For the Third Consecutive January, Tara-Leigh Cobble’s Podcast Lands in Top Ten Across All Categories
Dallas, Texas (January 19, 2026) — The Bible Recap Podcast, hosted by author and Bible teacher Tara-Leigh Cobble, was ranked in the Top Five most popular Apple podcasts during each week of January 2026. For the third consecutive January, The Bible Recap Podcast is among Apple’s top ten shows, with more than half a billion total downloads since its 2019 debut.
The Bible Recap Podcast helps millions of people worldwide better understand the Bible as they follow a daily plan for reading the entire Bible in one year. In addition to a half a billion downloads, The Bible Recap’s YouTube channel has garnered more than 30 million views. As The Bible Recap Podcast has become one of the most trusted and widely listened-to Bible podcasts worldwide, it consistently ranks at the top of religion and spirituality podcast charts as well as the overall Top Shows chart at Apple Podcasts.
Also in January 2026, The Bible Recap Podcast for Kids (TBR Kids) debuted at #1 spot on Apple podcasts in Kids & Family. TBR Kids is hosted by Emily Pickell—known as “Miss Emily” to the younger listeners—and it’s part of the TBR Podcast Network. TBR Kids is a daily podcast geared toward younger Bible Readers, and follows the same 365-day TBR reading plan, so grownups and the kids in their life can read and recap together.
The Bible Recap 365-Day Chronological Study Bible (Baker Publishing, September 2) was #1 on Amazon in the Christian Bibles category for the first week of January.
“The continued growth of The Bible Recap Podcast audience reminds us that people are hungry for God’s Word and spiritual growth,” comments show host Tara-Leigh Cobble. “My favorite thing in the world is helping people around the world read, love, and understand the Bible.”
The Bible Recap Podcast launched in 2019 to serve D-Group International, a Christian ministry founded by Tara-Leigh Cobble. At the time, Cobble led an online Bible study for 1,200 people, and she hoped 300 listeners might tune in to the podcast. The show’s reach immediately outstripped expectations, and by January 2024, it had reached the #1 spot on Apple Podcasts across all categories.
In 2020, The Bible Recap Podcast content was adapted and published as a book, which has sold more than one million copies to date and still ranks among the top ten nonfiction titles on Amazon. Tara-Leigh Cobble has published more than a dozen additional Bible study resources, all designed to help people read, love, and understand the Bible. The author and podcaster is also the host of a daily radio program, “The God Shot,” heard on more than a dozen radio stations in the U.S.
Tara-Leigh Cobble (www.TaraLeighCobble.com) lives in Dallas, where she creates content and resources that help people read, understand, and love the Bible. She is the founder of D-Group International, a discipleship network reaching thousands of people around the world. Tara-Leigh is the host of a daily podcast, The Bible Recap Podcast, which has twice reached #1 across all Apple Podcast charts and has surpassed 500 million downloads across all platforms. Her daily radio show, “The God Shot,” airs on more than a dozen radio stations. Tara-Leigh is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author with more than two million books sold in the line of books under The Bible Recap brand. Her most recent project is The Bible Recap 365-Day Chronological Study Bible (September 2025). Tara-Leigh is a popular speaker and Bible teacher who leads multiple tours of the Holy Land each year via Israelux.
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