625,000 listeners tune into Mushroom Case Daily
More than 625,000 people listened to the ABC's Mushroom Case Daily podcast in May according to the Triton Australian Podcast Ranker released today.
The result landed the podcast at number 5 in the top 200, up 136 places from April.
The podcast has been following the trial of Erin Patterson as it happens in a court in regional Victoria. Court reporter Kristian Silva, producer Stephen Stockwell and journalist Rachael Brown have been keeping audiences up to date with the trial with daily episodes covering the highlights from court and breaking down the legal process along the way.
Since it began producing daily episodes, Mushroom Case Daily has become the ABC's most successful podcast in a decade. It is the #1 podcast on Apple Australia's podcast chart, is #2 on Spotify's Trending chart, and has broken into the Spotify Top 20 - a first for an ABC podcast. This week, it also made Apple's top 30 podcasts chart in the UK.
Mushroom Case Daily has also been featured on The Project, Mamamia and The Washington Post.
'This case is captivating Australia and the world and the ABC has endeavoured to create a responsible and honest portrait of the trial as it unfolds' said ABC Head of Audio on Demand, Jessica Radburn.
'Listeners are incredibly engaged with the show, with our team receiving hundreds of emails daily. I'm very proud that our team has been able to respond to this audience need and bring listeners as close to the court experience as possible.'
For the first time since joining the ranker, the ABC had 4 podcasts feature in the top 10 in May. Mushroom Case Daily joined ABC News Tops Stories which maintained its number 3 spot with ABC News Daily also holding their position at number 8 and Conversations climbing one rank to number 10.
The ABC had 3.2 million listeners across our podcast slate last month, our highest ever result and an increase of 410,000 listeners month-on-month.
The ABC retained our number 4 publisher spot and had more podcasts in the top 200 than any other publisher with 30 ABC titles making the list in May.
The full Triton Australian Podcast Ranker can be found here.
Audiences can enjoy every episode of Mushroom Case Daily for free and ad free on ABC listen.
The Australian Podcast Ranker is a regular monthly snapshot of Australia's most popular podcasts. The Ranker has been reporting podcast listening in Australia since 2019 and includes a wide cross section of Australian podcast publishers, from both radio and non-radio backgrounds.
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