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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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62 podcasts like serial podcasts — the big names
Lore
Aaron Mahnke
Astonishing Legends
Astonishing Legends Productions
Last Podcast On The Left
The Last Podcast Network
Myths and Legends
Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod
The NoSleep Podcast
Creative Reason Media Inc.
Ologies with Alie Ward
Alie Ward
Hello From The Magic Tavern
Arnie Niekamp
Heavyweight
Pushkin Industries
Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People
Chris Gethard
How To Fail With Elizabeth Day
Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment
National Park After Dark
Audioboom Studios
Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates
The Observer
StoryCorps
NPR
MrBallen
@mrballen
Selected Shorts
Symphony Space
Radio Diaries
Radio Diaries & Radiotopia
Love and Radio
Love and Radio | QCODE
I, Survivor
Wondery
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.
Kallmekris
@kallmekris
Otherppl with Brad Listi
Brad Listi
Juicy Crimes with Heather McDonald
Heather McDonald & Studio71
True Crime News
@mytruecrimenews
BuzzFeed Unsolved Network
@buzzfeedunsolvednetwork
Bailey Sarian
@baileysarian
RadioWest
KUER
Dateline Originals
NBC News
The Moonlit Road Podcast
The Moonlit Road, LLC
MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
Ballen Studios
The Unforgotten
Free Range Productions
Coffeehouse Crime
@coffeehousecrime
Real Crime
@realcrime
anna solves
@annasolves
Unseen
@unseentruecrime
FilmRise True Crime
@filmrisetruecrime
48 Hours
@48hours
EWU Crime Storytime
@ewucrimestorytime
OUTLORE with Eleanor Neale
@eleanorneale
Kendall Rae
@kendallrae
Bella Fiori
@bellafiori
Danielle Kirsty
@daniellekirsty
Dark Asia with Megan
@darkasiawithmegan
Scary Mysteries
@scarymysteries
Broomgate: A Curling Scandal
CBC + USG Audio
The Peripheral
Justin Evans
Blood and Water
ABC News
Crime Next Door
BBC Sounds
Cold Blooded: Mystery in Alaska
ABC News
Rotten Mango
@rottenmangopod
Hailey Elizabeth
@haileyelizabethh
The Misery Machine
@themiserymachine
The Dr. Phil Podcast
@drphilpodcast
M7 Crime Storytime
@m7crimestorytime
Crime Junkie
@crimejunkie
True Crime Obsessed
@truecrimeobsessedpodcast
Cut The Camera Podcast (by the sturniolo triplets)
@cutthecamerapodcast
this is MONSTERS
@thisismonsters
Killer Instinct Podcast
@killerinstinctpodcast
Stephanie Harlowe
@stephanieharlowe
True Crime Recaps
@truecrimerecaps
The Casual Criminalist
@thecasualcriminalist
Ex-Wives Undercover: Liars, Cheaters & Love Cons
Double A Productions
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.
Is Serial still worth listening to?
Yes — Serial Season 1 (the Adnan Syed case) remains one of the most-listened-to podcasts ever made and holds up extremely well. If you haven't heard it, start from episode one. Season 2 and 3 are also excellent, covering very different subjects.