Top Podcasts in New Zealand

The latest Apple Podcasts All Podcasts chart for New Zealand, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked July 31, 2026.

1

The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

2

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley

ZM Podcast Network

3

Between Two Beers Podcast

Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten

4

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

DOAC

5

The Rest Is Politics

Goalhanger

6

Cross Party Lines

Cross Party Lines

7

All In Her Head

RNZ

8

The Joe Rogan Experience

Joe Rogan

9

The Detail

RNZ

10

Global News Podcast

BBC World Service

11

Casefile True Crime

Casefile Presents

12

The Daily

The New York Times

13

The Rest Is Politics: US

Goalhanger

14

The Mike Hosking Breakfast

Newstalk ZB

15

The Mel Robbins Podcast

Mel Robbins

16

The Dom Harvey Podcast

Dom Harvey

17

No Such Thing As A Fish

No Such Thing As A Fish

18

The Hauraki Big Show

Radio Hauraki

19

Mamamia Out Loud

Mamamia Podcasts

20

Hamish & Andy

LiSTNR

21

RedHanded

RedHanded

22

ZOE Science & Nutrition

ZOE

23

Crime Junkie

Audiochuck

24

The Agenda

The Alternative Commentary Collective

25

GUILT

Brevity Studios

26

DELVE

newsroom.co.nz

27

The Louis Theroux Podcast

Spotify Studios

28

How We Got Here with Chris Kohler

Kohler Media

29

World War II with Tom Hanks

The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy

30

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

31

We call her Emma | Tortoise Investigates

The Observer

32

Kiwi Yarns

rova | Brodie Kane Media

33

Virginia I The Age & SMH Investigates

The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

34

The Rest Is Entertainment

Goalhanger

35

The Hauraki Breakfast Podcast

Radio Hauraki

36

Not For Radio

rova | Jay & Dunc

37

Positive Distraction with Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith

38

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

39

Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster

Plosive

40

Short History Of...

NOISER

41

The Book Club

Goalhanger

42

What I survived

Jack Laurence

43

Dateline NBC

NBC News

44

Making Cents

Frances Cook

45

Intrigue

BBC Radio 4

46

Today in Focus

The Guardian

47

Let Her Finish

rova | Brodie Kane Media

48

The Surgeon Of St Helena

Always True Crime

49

Good Hang with Amy Poehler

The Ringer

50

Huberman Lab

Scicomm Media

51

My Therapist Ghosted Me

Global

52

At Large with Toby Manhire

The Spinoff

53

The Curve

The Curve Platform

54

Love Trapped

iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts

55

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

56

Nine To Noon

RNZ

57

The News Agents

Global

58

British Scandal

Audible

59

Foundling

The Observer

60

Unravel

ABC Australia

61

The Ancients

History Hit

62

THE MORNING SHIFT

YOUKNOW MEDIA

63

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

64

Call Her Daddy

Alex Cooper

65

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

66

This American Life

This American Life

67

Betrayal Weekly

iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts

68

Economist Podcasts

The Economist

69

The Rest Is Science

Goalhanger

70

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

Perfect Strangers

71

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

72

Long Story Short

Adam Dudding & Eugene Bingham

73

Ukraine: The Latest

The Telegraph

74

MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

Ballen Studios

75

Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

Newstalk ZB

76

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

77

RNZ News

RNZ

78

SmartLess

Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett

79

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

80

Morning Report

RNZ

81

My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

82

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

83

The Romesh Ranganathan Show

Ranga Bee & Platform Media

84

The Property Academy Podcast

Opes Partners

85

Morbid

Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart

86

The Veil

Brevity Studios

87

48 Hours

CBS News

88

Desert Island Discs

BBC Radio 4

89

Conversations

ABC Australia

90

Swingers

BBC Radio Wales

91

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network

rova | DSPN

92

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth

Gyles Brandreth / Plain Jaine Media

93

Toni and Ryan

Toni Lodge and Ryan Jon

94

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

95

Shameless

Shameless Media

96

Real Vikings

NOISER

97

The Leighton Smith Podcast

Newstalk ZB

98

I Am Not Nicholas

BBC Studios

99

The Front Page

NZ Herald

100

Keep The Change

nextAdvisory

101

TRIGGERnometry

TRIGGERnometry

102

The Edge Breakfast

rova | The Edge

103

The Documentary Podcast

BBC World Service

104

Off Air with Jane & Fi

The Times

105

The Rest Is Politics: Leading

Goalhanger

106

Fin vs History

Fin Taylor & Horatio Gould

107

Behind the Bastards

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

108

Dish

Cold Glass Productions

109

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Comedy Central

110

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

111

Stories of Art

HENI Talks

112

True Crime Conversations

Mamamia Podcasts

113

The Ezra Klein Show

New York Times Opinion

114

Life Uncut

LiSTNR

115

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

Esther Perel Global Media

116

Royal Swindle

Exactly Right Media and iHeartPodcasts

117

Football Daily

BBC Radio 5 Live

118

Aotearoa Rugby Pod

Fandom Media

119

The Morning Rumble

rova | The Rock

120

The Shawn Ryan Show

Shawn Ryan

121

A Bit of Optimism

Simon Sinek

122

The Intelligence from The Economist

The Economist

123

The Happy Saver Podcast - Personal Finance in New Zealand

Ruth - Personal Finance Blogger

124

Maintenance Phase

Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes

125

The History Podcast

BBC Radio 4

126

Law The Podcast

Bravecasting

127

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

128

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

129

Politics NZ

RNZ

130

Prof G Markets

Vox Media Podcast Network

131

Shared Lunch

Sharesies

132

Acquired

Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal

133

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

134

All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon and Michelle Kaplan

135

Secrets We Keep

LiSTNR

136

The High Performance Podcast

High Performance

137

Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids

138

The Blindboy Podcast

Blindboyboatclub

139

Begin Again with Davina McCall

Begin Again

140

5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan

Andrew Callaghan

141

Australian True Crime

Bravecasting

142

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

NOISER

143

The Archers

BBC Radio 4

144

Afternoons

RNZ

145

Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast

Matt McCusker & Shane Gillis

146

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

147

The Case Of

ABC Australia

148

Battleground

Goalhanger

149

The Tucker Carlson Show

Tucker Carlson Network

150

Think Fast Talk Smart: Communication Techniques

Matt Abrahams, Think Fast Talk Smart

151

DISGRACELAND

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

152

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

History Hit

153

TED Talks Daily

TED

154

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

155

The Country

NZME

156

She's On The Money

Victoria Devine

157

The Birth Keepers

The Guardian

158

99% Invisible

Roman Mars

159

Cyber Hack

BBC World Service

160

The Daily Beast Podcast

The Daily Beast, Joanna Coles

161

20/20

ABC News

162

The Perfect Collapse: Lindsay Clancy

Change the Choice Productions

163

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

All-In Podcast, LLC

164

6 Minute English

BBC Radio

165

Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe

Keep It Light Media / Spotify Studios

166

Backstage with Cooper & Matty Johns

JOHNS MEDIA

167

This Is Actually Happening

Audible

168

everybody has a secret

Shameless Media

169

Style-ish

Shameless Media

170

Kenty - Paul Kent NRL Podcast

FanaticsTV

171

Candace

Candace Owens

172

The Binge Crimes: The Poet

Sony Music Entertainment

173

Iran: The Latest

The Telegraph

174

Expanse

ABC Australia

175

What Now? with Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah

176

Mediawatch

RNZ

177

Things Bakers Know: The King Arthur Baking Podcast

King Arthur Baking Company

178

Beyond the Bump

Sophie Pearce & Jayde Couldwell

179

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

180

StarTalk Radio

Neil deGrasse Tyson

181

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Team Coco & Earwolf

182

Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Dr Rangan Chatterjee: GP & Author

183

Serial

Serial Productions & The New York Times

184

Smart Money

Newstalk ZB

185

Amanda Knox Hosts | DOUBT: The Case of Lucy Letby

iHeartPodcasts

186

How To Have Sex

Jay-Jay Feeney & Melissa Vranjes

187

Sick to Death

The Australian

188

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment

189

Strangers on a Bench

Tom Rosenthal

190

ZM's Bree & Clint

ZM Podcast Network

191

Generation Why: True Crime

Audible

192

Bloke In A Bar

Denan Kemp

193

Gone By Lunchtime

The Spinoff

194

Giggly Squad

Hannah Berner & Paige DeSorbo

195

Deadline: White House

Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW

196

Serialously with Annie Elise

Annie Elise & Audioboom Studios

197

ill-advised by Bill Nighy

EYEPOD Studios

198

Sherlock & Co.

Goalhanger

199

Lex Fridman Podcast

Lex Fridman

200

MATA with Mihingarangi Forbes

RNZ

201

anything goes with emma chamberlain

emma chamberlain

202

Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast

Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast

203

Ancient Civilisations

NOISER

204

Newscast

BBC News

205

We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson

WNTT

206

THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

ADAM BUXTON

207

The Snare

ABC News

208

Taringa Podcast

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa

209

Here For The History

BBC Sounds

210

The Oprah Podcast

Harpo

211

Pod Save the World

Pod Save the World

212

The Trial: USA

The Crime Desk

213

Gone Medieval

History Hit

214

The Spill

Mamamia Podcasts

215

The Journal.

The Wall Street Journal & Spotify Studios

216

asymmetrical haircuts

asymmetrical haircuts

217

The Big Picture

The Ringer

218

Wow in the World

Tinkercast

219

The Zach Lowe Show

The Ringer

220

Duncan Garner - Editor In Chief

rova

221

Joe and James Fact Up

Audio Always

222

Help I Sexted My Boss

Audio Always

223

Dumb Smart Mums

Abbey Suyker-Harrison and Charlotte Kells Robertson

224

Newshour

BBC World Service

225

If You're Listening

ABC Australia

226

A Moment In Crime

NZ Herald

227

Pod Save America

Pod Save America

228

The Ramsey Show

Ramsey Network

229

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

230

The Deck

Audiochuck

231

The Imperfects

Hugh van Cuylenburg, Ryan Shelton & Josh van Cuylenburg

232

Sunday Morning

RNZ

233

Levels with Willie Mason & Justin Horo

Levels Network

234

Smosh Reads Reddit Stories

Smosh

235

Crime Analyst

Laura Richards

236

The Bulwark Podcast

The Bulwark

237

Off Duty | The Guardian Investigates

The Guardian

238

Story Pirates

Story Pirates

239

The Telepathy Tapes

Ky Dickens

240

They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime

They Walk Among Us

241

WHAT WENT WRONG

Sad Boom Media

242

Americast

BBC News

243

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

Vox Media Podcast Network

244

Good Bad Billionaire

BBC World Service

245

Working Hard with Grace Beverley

Grace Beverley

246

The Grade Cricketer

RARE

247

Silly Stories for Kids

Samuel Ramsden

248

Swindled

Swindled

249

I Catch Killers with Gary Jubelin

News.com.au

250

Test Match Special

BBC Radio 5 Live

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