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South Africa · All genres · October 2026

Top Podcasts in South Africa

Top Podcasts in South Africa today, combining the Apple Podcasts, Castbox & Pocket Casts charts for South Africa into one Pulse Score. A show that ranks well on several platforms scores higher than one that tops a single chart. YouTube does not publish a top podcasts chart for South Africa.

Updated October 11, 2026
  1. 1New on this chart
    Stuff You Should Know podcast artwork
    Stuff You Should Know
    iHeartPodcasts
    Pocket Casts #1
    27Pulse Score out of 100
  2. 2New on this chart
    Freakonomics Radio podcast artwork
    Freakonomics Radio
    Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
    Pocket Casts #2
    19Pulse Score out of 100
  3. 3New on this chart
    The Joe Rogan Experience podcast artwork
    The Joe Rogan Experience
    Joe Rogan
    Pocket Casts #3
    65Pulse Score out of 100
  4. 4New on this chart
    99% Invisible podcast artwork
    99% Invisible
    Roman Mars
    Pocket Casts #4
    12Pulse Score out of 100
  5. 5New on this chart
    The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett podcast artwork
    The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
    DOAC
    Pocket Casts #5
    99Pulse Score out of 100
  6. 6New on this chart
    Hidden Brain podcast artwork
    Hidden Brain
    Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
    Pocket Casts #6
    11Pulse Score out of 100
  7. 7New on this chart
    No Such Thing As A Fish podcast artwork
    No Such Thing As A Fish
    No Such Thing As A Fish
    Pocket Casts #7
    51Pulse Score out of 100
  8. 8New on this chart
    The Rest Is History podcast artwork
    The Rest Is History
    Goalhanger
    Pocket Casts #8
    60Pulse Score out of 100
  9. 9New on this chart
    Huberman Lab podcast artwork
    Huberman Lab
    Scicomm Media
    Pocket Casts #9
    38Pulse Score out of 100
  10. 10New on this chart
    Radiolab podcast artwork
    Radiolab
    WNYC Studios
    Pocket Casts #10
    14Pulse Score out of 100
  11. 11New on this chart
    Revisionist History podcast artwork
    Revisionist History
    Pushkin Industries
    Pocket Casts #11
    12Pulse Score out of 100
  12. 12New on this chart
    The Daily podcast artwork
    The Daily
    The New York Times
    Pocket Casts #12
    37Pulse Score out of 100
  13. 13New on this chart
    Global News Podcast podcast artwork
    Global News Podcast
    BBC World Service
    Pocket Casts #13
    87Pulse Score out of 100
  14. 14New on this chart
    This American Life podcast artwork
    This American Life
    This American Life
    Pocket Casts #14
  15. 15New on this chart
    Planet Money podcast artwork
    Planet Money
    NPR
    Pocket Casts #15
  16. 16New on this chart
    Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford podcast artwork
    Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
    Pushkin Industries
    Pocket Casts #16
    15Pulse Score out of 100
  17. 17New on this chart
    Serial podcast artwork
    Serial
    Serial Productions & The New York Times
    Pocket Casts #17
  18. 18New on this chart
    The Tim Ferriss Show podcast artwork
    The Tim Ferriss Show
    Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig
    Pocket Casts #18
    10Pulse Score out of 100
  19. 19New on this chart
    Lex Fridman Podcast podcast artwork
    Lex Fridman Podcast
    Lex Fridman
    Pocket Casts #19
  20. 20New on this chart
    TED Talks Daily podcast artwork
    TED Talks Daily
    TED
    Pocket Casts #20
    17Pulse Score out of 100
  21. 21New on this chart
    Making Sense with Sam Harris podcast artwork
    Making Sense with Sam Harris
    Sam Harris
    Pocket Casts #21
    13Pulse Score out of 100
  22. 22New on this chart
    Dan Carlin's Hardcore History podcast artwork
    Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
    Dan Carlin
    Pocket Casts #22
  23. 23New on this chart
    Science Vs podcast artwork
    Science Vs
    Spotify Studios
    Pocket Casts #23
  24. 24New on this chart
    Darknet Diaries podcast artwork
    Darknet Diaries
    Jack Rhysider
    Pocket Casts #24
  25. 25New on this chart
    Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast podcast artwork
    Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast
    MKBHD
    Pocket Casts #25
  26. 26New on this chart
    TED Radio Hour podcast artwork
    TED Radio Hour
    NPR
    Pocket Casts #26
  27. 27New on this chart
    The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast podcast artwork
    The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
    DailyWire+
    Pocket Casts #27
    9Pulse Score out of 100
  28. 28New on this chart
    Criminal podcast artwork
    Criminal
    Vox Media Podcast Network
    Pocket Casts #28
    18Pulse Score out of 100
  29. 29New on this chart
    How I Built This with Guy Raz podcast artwork
    How I Built This with Guy Raz
    Guy Raz | Wondery
    Pocket Casts #29
  30. 30New on this chart
    The Ezra Klein Show podcast artwork
    The Ezra Klein Show
    New York Times Opinion
    Pocket Casts #30
    21Pulse Score out of 100
  31. 31New on this chart
    Today, Explained podcast artwork
    Today, Explained
    Vox
    Pocket Casts #31
    8Pulse Score out of 100
  32. 32New on this chart
    The Money Show podcast artwork
    The Money Show
    Radio 702
    Pocket Casts #32
    43Pulse Score out of 100
  33. 33New on this chart
    Ologies with Alie Ward podcast artwork
    Ologies with Alie Ward
    Alie Ward
    Pocket Casts #33
    9Pulse Score out of 100
  34. 34New on this chart
    The Documentary Podcast podcast artwork
    The Documentary Podcast
    BBC World Service
    Pocket Casts #34
    24Pulse Score out of 100
  35. 35New on this chart
    Reply All podcast artwork
    Reply All
    Gimlet
    Pocket Casts #35
  36. 36New on this chart
    True Crime South Africa podcast artwork
    True Crime South Africa
    Killer Audio Creations
    Pocket Casts #36
    44Pulse Score out of 100
  37. 37New on this chart
    What Now? with Trevor Noah podcast artwork
    What Now? with Trevor Noah
    Trevor Noah
    Pocket Casts #37
    68Pulse Score out of 100
  38. 38New on this chart
    History of South Africa podcast podcast artwork
    History of South Africa podcast
    Desmond Latham
    Pocket Casts #38
    23Pulse Score out of 100
  39. 39New on this chart
    Economist Podcasts podcast artwork
    Economist Podcasts
    The Economist
    Pocket Casts #39
    12Pulse Score out of 100
  40. 40New on this chart
    SmartLess podcast artwork
    SmartLess
    Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett
    Pocket Casts #40
    14Pulse Score out of 100
  41. 41New on this chart
    In Our Time podcast artwork
    In Our Time
    BBC Radio 4
    Pocket Casts #41
    9Pulse Score out of 100
  42. 42New on this chart
    Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel podcast artwork
    Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel
    Esther Perel Global Media
    Pocket Casts #42
    8Pulse Score out of 100
  43. 43New on this chart
    Short History Of... podcast artwork
    Short History Of...
    NOISER
    Pocket Casts #43
    37Pulse Score out of 100
  44. 44New on this chart
    You're Dead to Me podcast artwork
    You're Dead to Me
    BBC Radio 4
    Pocket Casts #44
    8Pulse Score out of 100
  45. 45New on this chart
    Business Wars podcast artwork
    Business Wars
    Audible
    Pocket Casts #45
  46. 46New on this chart
    The Vergecast podcast artwork
    The Vergecast
    The Verge
    Pocket Casts #46
  47. 47New on this chart
    Behind the Bastards podcast artwork
    Behind the Bastards
    Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
    Pocket Casts #47
  48. 48New on this chart
    The Mel Robbins Podcast podcast artwork
    The Mel Robbins Podcast
    Mel Robbins
    Pocket Casts #48
    71Pulse Score out of 100
  49. 49New on this chart
    Casefile True Crime podcast artwork
    Casefile True Crime
    Casefile Presents
    Pocket Casts #49
    50Pulse Score out of 100
  50. 50New on this chart
    The Infinite Monkey Cage podcast artwork
    The Infinite Monkey Cage
    BBC Radio 4
    Pocket Casts #50
  51. 51New on this chart
    StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson podcast artwork
    StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
    Neil deGrasse Tyson
    Pocket Casts #51
  52. 52New on this chart
    The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos podcast artwork
    The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
    Pushkin Industries
    Pocket Casts #52
  53. 53New on this chart
    Crime Junkie podcast artwork
    Crime Junkie
    Audiochuck
    Pocket Casts #53
    60Pulse Score out of 100
  54. 54New on this chart
    The Rest Is Politics podcast artwork
    The Rest Is Politics
    Goalhanger
    Pocket Casts #54
    18Pulse Score out of 100
  55. 55New on this chart
    Modern Wisdom podcast artwork
    Modern Wisdom
    Chris Williamson
    Pocket Casts #55
    47Pulse Score out of 100
  56. 56New on this chart
    Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend podcast artwork
    Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
    Team Coco & Earwolf
    Pocket Casts #56
  57. 57New on this chart
    Invisibilia podcast artwork
    Invisibilia
    NPR
    Pocket Casts #57
  58. 58New on this chart
    Search Engine podcast artwork
    Search Engine
    PJ Vogt
    Pocket Casts #58
  59. 59New on this chart
    The Knowledge Project podcast artwork
    The Knowledge Project
    Shane Parrish
    Pocket Casts #59
  60. 60New on this chart
    On Purpose with Jay Shetty podcast artwork
    On Purpose with Jay Shetty
    Perfect Strangers
    Pocket Casts #60
    65Pulse Score out of 100
  61. 61New on this chart
    Empire: World History podcast artwork
    Empire: World History
    Goalhanger
    Pocket Casts #61
    19Pulse Score out of 100
  62. 62New on this chart
    Unexplainable podcast artwork
    Unexplainable
    Vox
    Pocket Casts #62
  63. 63New on this chart
    No Stupid Questions podcast artwork
    No Stupid Questions
    Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
    Pocket Casts #63
  64. 64New on this chart
    You're Wrong About podcast artwork
    You're Wrong About
    Sarah Marshall
    Pocket Casts #64
  65. 65New on this chart
    Hard Fork podcast artwork
    Hard Fork
    The New York Times
    Pocket Casts #65
  66. 66New on this chart
    The Art of Manliness podcast artwork
    The Art of Manliness
    The Art of Manliness
    Pocket Casts #66
  67. 67New on this chart
    Philosophize This! podcast artwork
    Philosophize This!
    Stephen West
    Pocket Casts #67
  68. 68New on this chart
    The Moth podcast artwork
    The Moth
    The Moth
    Pocket Casts #68
  69. 69New on this chart
    Acquired podcast artwork
    Acquired
    Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal
    Pocket Casts #69
    25Pulse Score out of 100
  70. 70New on this chart
    Heavyweight podcast artwork
    Heavyweight
    Pushkin Industries
    Pocket Casts #70
  71. 71New on this chart
    Dan Snow's History Hit podcast artwork
    Dan Snow's History Hit
    History Hit
    Pocket Casts #71
    22Pulse Score out of 100
  72. 72New on this chart
    Lore podcast artwork
    Lore
    Aaron Mahnke
    Pocket Casts #72
  73. 73New on this chart
    The Intelligence from The Economist podcast artwork
    The Intelligence from The Economist
    The Economist
    Pocket Casts #73
    11Pulse Score out of 100
  74. 74New on this chart
    Dateline NBC podcast artwork
    Dateline NBC
    NBC News
    Pocket Casts #74
    39Pulse Score out of 100
  75. 75New on this chart
    In The Dark podcast artwork
    In The Dark
    The New Yorker
    Pocket Casts #75
    73Pulse Score out of 100
  76. 76New on this chart
    The Audio Long Read podcast artwork
    The Audio Long Read
    The Guardian
    Pocket Casts #76
  77. 77New on this chart
    Song Exploder podcast artwork
    Song Exploder
    Hrishikesh Hirway
    Pocket Casts #77
  78. 78New on this chart
    If Books Could Kill podcast artwork
    If Books Could Kill
    Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri
    Pocket Casts #78
  79. 79New on this chart
    Pivot podcast artwork
    Pivot
    New York Magazine
    Pocket Casts #79
    9Pulse Score out of 100
  80. 80New on this chart
    The Daily Stoic podcast artwork
    The Daily Stoic
    Daily Stoic | Backyard Ventures
    Pocket Casts #80
  81. 81New on this chart
    HBR IdeaCast podcast artwork
    HBR IdeaCast
    Harvard Business Review
    Pocket Casts #81
  82. 82New on this chart
    The Gareth Cliff Show podcast artwork
    The Gareth Cliff Show
    The Gareth Cliff Show
    Pocket Casts #82
    31Pulse Score out of 100
  83. 83New on this chart
    Real Dictators podcast artwork
    Real Dictators
    NOISER
    Pocket Casts #83
    16Pulse Score out of 100
  84. 84New on this chart
    World of Secrets podcast artwork
    World of Secrets
    BBC
    Pocket Casts #84
    18Pulse Score out of 100
  85. 85New on this chart
    Fall of Civilizations Podcast podcast artwork
    Fall of Civilizations Podcast
    Fall of Civilizations Podcast
    Pocket Casts #85
  86. 86New on this chart
    The Ancients podcast artwork
    The Ancients
    History Hit
    Pocket Casts #86
    18Pulse Score out of 100
  87. 87New on this chart
    Worklife with Molly Graham podcast artwork
    Worklife with Molly Graham
    TED
    Pocket Casts #87
  88. 88New on this chart
    BizNews Radio podcast artwork
    BizNews Radio
    BizNews
    Pocket Casts #88
  89. 89New on this chart
    Today in Focus podcast artwork
    Today in Focus
    The Guardian
    Pocket Casts #89
    11Pulse Score out of 100
  90. 90New on this chart
    MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories podcast artwork
    MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
    Ballen Studios
    Pocket Casts #90
    46Pulse Score out of 100
  91. 91New on this chart
    The Rest Is Science podcast artwork
    The Rest Is Science
    Goalhanger
    Pocket Casts #91
    12Pulse Score out of 100
  92. 92New on this chart
    MoneywebNOW podcast artwork
    MoneywebNOW
    Moneyweb Radio
    Pocket Casts #92
    17Pulse Score out of 100
  93. 93New on this chart
    BibleProject podcast artwork
    BibleProject
    BibleProject Podcast
    Pocket Casts #93
    12Pulse Score out of 100
  94. 94New on this chart
    10% Happier with Dan Harris podcast artwork
    10% Happier with Dan Harris
    10% Happier
    Pocket Casts #94
  95. 95New on this chart
    Throughline podcast artwork
    Throughline
    NPR
    Pocket Casts #95
  96. 96New on this chart
    Masters of Scale podcast artwork
    Masters of Scale
    WaitWhat
    Pocket Casts #96
  97. 97New on this chart
    More or Less podcast artwork
    More or Less
    BBC Radio 4
    Pocket Casts #97
  98. 98New on this chart
    Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 podcast artwork
    Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
    BBC Radio 4
    Pocket Casts #98
    14Pulse Score out of 100
  99. 99New on this chart
    The Rest Is Classified podcast artwork
    The Rest Is Classified
    Goalhanger
    Pocket Casts #99
    14Pulse Score out of 100
  100. 100New on this chart
    Fresh Air podcast artwork
    Fresh Air
    NPR
    Pocket Casts #100

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