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Ireland · Apple Podcasts · January 1, 2026

Jan 1, 2026

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#			Podcast	Artist
1	—		Vogue & Amber	Global
3	—		Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4
3	3		The Pat Kenny Show	Newstalk
4	1		Catch Up with Louise McSharry	Louise McSharry
4	1		The Birth Keepers \| The Guardian Investigates	The Guardian
7	2		Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions
8	3		Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson
8	2		Shameless	Shameless Media
8	3		Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth	Gyles Brandreth / Plain Jaine Media
9	2		The Louis Theroux Podcast	Spotify Studios
9	1		Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ
12	1	F	Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland	GoLoud
14	3		Uncanny	BBC Radio 4
14	1		Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House
15	—		The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service
16	4		World of Secrets	BBC
17	1		Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts
18	3		Lucky Boy	Tortoise Media
19	—		We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson	WNTT
20	3		The Audio Long Read	The Guardian
20	1		How To Fail With Elizabeth Day	Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment
21	—		If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri
24	2		This American Life	This American Life
24	6		Fela Kuti: Fear No Man	Higher Ground
24	1		Woman's Hour	BBC Radio 4
25	1		The Last Word with Matt Cooper	Today FM
28	—		Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
29	—		Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries
29	33		Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky	Wondery
30	1	L	Liveline	RTÉ Radio 1
30	4		Revisionist History	Pushkin Industries
30	11		The Walkers: The real Salt Path \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer
30	7		Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network
31	1		Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
31	3	M	Mens Rea: A true crime podcast	GoLoud
32	1		The Slow Newscast	The Observer
32	38	M	Miss Me?	BBC Sounds
33	1		Mad, Sad and Bad with Paloma Faith	JamPot Productions
33	4		Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal
34	6		The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion
35	1	R	Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett	BBC Sounds
37	4		The Girls Bathroom	Sophia & Cinzia
43	2		The Women's Podcast	The Irish Times
43	10		The Niall Boylan Podcast (They Told Me To Shut Up)	Niall Boylan
43	27	L	Life Changing	BBC Radio 4
44	2		Noble	Audiochuck
45	10		Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian
45	9	T	The Reith Lectures	BBC Radio 4
46	5		On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media
47	20	L	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service
47	11		Scamfluencers	Audible
48	8	R	Radical with Amol Rajan	BBC Radio 4
50	10	F	Full Disclosure with James O'Brien	Global
51	2		Against the Rules: The Big Short Companion	Pushkin Industries
52	12	F	Flesh and Code	Audible
52	21	F	Front Row	BBC Radio 4
52	10		Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media
53	38		The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch
54	1		TED Talks Daily	TED
54	1		The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan
54	6	B	Beyond The Bathroom	Sali Hughes
55	14		heretics.	Andrew Gold
56	1		Philosophize This!	Stephen West
56	51	N	Nicky Byrne HQ	Nicky Byrne
59	17	T	The Affair…with Anna Williamson	The Affair…with Anna Williamson
60	24		Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke
60	4		The Oprah Podcast	Harpo
61	23		Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale
63	15	D	Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball	Persephonica
65	10		Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts
65	33	D	Desert Island Discs: Archive: 2016-2018	BBC Radio 4
66	30		Mamamia Out Loud	Mamamia Podcasts
66	27		Who? Weekly	Who? Weekly
67	23	S	Second Captains Saturday	RTÉ Radio 1
68	33	T	The Garda Podcast	An Garda Síochána
69	13		This Is Actually Happening	Audible
71	5		Moncrieff	Newstalk
74	6		A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein	Matt Bernstein
75	12		Witness History	BBC World Service
76	19		Eckhart Tolle: Essential Teachings	Oprah and Eckhart Tolle
79	5		Experience is Everything	Saga Group
80	3		The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens
81	9	D	Dempsey's Dozen	yumsick
82	7	P	Playback	RTÉ Radio 1
83	13		The Mishal Husain Show	Bloomberg
83	31		I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan
84	10		Sunday with Miriam	RTÉ Radio 1
85	31		Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media
86	15		Olivia's House with Olivia Attwood	Listen
86	10		The Winston Marshall Show	Winston Marshall
86	15	P	Presidents, Prime Ministers, Monarchs & Dictators	Global
87	23	T	The LRB Podcast	The London Review of Books
87	13	T	The Royals	The Times
87	13	G	Get A Grip with Angela Scanlon and Vicky Pattison	Audio Always
88	52	C	Culture Pigs	Poddle Audio
89	25		REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell
91	14		What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah
91	15	W	Walking The Dog with Emily Dean	Goalhanger
91	—		The Viall Files	Nick Viall
92	9		Bed of Lies	The Telegraph