Podcast sound effects
These are free sound effects for podcasts, grouped by what they do in an episode: laughs, applause, transitions, bells, reactions and stings. All 24 tracks on this page are CC0, so no credit is required. Each group links to the full search.
- License
- 24 CC0
- Tracks shown
- 24
- Median length
- 1.8 seconds
- Shortest to longest
- 0.3 seconds to 10 seconds
- Creators
- 21
24 tracks to start with
Press play to hear up to 30 seconds. Rows marked Credit required show the line to copy.
Laughs
Short laughs and giggles, 0.6 seconds to 2.8 seconds.
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Reitanna Voice.
0.6 s -
BrainClaim Voice.
2.8 s -
ecfike Voice.
1.8 s -
RutgerMuller Voice.
2.7 s -
Reitanna Voice.
1.5 s
Applause and cheers
Crowd and solo clips, 1.7 seconds to 10 seconds.
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cognito perceptu Foley and ambience.
5.8 s -
FunWithSound Foley and ambience.
0:10 -
djnicke Foley and ambience.
3.6 s -
boldcity Foley.
6.6 s -
mutantoide Ambience and voice.
1.7 s
Transitions
Whooshes for moving between segments.
Bells and dings
Notification-style chimes and a gong.
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josepharaoh99 UI and foley.
0.3 s -
MootMcnoodles UI and foley.
0.4 s - 1.9 s
- 3.3 s
Reactions
A gasp, a cough, a sigh and a sneeze.
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dr_skitz Ambience and voice.
1.2 s -
dnewtonjr Voice.
1.4 s -
Camo1018 Voice.
2.4 s -
nicolepiedrahita Voice.
0.8 s
What to look for
Choose a small set and use it in every episode, so listeners learn what each sound means. Transitions and bells work as markers between segments. Laughs, applause and reactions are best used sparingly, and they are short: the median clip is 1.8 seconds. Open a group's search link when you need a different length or recording.
License
All 24 tracks on this page are CC0, so no credit is required. Laughs, gasps, coughs and cheers are recordings of people. A Creative Commons license covers the recording, not a person's voice or likeness, and this catalog hides speech clips for that reason. Listen to each clip and avoid any that sounds like an identifiable person.
How to use it
Download the clip, trim any silence at the start, and lower it under the host's voice. Put the credit line for any CC BY clip in your show notes, next to the episode that uses it.
Ask your AI assistant
Connect Uncommon Ear to Claude, Cursor or another assistant, then paste a prompt like this.
Use the Uncommon Ear MCP server. Call search_tracks with kind sfx, query applause, max_seconds 8, quality good and license cc0. Then do the same for "bell" and "whoosh". Add my five favorites to a collection named "Podcast kit" and export its credits as text.