LISTNR is Australia’s undisputed no.1 sales representation network taking the Podcast Ranker top position 20 times, with more than 7.29 million listeners-
The podcast phenomenon that is Hamish & Andy keeps breaking records, once again taking the crown as Australia’s top podcast for the 20th time, reaching almost 918,977 listeners in April and growing the pair’s audience month on month and year on year, according to the Australian Podcast Ranker*.
LiSTNR continues its run as the no. 1 sales representation podcast network nationally^, a position it has held 20 out of 22 months since its inception into the Australian Podcast Ranker in July 2022. The LiSTNR sales representative podcast network reached more than 7.29 million monthly listeners^ in April, an increase of more than 172,000 monthly listeners from March’s ranker results. Year on year, LiSTNR’s owned and operated podcast titles grew by 257,000 monthly listeners.
LiSTNR had 19 podcasts in the top 50 of the Top 200 Australian Podcast Ranker* in April, once again more than double that of its closest competitor.
Popular podcasts in the top 20 included Hamish & Andy, which also claimed the number one comedy podcast, Crime Junkie, 7am with Schwartz Media, Happy Hour with Lucky & Nikki, SmartLess, It’s A Lot with Abbie Chatfield and The Mel Robbins Podcast.
LiSTNR’s owned and operated podcast titles enjoyed strong audience growth in the April Top 200 Australian Podcast Ranker including It’s A Lot with Abbie Chatfield, The Briefing, Triple M Footy AFL, Darling, Shine!, Bizarre with Mick Molloy and Titus O’Reily and Aunty Donna.
Other titles that moved up the ranker in April included Crime Junkie, The Mel Robbins Podcast, Mr Ballen Podcast, Dan Does Footy, The Mindset Mentor, Pod Save America, Everybody Relax, Luke and Sassy Scott, Footy Talk – Rugby League, Triple M Rocks Footy NRL, Scamfluencers, and Red Hot Pod.
In addition, Betoota Talks and Prosecuting Donald Trump made their return to the top 200 ranker.
“LiSTNR has shown audience growth across its owned and operated podcast slate as well as its partner titles. Hamish & Andy has again taken the number one position and LiSTNR remains the number one sales representation network,” SCA Executive Head LiSTNR Podcasts, Grant Tothill, said.
“To see audience growth of our radio and original podcasts that has materialised into a record revenue month for LiSTNR is an outstanding achievement by everyone, and along with our new LiSTNR AdTech Hub, our sales team continues to offer advertisers more and more reasons to reach different audiences at scale.”
Sources: *Australian Podcast Ranker Top 200 Podcasts – April 2024, ^Australian Podcast Ranker – Top Sales Representatives – April 2024. ^^ LiSTNR owned and operated published podcast titles.
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