Triton Digital has released the latest ranking of podcasts in Australia, with Hamish & Andy again claiming top spot. The LiSTNR duo have grabbed the #1 ranking on both the Australian chart and the overall ranking of all podcasts available.
The rest of the top five is unchanged from last month too – Casefile True Crime, Mamamia Out Loud, Shameless and The Imperfects.
Moving up the ranker
There were a number of impressive performers crashing their way into the Top 20. Moving up 30 spots or more were News Corp Australia’s The Teacher’s Trial (#53 to #14) and Nine Radio’s Hannah’s Story (#45 to #15).
Also climbing into the Top is Nine Radio’s Ben Fordham Live (#36 to #18).
Podcast Ranker: LiSTNR performance
LiSTNR has noted it retained its #1 position for the first half of 2023 as Australia’s largest podcast network with more than 8.104 million listeners, and 19 podcasts in the top 50 of the Australian Podcast Ranker.
Hamish & Andy is once again Australia’s #1 podcast and the most listened to comedy podcast, with an audience of almost 1 million listeners.
7am from Schwartz Media once again was the #1 news podcast in the Top 150 Australian Podcast Ranker.
The LiSTNR network boasts five podcasts in the top 20 with Hamish & Andy, 7am, Crime Junkie, SmartLess, and Morbid.
Several of LiSTNR’s podcasts saw large listener increases during June, including The Footy with Broden Kelly, which jumped 28 spots, Levels Podcast (up 26 spots), Triple M Sydney’s Mick and MG in the Morning (up 21 spots), Something was Wrong (up 18 spots) and CommSec Market Update (up 14 spots).
The highest new entry on the chart this month was News Corp Australia’s Mother’s Guilt.
iHeartPodcast performance
ARN’s iHeartPodcast Network Australia reports it is the #1 publisher for the 38th consecutive time with over 20 million downloads, almost double that of its nearest competitor, dominating the June Australian Podcast Ranker with five of the top 10 podcasts.
ARN’s iHeartPodcast Network Australia is home to Audioboom’s Casefile, the popular true crime podcast, which has 2.4 million monthly downloads and 834k listeners to maintain the #1 crime ranking.
Other highlights are The Imperfects holding the fifth spot overall in the ranker, (#1 Health & Wellness), The Kyle & Jackie O Show hold strong with over 2m downloads over the month of June, Life Uncut with Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne at #8 overall (#1 Relationship), and Stuff You Should Know which sits #9 (#1 Knowledge).
See also: May Podcast Ranker: Hamish & Andy reclaim the top spot