Ranking Our Podcast Guests 🔥 Who Dominated Modern 9 to 5 in 2025?

What happens when you stop guessing… and start looking at the data? 📊

In this Christmas Special episode of Modern 9 to 5, we do something risky:
We rank every single episode and guest we had this year — honestly, brutally, and with zero PR filtering.

This isn’t about ego.
It’s about views, watch time, engagement, authenticity, and whether an episode actually worked.

Some guests surprised us.
Some amazing conversations didn’t perform.
Some chaos somehow did.

We break down:
🎙️ Why some great guests didn’t make Top 10
📉 What killed certain episodes (production, timing, us 😬)
📈 What actually drives engagement on podcasts
🧠 How data changed the direction of Modern 9 to 5
🔥 The guests who truly carried the show
🎄 Why this episode feels like a podcast therapy session

If you’re a creator, podcaster, expat, or just love behind-the-scenes honesty — this one’s for you.

🎙 Modern 9 to 5 is a podcast about work, identity, ambition, money, culture, and trying to make sense of life without pretending we’ve figured it out.

👉 Subscribe for more honest, funny, and uncomfortable conversations
👉 Comment which episode YOU think deserved Top 3

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🎙 Hosted by: Levan & Rezi
🎄 Christmas Special Episode

Chapters:
00:00 Ranking our guests (cold open)
04:15 2025 recap + why we’re doing this
08:00 How we judge guests (vibes vs value)
12:09 Behind-the-scenes of podcasting (editing, pressure)
16:05 Studio grind + consistency talk
20:10 Audience reactions (Georgia + abroad)
24:16 What we look for in guests (our “type”)
28:09 UK slander warm-up (light)
32:10 What makes a moment clip-worthy
36:18 Ranking rules + disclaimers
37:56 #10 — Unexpected gem energy
40:46 #9 — Plot twist episode
45:36 #8 — Chaos + wisdom combo
48:14 #7 — Hard worker / serious mindset
53:05 #6 — Creative outsider vibes
56:01 Top 5 Begins!
62:57 #4 — Storytelling masterclass
68:21 #3 — Culture shock heavyweight
74:14 #2 — Personal brand machine
75:23 #1 — Made us self-aware (the “mirror”)
77:00 What we learned from the list
81:09 Why expats integrate (Georgia effect)
87:00 When jokes go too far (boundaries)
92:05 What Modern 9 to 5 is actually about
95:17 Wrap-up + what’s next