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AUSTRALIAN PODCAST RANKER - MAY

Written by Commercial Radio and Audio | Jun 17, 2025 11:30:00 PM

The latest official Australian Podcast Ranker has been released by Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA) and Triton Digital. Below are the top five charts for May. The complete charts can be viewed here.

In May 2025, average weekly listenership hit 7 million, matching the record-breaking peak set in March 2025. This strong performance from our participating publishers reflects continued interest in on-demand audio from Australian listeners.

 

Australian Podcast Ranker top five podcasts May 2025 

      Podcast 

Producer 

Monthly Listeners  

1 

The Mel Robbins Podcast 

SiriusXM Podcast Network 

1,034,681

2 

Hamish & Andy 

LiSTNR (SCA) 

902,293

3 

ABC News Top Stories 

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 

851,102

4 

Mamamia Out Loud 

Mamamia 

625,692

5 

Shameless Mushroom Case Daily 

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 

625,029

 

Australian Podcast Ranker top five genres May 2025 

     Genre 

Monthly Listeners  

1 

Society & Culture 

5,519,093

2 

News

5,391,007

3 

True Crime 

4,725,502

4 

Sports 

4,314,486

5 

Comedy 

3,818,812

 

Australian Podcast Ranker top five podcast publishers May 2025 

     Publisher 

Monthly Listeners 

1 

ARN/iHeart 

4,435,726

2 

LiSTNR (SCA) 

3,728,429

3 

SiriusXM Podcast Network 

3,448,849

4 

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 

3,199,639

5 

News Corp Australia 

2,388,491

  

Top five sales representatives by monthly listeners May 2025  

Sales representatives 

Publishers represented 

Monthly Listeners  

1 

LiSTNR (SCA)  

LiSTNR (SCA) / SiriusXM Podcast Network / audiochuck / Wondery / DM Podcasts / NBCUniversal News Group 

8,658,091

2 

ARN / iHeart 

ARN / iHeartMedia / Audioboom / AdLarge Media / Sport Social Podcast Network / The Athletic / The Investors Podcast Network / All Ears English / Sony Music / Clubby Sports / NZME / TED / BBC 

7,551,499

3 

NOVA Entertainment 

NOVA Entertainment / News Corp Australia / Podshape/ Schwartz Media / Johns Media 

3,814,565

4 

News Corp Australia 

News Corp Australia 

2,388,491

5 

Nine 

Nine Radio / Nine Publishing 

1,672,729

 About the Australian Podcast Ranker 

The Australian Podcast Ranker is a monthly snapshot of the top 200 podcasts listened to by Australians, the top 200 Australian podcasts, the 20 biggest publishers and the 20 most successful podcast sales representatives. 

The Australian Podcast Ranker is an industry initiative commissioned by CRA and published by Triton Digital. Results comply with IAB Podcast Measurement Technical Guidelines.