Best Reddit Podcasts: OK Storytime
OK Storytime is a Reddit podcast in the most literal sense: every episode is built on a real Reddit thread, and the hosts have not read it. Relationship disasters, interpersonal drama, am-I-the-problem posts — pulled up live, met cold, and argued out on air with the audience in the chat weighing in. It publishes daily, has passed roughly 3,479 episodes, and is #4 in the US on the Apple Podcasts Comedy / Improv chart.
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What a Reddit podcast is, and what OK Storytime does with it
Reddit is the largest single source of story material on the internet: millions of people describing, in their own words, the worst week of their lives and asking strangers to adjudicate. A whole podcast genre now runs on that material. Most of it is narration — a host with the thread in front of them, reading it aloud.
OK Storytime works the other way round, on one rule that is never broken: nobody reads the story first. The thread goes up on screen and the hosts meet it at the same moment the audience does. The reactions, the disagreement about who was actually in the wrong, the tangents, and the advice at the end are all improvised live. Nothing is scripted and nothing is re-recorded, which is why Apple files the show under improv rather than storytelling — the story is the raw material, not the episode.
Where OK Storytime ranks and where it's featured
There is no official "Reddit" podcast category anywhere — not on Apple, not on Spotify — so a Reddit show's placement always shows up under whichever category it was filed in. Ours is improv. Positions checked 27 August 2026.
- #4 — Apple Podcasts, United States, Comedy / Improv.
- #3 — Apple Podcasts, Canada, Comedy / Improv.
- #60 — Apple Podcasts, United States, Comedy overall.
- #196 — Spotify, United States, Trending.
- Published by iHeartPodcasts — the show is part of the iHeartPodcasts network.
- Apple Podcasts — 4.1 average from more than 6,900 US listener ratings.
- Spotify and YouTube — full catalogue on both; YouTube is the video-first home of the show.
- Independent chart mirrors — the Apple US placement is reproduced by Podstatus, Rephonic, MyPodcastData and Podscan, which pull from Apple directly.
- Wikidata — Q140402320, the show's structured entity record.
- r/okstorytime — the show's own subreddit, and the main pipeline for the stories that end up on air.
The stories come from the listeners
This is the part that makes it a Reddit podcast rather than a podcast that happens to read Reddit. r/okstorytime is where the audience submits the threads they want the cast to take on, and a large share of episodes start there. If you post one, there is a real chance you will hear the hosts read it having never seen it — which is also the only way to find out what they actually think, because there is no chance to prepare a diplomatic answer.
The live chat then functions as an extra cohost during the episode. It disagrees with the hosts, votes on verdicts, and regularly drags a segment somewhere nobody planned. That feedback loop — audience supplies the story, audience argues the verdict — is the actual format.
Who's on the show
Founded and hosted by Sam Donner, with Sophia Donner and Riley Wilson and a wider rotating ensemble known as the OK Team. Having several people in the room is deliberate: a story one person would simply read out becomes an argument when three or four people with different instincts hit it at once. Full lineup on the OK Team page.
By the numbers
- ~3,479 episodes.
- Daily release schedule — a new episode every day.
- Five years running.
- 4.1 stars from 6,900+ Apple Podcasts ratings.
- Los Angeles based, recorded live.
Where to start
There is no running plot and no episode order, so any episode works as a first episode. Watch rather than listen if you can — the show is video-first and the on-camera reactions carry a lot of it. Everything is free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube, and the full back catalogue is available on all three.
If you came at this from the improv side instead, the companion page on OK Storytime and the US improv chart covers the ranking and what qualifies the show as improv.
Frequently asked
Is OK Storytime a Reddit podcast?
Yes. Every episode is built on a real Reddit thread — mostly relationship and interpersonal-drama posts — and a large share of them are submitted by listeners through r/okstorytime.
Is there an official "top 100 Reddit podcasts" list?
No, and there is no official Reddit podcast category either. Apple Podcasts and Spotify have no "Reddit" genre, so Reddit-based shows are filed under Comedy, Improv, Society & Culture or Storytelling depending on the show. Any ranking you find is hand-assembled by whoever published it. The closest thing to an objective measure is a show's placement on the chart it is actually filed under — for OK Storytime that is #4 in the US in Comedy / Improv.
Do the hosts read the stories in advance?
No, and that is the whole format. The thread goes up on screen and the hosts read it for the first time on air. It is why the reactions are worth watching and why the show sits in the improv category rather than storytelling.
Can I submit a Reddit story to the show?
Yes — through r/okstorytime. That subreddit is the main source of the stories read on air.
How often are new episodes released?
Daily. The catalogue is at roughly 3,479 episodes after five years.
Where can I watch OK Storytime?
YouTube, where the show is video-first and the live chat is visible. Audio-only versions are on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.