SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – September 16, 2026 — Triton Digital®, the global technology and services provider to the digital audio, podcast, and broadcast radio industries, announced today the release of the August 2026 Australian Podcast Ranker, providing insights from Aug 1 – Aug 31, 2026, as measured by Triton’s Podcast Metrics measurement service.
The Top Podcast Ranker and Top 300 Australian-Made Ranker are ranked by monthly listeners, in accordance with IAB Podcast Technical Measurement Guidelines.
In August, the Top International Podcast Ranker saw "Mamamia Out Loud" (Mamamia) continue at the #1 spot, with "Hamish & Andy" (LiSTNR (SCA)) remaining at #2 and "ABC News Top Stories" (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) holding steady at #3. These same three podcasts also topped the Top 300 Australian-Made Ranker, with "Mamamia Out Loud" at #1, "Hamish & Andy" at #2 and "ABC News Top Stories" at #3.
Triton’s Demos+ tool, which leverages opt-in, download-based behavior data, found that in August the top categories for listeners were News at #1, Society & Culture at #2, and Sports at #3.
The international-only debuts for August were “Nature Sounds” (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), “Burden of Guilt Season 3” (ARN/iHeart), “10 to Life” (Audioboom), and more.
Debuts of Australian-made shows this month included “Who the Hell is Hamish?” (News Corp Australia), “Central Station - True Stories from Outback Australia” (DM Podcasts), “AFL Nation” (Sports Entertainment Network (SEN)), and more.
The show “Law The Podcast” (ARN/iHeart) debuted across both international and Australian-made shows.
The Demos+ Top Indexing Programs by Audience Composition report for the first half of 2026 has also been released and is now available on the Triton Rankers website.
Participating publishers in the Australian Ranker include AdLarge Media, Adore Beauty, All Ears English, Al Jazeera, Audioboom, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ARN/iHeart, BBC Studios, Bravecasting, Clubby Sports, DM Podcasts, Guardian Media Group, HODD Media, Johns Media, LiSTNR (SCA), Mamamia, Motorsport Podcast Network, New York Times, News Corp Australia, New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME), Nine, NOVA Entertainment, Podshape, Special Broadcasting Service, Sports Entertainment Network (SEN), Sport Social Podcast Network, Squiz Media, The Australia Institute, The Daily Aus, The Bye Round, The Guardian, The Washington Post Podcast Network, We Don’t Have Time For This, and West Australian Newspapers.
To view the full results of this Ranker, participate in the ranker or sign up to receive future rankers, please visit: http://australianpodcastranker.com/.
Triton Digital’s Podcast Metrics measurement service is certified by the IAB Tech Lab as complying with Version 2.2 of the IAB Podcast Measurement Technical Guidelines. It provides accurate and insightful data around how, when, and where podcast content is being consumed across multiple hosting platforms, with the ability to view metrics by date range, location, device, podcast name, episode, title, and more.
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