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South Africa · Apple Podcasts · January 1, 2026

Jan 1, 2026

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#			Podcast	Artist
1	1		Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
1	—		World of Secrets	BBC
3	—		This Is Actually Happening	Audible
3	—		The Birth Keepers \| The Guardian Investigates	The Guardian
4	1		The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service
6	2		Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale
7	1		The Slow Newscast	The Observer
7	—		The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens
8	—		Murder in the Masai Mara \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph
8	2		How I Survived	Pacific Podcast Network
9	1		Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network
10	1		Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media
12	1		The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast
12	1		The Walkers: The real Salt Path \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer
15	2		Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal
15	3		Uncanny	BBC Radio 4
15	8		The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch
16	9		What It Was Like	Superreal
16	3		The CRUX: True Survival Stories	Kaycee McIntosh, Julie Henningsen, Bleav
17	2		ARC	ARC
17	7		Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media
18	1		The Gift	BBC Radio 4
18	9		heretics.	Andrew Gold
19	3		Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez
19	50		Flightless Bird	David Farrier
20	2	C	CentTwinz - I've Been Through The Most Podcast	Centtwinz Podcast
21	46		Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters
21	5		The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment
21	14		Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly
22	3		Gay Girl Gone	CBC
27	18		Hyperfixed	Hyperfixed & Radiotopia
27	2		Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR
28	4		The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds
28	5		The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts
30	11		Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media
31	10		The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller
32	6		Our Common Nature	WNYC
34	12		Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media
35	9		Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer
35	2		Jay Shetty - Audio Biography	Inception Point Ai
35	4		Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts
36	2		Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media
36	13	I	I Lived Through This	Killer Audio Creations
37	5		Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia
40	4		The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg
43	3		Think Twice: Michael Jackson	Audible \| Wondery
43	10		The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast
44	21		Sold a Story	APM Reports
45	16		Al Jazeera Documentary	Al Jazeera Network
46	7		Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts
47	5		File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4
47	21		Alien UFO Podcast	Simon Bown
48	13		Lucky Boy	Tortoise Media
48	17		Al Jazeera English	Al Jazeera Network
48	8		I'm Not a Monster	BBC Radio 5 Live
50	16		Thunder Bay	Canadaland
50	13		Hooked on Freddie	Wondery
50	8		The Commune	Stuff Audio
52	17		Giveon - Audio Biography	Inception Point Ai
53	14		Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories
53	17		Steven Bartlett - Audio Biography	Inception Point Ai
55	15		Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
57	—		The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold
57	12		Be Amazed	Be Amazed
58	4	T	The Infographics Show Podcast	E.A Inc
59	11		Bed of Lies	The Telegraph
61	18	A	Alice in Wanderland	Alice Morrison
62	79		Profile	BBC Radio 4
62	7	J	James Cameron - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai
63	44		Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin
63	2		Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime
63	7		Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts
64	28		Storytime	Storytime
65	8		Personally: Creation Myth	CBC
65	9		Signal Hill	Signal Hill
68	10	T	The Wild Dispatch	Robin Warman
68	80		Different with Nicky Campbell	BBC Radio 5 Live
69	1	A	Australian VBAC Stories	Australian VBAC Stories
69	3		The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4
70	1	W	WhatsApp University And Corona(Hindi) The Debator!	The Galaga Guy
71	2	S	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University
71	—		PRIDE AND PREDATOR	Julie Bindel
72	11		Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts
72	24		Great Lives	BBC Radio 4
73	11		Seelenfänger	Bayerischer Rundfunk
74	—		Strange Stories UK	DBC
74	66		Rihanna - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai
75	3		ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari
75	47		Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts
76	19		The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy
77	36	A	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast
77	17		Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio
78	—	T	The Documentary Files	Pedro Vazquez
79	11		Reflector	Longview
80	16		What's Missing	Casefile Presents
80	4		搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉
84	19	B	Bitter Blood: Kasem V Kasem	Audible Originals
85	25		Noble	Audiochuck
86	8	T	The Professor: Hunting for the Mafia's Missing Masterpiece	Brazen
91	61		Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News