The official Australian Podcast Ranker has been released by Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA) and Triton Digital. Below are the top five charts for January. The complete charts can be viewed here.
January 2025 reached an average weekly listenership of 5.5 million, reflecting a 15% increase compared to the same period in 2024. This growth has been driven by an expanding and diversifying roster of participating publishers, showcasing the increasing appetite for on-demand audio content.
| Australian Podcast Ranker top five podcasts January 2025 | |||
| Podcast | Producer | Monthly Listeners | |
| 1 | The Mel Robbins Podcast | SiriusXM Podcast Network | 719,444 |
| 2 | ABC News Top Stories | Australian Broadcasting Corporation | 702,309 |
| 3 | Mamamia Out Loud | Mamamia | 521,399 |
| 4 | Shameless | Shameless Media | 432,073 |
| 5 | Casefile True Crime | Audioboom | 388,972 |
| Australian Podcast Ranker top five genres January 2025 | ||
| Genre | Monthly Listeners | |
| 1 | Society & Culture | 4,110,086 |
| 2 | News | 3,763,023 |
| 3 | True Crime | 3,726,800 |
| 4 | Comedy | 2,775,267 |
| 5 | Sports | 2,341,384 |
| Australian Podcast Ranker top five podcast publishers January 2025 | ||
| Publisher | Monthly Listeners | |
| 1 | ARN/iHeart | 3,779,981 |
| 2 | SiriusXM Podcast Network | 2,761,787 |
| 3 | Australian Broadcasting Corporation | 2,499,216 |
| 4 | LiSTNR (SCA) | 2,490,953 |
| 5 | Audioboom | 1,606,249 |
| Top five sales representatives by monthly listeners January 2025 | |||
| Sales representatives | Publishers represented | Monthly Listeners | |
| 1 | LiSTNR (SCA) | LiSTNR (SCA) / SiriusXM Podcast Network / audiochuck / Wondery / DM Podcasts / NBCUniversal News Group | 6,630,663 |
| 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 | 6,521,788 |
| 3 | NOVA Entertainment | NOVA Entertainment / News Corp Australia / Podshape/ Schwartz Media/ Johns Media | 2,276,595 |
| 4 | News Corp Australia | News Corp Australia | 1,398,691 |
| 5 | Mamamia | Mamamia | 1,236,432 |
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.
