Winners of the Australian Podcast Awards 2023 announced, powered by iHeart
Above: Victoria Devine and Glen James
The highest honour of the night, Podcast of The Year, has been awarded to the powerful True Crime podcast The Lawyer, the Sniper & the NSW Police. A popular podcast, which shares powerful testimonies from two survivors of the NSW Police workforce, also nabbed the top spot for the Best Interview Podcast.
Selected by the Australian Podcast Awards, Podcast Champion was awarded to APA multi year award winners Laura Byrne and Brittany Hockley’s Life Uncut. Listeners’ Choice went to mum and daughter duo Kat and Latisha Clark’s Basically Besties.
The ever-growing popularity of business, finance and ‘money saving’ audio shows saw multi-nominated ‘She’s On The Money’ take the coveted top spot of the Business podcasts. A consistently popular category of True Crime podcasts saw Inside The Tribe take home the win, whilst Sex & Relationships podcast The Hook Up beat out popular listens ‘It’s a Lot with Abbie Chatfield’ and ‘Life Uncut’.
We saw some newbie podcasts and talent on the scene, with Finding Ruby - The Fight of My Life taking the title of Best New Podcast, and Grace Valerie-Lynette (currently working as a successful development producer for Fremantle Australia) taking the Rising Star award.
iHeart, Headline Sponsor of the Australian Podcast Awards, said:
“The iHeart team are proud to headline the Australian Podcast Awards once again. The awards are testament to the captivating content crafted by the Australian podcast industry every day. Congratulations to all the winners and finalists!”
For more information, visit the Australian Podcast Awards website.
Australian Podcast Awards powered by iHeart 2023 full winners list:
Best Factual Podcast
From: Audible Originals
From: ABC listen
From: ABC Everyday
From: ABC listen
Best Climate Podcast
From: ABC listen
From: ABC listen
From: ABC listen
Best History Podcast
From: ABC listen
From: ABC listen and CBC
Best Comedy Podcast
Best Education Podcast
- Newshounds
From: ABC Kids listen
From: Gill Straker, Rachael Burton, Andrew Geeves
Hosted by: Spotify for Creators
Best News & Current Affairs Podcast
From: Jay Ooi, Thinesh Thillainadarajah
Hosted by: Squarespace
From: ABC Everyday
From: Mark Davidson, Lina Nguyen and Gretchen Miller Media
Hosted by: Spotify for Creators
Best Arts & Culture Podcast
From: ABC listen
From: Critical Fashion Studies Research Group
Hosted by: Spotify for Creators
From: ABC listen
Best Fiction Podcast
From: Audible Originals
Best Business Podcast
Best Kids Podcast
From: ABC Kids listen
From: Awesome Black
Best True Crime Podcast
From: Tim Elliott and Camille Bianchi
From: ABC listen
Best Parenting Podcast
From: Mums Gone Troppo
Best Sex & Relationships Podcast
From: triple j
From: Audible Originals
Best Documentary Podcast
From: ABC listen
From: ABC listen
Best Sport Podcast
Best Entertainment Podcast
From: ABC listen
Best Wellbeing Podcast
Best Interview Podcast
From: Mark Davidson, Lina Nguyen and Gretchen Miller Media
Hosted by: Spotify for Creators
Best Indigenous Podcast
From: ABC listen
From: Audible Originals
From: Boe Spearim
From: Awesome Black
Best Daily Podcast
Best New Podcast
From: Jay Ooi, Thinesh Thillainadarajah
Hosted by: Squarespace
Best Network or Publisher
- WINNER: SBS
- ARN’s iHeartPodcast Network Australia
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Diversity Arts Australia: Colour Cycle Podcast
- DM Podcasts
- The Squiz
Best Branded Podcast
Best Commercial Campaign
Rising Star
- WINNER: Grace Valerie-Lynette
- Alex Jae
- Kim Kerton
- Phillip Crawford
- Tony Armstrong
Specialist
From: ABC listen
Spotlight
From: ABC listen and CBC
Podcast Champion
Listeners’ Choice
From: Amplify
Podcast of the Year
From: Mark Davidson, Lina Nguyen and Gretchen Miller Media
Hosted by: Spotify for Creators
The above list of podcasts is available as an OPML file for your podcast player
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Companies mentioned above:
Australian Podcast Awards
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