Radio catch-ups & true crime dominate most-downloaded podcasts of 2018
Apple has released its list of Australia’s Most Downloaded Podcasts of 2018, with radio show catch-ups and true crime podcasts featuring prominently.
ABC Radio: Conversations topped the list, with the top three rounded out by The Joe Rogan Experience and TED Talks Daily
Radio catch-up podcasts to make the Top 25 included Kate, Tim & Marty (#8), triple j’s Hack (#9), RN Breakfast (#21) and triple j’s Dr. Karl (#25).
The Hamish & Andy Podcast was also popular at #7.
Meanwhile there were multiple True Crime podcasts on the list, highlighting the rise in popularity of the genre. Those to feature included Casefile True Crime, The Teacher’s Pet, Australian True Crime and My Favorite Murder.
Apple also released a list of Australia’s Most Downloaded Podcasts That Launched in 2018.
Coming in at #1 on that list was Walkley-award winning The Teacher’s Pet, followed by Unravel True Crime and The Betoota Advocate.
Radio catch-up podcasts including The Sunday Triple M NRL Catch Up (#6), The Rush Hour With MG (#15) and Jase & PJ (#17).
Check out both lists in full, below.
Australia’s Most Downloaded Podcasts of 2018
- ABC Radio: Conversations
- The Joe Rogan Experience
- TED Talks Daily
- Stuff You Should Know
- Casefile True Crime
- The Teacher’s Pet
- Hamish & Andy
- Kate, Tim & Marty
- Hack (triple j)
- The Daily (The New York Times)
- Australian True Crime
- My Favorite Murder
- Global News Podcast
- Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversations
- My Dad Wrote a Porno
- This American Life
- All In the Mind (ABC)
- The GaryVee Audio Experience
- Freakonomics Radio
- Serial
- RN Breakfast
- Mamamia Out Loud
- The Tim Ferriss Show
- No Filter
- Dr Karl on triple j
Australia’s Most Downloaded Podcasts That Launched in 2018
- The Teacher’s Pet
- Unravel True Crime
- The Betoota Advocate
- Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
- Russia, If You’re Listening
- The Sunday Triple M NRL Catch Up — Paul Kent, Gordon Tallis, Ryan Girdler, Anthony Maroon
- The Signal (ABC)
- The Pineapple Project
- Caliphate
- Dr. Death
- Crawf & Hirdy – We Talk Football
- The Health Code
- Talk is Jericho
- The Daily Show with Trevor Noah: Ears Edition
- The Rush Hour with MG
- Wrong Skin
- Jase & PJ
- Conspiracy Theories
- Today, Explained
- Death in Ice Valley
- Fierce Girls
- The goop Podcast
- Business Wars
- The Hub (ABC)
- Mafia