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Best Cult Podcasts 2026
The highest-rated cult podcasts of 2026 — investigations, survivor accounts, and the psychology behind some of history's most disturbing groups, ranked by their global audience.
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30 best cult podcasts podcasts — the big names
Last Podcast On The Left
The Last Podcast Network
Myths and Legends
Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod
Heavyweight
Pushkin Industries
The Girls Bathroom
Sophia & Cinzia
Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce
Wave
Sounds Like A Cult
Studio71
On with Kara Swisher
Vox Media
The Big Flop
Wondery
The Rush Hour With Dave Neal
Dave Neal
Otherppl with Brad Listi
Brad Listi
Camp Shame
iHeartPodcasts
The Cult Classic Horror Show
Danny & Scotty Bohnen, The Rob Oneal, Carmelo Chimera
Defiant | Legacy
Stak
After Party with Emily Jashinsky
MK Media
What's the Reality?
And Love Media
The Preventionist
Serial Productions & The New York Times
Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes
Crime House
Not All Hood (NAH) with Malcolm-Jamal Warner & Candace Kelley
Not All Hood
Shadow World
BBC Radio 4
Party Crews: The Untold Story
My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts
United States of Kennedy
iHeartPodcasts
System Crash
System Crash
Silver Linings with The Old Gays
iHeartPodcasts
Love-ly: Exploring Modern Relationships
Immigrantly Media
DEPOSIT$
REVOLT
Two Third Agers
Katy Betts Adams and Jenny Anderson
Footnotes on Crime
Labyrinth of Law: Tracing Legal Tangles
NOT GUILTY - The Craig McLachlan Case
The Vault
How we rank these podcasts
Every podcast on WhichPodcast is ranked using Listen Score — a global popularity metric based on listener data, episode frequency, and audience engagement. The best cult podcasts above are filtered from the broader True Crime category and sorted by their global listener ranking, so the top results reflect the most-listened-to shows in this specific space right now.
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best podcasts about cults?
The best cult podcasts combine investigative reporting, survivor testimony, and psychological analysis. The top-ranked shows on this page cover both well-known groups like Scientology, NXIVM, and Heaven's Gate, and lesser-known cults that reveal the same underlying patterns of coercion and control.
Why are cult podcasts so popular right now?
Cults sit at the intersection of true crime and human psychology — they're stories about how seemingly ordinary people end up doing extraordinary harm to themselves and others. Listeners find them compelling because the methods cult leaders use (love-bombing, isolation, escalating commitment) are visible in less extreme forms throughout normal life.