r/podcasts is a subreddit with 3.9M members. The community frequently discusses podcasts, recommendations, podcast, looking, and history, and they frequently recommend/review podcast recommendations, podcasts, and podcast, and the most common flair used is general podcast discussions, true crime, other podcast genre, history & geography, and horror & paranormal.
r/podcasts: a subreddit to discover, discuss, and review podcasts with other podcast enthusiasts. As part of this mission, r/podcasts is curated to promote respectful and on-topic discussions. This is not a place to promote your podcast.
Popular Topics in r/podcasts
#1
Podcasts
318 posts
#2
Recommendations
62 posts
#3
Podcast
43 posts
#4
Looking
31 posts
#5
History
31 posts
#6
True Crime
31 posts
#7
Hate
24 posts
#8
Struggling
23 posts
#9
Annoying
21 posts
#10
Worst
10 posts
Products Discussed in r/podcasts
Podcast Recommendations
490 reviews
#1
Podcast
4.6★ from 41 reviews
#2
This American Life
4.8★ from 14 reviews
#3
BBC
4.7★ from 10 reviews
Podcasts
418 reviews
#1
Stuff You Should Know
4.6★ from 8 reviews
#2
Sawbones
4.8★ from 5 reviews
#3
Serial
4.8★ from 5 reviews
Podcast
322 reviews
#1
Swindled
4.8★ from 4 reviews
#2
Small Town Murder
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#3
American Scandal
4.7★ from 3 reviews
Flair Used in r/podcasts
#1
General Podcast Discussions
: "An absolutely unreal episode of Search Engine: “Why doesn’t anybody come to my parties?” - the host calls a lady’s friends and asks them why they don’t go to her parties anymore. It’s brutal."
61 posts
#2
True Crime
: "Looking for Respectful True Crime"
22 posts
#3
Other Podcast Genre
: "If Books Could Kill - The Body Keeps the Score"
21 posts
#4
History & Geography
: "Fall of Civilizations is absolutely GOAT-tier"
15 posts
#5
Horror & Paranormal
: "What is the scariest paranormal episode you’ve listened to?"
13 posts
#6
Arts & Culture
: "What Went Wrong is one of the best podcasts I've ever listened to (it's about movies, their creation, and what went wrong, etc.) They mention reddit discussions, but the subreddit has like one post. Is there a subreddit I'm missing?"
11 posts
#7
Health & Welbeing
: "Fitness/wellness podcasts that explicitly reject manosphere and other toxic influences?"
11 posts
#8
News & Current Affairs
: "New Podcast from Serial Productions & NYT - “The Last 12 Weeks”"
7 posts
#9
Comedy
: "Funny girly podcast recs?"
7 posts
#10
Tip of My Tongue
: "help finding a Podcast about a weird college town"
6 posts
Member Growth in r/podcasts
Yearly
+26k members(0.7%)
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Last updated: July 1, 2026