Top Personal Journals Podcasts in South Africa

The latest Apple Podcasts Personal Journals chart for South Africa, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked October 29, 2026.

1

Desert Island Discs

BBC Radio 4

2

Great Company with Jamie Laing

Jampot Productions

3

Heavyweight

Pushkin Industries

4

The Relebogile Mabotja Podcast

Relebogile Mabotja

5

See You Sunday

Jasmine Shah

6

SWEET NOTHINGS POD

Armani and Landi

7

Everybody Knows But Me

Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion

8

Lives Less Ordinary

BBC World Service

9

S-Town

Serial Productions

10

Rise Above with Kevin Lanning

Kevin Lanning

11

Emotionally Online

Maddie Dragsbaek

12

Keep it Positive, Sweetie

The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

13

Dead Eyes

Headgum

14

The Deep by Zoe Marshall

Zoe Marshall

15

The Right-Sized Life with Amy Schmidt

Amy Schmidt

16

The Secret Room | True Stories

Ben Hamm

17

The Late Discovered Club

Catherine Asta

18

Note to Self

Dear Media

19

Young Again

BBC Radio 4

20

Witness History

BBC World Service

21

Love and Radio

Love and Radio | Daylight Media

22

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball

Persephonica

23

Crisis What Crisis with Andy Coulson

Andy Coulson

24

Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa

Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa

25

Secret Gardens of My Mind

Aiden Watson

26

The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud

Do Good Crew

27

This is Love

Vox Media Podcast Network

28

Home Is Always A Journey

DawnCheré Wilkerson

29

Life Shift | True Stories of Healing, Grief & Loss

Matt Gilhooly

30

Indian Boy

Kartikey Sharma

31

Nightmare Neighbors | Neighbors From Hell

Nightmare Neighbors

32

40ish | The Funny Podcast on Perimenopause, Menopause & Midlife

Lauren Mishcon & Nicole Goodman - Menopause Humor & Midlife Conversations

33

Brand Safe

Tana Mongeau

34

Things Fell Apart

BBC Radio 4

35

Stories From The Stage

GBH

36

ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show

Teresa and Denver

37

Disturbed: True Horror Stories

Evergreen Podcasts

38

Bobo's Void

Bobo, Donavon and Mango

39

DNA Surprises

Alexis Hourselt

40

It Aint for Sissies

itaintforsissies

41

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.

42

You Will Please Me

Dominatrix Eva Oh

43

Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010

BBC Radio 4

44

L-Tido Podcast

L-tido

45

Get a Grip Podcast

Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes

46

Mike Drop

Mike Ritland

47

Jim Harold's Campfire

Jim Harold

48

Thought Digest with Caiah & Mpho

Africa Podcast Network

49

After the Fires - Podcast

Hosted by Nozipho Tshabalala

50

Hey Tablo

Team Epikase

51

This Teenage Life

This Teenage Life

52

Radio Oldie

Radio Oldie

53

Sitio Bangungot - Pinoy Horror Stories for Sleep Podcast

Kwentong Takipsilim

54

The Shift with Sam Baker

sam baker

55

Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero

Louis Ruggiero

56

The Dark Paranormal

The Dark Paranormal

57

Life Changing

BBC Radio 4

58

Desert Island Discs: Archive 2011-2015

BBC Radio 4

59

The Anthropocene Reviewed

Complexly, John Green

60

Scary | A Paranormal Podcast

Real-Life Paranormal Stories

61

The Martha Stewart Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

62

Just Poetry

Justin Jacobs

63

Life After Prison

Prison Radio Association

64

The Girly Girl Podcast

Carmen Applegate

65

Desert Island Discs: Archive: 2016-2018

BBC Radio 4

66

Miss Me?

Persephonica

67

It's Always Something with Davis Roe

Davis Roe

68

Sisters of Defiance

Anita Rani

69

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000

BBC Radio 4

70

True Scary Story

Scary Stories

71

Cocktales with Kiki

Kiki Said So

72

Thanks For Asking

Feelings & Co.

73

Girls Next Door

Rolln Media

74

The Messy Inbetween

TMI podcast

75

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1966-1970

BBC Radio 4

76

La vie en rose

EVEL

77

MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler

Wishbone Production

78

Between Two Beers Podcast

Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten

79

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80

Uncomfortable with Nash

Nasiphi Mana

81

Reagan Conrad

The Daily Wire

82

The Sister Circle Podcast

Chrystal Evans Hurst

83

You Probably Think This Story’s About You

Brittani Ard

84

Good Grief with Amanda Kloots

Dear Media

85

Dua Lipa: At Your Service

BBC Sounds

86

You're So Right

Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta

87

Breaking Social Norms

Isaac "Illuminati Watcher" Weishaupt & Josie Weishaupt

88

Schuilen in Schoonheid

Dag en Nacht

89

Wasafiri Africa Podcast

Wasafiri Africa

90

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980

BBC Radio 4

91

Here For The Craic with Emma Neill

Emma Neill

92

Inheritance Tracks

BBC Radio 4

93

Between Us - Neurodivergent Conversations: ADHD, Autism & AuDHD

Christine & Mareike

94

Would You Believe…? with Rebecca Rogers

Rebecca Rogers & Studio71

95

Near Death Experiences And Supernatural Events

The NDE LAB

96

Mer än bara morsa!

Kenza & Ines

97

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996

BBC Radio 4

98

The Yes Theory Podcast

Yes Theory

99

Proxy with Yowei Shaw

Yowei Shaw

100

Don't Be Sour

Maxx Chewning

101

What's The Juice?

Alia Zaita & Yoni Ekoto

102

Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield

Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield

103

The Messy Inbetween

TMI podcast

104

What We Spend

Audacy

105

Daphne's Hulptroepen

Dag en Nacht | Podimo

106

Practice You with Elena Brower

Elena Brower

107

It Might Get Uncomfortable

Kay Moleli

108

Motivational Maniac Podcast

Galore Se7en Media

109

UC ROYAL VOICE-OVERS

Uc Royal

110

Aging With Purpose and Passion | Women Over 50

Beverley Glazer, MA, CCC, ICF | Work and Life Transition Coach for Women Over 50

111

Erotic Stories by Krystine

Krystine Kellogg

112

Change Agent

The New York Times

113

On My Mind

Ava Jules

114

FriedEggs Podcast

A podcast about infertility and IVF

115

The Real Stuff with Lucie Fink

Dear Media

116

Wilson & Ashley

Wilson & Ashley

117

Cowboy Coffee Hour with Cowboy Kent and Shannon Rollins

Pionaire Podcasting

118

Noorished Podcast

Saleh Family

119

The Comeback Era with Caroline and Kayla

Caroline and Kayla

120

Powering Through

Jessie Owen & ONWARD Medical

121

לך תחפש

All•in

122

Everything Changed with Rosie Fawehimi

Rosie Fawehimi

123

Let's Try This Again with B. Simone

Dear Media

124

Unpack ‘n Bounce Back

Reyna Biddy & Skye Townsend

125

REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal

Jon Bernthal

126

On Our Minds

Student Reporting Labs

127

more conversations with mo

Mo Mdluli

128

Private Parts

Spirit Studios

129

The Cozy Chat Podcast

Aliyah's Corner

130

Crossing Continents

BBC Radio 4

131

Extreme Survival

Creator at Obomedia

132

How To Own The Room

Viv Groskop

133

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965

BBC Radio 4

134

Cut the Camera with the Sturniolo Triplets

Sturniolo Triplets

135

Last Word

BBC Radio 4

136

The Survival Debrief Podcast with Steven Kelly

Steven Kelly

137

Unlocking US

Kala Neal

138

At Wissam's | عند وسام

Wissam Saliba

139

Ouro Sobre Azul

Salomé

140

Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn

BBC Radio 4

141

TANGENT with Tanner Devore

TMG Studios

142

The Princess Effect

Princess

143

Minutes with Maurice

Maurice St.Germain

144

POV You're My Therapist

Divine Philemond

145

Unwineding

Podcast Nation

146

Fairly Odd Sisters

Fairly Odd Sisters

147

To all the People Podcast with Janell Roberts

Janell Roberts

148

Mystery Show

Gimlet

149

The Comb

BBC World Service

150

Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland

GoLoud

151

THE HEY GIRL PODCAST

Alex Elle

152

Pineapple Pinup: Hotwife Swingers Life

Tasty Tress

153

Girlscamp

Hayley Rawle

154

time alone

Siobhan Lauren

155

Can't Stop Moving with Gary Owens

Justin Owens

156

پادکست باضیا - Ba Ziya Podcast

Ali Ziya

157

Proud Stutter

Maya Chupkov

158

OH-Kay, But Seriously

OH-Kay, But Seriously

159

Behind The Camera Podcast

Behind The Camera Studios Ltd

160

Desert Island Discs: Archive 2000-2005

BBC Radio 4

161

Stacey & J Sbu

East Coast Radio - Catch Up

162

Fruit

Hoorae Media, Issa Rae Productions, Raedio LLc

163

Room to Grieve Podcast

roomtogrievepodcast

164

Winners Talking Podcast

Pound Sterling & Big Doug

165

Sit Down with Michael Franzese

Michael Franzese

166

Dear Daughter

BBC World Service

167

Brain Fog

Rosa Fihla and Nthatisi Mota

168

Dearly Ebele

Ebele Light

169

Eins zu Eins. Der Talk

Bayerischer Rundfunk

170

Oh, Anna!

The Fellas Studios

171

Pregnantish

Andrea Syrtash

172

À Cœurs Ouverts

Séréna

173

Welt.Macht.China

ARD

174

Hörbar Rust

radioeins (rbb) & rbb media

175

tashatalks.

Natasha Makhaba

176

THE WAY WE LIVE Podcast

A podcast about the in-between spaces

177

禎甄要chat內

胡小禎 & 李佩甄

178

You’re Gonna Want To Hear This

marie claire australia

179

Something Shifted | Stories of Identity, Loss and Life Transitions

Sean Loots | Starting Over and Life Changes

180

The Long Form Podcast

LF MEDIA

181

A Place to Call Home | Stories from Australian Agriculture

A Place to Call Home Group

182

Amandla with Mpeo

Solid Gold Podcasts #BeHeard

183

Saturday Live

BBC Radio 4

184

Joy-ology

Joy-ology

185

Boots Off

Audio Always

186

Mondays with Mom

Lia and Jo

187

Writing From The Inside: Gambling, Addiction, Prison, and Starting Over

Chris Swett

188

Against The Podds - A Gambling & Addiction Podcast

Against The Odds

189

All Bets Are Off

All Bets Are Off - Gambling Addiction Recovery Podcast

190

Sort Your Life Out Unpacked

BBC Sounds

191

Het Huis 100

VRT 1

192

In This Season

Rae

193

Hear Me Out

Izzy Armitage

194

Best Of Reddit Stories 2026

Best Of Reddit Stories 2026

195

HottieHotline

Nele Ludowig und Riccarda Greco

196

Artifacts of Grief

Snack Labs

197

The India Hicks Podcast

India Hicks

198

Kiwi Yarns

rova | Brodie Kane Media

199

Getting By

Getting By Podcast

200

Det skaver

Acast

201

Talk Time With M

Madeline Ben Udowa

202

Good Moms Bad Choices

The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

203

吳若權權式重點

吳若權｜中廣流行網

204

The Weird Years

Lydia Vornweg

205

Grounded with Louis Theroux

BBC Radio 4

206

Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything

Benjamen Walker & Radiotopia

207

Where I Am

Grant Garry

208

Private Investigations: A Tommy Tiernan Podcast

Mabinóg

209

Red Pilled America

Patrick Courrielche, Adryana Cortez

210

Confessions of a Surf Lady | The First Women's Surfing Podcast™

Laura Day

211

De Geknipte Gast

NPO Luister / BNNVARA

212

A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard

A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard

213

Let Her Finish

rova | Brodie Kane Media

214

Honey Jam Podcast

Janice Jeong and Jessica Shin

215

A Cup Full

Tshegetso Moepi

216

Nana Akua: Difficult Conversations | GB News

GB News

217

Too Niche?

What’s Your Journey?, Bleav

218

The Nigerian Hustle

What is Nigeria

219

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991

BBC Radio 4

220

After Hours Let’s Talk

After Hours Let’s Talk

221

The Worst Advice I Ever Got

Sean Taylor

222

Sexual Abuse Survivors Corner

Shay Serrano

223

The Journey Unearthed Podcast

Olerato (Lerato Sekanka)

224

Tell Me A Ghost Story

Michelle Newman - Tell Me A Ghost Story

225

Brave Moment with Mali Nxumalo

Lutcha

226

CHARLI AND DIXIE: 2 CHIX

Ramble and Charli and Dixie D’Amelio

227

Stephing Up

Steph Pase

228

Stories with Sapphire

Sapphire Sandalo

229

Stories That Live In Us

Crista Cowan | The Barefoot Genealogist

230

Awakening Doctor

Dr Maria Christodoulou

231

Bits and Boobs

Dakota Middleby and Bianca Innes

232

Jill Scott Presents: J.ill the Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

233

Private Practice Success Stories

Jena Castro-Casbon

234

BirthNotes | Birth Stories & Women's Health

Kristin Vasko

235

so last sunday

Heather and Siobhán

236

Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi

TED

237

The Modern Mann

Olly Mann

238

NPE Stories

Lily Wood

239

HumaNature

Wyoming Public Media

240

Chew The Fatpad

Dr Tim Pearce

241

Free To Be with Lucca

Lucca Petrucci

242

Grandpa’s Sleep Stories For Grown-Ups

Grandpa’s Bedtime Stories For Grown-Ups

243

Lowlines

Social Broadcasts & Scenery Studios

244

It's Not About Me by Simi Polonsky

Simi Polonsky

245

University Podcast

Sarah Hartley

246

Dear Alana,

Tenderfoot TV

247

The Radiant Badass with Elizabeth Holmes

Radiant Badass

248

Witness History: Archive 2014

BBC World Service

249

Once Upon A Gene

Effie Parks

250

Confessions of a Showgirl

Maren Wade

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