[2] The world's longest running, active horror podcast is WithoutYourHead.com which has been going since August 2006 as a semi-regular weekly series with celebrity interviews.
[4][5] Horror fiction is the most popular type of audio drama podcast and drives much of the growth and interest in the medium.
Horror Fiction podcasting continues to grow rapidly attracting mainstream success with some shows reaching very large audiences.
As of July 2020, popular podcast The Magnus Archives recently achieved 4 million monthly downloads and signed with major talent agency WME.
Amongst responses to the 2020 Audio Verse Awards, horror was the second-favourite genre of fiction podcast.