The September 2021 Podcast Ranker chart sees the top three publisher rankings unchanged – ARN/iHeartMedia, LiSTNR (SCA) and Audioboom.
The same top three podcasts also are unchanged in both the Top 100 Ranker and Top 100 All-Australian Ranker, including Hamish & Andy (LiSTNR – SCA), Casefile True Crime (Audioboom) and Life Uncut with Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne (ARN/iHeartMedia).
Two new podcasts found their way back into the Top 100 – iHeartPodcast Network’s She’s on the Money at #9 and LiSTNR’s The Howie Games at #10.
With no new episodes in September, Hamish & Andy’s Remembering Project dropped out of the top 10 to #42.
There have been several debuts for the Top 100 Ranker including The Chaser Report (Acast), Drive with Tom Elliot (Nine Radio), RedHanded (Audioboom) and more.
Debuts for the Top 100 All-Australian Ranker included Toni and Ryan (ARN/iHeartMedia), Everybody Knows (Schwartz Media) and The Goss (Podshape).
Lockdown has again been good news for podcast volume. Total downloads of all shows by all participating publishers in the month of September is 52m, the second-biggest month ever after 52.2m in May this year.
Participating publishers in the Australian Ranker include Audioboom, ARN/iHeartMedia, DM Podcasts, Equity Mates Media, Hidden Brain Media, Kinderling Kids Radio, LiSTNR (SCA), News Corp Australia, Nine, NOVA Entertainment, Podshape, Schwartz Media, Sports Entertainment Network (SEN), Stitcher Media, TOFOP Productions, The Chaser, Wavelength Creative and West Australian Newspapers.
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See also: Triton Digital announces it will provide podcast reports in New Zealand
Triton Digital and the Radio Broadcasters Association of New Zealand (RBA) have announced the forthcoming launch of Podcast Reports in New Zealand, powered by Triton’s Podcast Metrics measurement service. The Rankers will provide a ranking of the top podcasts and networks in New Zealand, as measured by Triton. Reported metrics will include Monthly Downloads and Monthly Listeners, in accordance with the latest IAB Podcast Technical Measurement Guidelines.
The first New Zealand Ranker will be published later this month in Mediaweek.