While Spotify had everyone sharing their favourite songs and artists of 2023 “wrapped” yesterday, Apple Podcasts also released their year end charts for Australia which make for interesting reading.

The number one most popular podcast is Conversations, the ABC interview show hosted by Richard Fidler or Sarah Kanowski. By chance I heard Kanowski talking with Sandy Mackinnon today, on radio. Mackinnon is a man who sets up treasure hunts, amongst many other things and as I and Sarah giggled along with Sandy I was aware how glorious, and timeless, what I was hearing was. Clearly the premise of what Fidler started back in 2012 resonated with a lot more than me.

The top new podcast is the Mamamia produced, Clare Stephens hosted But Are You Happy? with two other Mamamia podcasts in the top ten shows. The rest of the new podcast list is almost all true crime, showing just howmuch Australians love the genre.

The Imperfects was most followed, shared and had the most shared individual episode. There are similarities, thematically between it and But Are You Happy?. LiSTNR was the top free supplier with regular Australian Podcast Ranker No 1’s Hamish and Andy and Casefile True Crime also featuring in the top ten shows.

Apple Podcasts will reveal a Show of the Year next Wednesday December 6.

The most popular podcasts of 2023 in Australia:

Top Shows

1. Conversations
2. The Imperfects
3. Casefile True Crime
4. Mamamia Out Loud
5. No Filter
6. Hamish & Andy
7. True Crime Conversations
8. Australian True Crime
9. Shameless
10. Huberman Lab

Top New Shows

1. But Are You Happy?
2. Shadow of Doubt
3. Scamanda
4. The Frankston Murders
5. Hannah’s Story
6. The Trial: Ashling Murphy
7. The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling
8. The Retrievals
9. The Girlfriends
10. The Garden of Eden

Most Followed Shows

1. The Imperfects
2. Huberman Lab
3. The Rest Is History
4. The Diary of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
5. How Other Dads Dad with Hamish Blake
6. Shadow of Doubt
7. Scamanda
8. On Purpose with Jay Shetty
9. The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling
10. SmartLess

Most Shared Shows

1. The Imperfects
2. How Other Dads Dad with Hamish Blake
3. The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling
4. Huberman Lab
5. Scamanda
6. The Rest Is History
7. Conversations
8. The Retrievals
9. Shadow of Doubt
10. Who shat on the floor at my wedding?

Most Shared Episodes

1. The Imperfects: “Hugh & Penny – The Elephant in the Relationship”
2. Huberman Lab: “What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health”
3. Conversations: “The psychopaths among us”
4. How Other Dads Dad with Hamish Blake: “Wild Rule Breaking Season Finale with Dr Billy Garvey”
5. Beyond the Bump: “How can we raise our girls to like themselves? – with author, Kasey Edwards”
6. No Filter: “Caitlin Moran Thinks It’s Harder To Be A Man Than A Woman Right Now”
7. Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee: “Fasting, Hormones & Menopause: Why Women Need A Different Approach To Men with Dr Mindy Pelz”
8. Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus: “Julia Gets Wise with Jane Fonda”
9. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: “The Miracle Doctor: EVERYONE should start Fasting right now! (NEW SCIENCE) Dr. Mindy Pelz”
10. Mamamia Out Loud: “Your Hard Questions About The Voice, Answered.”

Top Free Channels

1. LiSTNR
2. Mamamia
3. iHeartPodcasts
4. ABC News
5. SMH & The Age
6. DM Podcasts
7. Nova Podcasts
8. The Guardian
9. Scicomm Media
10. Serial

Top Subscriber Channels

1. Wondery
2. Crime X
3. BBC Podcasts
4. Casefile Presents
5. Hamish & Andy
6. Shameless Media
7. Australian True Crime
8. Pushkin
9. The Rest is History Club
10. The Diary Of A CEO