

Ungodly Hour Productions

149

Fake Heiress

BBC Radio 4

150

The Two Princes

Spotify Studios

151

Rotgrind - Narrative Declaration

Narrative Declaration

152

Scary Story Podcast

Scary Stories

153

Scare You To Sleep

Bloody FM

154

The Amelia Project

Imploding Fictions

155

The Classic Tales Podcast

B.J. Harrison

156

The Haunting Stories Podcast

Allen Lewis

157

The Celestial Tarot: The Fools Journey

Andrew Hirschhorn

158

National Emergency

The Midnight Mystery

159

SCP Archives

Bloody FM

160

Hearthfall: A Dark Fantasy Audio Drama

Third Act Productions

161

Spooky Scary Storytime

Spooky Scary Storytime

162

The Chronicles of Astrimos

Bloody FM, Echoverse

163

Legends of Avantris

Avantris Entertainment

164

Observable Radio

Observable Radio

165

Camp Scuba

Mr. Jim and Storybutton

166

Campfire Radio Theater

Haunted Air Audio

167

Professor van Dusen

Deutschlandfunk

168

Meet Cute Originals

Meet Cute

169

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

170

Arc

BBC Sounds

171

Tales to Terrify

Drew Sebesteny

172

Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production

Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg

173

Nightingale

GZM Shows

174

CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio

Creeps McPasta

175

Yuki: Space Assassin

Sadistic Dreamer

176

Be. Scared

Be. Busta and Studio71

177

Writing Excuses

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

178

Ten Apocalypses

Citeog Podcasts

179

ars PARADOXICA

ars PARADOXICA

180

Dominus

Motzie Dapul

181

HAUNTED: The Audio Drama

Impala Films

182

Moan Audios – Spicy ASMR

Dipsea

183

Erotica Lust

Goran Radanovic

184

Bedtime Stories for Dreamers

Draytwo

185

Dramas

BBC World Service

186

Archive 81

Dead Signals

187

Creepy Stories to Fall Asleep To

Dr. Sleepy Pasta

188

Critter Protectors | Kids Animal Stories, Mr Jim & Mr Luke

Mr. Jim and Storybutton

189

1984, by George Orwell

Audiobooks by Librivox

190

AMERICAN HEX

Dougie Corrado

191

Rude Tales of Magic

Bucket of Milk

192

Stories from the Village of Nothing Much

Wellness Loud

193

Edith!

QCODE, Crooked Media

194

The Dr. John Delony Show’s Podcast

The Dr. John Delony

195

Squad Cars (SA)

Entertainment Radio

196

Mistletoe Murders (Ad-Free)

Ken Cuperus

197

Romance Stories

Fulya

198

Unobtainium Podcast

Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer

199

1001 Stories From The Gilded Age

Jon Hagadorn Podcast Host

200

Poirot Presented by the Great Detectives of Old TIme Radio

Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcasts

201

The Grotto

Hush Studios

202

DC High Volume: Batman

DC | Realm

203

Olive Hill

SpectreVision Radio

204

In My Wedding Era

Meet Cute

205

Murder in HR

Caspian Studios

206

Hot Sexy Stories

Wylde Podcasts

207

Sandra

Gimlet

208

Tonight's Terror

C.S. Austin

209

The James Joyce Library

James Joyce

210

Jackie the Ripper

Stak

211

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

Chilling Entertainment

212

Ghost - Scary Stories

Caloroga Shark Media | Award-winning writers

213

Tales of the Night

Sonoro | RDLN

214

Spyology Squad

Mr. Jim and Storybutton

215

Erotic Stories For Women

Wylde Podcasts

216

Alice Isn't Dead

Night Vale Presents

217

Fool's Gold: Sands

Avery Howett, DingoDoodles, Felix Irnich

218

Tomorrow

GZM Shows

219

Short Story

BBC Radio 4

220

The Dostoyevsky Library

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

221

Mayfair Watchers Society

Bloody FM

222

Scary Story, Horror Story, True Story, Ghost Story True Story, Ghost Story

Horror Story

223

DEADWOOD

Saniyah Hill

224

Project Super Crush: The Audio Drama

PASTELIA

225

Discovering Dad

GZM Shows

226

Adult Sleep Stories Podcast: Bedtime Stories for Profound Rest and Relaxation

Produced by Jason A. Wilkinson.

227

Hidden Island

Gen-Z Media

228

The Penumbra Podcast

Harley Takagi Kaner and Kevin Vibert

229

The Dr. John Delony Show

The Dr.John Delony Show

230

Red Frontier

Gimlet

231

The Edge of Sleep

QCODE & Wood Elf

232

Lantern & Omen -- Strange Tales from China

Lantern & Omen

233

Marvel’s Squirrel Girl: The Unbeatable Radio Show!

Marvel | Realm

234

Omen | A Fantasy Audio Drama

Tim Krause

235

Narcissa

QCODE

236

Batman: The Audio Adventures

Max

237

Soft Voice

QCODE

238

Radio Detective Story Hour

Dennis Humphrey

239

H.P. Lovecraft Short Horror Stories

H. P. Lovecraft

240

The Great Chameleon War

Justin Hellstrom

241

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson

Jacab R Singer

242

Horrid Henry's Stories

Unknown

243

Spicy ASMR by Dipsea

Dipsea

244

Lorekeeper's Librarium

Tobias Weaver

245

WOE.BEGONE

WOE.BEGONE Industries LLC

246

Thread Horreur

Melvyn Vogelsang

247

The Cleaner

Voyage Media

248

Kids Animal Stories

Storybutton and Mr. Jim

249

CARMAN'S CRYPT

Carman Carrion

250

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Dream audio books

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