{"id":1612,"date":"2025-07-17T21:19:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=1612"},"modified":"2025-07-17T21:19:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:19:20","slug":"strong-growth-for-nine-podcast-network-driven-by-original-content-and-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/07\/17\/strong-growth-for-nine-podcast-network-driven-by-original-content-and-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong Growth for Nine Podcast Network Driven by Original Content and News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nine\u2019s Podcast Network delivered impressive growth figures in June 2025, demonstrating continued strength in listener engagement and downloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Downloads saw a robust 3% year-on-year increase, hitting 4.12 million, complemented by a further 3% year-on-year rise in listener numbers, now at 1.63 million.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original content continued to be a key driver of audience growth and engagement, with&nbsp;&nbsp;reaching #40 on the June Triton All Australian Podcast Ranker with over 148K<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 2025 Original Podcasts \u2013 Top 3 by Listeners:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nine News: 166,000 listeners (a remarkable 98% increase year-on-year and 5% month-on-month growth)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Mushroom Trial: Say Grace: 148,000 listeners<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Morning Edition: 101,000 listeners (up 8% year-on-year)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The network\u2019s popular catch-up radio podcasts continued to resonate strongly with listeners, further cementing the enduring appeal of Nine\u2019s audio content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 2025 Catch-up Podcasts \u2013 Top 3 by Listeners:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ben Fordham Live: 147,000 listeners (up 3% year-on-year)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3AW Breakfast with Ross and Russel: 55,000 listeners (a robust 48% increase year-on-year)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3AW is Football: 50,000 listeners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Nine Audio\u2019s Head of Digital Growth, Mia Stern, said: \u201cWe are incredibly pleased with the continued growth of our podcast network in June. These results underscore the strength of our diverse content offering, from compelling original series like \u2018The Mushroom Trial\u2019 to the trusted news and current affairs coverage provided by 9News and our popular radio catch-up programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe significant year-on-year growth, particularly in listener numbers and downloads, highlights our commitment to delivering high-quality audio experiences that resonate with a broad audience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Source: Triton Podcast Ranker, June 2025, downloads, listeners; Triton Podcast Metrics, network downloads, listeners, June 2025, unless otherwise specified<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine\u2019s Podcast Network delivered impressive growth figures in June 2025, demonstrating continued strength in listener engagement and downloads. Downloads saw a robust 3% year-on-year increase, hitting 4.12 million, complemented by a further 3% year-on-year rise in listener numbers, now at 1.63 million. Original content continued to be a key driver of audience growth and engagement, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/07\/17\/strong-growth-for-nine-podcast-network-driven-by-original-content-and-news\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Strong Growth for Nine Podcast Network Driven by Original Content and News&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1613,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions\/1613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}