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South Africa · Apple Podcasts · January 4, 2026

Jan 4, 2026

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#			Podcast	Artist
1	—		Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
1	—		World of Secrets	BBC
3	—		This Is Actually Happening	Audible
3	1		The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service
5	—		Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale
5	—		The Birth Keepers \| The Guardian Investigates	The Guardian
7	1		Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network
7	1		Murder in the Masai Mara \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph
8	—		The Walkers: The real Salt Path \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer
9	1		Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media
10	—		The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast
11	—		The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens
11	2		The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch
12	6		The CRUX: True Survival Stories	Kaycee McIntosh, Julie Henningsen, Bleav
13	5		The Slow Newscast	The Observer
15	—		Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez
16	14	I	I Lived Through This	Killer Audio Creations
16	—		Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media
16	13		Flightless Bird	David Farrier
17	—		Bed of Lies	The Telegraph
17	4		heretics.	Andrew Gold
18	2		What It Was Like	Superreal
19	2		Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media
20	154	G	Great Disasters	Kari Fay
21	19		Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly
21	4		Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal
21	6		Uncanny	BBC Radio 4
22	5		Extreme	BBC
22	—		Great Lives	BBC Radio 4
23	2		Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR
24	—		SCAMMERLAND	Superreal
24	6		The Gift	BBC Radio 4
25	8	C	CentTwinz - I've Been Through The Most Podcast	Centtwinz Podcast
28	2		Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
28	9		How I Survived	Pacific Podcast Network
29	—		ARC	ARC
30	17		The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment
31	10		Hyperfixed	Hyperfixed & Radiotopia
31	7	C	Call Bethel	The Telegraph
31	17		Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts
32	28		JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast
32	—		Jay Shetty - Audio Biography	Inception Point Ai
32	1		Alien UFO Podcast	Simon Bown
33	5		Fringe Network: Alien State	Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment
34	28		Lucky Boy	Tortoise Media
36	—		Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University
36	—	H	Huisgenoot - Agter die storie	Media24 Leefstyl
37	—		OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar
38	1		The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller
38	11		I'm Not a Monster	BBC Radio 5 Live
38	12		Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts
39	4		Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia
40	6		Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ
42	27		The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts
42	7		The Baron of Botox	Imperative Entertainment
43	15		28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4
44	10	A	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast
46	23		Gay Girl Gone	CBC
47	14		The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds
47	7		Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime
48	18		Storytime	Storytime
49	15		Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters
51	14	W	WhatsApp University And Corona(Hindi) The Debator!	The Galaga Guy
52	—		Profile	BBC Radio 4
53	39		Passages	Louie Media
54	23		Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez	Sonoro \| Futuro Studios
55	23		The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times
56	3		Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media
56	21		What's Missing	Casefile Presents
56	23		Paranoid American	Thomas Gorence
57	26		WDR 5 Dok 5 - das Feature	WDR 5
57	23		给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯
58	17		The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg
58	23		闪光少女	闪光少女斯斯
59	23	S	Spy Stories	spystoriespod
59	21		The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast
63	—	A	Alice in Wanderland	Alice Morrison
64	—		Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin
65	16		Три Истории	ТО Без Тормозов
66	10	I	I'll Always Be Your Brother	Alan, Benji Anstey, Taylan Bülbül
67	—		Sold a Story	APM Reports
67	53		Noble	Audiochuck
70	5		Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown
71	3		Das wahre Leben	SWR
72	10		ARD Radiofeature	Westdeutscher Rundfunk
73	6	O	Other Men Need Help	Mark Pagán
73	20		Think Twice: Michael Jackson	Audible \| Wondery
74	—	C	Conspiracy Doctor	raysantilli@gmail.com
75	32	W	Wake Up With The Wolf	Cole DaSilva
75	—	I	Insanity Collection	Trey Cox Creative
76	17		Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories
76	13		The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier
76	71		Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts
77	4		On Assignment	Reuters
77	28		The Commune	Stuff Audio
77	115		Jungle Prince	The New York Times
78	—	I	I Talk To Ghosts	Jennifer Page
78	—		My Year in Mensa	iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus
80	29		Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer
80	7		iShowSpeed - Audio Biography	Inception Point Ai