{"id":2208,"date":"2026-01-22T18:45:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T07:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=2208"},"modified":"2026-01-22T18:45:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T07:45:48","slug":"australian-podcast-ranker-december-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/australian-podcast-ranker-december-2\/","title":{"rendered":"AUSTRALIAN PODCAST RANKER \u2013 DECEMBER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA), in partnership with Triton Digital, has released the December results for the Australian Podcast Ranker<\/strong>. The Ranker is the country\u2019s only official, third-party verified podcast measurement system, governed by a cross-industry Steering Committee and backed by strong collaboration across commercial, independent, and non-commercial publishers. It sets the benchmark for podcast data in Australia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lizzie Young, CEO of CRA said<\/strong>: \u201cPodcast audiences are active, loyal, and commercially engaged. Whether they’re listening for leisure, planning purchases, or deepening knowledge, they’re listening with intent. The Ranker delivers the verified insights advertisers need to reach consumers who are ready to act.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who\u2019s Listening, What\u2019s Trending?  <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reaching Resolution-Ready Listeners <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demos+ data shows 12% of monthly podcast listeners tune into Health & Fitness content. These aren\u2019t casual listeners; 54% have been listening for two to five years, and 35% are planning to buy gym memberships or fitness equipment in the next year. Nearly three-quarters (72%) are aged 25\u201354. Those planning to buy gym memberships or fitness equipment are also tuning into Business (32%) and Education (31%) podcasts, presenting opportunities for fitness-related brands to reach motivated consumers beyond traditional wellness content.1<\/sup> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Australian Podcast Ranker top five genres December 2025<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr>
     Genre<\/strong> <\/td>Monthly Listeners<\/strong>  <\/td><\/tr>
1<\/strong> <\/td>News<\/strong><\/td>4,663,454<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
2<\/strong> <\/td>Society & Culture<\/strong><\/td>3,646,984<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/strong> <\/td>True Crime<\/strong><\/td>2,588,481<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/strong> <\/td>Sports<\/strong><\/td>2,516,865<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/strong> <\/td>Comedy<\/strong><\/td>2,511,478<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Australian Podcast Ranker top five podcasts December 2025<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr>
      Podcast<\/strong> <\/td>Producer<\/strong> <\/td>Monthly<\/strong> Listeners <\/strong> <\/td><\/tr>
1<\/strong> <\/td>Hamish & Andy<\/strong><\/td>LiSTNR (SCA)<\/strong><\/td>609,350<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
2<\/strong> <\/td>Mamamia Out Loud<\/strong><\/td>Mamamia<\/td>560,895<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/strong> <\/td>ABC News Top Stories<\/strong><\/td>Australian Broadcasting Corporation<\/td>524,580<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/strong> <\/td>Sky News Australia Update<\/strong><\/td>News Corp Australia<\/td>449,275<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/strong> <\/td>The Grade Cricketer<\/strong><\/td>DM Podcasts<\/td>424,672<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Triton Digital Demos+ Australian Survey Data (Q4’23 \u2013 Q2’25). All percentages represent composition of each genre’s monthly P18+ podcast audience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Australian Podcast Ranker <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Australian Podcast Ranker is a monthly snapshot of the top 300 podcasts listened to by Australians, and the top 300 Australian podcasts. The Australian Podcast Ranker is an industry initiative commissioned by CRA and published by Triton Digital. Results comply with IAB Podcast Measurement Technical Guidelines. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA), in partnership with Triton Digital, has released the December results for the Australian Podcast Ranker. The Ranker is the country\u2019s only official, third-party verified podcast measurement system, governed by a cross-industry Steering Committee and backed by strong collaboration across commercial, independent, and non-commercial publishers. It sets the benchmark for podcast data … Continue reading “AUSTRALIAN PODCAST RANKER \u2013 DECEMBER”<\/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-2208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2209,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208\/revisions\/2209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}