Day: March 20, 2025

As anticipation grows for the 2025 federal election, audiences are already turning to the ABC, delivering record audiences for our news and current affairs podcasts.

The February Triton Australian Podcast Ranker released today shows Australians are listening to ABC podcasts to understand more about the issues that matter most to them in the lead-up to the poll.

ABC News Top Stories, a curated, continually updated round-up of the day’s latest news, was the most popular Australian-made podcast in February and set a new record with 868,000 listeners.

ABC News Daily was the second most popular news podcast in the country and landed at number 10 overall on the Ranker with 379,000 listeners. Presented by Samantha Hawley, ABC News Daily is the ABC’s flagship daily podcast news show that explains one big story in under 15 minutes every weekday morning.

The newly-launched Politics Now also made the February list at number 47 with 135,000 listeners. Politics Now brings together a roster of expert political commentators, including Patricia Karvelas, David Speers, Fran Kelly, Annabel Crabb, Jacob Greber, Brett Worthington, Melissa Clarke and David Lipson, and is the top audio destination to stay informed throughout the campaign.

ABC Director News Justin Stevens said: “As the countdown to the federal election begins, the ABC’s news and current affairs podcasts offer news consumers a convenient way to stay fully informed on the go.”

The Australian Podcast Ranker is a monthly snapshot of Australia’s most popular podcasts. The Ranker has been reporting podcast listening in Australia since 2019 and includes a wide cross-section of Australian podcast publishers.

The full Triton Australian Podcast Ranker can be found here.

Audiences can enjoy all the ABC’s podcasts for free and ad free on ABC listen.

KICPOD is diving deep into the realities of ADHD with a brand new, eight episode LiSTNR miniseries, It’s My ADHD. Hosted by Steph Claire Smith, the series offers an honest, personal, and informative exploration of life with ADHD, following Steph’s journey as she learns more about her own diagnosis.

It’s My ADHD unpacks how ADHD has impacted Steph’s relationship to her husband, how she parents and her career, and the unique challenges of late diagnosis – particularly for women. Steph first opened up about her ADHD diagnosis on KICPOD, co-hosted by Laura Henshaw, in October last year. Now, in It’s My ADHD, Steph takes a deeper dive, sharing her journey while unpacking key topics with experts and guests who understand the realities of living with ADHD.

With guests including psychologist Bec McWilliam, psychiatrist Dr Dianne Grocott, clinical dietitian and nutritionist Liv Morrison, journalist Matilda Boseley, and relationship coach Megan Luscombe, and media personality Em Rusciano, the series will inform, empower, and create a greater understanding of ADHD.

Co-host of KICPOD, Steph Claire Smith, said: “Since my diagnosis, I’ve had so many people reach out with similar experiences and I’ve realised just how many of us are still figuring it all out. This miniseries isn’t about ‘fixing’ ADHD – it’s about embracing it, understanding it, and learning how to navigate life with it. I hope to bring our community along with me as I have the conversations I wish I’d had a lot earlier. This is here for my fellow ADHDers, both diagnosed and curious, and neurotypical minds wanting to better understand their loved ones.”

LiSTNR Original Podcasts Head of Entertainment and Culture, Sam Cavanagh, said: “Steph is such an open, honest, and deeply empathetic storyteller and interviewer. This series is an incredibly moving deep dive into what it’s really like to live with ADHD. Steph brings her warmth and vulnerability to the series, giving people with ADHD – and those trying to understand it – a powerful listening experience.”

Hosted by authors and entrepreneurs Laura Henshaw and Steph Claire Smith, KICPOD launched in March 2019 featuring deep, meaningful and relatable conversations on wellness, mental health, and life’s challenges.

The first episode of It’s My ADHD is available to listen today, Wednesday, 19 March, with eight episodes to be released on LiSTNR.

About LiSTNR:

LiSTNR is a curated and personalised, free app offering radio, podcasts, music, and news, creating a new audio destination for all Australians. Featuring a fun and intuitive onboarding process, LiSTNR delivers an audio destination that is built for individual listeners’ routines and preferences. Highly personalised, it provides listeners a new world of audio entertainment, with their own daily feed of audio and easy discovery of new content through curated recommendations. Available across a large array of devices including both iOS and Android, CarPlay and Android Auto, Google Assistant and Alexa and Android TV, LiSTNR enables a fantastic listening experience, anytime and anywhere. Open your Ears to a new world of audio – download the free app today. LiSTNR.com

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

February 2025 recorded its highest-ever average weekly listenership, reaching 6.9 million. 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 February 2025
	Podcast	Producer	Monthly Listeners
1	The Mel Robbins Podcast	SiriusXM Podcast Network	1,767,699
2	ABC News Top Stories	Australian Broadcasting Corporation	868,475
3	Mamamia Out Loud	Mamamia	611,423
4	Shameless	Shameless Media	559,919
5	It’s A Lot with Abbie Chatfield	LiSTNR (SCA)	496,500

 

Australian Podcast Ranker top five genres February 2025
	Genre	Monthly Listeners
1	Society & Culture	5,070,337
2	News	4,483,624
3	True Crime	3,344,612
4	Comedy	3,312,397
5	Sports	3,079,627

 

Australian Podcast Ranker top five podcast publishers February 2025
	Publisher	Monthly Listeners
1	ARN/iHeart	4,409,953
2	SiriusXM Podcast Network	3,886,241
3	LiSTNR (SCA)	3,256,016
4	Australian Broadcasting Corporation	2,674,999
5	News Corp Australia	1,496,496

 

Top five sales representatives by monthly listeners February 2025
	Sales representatives	Publishers represented	Monthly Listeners
1	LiSTNR (SCA)	LiSTNR (SCA) / SiriusXM Podcast Network / audiochuck / Wondery / DM Podcasts / NBCUniversal News Group	8,426,165
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	7,149,485
3	NOVA Entertainment	NOVA Entertainment / News Corp Australia / Podshape/ Schwartz Media / Johns Media	2,718,466
4	News Corp Australia	News Corp Australia	1,496,496
5	Mamamia	Mamamia	1,388,174

 

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.