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Ireland · Apple Podcasts · January 5, 2026

Jan 5, 2026

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#			Podcast	Artist
1	—		Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4
1	2		Catch Up with Louise McSharry	Louise McSharry
1	10		Shameless	Shameless Media
2	1		The Pat Kenny Show	Newstalk
2	1	F	Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland	GoLoud
3	2		Vogue & Amber	Global
4	1		The Louis Theroux Podcast	Spotify Studios
5	2		The Birth Keepers \| The Guardian Investigates	The Guardian
6	2		Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson
7	1		Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions
11	2		Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ
11	26		The Last Word with Matt Cooper	Today FM
12	1		Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth	Gyles Brandreth / Plain Jaine Media
13	17		This American Life	This American Life
14	—		Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts
14	2		World of Secrets	BBC
15	2		The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service
15	2		Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House
16	3		The Audio Long Read	The Guardian
17	2	R	Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett	BBC Sounds
18	1		How To Fail With Elizabeth Day	Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment
21	1		The Women's Podcast	The Irish Times
21	14	M	Miss Me?	BBC Sounds
21	1		Lucky Boy	Tortoise Media
22	9		The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion
22	1		Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke
23	—		We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson	WNTT
25	5		Fela Kuti: Fear No Man	Higher Ground
27	—		Tough Love	Collaborative Studios
28	15		The Niall Boylan Podcast (They Told Me To Shut Up)	Niall Boylan
28	5		Uncanny	BBC Radio 4
29	—	R	Radical with Amol Rajan	BBC Radio 4
30	21		Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media
31	13	P	Playback	RTÉ Radio 1
31	7	L	Liveline	RTÉ Radio 1
32	1		TED Talks Daily	TED
32	6		The Walkers: The real Salt Path \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer
33	4		Woman's Hour	BBC Radio 4
34	—		Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries
34	6		Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
36	5		If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri
37	17		Moncrieff	Newstalk
37	6	F	Full Disclosure with James O'Brien	Global
38	—		The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan
39	8		Revisionist History	Pushkin Industries
39	24		Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian
40	1		Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal
41	13		The Hard Shoulder	Newstalk
42	32		Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale
43	2	F	Flesh and Code	Audible
45	8	T	The Affair…with Anna Williamson	The Affair…with Anna Williamson
45	—		Sin Scéal Eile	Poddle Audio
47	11		Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
47	3		heretics.	Andrew Gold
48	11		Mad, Sad and Bad with Paloma Faith	JamPot Productions
48	21	T	The Reith Lectures	BBC Radio 4
49	—		Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network
49	16	L	Lunchtime Live	Newstalk
50	27	D	Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball	Persephonica
51	24		Sunday with Miriam	RTÉ Radio 1
51	3		On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media
51	12		Scamfluencers	Audible
52	1		We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle
54	26	L	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service
54	4	T	The Girls Groupchat Podcast	The Girls Groupchat Podcast
56	5	M	Mens Rea: A true crime podcast	GoLoud
56	2		Within Reason	Alex J O'Connor
57	5		The Slow Newscast	The Observer
58	1	G	Get A Grip with Angela Scanlon and Vicky Pattison	Audio Always
60	28		Olivia's House with Olivia Attwood	Listen
61	6		The Girls Bathroom	Sophia & Cinzia
62	4		Family Secrets	iHeartPodcasts
63	13		Philosophize This!	Stephen West
64	10		REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell
65	20		I'm Not a Monster	BBC Radio 5 Live
66	4		The Interview	The New York Times
66	122	B	Bookclub	BBC Radio 4
67	50		The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries
70	6		Run, Bambi, Run	Apple TV / Campside Media
71	15		A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein	Matt Bernstein
71	4		Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky	Wondery
72	5		Eckhart Tolle: Essential Teachings	Oprah and Eckhart Tolle
72	15		Bed of Lies	The Telegraph
73	2	B	Beyond The Bathroom	Sali Hughes
74	16	T	The Creep Dive	Tall Tales
75	1		Noble	Audiochuck
75	16		The Mishal Husain Show	Bloomberg
76	47		The Dozen with Liam Tuffs	The Dozen Media
76	9	N	Nicky Byrne HQ	Nicky Byrne
77	4		Flightless Bird	David Farrier
78	59		Hooked	Apple TV / Campside Media
78	35	S	Second Captains Saturday	RTÉ Radio 1
80	20		Unexplained	iHeartPodcasts
84	21	D	Desert Island Discs: Archive: 2016-2018	BBC Radio 4
84	18		I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan
85	—		Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt
86	63		Mamamia Out Loud	Mamamia Podcasts
86	24	D	Decoding the Gurus	Christopher Kavanagh and Matthew Browne
87	37		U Up?	Betches Media
88	42		Against the Rules: The Big Short Companion	Pushkin Industries