True crime podcasts by language: 5,317 active shows (2026)
5,317 true crime podcasts published an episode in the last 90 days, in 18 languages with an indexed list. Each language list shows how many publish at least weekly and when the newest episode came out.
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True crime podcasts by language
| Language | Active shows | Weekly or more often | Newest episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | 3,657 | 1,853 | October 31, 2026 |
| German | 312 | 96 | October 31, 2026 |
| Spanish | 227 | 124 | October 31, 2026 |
| Chinese | 158 | 60 | October 31, 2026 |
| French | 146 | 63 | October 31, 2026 |
| Italian | 135 | 48 | October 31, 2026 |
| Swedish | 88 | 28 | October 31, 2026 |
| Dutch | 80 | 33 | October 31, 2026 |
| Russian | 67 | 15 | October 31, 2026 |
| Polish | 65 | 27 | October 31, 2026 |
| Portuguese | 54 | 31 | October 31, 2026 |
| Danish | 40 | 18 | October 31, 2026 |
| Japanese | 34 | 16 | October 31, 2026 |
| Norwegian | 32 | 11 | October 31, 2026 |
| Czech | 27 | 8 | October 30, 2026 |
| Finnish | 23 | 8 | October 31, 2026 |
| Arabic | 23 | 14 | October 31, 2026 |
| Persian | 20 | 6 | October 31, 2026 |
Updated November 3, 2026. Read from Podcast Index. Free for any use (the Podcast Index public database). Episode counts and dates are as each show's feed reports them to the Podcast Index. How often a show publishes is the average gap between its first and its latest episode. The index keeps at most 1,000 episodes of a show. Owner names are printed as the feed prints them. Contact addresses are not shown here. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.