The ABC recorded the highest number of titles in the August Triton Podcast Ranker, released today, with 47 podcasts in the top 300, including four in the top 10.
The ABC saw growth across its podcast slate with 3.2 million listeners in August, an increase of 158,000 (+5%) compared to July.
ABC News Top Stories remained the ABC’s most popular podcast, holding its position at No 2 overall with 821,000 listeners.
The Case Of, formerly Mushroom Case Daily, landed at No 6 with 440,000 listeners, only slightly down on Mushroom Case Daily’s huge July result. August included some Mushroom Case Daily episodes in addition to the first The Case Of episodes.
After covering the trial of the NT croc wrangler The Case Of is now looking at the story of Perth woman Donna Nelson, who said she was going to Japan to meet the man she was going to marry but was arrested at a Tokyo airport carrying two kilos of methamphetamine.The Case Of Romance Scam: Who is Donna Nelson? is presented by Stephen Stockwell with the ABC’s North Asia Correspondent James Oaten and Australian Story producer Olivia Rousset. Jessica Radburn, Head of ABC On Demand, said the August Triton results were very encouraging across the ABC’s slate.
“The Case Of result is testament to our team’s work to respond to audience interest in the court system and successfully pivot the success of Mushroom Case Daily into the ABC’s court and crime podcast destination,” she said.
Conversations lifted four spots to No 5, achieving its highest monthly audience this year of 449,000 listeners, up 70,000. The result comes after the podcast completed a 20th anniversary live tour throughout August and the release of a special collection of stories from across the program’s history.
ABC News Daily rounded out our top 10, remaining at No 8 with 410,000 listeners, an increase of 28,000.
If You’re Listening wasNo 25, up 12 spots and recording its highest monthly figures with 264,000 listeners, up by 69,000.
Politics Now rose four places to No 31 with 224,000 listeners, an increase of 25,000 on July. Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald saw a huge lift, up 24 places to no 76 with 98,000 listeners, an increase of 32,000.
ABC Sport podcasts also recorded a strong month as we move into AFL and NRL finals season. Roy and HG – Bludging on the Blindside was up 10 spots to No 83 and ABC AFL Daily was up 22 places to No 149, lifted in part by the award-winning ABC AFL Saturday which won best radio program at the 2025 Australian Football Media Awards overnight and sits in the ABC AFL Daily feed.
The full Triton Australian Podcast Ranker can be found here.
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The Australian Podcast Ranker is a regular 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, from both radio and non-radio backgrounds.