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Ireland · Apple Podcasts · January 4, 2026

Jan 4, 2026

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#			Podcast	Artist
1	—		The Birth Keepers \| The Guardian Investigates	The Guardian
2	—		Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ
3	—		The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service
3	—		Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House
5	1		World of Secrets	BBC
6	2		Uncanny	BBC Radio 4
6	—		Lucky Boy	Tortoise Media
8	—		Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
8	—		The Walkers: The real Salt Path \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer
9	—		Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal
10	1		heretics.	Andrew Gold
12	1		Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network
13	3		REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell
13	—		The Slow Newscast	The Observer
14	1		Paddy's Podcast	Paddy O'Gorman
15	1		Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale
15	—		Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media
15	1		Flightless Bird	David Farrier
16	3		Noble	Audiochuck
17	5		This Is Actually Happening	Audible
18	6		I'm Not a Monster	BBC Radio 5 Live
18	—		The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch
18	2		Bed of Lies	The Telegraph
20	1		The Gift	BBC Radio 4
21	1		Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
23	—		Murder in the Masai Mara \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph
24	1		Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media
24	1		What It Was Like	Superreal
25	1		The CRUX: True Survival Stories	Kaycee McIntosh, Julie Henningsen, Bleav
25	17		Pig Iron	Tortoise Media
25	5		The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens
26	9		Profile	BBC Radio 4
26	5		Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories
28	11		PRIDE AND PREDATOR	Julie Bindel
29	15		The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden
30	4		The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts
31	—		The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast
32	2		The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast
33	4		The Commune	Stuff Audio
34	12		The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment
37	13		Great Lives	BBC Radio 4
37	5		Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez
38	9		Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media
39	—		Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts
40	3		Thunder Bay	Canadaland
41	5		Inconceivable Truth	Audiochuck
41	2		Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws
43	8		Hoaxed	Tortoise Media
44	19		When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab
46	—		Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News
46	64		Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR
47	7		De Ware Jacob	Dagblad van het Noorden
48	—		The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4
49	14		On Hold	Storied
50	—		Odessa	The New York Times
50	4	P	Patient 11	Sky News
51	67		The Long Time Academy	Headspace Studios, The Long Time Project, Scenery Studios
52	142		How I Survived	Pacific Podcast Network
52	—		JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast
54	16		Extreme	BBC
54	10		The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media
56	—		Tiger Roll: The People's Horse	RTÉ
56	7		Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly
57	—		Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify
57	8		Think Twice: Michael Jackson	Audible \| Wondery
58	—		A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4
58	7		The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds
60	7		Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts
61	3		File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4
62	14		The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4
62	7		Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4
63	5		Alex Cooper - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai
63	—	T	The Chilling Podcast	Little Fang Media
63	9		Alien UFO Podcast	Simon Bown
64	—		Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia
64	8		垣花正と伊藤亜和出たとこ勝負のふたり	ニッポン放送
65	—		Delayland – Germany and the Missing Magic	DW
66	10		Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton
67	7	T	TJU on air	Knate
69	15		Hyperfixed	Hyperfixed & Radiotopia
72	51		The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories
73	39		Jungle Prince	The New York Times
73	5		Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media
74	18		Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media
75	21		Pipeline	Daily Mail
76	18		Sold a Story	APM Reports
76	—		The Haunted Objects Podcast	SpectreVision Radio
77	3		The Lyric Feature	RTÉ lyric fm
78	25		Child	BBC Radio 4
78	4		A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio
79	19	I	Insanity Collection	Trey Cox Creative
79	—		Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin
82	20	T	Trumped	BBC Radio Scotland
82	—		Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime
83	16		The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg
84	14	T	The Last Diagnosis	Elias Ward
84	—	W	What a Stranger Told Me	Tim Reid & Jon Coghill
85	16	T	The Way We Live Now	iHeartPodcasts
86	14	C	Curious Tourism: Responsible Travel Podcast	Voyascape Media
87	—		Privateer Station: War In Ukraine	Privateer