

At the beginning of each statement, the statement-taker-typically Jon, the head archivist-provides a brief description of the statement and the name of the statement-maker. The podcast is structured as a series of statements recorded, or written and then recorded, for internal research use within the Magnus Institute. As of April 2020, The Magnus Archives had reached a download rate of over 2.5 million downloads a month, growing to over 4 million downloads a month by July 2020. In 2018, BBC Sounds listed the show as one of the largest British dramatic podcasts, with an extensive fanbase on Tumblr having driven much of its success. Sims narrated the podcast in-character as the main character, Jonathan Sims, the newly appointed Head Archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute-an institution based in London centered on research into the paranormal. The Magnus Archives is a horror fiction podcast written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Podcast (via streaming or downloadable MP3)Ĭreative Commons Attribution – NonCommercial – ShareAlike 4.0 International
