Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Podcast Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Podcast in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Podcast has an estimated audience of 5,931,240 people in Australia.

#197among Topic in Australia
#13in Music & Radio

The average Podcast fan in Australia is 43.2 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in New South Wales.

The audience is concentrated in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland.

Top brand affinities include ABC News (Australia), Anthony Albanese, Digital audio, with strongest over-indexing on ABC News (Australia) (1.61× the country average).

Demographically, the Podcast audience skews balanced with an average age of 43.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Community Orientation.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 8 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Podcast fan in Australia is balanced, around 43.2 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for ABC News (Australia).

Category: Music & Radio · Type: Topic

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-18.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Podcast profile in Australia.

Audience size
5.9M
in Australia
Gender
50.8%
49.2% male
Age
43.2
average years
Country rank
#283
Topic in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-14%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Podcast fans

50.8% are female, 49.2% are male, average age 43.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

50.8%
Female
49.2%
Male
Demographic split for Podcast audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female50.8%
Male49.2%
Average age43.2
Estimated audience size5,931,240
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.2
average years
Age distribution of the Podcast audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-1911%
20-2918%
30-3919%
40-4922%
50+30%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

2.8%

of the worldwide Podcast audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Podcast
CountryShare
United States32.6%
United Kingdom6.1%
Germany5.5%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Australia average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Podcast audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Podcast fans by region: top regions in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Australian Capital Territory~100K1.06×
02Queensland~1.5M1.03×
03New South Wales~2M1.02×
04Western Australia~700K1.00×
05Tasmania~100K1.00×
06Victoria~1.5M0.98×
07South Australia~500K0.98×
08Northern Territory~50K0.95×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Podcast audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Podcast audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01KILL TONYMusic & Radio3.70×
02Bad FriendsMusic & Radio3.70×
03Crime JunkieMusic & Radio2.79×
04Casefile True CrimeMusic & Radio2.79×
05BreakdownMusic & Radio2.49×
06The Daily TPolitics & Society2.43×
07The Rest Is PoliticsPolitics & Society2.43×
08The Diary Of A CEO with Steven BartlettBusiness & Career2.41×
09The Rest Is HistoryMusic & Radio2.39×
10Digital audioTechnology & Electronics2.25×
11AudibleLiterature2.07×
12True crimeMovies & TV1.88×
13Anthony AlbanesePolitics & Society1.78×
14Guardian AustraliaNews1.73×
15AudiobookLiterature1.67×
16ABC News (Australia)Movies & TV1.61×
17ConductingMusic & Radio1.60×
18Audible.comLiterature1.57×
19Bruce WillisMovies & TV1.53×
20Teacher educationBusiness & Career1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Podcast audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Podcast audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.23×
Community OrientationOPEN1.20×
IndividualismJOY1.16×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Podcast audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.82×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.87×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.89×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Podcast have in Australia?

Podcast has an estimated audience of 5,931,240 people in Australia, concentrated in New South Wales and Victoria.

02

What is the gender split and age of Podcast fans?

50.8% of Podcast fans are female, 49.2% are male, with an average age of 43.2 years.

03

Which brands do Podcast fans like most?

Podcast fans show strongest brand affinity for ABC News (Australia) (1.61×), Anthony Albanese (1.78×), and Digital audio (2.25×) over the country average.

04

Where do Podcast fans live in Australia?

Podcast fans in Australia are most concentrated in New South Wales (reach ~2M), Victoria (reach ~1.5M), and Queensland (reach ~1.5M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Podcast fans also like?

Beyond Podcast itself, the audience over-indexes on Anthony Albanese (1.78×), Digital audio (2.25×), Guardian Australia (1.73×), and KILL TONY (3.7×) compared to the Australia average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Australia who actively search for Podcast. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across Australia. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

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