{"id":2477,"date":"2026-04-23T15:42:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=2477"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:42:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:42:55","slug":"australian-podcast-ranker-march-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/australian-podcast-ranker-march-3\/","title":{"rendered":"AUSTRALIAN PODCAST RANKER \u2013 MARCH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA), in partnership with Triton Digital, has released the March 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.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lizzie Young, CEO of CRA said<\/strong>: \u201cPodcasting in Australia continues to grow in reach and commercial value, and the Ranker keeps the whole industry in step with that momentum. Verified, independent data – accessible to publishers, agencies and advertisers – means everyone can see where audiences are moving and act with confidence.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

With winter approaching, Health & Fitness monthly podcast audiences are gearing up for a routine reset. The surprise? They’re thinking about their wealth as much as their wellbeing. <\/strong>30% plan to seek professional financial advice in the next year, making it the top-ranked genre for this behaviour across all monthly podcast audiences. 21% plan to switch or take out new health insurance in the next 12 months, compared to 16% of all listeners. More than half (51%) attend fitness classes regularly, versus 35% of the broader podcast audience. Health-conscious, financially active, and already motivated, this audience arrives in winter primed to act. For insurance, banking and wellness brands the winter window is fast approaching – now is the time to assess your audio strategy.1<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Australian Podcast Ranker top five genres March 2026<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Genre<\/strong><\/td>Monthly Listeners<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/strong><\/td>News<\/strong><\/td>5,671,519<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/strong><\/td>Society & Culture<\/strong><\/td>4,534,127<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/strong><\/td>Sports<\/strong><\/td>3,437,944<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/strong><\/td>Comedy<\/strong><\/td>2,579,411<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/strong><\/td>True Crime<\/strong><\/td>2,423,993<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Australian Podcast Ranker top five podcasts March 2026<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Podcast<\/strong><\/td>Producer<\/strong><\/td>Monthly<\/strong> Listeners<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/strong><\/td>Mamamia Out Loud<\/strong><\/td>Mamamia<\/td>1,220,628<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/strong><\/td>Hamish & Andy<\/strong><\/td>LiSTNR (SCA)<\/td>754,470<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/strong><\/td>ABC News Top Stories<\/strong><\/td>Australian Broadcasting Corporation<\/td>519,356<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/strong><\/td>Sky News Australia Update<\/strong><\/td>News Corp Australia<\/td>516,702<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/strong><\/td>MAFS Funny Podcast<\/strong><\/td>NOVA Entertainment<\/td>437,681<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sources:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Triton Digital Demos+ Australian Survey Data (Q1’24 \u2013 Q4’25). All percentages represent composition of each genre’s monthly P18+ podcast audience.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA), in partnership with Triton Digital, has released the March 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 MARCH”<\/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-2477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477","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=2477"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2478,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477\/revisions\/2478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}