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South Africa · Apple Podcasts · January 2, 2026

Jan 2, 2026

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#			Podcast	Artist
1	—		Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
2	2		The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service
3	2		World of Secrets	BBC
4	1		This Is Actually Happening	Audible
4	1		The Birth Keepers \| The Guardian Investigates	The Guardian
5	1		Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale
7	3		Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media
7	1		Murder in the Masai Mara \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph
9	—		Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network
10	3		The Slow Newscast	The Observer
11	1		The Walkers: The real Salt Path \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer
12	5		The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens
13	5		heretics.	Andrew Gold
14	2		The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast
15	—		The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch
16	—		What It Was Like	Superreal
17	3	C	CentTwinz - I've Been Through The Most Podcast	Centtwinz Podcast
18	2		The CRUX: True Survival Stories	Kaycee McIntosh, Julie Henningsen, Bleav
19	11		How I Survived	Pacific Podcast Network
20	1		Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez
21	6		Hyperfixed	Hyperfixed & Radiotopia
22	5		Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media
23	1		Gay Girl Gone	CBC
24	3		Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters
24	—	C	Call Bethel	The Telegraph
25	10		Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal
26	8		The Gift	BBC Radio 4
27	12		Uncanny	BBC Radio 4
28	44		Great Lives	BBC Radio 4
29	10		Flightless Bird	David Farrier
30	34		Storytime	Storytime
30	—		闪光少女	闪光少女斯斯
31	119		Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez	Sonoro \| Futuro Studios
32	164		The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times
33	12		The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment
33	—		Paranoid American	Thomas Gorence
34	3		The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller
34	—		给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯
35	—	W	Wake Up With The Wolf	Cole DaSilva
36	—	S	Spy Stories	spystoriespod
36	19		Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
37	3		Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media
37	—	B	Boots on the ground	TimesLIVE Podcasts
38	5		The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast
39	3		Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media
40	19		Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly
41	1		The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg
43	26		ARC	ARC
43	8		Jay Shetty - Audio Biography	Inception Point Ai
45	17		The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts
46	124		Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ
48	13		Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts
49	21		The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds
49	28	A	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast
50	75		The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions
51	—		Fringe Network: Alien State	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment
52	17		Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer
52	19		PRIDE AND PREDATOR	Julie Bindel
54	17		Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia
56	3		Bed of Lies	The Telegraph
56	8		Lucky Boy	Tortoise Media
57	14		Think Twice: Michael Jackson	Audible \| Wondery
59	6		Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories
59	9		Thunder Bay	Canadaland
60	8		Giveon - Audio Biography	Inception Point Ai
60	15		Al Jazeera Documentary	Al Jazeera Network
61	29		Our Common Nature	WNYC
62	9		Steven Bartlett - Audio Biography	Inception Point Ai
62	32		Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media
63	36		Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR
64	28	I	I Lived Through This	Killer Audio Creations
65	84		The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4
66	9		ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari
67	23		Sold a Story	APM Reports
68	11		Reflector	Longview
70	83		Три Истории	ТО Без Тормозов
71	23		Al Jazeera English	Al Jazeera Network
72	22		The Commune	Stuff Audio
75	13	J	James Cameron - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai
75	—	N	No Fear. No Favour. The SEEN in Journalism Podcast	SEEN in Journalism
75	23		How to Grab Full Audiobook in Fiction, Contemporary	hotaudiobook.com
77	3		What's Missing	Casefile Presents
78	9	A	Australian VBAC Stories	Australian VBAC Stories
80	—	G	Girl Boner Radio: True Sex and Relationship Stories	August McLaughlin
80	—	J	JOURNEY	Ryan Wolf
81	24		Be Amazed	Be Amazed
82	17		Personally: Creation Myth	CBC
84	61	I	I Talk To Ghosts	Jennifer Page
86	39		File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4
87	26	A	Alice in Wanderland	Alice Morrison
88	99		Storytime with Seth Rogen	Earwolf & Seth Rogen
89	103	W	Who Robs A Banksy?	Podimo & Message Heard
90	44		Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts
91	—		The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe
92	60		You Look Like Me	Louise McLoughlin
93	28		Signal Hill	Signal Hill
94	46		I'm Not a Monster	BBC Radio 5 Live
95	45		Hooked on Freddie	Wondery
96	4		Prince Andrew - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai
96	19		Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio