20 Best Riddle and Puzzle Podcasts
Riddle and Puzzle Podcasts
Here are 20 Best Riddle and Puzzle Podcasts worth listening to in 2026.
Export Contact List1. Hey Riddle Riddle
Latest Episode
Website Apple Spotify YouTube
Riddles! Puzzles! WhoDunnits! Adal Rifai, Erin Keif and John Patrick Coan, three of Chicago's most overrated improvisers, are on the case to solve every riddle, puzzle, brain-teaser, and head-scratcher known to humanity. Some riddles are almost impossible, some are absolutely improbable, and some simply have not aged well. And if you don't like riddles, don't worry! This podcast is barely about them! Like what you hear? Join the Clue Crew for weekly bonus episodes at Patreon.com/heyriddleriddleMORE Ranking #38 in Apple Charts (US)
Hosts Adal Rafai, Erin Keif, John Patrick Coan
Producer/Network Headgum
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 3.8KFacebook 1.9KTwitter 8KInstagram 17.3K Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Since Jul 2018 Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google
2. Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
Latest Episode
Website Apple Spotify
A short, fun and occasionally not unintentionally educational podcast in which two fans of the New York Times crossword describe their puzzle-solving travails.
Hosts Jean, Mike
Producer/Network MP
Email ****@icloud.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 26 Avg Length 15 min Format Short form Since Jun 2020 Get Email Contact
3. Sunday Puzzle
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Each week, New York Times crossword puzzle editor and NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz presents an on-air quiz to one contestant and gives a challenge for listeners at home.
Host Ayesha Rascoe
Producer/Network NPR
Email ****@npr.org
Estimated listeners
Facebook 7.8MTwitter 7.8MInstagram 8.3M Since Sep 2004 Get Email Contact
4. Puzzle Chat
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The Puzzle Chat podcast is your all-access pass to the thrilling world of puzzles with Jeff and Denice for Puzzle Month (All of January) and beyond. From fun challenges to fascinating stories, we've got puzzles to play, puzzle hacks to learn, and plenty of Puzzle Day and Puzzle Month fun. Learn more about the puzzle culture! What is Puzzle Month? This special month was started as an extension of Puzzle Day, which is celebrated annually on January 29th. Both Puzzle Day and Puzzle Month were founded by Jodi Jill, a professional puzzle maker and lifelong puzzle enthusiast...MORE Hosts Jeff Stainberg, Denice Phillips
Producer/Network Puzzle Chat
Email ****@gmail.com
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Avg Length 14 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
5. Transum Mathematics Puzzles
Latest Episode
Website Apple Spotify
This Transum podcast features a puzzle of the month as well as information about everything new on Transum Mathematics. Look for the latest episode of the podcast in the iTunes Store
Host John Tranter
Producer/Network John Tranter
Email ****@transum.org
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 3Facebook 250Twitter 2KInstagram 94 Avg Length 14 min Format Short form Since Aug 2014 Get Email Contact
6. Crosspod Wordcast
Latest Episode
Website Apple Spotify
Do you like crosswords? How about solving it with friends?Listen to the puzzlingly clever duo, David and Daniel, solve the themed Sunday edition of the New York Times crossword puzzle. New episodes weakly?MORE Hosts Daniel Foster Smith, David
Producer/Network Daniel Foster Smith
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 4Facebook 8Twitter 9Instagram 58 Avg Length 101 min Format Extended Since Oct 2019 Get Email Contact
7. One Down with Greg Warren and Brendan Eyre
Latest Episode
Website Apple Spotify
Every day, Comedians Greg Warren and Brendan Eyre attempt the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. Every Week, they report their triumphs, failures, observations, and complaints. Lots of complaints. Trust us, it's way funnier than it sounds.We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4 For advertising opportunities please email ****@Studio71us.com Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/us/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy PolicyMORE Hosts Greg Warren, Brendan Eyre
Producer/Network The Laugh Button
Email ****@thelaughbuttonpodcasts.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 53Facebook 15.9KTwitter 7.1K Avg Length 76 min Format Long form Since Apr 2020 Get Email Contact
8. On The Cross with Lucas Murphy
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Comedians Lucas Murphy, Nathan P. Woodard, of Nathan P. Woodard fame, and a guest take the New York Times crossword puzzle and drag it through the gutter.
Hosts Lucas Murphy, Nathan P. Woodard
Producer/Network Devil Heaven Network
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 8Twitter 26Instagram 60 Avg Length 95 min Format Extended Since Jun 2017 Get Email Contact
9. Whitey Puzzleman's Crossword Hour
Latest Episode
Website Apple Spotify
Bianca Brady and Olivia Shepson take you through the week's NYT crossword puzzles. They discuss their times, what they loved, what they hated, and how they knew what they know.
Hosts Bianca Brady, Olivia Shepson
Producer/Network Bianca Brady
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 85Twitter 84Instagram 182 Avg Length 67 min Format Long form Since Jan 2019 Get Email Contact
10. Crossnerds
Latest Episode
Website Apple Spotify
Crossnerds is the world's best—er, nerdiest—crossword puzzle podcast. Editors, constructors, solvers, and allies deliver piping-hot takes on the New York Times crossword puzzle and the vast cruciuniverse of wordplay beyond.MORE Host Rebecca Neipris
Producer/Network Crossnerds
Email ****@wadrlaw.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 16 Avg Length 45 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
11. Wonderful World Of Words
Latest Episode
Website Apple Spotify
This podcast presents original word puzzles that may be solved using linguistic tools like anagrams, synonyms, antonyms, cross word puzzle like clues and the like. These puzzles are also available in text form on Facebook, Linkedin, and Twitter.For more information contact ****@outlook.com. Your answers should also be sent to this address. Names of those who solve the puzzles before they are published here will also be announced on these podcasts.MORE Producer/Network ಬೇ ದಾ
Email ****@outlook.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1Twitter 12 Avg Length 3 min Format Bite size Since Oct 2020 Get Email Contact
12. Riddle Skittle
Latest Episode
Website Apple Spotify
Riddles are great conversation starters and help improve critical reasoning skills while having fun. At our home we enjoy chatting and bonding over riddles/jokes and wanted to share it with others.MORE Producer/Network Riddle Skittle
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 12 Avg Length 2 min Format Bite size Since May 2020 Get Email Contact
13. Road Trip Riddles
Latest Episode
Website Apple Spotify
Looking for an engaging game during your next long road trip or event? From the people that brought you ROAD TRIP TRIVIA comes ROAD TRIP RIDDLES. These games are fast, exciting and engaging. Each game is a new question to keep you thinking, talking and driving! Download the complete library today. New games are uploaded every Tuesday!MORE Host Ally Lane
Producer/Network The Quiz Queen
Email ****@allylane.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 3.6/5Apple Reviews 70Facebook 185Twitter 511 Avg Length 2 min Format Bite size Since Mar 2020 Get Email Contact
14. The Mini Crossword Club
Latest Episode
Website Apple
Five friends play the New York Times Mini Crossword Puzzle together followed by a breakdown of the highlights (and lowlights) of each puzzle. Listeners can play along with the club.
Producer/Network The Mini Crossword Club
Email ****@protonmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 7Facebook 26 Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Since May 2019 Get Email Contact
15. Bedtime Crosswords
Latest Episode
Website Apple Spotify
The goal of this podcast is to help you sleep by tiring the mind. Each episode, I will be solving a crossword puzzle and as I'm doing so, I will read the clues and the number of letters out loud so that you can solve with me in your head. This will hopefully help you drift off in sleep.MORE Producer/Network Marcel
Estimated listeners
Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Since Jul 2020 Get Email Contact
16. Brain Drop Puzzles
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A show all about puzzles, games, brainteasers, mysteries, riddles, and lateral thinking. It's an exploration of the quandaries of our lives, a journey through the mysteries of the world, driven by curiosity and wonder. Either that, or it's a bunch of audio files with some puzzles thrown in. Depends on how cynical you are.MORE Email ****@braindroppodcast.com
Estimated listeners
Facebook 165Twitter 128 Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Since May 2020 Get Email Contact
17. The Riddles Podcast
Latest Episode
Website Apple Spotify
The Riddles Podcast is a break-sized podcast about riddles old and new, popular and darned near impossible to find anywhere. Please subscribe and tell your friends, especially if you got stumped! This will help me get new riddles out faster. Each podcast features the riddle, a pause, a hint and then a solution so there are no spoilers. Nice to meet you and if you'd like to leave any feedback please do so at anchor.fm/riddles. I'm working on getting the audio more consistent for the first episode and will be replacing it a bit at a time. If you'd like to be featured let me know!MORE Producer/Network Waffles & The Riddle Kid
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Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 7 min Format Bite size Since Aug 2020 Get Email Contact
18. DOPE(daily one puzzle exercise) Podcast
Latest Episode
Website Apple Spotify
DOPE daily one puzzle exercise podcast presents a fun & interesting puzzle on a daily basis and the solution is explained in the next episode. Solving puzzles daily for 25 minutes improves your IQ score by 4 points.Apart from keep you sharp, improving concentration, reasoning, memory and other innumerable benefits.Solving puzzles is just fun!So, what are you waiting for?Jump in and start solving a DOPE puzzleMORE Producer/Network Hello, my name is Venu Yerram and I believe in 'Learn to teach & teach to learn'
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Avg Length 3 min Format Bite size Since Aug 2020 Get Email Contact
19. Quick brown fox
Latest Episode
Website Apple Spotify
listen to me telling riddles, poems,stories, to you my lovely viewers!
Producer/Network Vivian
Estimated listeners
Avg Length 3 min Format Bite size Since May 2020 Get Email Contact
20. riddles by Meara
Latest Episode
Website Spotify
Learn fun riddles to tell your family and friends (non-explicit).
Estimated listeners
Avg Length 1 min Format Bite size Since Aug 2020 Get Email Contact
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| Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | Gender | Twitter Handle | Twitter Followers | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adal Rafai | Co Host | headgum.com/hey-riddle-riddle | 165 | Male | @adalrifai | 20.5K | Chicago, IL, United States | |
| Erin Keif | Co Host | headgum.com/hey-riddle-riddle | 165 | Female | @erinkeif2 | 9.1K | Chicago, IL, United States | |
| John Patrick Coan | Co Host | headgum.com/hey-riddle-riddle | 165 | Male | @jpsofly | 12.2K | Chicago, IL, United States | |
| Jean | Co Host | buzzsprout.com/1174559 | 203 | |||||
| Mike | Co Host | buzzsprout.com/1174559 | 203 | |||||
| NPR | Producer | npr.org/series/4473090/sunday-puzzle | @npr | |||||
| Ayesha Rascoe | Host | npr.org/series/4473090/sunday-puzzle | @ayesharascoe | Washington, D.C., United States | ||||
| Jeff Stainberg | Co Host | puzzlechat.buzzsprout.com | Male | |||||
| Denice Phillips | Co Host | puzzlechat.buzzsprout.com | Female | |||||
| John Tranter | Host | transum.org/Maths/NewsArchive | 7 | Male | @jotr_patana | 10 | Thailand | |
| Daniel Foster Smith | Co Host | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xpwc | 54 | Male | ||||
| David | Co Host | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xpwc | 54 | Male | ||||
| Greg Warren | Co Host | 800poundgorillamedia.com/collections/digital-albums | 1 | Male | @gregwarren | |||
| Brendan Eyre | Co Host | 800poundgorillamedia.com/collections/digital-albums | 1 | Male | ||||
| Lucas Murphy | Co Host | onthecross.libsyn.com/website | Male | @jonlucasmurphy | Louisville, KY, United States | |||
| Nathan P. Woodard | Co Host | onthecross.libsyn.com/website | Male | @nathanpthousand | United States | |||
| Bianca Brady | Host | whiteypuzzleman.com/episodes | Female | @biancalbrady | NY, United States | |||
| Olivia Shepson | Co Host | whiteypuzzleman.com/episodes | Female | |||||
| Rebecca Neipris | Host | crossnerds.com/crossnerds | 53 | Female | @neipryder | Philadelphia, PA, United States | ||
| Ally Lane | Host | spreaker.com/podcast/road-trip-riddles--4254981 | Female | @allylanedotcom | Calgary, AB, Canada | |||
| The Incomparable | theincomparable.com/gameshow/258 | 70 | @theincomparable | 4.9K | ||||
| The Quiz Queen | spreaker.com/episode/general-knowlege-march-12-road-trip-trivia--58820368 | 52 | @allylanedotcom | 511 | ||||
| Brian Cimmet, Ryan Hecht | bemoresmarter.libsyn.com/fill-me-in-509-sardine-routine | 35 | @fillmeinpodcast | 638 | ||||
| Riddle Skittle | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jay220/episodes/Riddle-42-efcm4h | 21 | ||||||
| Ellie Hino | buzzsprout.com/1519258/8210901-3-25-21.mp3 | 20 | @elliehino | 440 | ||||
| ಬೇ ದಾ | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/u0cacu0cc7-u0ca6u0cbe/episodes/WoW-Wonderful-World-of-Words--Episode--104-Puzzle--112-ep9ppf | 20 | @PadaVaibhava | |||||
| Meara | anchor.fm/meara7/episodes/interview-and-new-riddle-eq4nfu | 20 | ||||||
| Waffles & The Riddle Kid | anchor.fm/riddles/episodes/Valentines-Day-Teaser-for-Episode-6-eqdtee | 18 | ||||||
| The Mini Crossword Club | theminicrosswordclub.podbean.com/e/the-mini-crossword-club-episode-1 | 17 | ||||||
| Brian Hobbs | buzzsprout.com/1065109/6301915-23-are-you-afraid-of-the-puzzles.mp3 | 9 | Male | @braindroppuzzle | 128 | |||
| Vivian | anchor.fm/sofie-gallagher/episodes/Beginners-luck-ejss0d | 7 | ||||||
| Marcel | anchor.fm/betimecrosswords/episodes/Bedtime-Crossword-1-eh1dga | 7 | ||||||
| The Riddle Kid | anchor.fm/riddles/episodes/International-Riddles-Update-ep5qs3 | 2 | ||||||
| Brian Cimmet, Ryan Hecht, Ben Zimmer | bemoresmarter.libsyn.com/fill-me-in-525-i-had-it-with-the-back-side-to-me | 2 | @fillmeinpodcast | 638 | ||||
| Brian Cimmet, Ryan Hecht, Paolo Pasco | bemoresmarter.libsyn.com/fill-me-in-438-once-the-tiger-goes-extinct-youre-left-with-gena-rowlands | 1 | @fillmeinpodcast | 638 | ||||
| Sofie Gallagher | anchor.fm/sofie-gallagher/episodes/Season-1-ep-1-riddles-with-my-dad-eeea5k | 1 |