South African chart

Fiction podcast covers in South Africa

Fiction covers behave like film posters: dark, atmospheric, one image. Below is Apple’s current top 100 for Fiction in South Africa, in chart order, with somewhere to put your own cover and see how it holds up beside them.

Looked after by Sleeve, a record sleeve.

Right now the top three are Sherlock Holmes Short Stories, Jane Austen Stories and MSA. Those three covers are the ones a South African listener browsing Fiction sees first, so they are the fairest thing to hold yours up against.

Your cover in the South African Fiction chart

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  1. 1Sherlock Holmes Short Stories cover art
    Sherlock Holmes Short Stories
    NOISER
  2. 2Jane Austen Stories cover art
    Jane Austen Stories
    NOISER
  3. 3MSA cover art
    MSA
    My Story Animated
  4. 4Six Minutes cover art
    Six Minutes
    GZM Shows
  5. 5
    Your cover goes here
    Tap to choose, or drop a file on this row
  6. 6The Sleepy Bookshelf cover art
    The Sleepy Bookshelf
    Slumber Studios
  7. 7Bear Hunt cover art
    Bear Hunt
    Goalhanger
  8. 8The Haunted Library cover art
    The Haunted Library
    BBC Studios
  9. 9The White Vault cover art
    The White Vault
    Fool and Scholar Productions
  10. 10Sherlock & Co. cover art
    Sherlock & Co.
    Goalhanger
  11. 11As The Raven Dreams Podcast cover art
    As The Raven Dreams Podcast
    As The Raven Dreams
  12. 12The Archers cover art
    The Archers
    BBC Radio 4
  13. 13The NoSleep Podcast cover art
    The NoSleep Podcast
    Creative Reason Media
  14. 14The Adventure Zone cover art
    The Adventure Zone
    The McElroys
  15. 15Die bankroof – ’n vervolgverhaal cover art
    Die bankroof – ’n vervolgverhaal
    Maroela Media
  16. 16Archive 81 cover art
    Archive 81
    Dead Signals
  17. 17Alice Isn't Dead cover art
    Alice Isn't Dead
    Night Vale Presents
  18. 18The Strata cover art
    The Strata
    Mark R. Healy
  19. 19Wooden Overcoats cover art
    Wooden Overcoats
    Wooden Overcoats Ltd
  20. 20The Gentleman From Hell cover art
    The Gentleman From Hell
    Maeltopia
  21. 21We're Alive cover art
    We're Alive
    Wayland Productions Inc
  22. 22The Harbingers cover art
    The Harbingers
    Audacious Machine Creative
  23. 23Biome cover art
    Biome
    Alex Zoubine
  24. 24Weeping Cedars cover art
    Weeping Cedars
    J.W.G. Wise
  25. 25Não Inviabilize cover art
    Não Inviabilize
    Déia Freitas
  26. 26Room 1D343: I'll Stop When They're Dead cover art
    Room 1D343: I'll Stop When They're Dead
    Voyage Media
  27. 27REDACTED cover art
    REDACTED
    Hush Studios
  28. 28Limelight cover art
    Limelight
    BBC Radio 4
  29. 29The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings cover art
    The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings
    Bloody FM
  30. 30Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep cover art
    Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep
    Dr. NoSleep Studios
  31. 31Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast cover art
    Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast
    Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast
  32. 32Mockery Manor cover art
    Mockery Manor
    Long Cat Media
  33. 33Carrier cover art
    Carrier
    QCODE
  34. 34WhispurrAudio cover art
    WhispurrAudio
    WhispurrAudio
  35. 35Welcome to Night Vale cover art
    Welcome to Night Vale
    Night Vale Presents
  36. 36The Classic Tales Podcast cover art
    The Classic Tales Podcast
    B.J. Harrison
  37. 37The Truth cover art
    The Truth
    The Truth
  38. 38NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast cover art
    NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast
    Ransom Media Productions
  39. 39The SCP Experience cover art
    The SCP Experience
    Dr. NoSleep Studios
  40. 40The Sleepy Bookshelf: Just Jane cover art
    The Sleepy Bookshelf: Just Jane
    Slumber Studios
  41. 41Mythology cover art
    Mythology
    Spotify Studios
  42. 42Borrasca cover art
    Borrasca
    QCODE
  43. 43Old Gods of Appalachia cover art
    Old Gods of Appalachia
    DeepNerd Media
  44. 44Meet Cute Originals cover art
    Meet Cute Originals
    Meet Cute
  45. 45Galactic Horrors cover art
    Galactic Horrors
    Galactic Horrors
  46. 46Midnight Burger cover art
    Midnight Burger
    Business Goose Media
  47. 47The Liberty Podcast cover art
    The Liberty Podcast
    Fool and Scholar Productions
  48. 48Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production cover art
    Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production
    Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg
  49. 49Wolf 359 cover art
    Wolf 359
    Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC
  50. 50Bridgewater cover art
    Bridgewater
    iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild
  51. 51Bunker 8 cover art
    Bunker 8
    The Midnight Mystery
  52. 52Camp Here & There cover art
    Camp Here & There
    Blue Wolfe
  53. 53Strandloper – ’n vervolgverhaal cover art
    Strandloper – ’n vervolgverhaal
    Maroela Media
  54. 54Afflicted: A Horror Thriller Audio Drama cover art
    Afflicted: A Horror Thriller Audio Drama
    Ransom Media Productions
  55. 55Ronstadt cover art
    Ronstadt
    QCODE, Wood Elf, Mythical
  56. 56Acephale: Horror Fiction cover art
    Acephale: Horror Fiction
    Jeffrey Walker
  57. 57How to Win Friends and Disappear People cover art
    How to Win Friends and Disappear People
    QCODE
  58. 58Shelterwood cover art
    Shelterwood
    Bloody FM
  59. 59Jordan B Peterson cover art
    Jordan B Peterson
    Jordan B Peterson
  60. 60The Town Whispers cover art
    The Town Whispers
    Cole Weavers
  61. 61Hi Nay cover art
    Hi Nay
    Motzie Dapul
  62. 62Narcissa cover art
    Narcissa
    QCODE
  63. 63Malevolent cover art
    Malevolent
    Harlan Guthrie
  64. 64Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast cover art
    Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast
    Chilling Entertainment
  65. 65The Mysteries Of Derlin County cover art
    The Mysteries Of Derlin County
    Brandon
  66. 66Phoebe Reads a Mystery cover art
    Phoebe Reads a Mystery
    Vox Media Podcast Network
  67. 67Warhammer 40k Lore to Sleep To cover art
    Warhammer 40k Lore to Sleep To
    Jacob Slebodnik
  68. 68LitReading - Classic Short Stories and Timeless Tales cover art
    LitReading - Classic Short Stories and Timeless Tales
    Short Storyverses
  69. 69The Mario Bros. Show cover art
    The Mario Bros. Show
    Rainstorm Productions
  70. 70The Royals of Malibu cover art
    The Royals of Malibu
    Emerald Audio
  71. 71OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween cover art
    OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween
    Jeff Schmidt
  72. 72The Hatred | A Supernatural Thriller Miniseries cover art
    The Hatred | A Supernatural Thriller Miniseries
    Madhouse Radio
  73. 73Strandloper 2 – ’n vervolgverhaal cover art
    Strandloper 2 – ’n vervolgverhaal
    Maroela Media
  74. 74SCP Archives cover art
    SCP Archives
    Bloody FM
  75. 75Red Riding Hoods cover art
    Red Riding Hoods
    Violet Hour Media
  76. 76Unwanted cover art
    Unwanted
    QCODE
  77. 77CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio cover art
    CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio
    Creeps McPasta
  78. 78The Valentyne Heresy: A Warhammer 40K RPG cover art
    The Valentyne Heresy: A Warhammer 40K RPG
    Dumb-Dumbs & Dice
  79. 79Arc cover art
    Arc
    BBC Sounds
  80. 80Tower 4 cover art
    Tower 4
    Bloody FM
  81. 81Drama of the Week cover art
    Drama of the Week
    BBC Radio 4
  82. 82The Two Princes cover art
    The Two Princes
    Spotify Studios
  83. 83The Cleaner cover art
    The Cleaner
    Voyage Media
  84. 84Scare You To Sleep cover art
    Scare You To Sleep
    Bloody FM
  85. 85Blackout cover art
    Blackout
    QCODE & Endeavor Content
  86. 86Edith! cover art
    Edith!
    QCODE, Crooked Media
  87. 87Kein Mucks! – Der Krimi-Podcast mit Bastian Pastewka cover art
    Kein Mucks! – Der Krimi-Podcast mit Bastian Pastewka
    ARD
  88. 88The Dark Somnium cover art
    The Dark Somnium
    Bloody FM
  89. 89Degenerated: a Horror Fiction Podcast cover art
    Degenerated: a Horror Fiction Podcast
    Erik Peabody, Geoff Sturtevant, Paul J. McSorley, and Drew Blood
  90. 90Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast cover art
    Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast
    Chilling Entertainment
  91. 91The Lesbian Romantic - Immersive Stories cover art
    The Lesbian Romantic - Immersive Stories
    Sigrid Dufraimont
  92. 92The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel cover art
    The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel
    GZM Shows
  93. 93Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast cover art
    Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast
    Dumb-Dumbs & Dice
  94. 94The Saints cover art
    The Saints
    The Merry Beggars
  95. 95Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast cover art
    Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast
    Chilling Entertainment
  96. 96X-Men: The Audio Drama cover art
    X-Men: The Audio Drama
    Karl Dutton
  97. 97Send Me To Sleep cover art
    Send Me To Sleep
    Send Me To Sleep
  98. 981001 Classic Short Stories & Tales cover art
    1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
    Jon Hagadorn
  99. 99The Archers Omnibus cover art
    The Archers Omnibus
    BBC Radio 4
  100. 100Spicy Audiobooks for Her cover art
    Spicy Audiobooks for Her
    Audiodesires
  101. 101National Emergency cover art
    National Emergency
    The Midnight Mystery
Apple’s current top 100 for Fiction in South Africa, in chart order.Cover art belongs to the shows and is served from Apple’s own servers. Every one links to that podcast on Apple Podcasts.

Fiction in other countries

Other genres in South Africa

What is different about the South African chart

About 39 shows per hundred also chart in the US. The store is unusually spread out: no publisher dominated any genre on 10 September the way the BBC does in the UK, with the biggest single holding being 8 of Sports. That makes it a chart where an individual cover has more room to be the distinctive one in view.

Counted, in this hundred

Off the same chart drawn above, which is in Apple’s order: number one is the cover doing the most work in South Africa right now.

30 of these 100 shows have a name longer than 25 characters. The average is 22.3. The longest is "Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast", which is not a name that fits in a list row.

39 of them get by on two words or fewer. Those are the covers that can set their name large enough to read while scrolling.

Bloody FM holds 6 of the 100 places. A publisher with that many shows in one chart is running a house style, so several of the covers you are placed against are variations of one another.

49 of these 100 also chart in the United States. The other 51 are local to this store, which is the part of the chart worth studying if you are publishing into it.