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🎙️ Curated Collection
Podcasts Like Serial
If Serial got you hooked on serialised storytelling, these are the podcasts that belong in your queue next — ranked by millions of listeners.
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30 podcasts like serial podcasts — the big names
Last Podcast On The Left
The Last Podcast Network
Lore
Aaron Mahnke
Ologies with Alie Ward
Alie Ward
Myths and Legends
Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod
Heavyweight
Pushkin Industries
LeVar Burton Reads
LeVar Burton and Stitcher
The Black Tapes
Pacific Northwest Stories
The NoSleep Podcast
Creative Reason Media Inc.
Hello From The Magic Tavern
Arnie Niekamp
How To Fail With Elizabeth Day
Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment
Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People
Chris Gethard
Astonishing Legends
Astonishing Legends Productions
Haunted Places
Parcast Network
Homecoming
Gimlet
Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates
The Observer
Tales
Parcast Network
National Park After Dark
Audioboom Studios
Family Ghosts
WALT FM
The Mortified Podcast
Mortified Media and Radiotopia
StoryCorps
NPR
The Horror of Dolores Roach
Gimlet
36 Questions – The Podcast Musical
Two-Up
Love and Radio
Love and Radio | QCODE
Selected Shorts
Symphony Space
Radio Diaries
Radio Diaries & Radiotopia
Inside Jaws
Wondery
I, Survivor
Wondery
Unicorn Girl
Apple TV / Seven Hills
The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories
Hawk & Cleaver | A Digital Story Studio bringing you the best new stories to watch, read, sniff, and absorb.
Cold Blooded: Mystery in Alaska
ABC News
How we curate podcasts like serial
Every podcast on WhichPodcast is ranked using Listen Score — a global popularity metric based on listener data, episode frequency, and audience engagement across Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. The shows above are drawn from the genres most relevant to this collection and sorted by their global listener ranking, so the top results reflect what millions of real listeners are choosing right now.
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Frequently asked questions
What should I listen to after Serial?
Serial set the template for serialised investigative podcasts — a single case, told across multiple episodes, with original reporting. The best 'next listens' after Serial are other narrative true crime and investigative journalism podcasts that follow the same formula. The top-ranked shows on this page are the most popular choices among Serial fans.
What made Serial so popular?
Serial was the first podcast to become a mainstream cultural phenomenon because it combined genuine investigative journalism with compulsive serialised storytelling. It proved that podcasting could rival television for narrative grip. The shows above share those qualities — deep reporting, character-driven stories, and a format that rewards binging.