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South Africa · Apple Podcasts · January 3, 2026

Jan 3, 2026

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#			Podcast	Artist
1	—		Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
1	2		World of Secrets	BBC
2	—		The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service
3	1		This Is Actually Happening	Audible
5	—		Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale
5	1		The Birth Keepers \| The Guardian Investigates	The Guardian
6	1		Murder in the Masai Mara \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph
8	2		The Slow Newscast	The Observer
8	1		Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media
8	1		Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network
8	3		The Walkers: The real Salt Path \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer
10	4		The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast
11	1		The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens
13	—		heretics.	Andrew Gold
13	2		The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch
15	5		Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez
16	—		What It Was Like	Superreal
16	6		Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media
17	122		Extreme	BBC
17	39		Bed of Lies	The Telegraph
17	8		Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal
17	—	C	CentTwinz - I've Been Through The Most Podcast	Centtwinz Podcast
17	45		Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media
18	8		The Gift	BBC Radio 4
18	—		The CRUX: True Survival Stories	Kaycee McIntosh, Julie Henningsen, Bleav
19	—		How I Survived	Pacific Podcast Network
21	—		Hyperfixed	Hyperfixed & Radiotopia
22	6		Great Lives	BBC Radio 4
23	—		Gay Girl Gone	CBC
24	—	C	Call Bethel	The Telegraph
24	117		SCAMMERLAND	Superreal
25	38		Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR
26	10		Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
27	—		Uncanny	BBC Radio 4
27	67		I'm Not a Monster	BBC Radio 5 Live
28	103		28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4
28	23		Fringe Network: Alien State	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment
29	14		ARC	ARC
29	—		Flightless Bird	David Farrier
30	34	I	I Lived Through This	Killer Audio Creations
30	—		Storytime	Storytime
31	—		Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez	Sonoro \| Futuro Studios
32	—		The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times
32	11		Jay Shetty - Audio Biography	Inception Point Ai
33	16		The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds
33	—		Paranoid American	Thomas Gorence
33	66		Alien UFO Podcast	Simon Bown
34	10		Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters
34	15	A	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast
34	—		给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯
35	19		Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia
35	5		闪光少女	闪光少女斯斯
35	—		The Baron of Botox	Imperative Entertainment
36	—	S	Spy Stories	spystoriespod
36	131	H	Huisgenoot - Agter die storie	Media24 Leefstyl
37	—	B	Boots on the ground	TimesLIVE Podcasts
37	—		OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar
37	63	W	WhatsApp University And Corona(Hindi) The Debator!	The Galaga Guy
38	—		The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast
39	5		The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller
40	—		Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly
41	—		The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg
43	8	W	Wake Up With The Wolf	Cole DaSilva
46	—		Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ
47	14		The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment
48	—		Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts
49	21		Три Истории	ТО Без Тормозов
50	—		The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions
50	57		Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts
51	1		Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer
52	56		Profile	BBC Radio 4
53	14		Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media
53	4		Think Twice: Michael Jackson	Audible \| Wondery
54	50		Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime
56	—	I	I'll Always Be Your Brother	Alan, Benji Anstey, Taylan Bülbül
58	6		PRIDE AND PREDATOR	Julie Bindel
59	—		Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories
60	120		JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast
60	—		Al Jazeera Documentary	Al Jazeera Network
61	24		Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media
62	—		ARD Radiofeature	Westdeutscher Rundfunk
62	6		Lucky Boy	Tortoise Media
63	24	A	Alice in Wanderland	Alice Morrison
63	93		The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier
64	38		Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin
65	104		Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown
65	—		The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4
65	25		Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts
66	—		ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari
67	—		Sold a Story	APM Reports
67	—	O	Other Men Need Help	Mark Pagán
68	—		Das wahre Leben	SWR
68	—		Reflector	Longview
69	24		The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts
69	—		Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4
71	—		Al Jazeera English	Al Jazeera Network
72	13		Thunder Bay	Canadaland
72	34	M	Mel Robbins - Audio Biography	Inception Point Ai
73	83		On Assignment	Reuters
73	—		iShowSpeed - Audio Biography	Inception Point Ai