Top Podcasts in New Zealand

The latest Spotify Top Podcasts chart for New Zealand, refreshed daily. Last checked August 28, 2026.

1

The Joe Rogan Experience

Joe Rogan

2

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

3

Between Two Beers Podcast

Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten

4

Casefile True Crime

Casefile Presents

5

The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

6

THE MORNING SHIFT

THE PEOPLES MEDIA CO.

7

Not For Radio

rova Podcasts

8

The Dom Harvey Podcast

Dom Harvey

9

The Mel Robbins Podcast

Mel Robbins

10

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

Theo Von

11

JYP Podcast

JYP Entertainment

12

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

13

The Rest Is Politics: US

Goalhanger

14

The Rest Is Politics

Goalhanger

15

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

Perfect Strangers

16

Hamish & Andy

LiSTNR

17

Good Hang with Amy Poehler

The Ringer

18

Shameless

Shameless Media

19

Crime Junkie

Audiochuck

20

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley

ZM Podcast Network

21

Call Her Daddy

Alex Cooper

22

DSPN -RUGBY

rova Podcasts

23

Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast

Matt McCusker & Shane Gillis

24

Huberman Lab

Scicomm Media

25

The Shawn Ryan Show

Shawn Ryan Show

26

The Romesh Ranganathan Show

Ranga Bee & Platform Media

27

Gone By Lunchtime

The Spinoff

28

Bad Friends

7EQUIS

29

Mystery Mondays

Bella Fiori

30

The Hauraki Big Show

Radio Hauraki

31

Let Her Finish

rova

32

Begin Again with Davina McCall

FlightStory

33

Short History Of...

NOISER

34

TRIGGERnometry

Konstantin Kisin & Francis Foster

35

Levels with Willie Mason & Justin Horo

Levels Network

36

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

37

Pretty Sure

Adelle Petropoulos | ODd Network

38

Making Cents

Frances Cook

39

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

40

The Tucker Carlson Show

Tucker Carlson Network

41

Smosh Reads Reddit Stories

Smosh

42

Happy Hour with Lucy & Nikki

Lucy & Nikki

43

Duncan Garner - Editor In Chief

rova Podcasts

44

The Veil

Brevity Studios

45

Backstage with Cooper & Matty Johns

JOHNS MEDIA

46

MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

Ballen Studios

47

Rotten Mango

Stephanie Soo

48

The Curve

The Curve Platform

49

The Detail

RNZ

50

We Mean Well

Excuse me Señorita

51

Global News Podcast

BBC World Service

52

Bloke In A Bar

Denan Kemp

53

What a Lad

Presented by Betcha

54

Cross Party Lines

Cross Party Lines

55

RNZ News

RNZ

56

Keep The Change

nextAdvisory

57

The Poisoned Wife

The Australian

58

The Property Academy Podcast

Opes Partners

59

The Inspired Unemployed

LiSTNR

60

No Such Thing As A Fish

No Such Thing As A Fish

61

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

62

Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster

Plosive

63

Alpha Blokes Podcast

Alpha Blokes Project

64

The Daily

The New York Times

65

Morbid

Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart

66

RedHanded

RedHanded

67

The Louis Theroux Podcast

Spotify Studios

68

Fin vs History

Fin Taylor & Horatio Gould

69

The Tim Dillon Show

The Tim Dillon Show

70

The Mike Hosking Breakfast

Newstalk ZB

71

Boring History For Sleep | Gentle Storytelling And Ambient Sounds (Official)

HistoryAndSleepOfficial

72

Kiwi Yarns

rova

73

Therapuss with Jake Shane

Jake Shane

74

The Agenda

The Alternative Commentary Collective

75

The Kick it Forward Podcast

Joshua Garlepp

76

Not For Radio (Sniper Elite)

rova | Jay & Dunc

77

Crimes NZ

RNZ

78

Sportscafe

Sportscafe Media

79

The Montoyas

The Montoyas Podcast

80

Lex Fridman Podcast

Lex Fridman

81

The Rest Is Entertainment

Goalhanger

82

Candace

Candace Owens

83

ShxtsNGigs

shxtsngigs

84

True Crime Stories

True Crime Stories

85

Toni and Ryan

Toni Lodge and Ryan Jon

86

Scandal

Law & Crime

87

Q+A with Jack Tame

Q+A with Jack Tame

88

Two Hot Takes

Two Hot Takes

89

Cheques and Balances

Cheques and Balances

90

SmartLess

Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett

91

The Rest Is Science

Goalhanger

92

A Moment In Crime

NZ Herald

93

My Therapist Ghosted Me

Global

94

The Fellas

The Fellas Studios

95

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

96

The Mindset Mentor

Rob Dial

97

The Basement Yard

Santagato Studios

98

Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe

Keep It Light Media / Spotify Studios

99

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

100

The Good, The Bad & The Rugby: Australia & New Zealand

Folding Pocket

101

Sleep Escape: Sleep Meditation & Hypnosis

Sleepy Tyler

102

Science Vs

Spotify Studios

103

True Crime with Kendall Rae

Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios

104

The Morning Rumble

rova | The Rock

105

GUILT

Brevity Studios

106

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

107

Sauna Sessions

Head On Agency

108

Aotearoa Rugby Pod

Fandom Media

109

THE AFTERMATCH

Kirstie Stanway-Thorne

110

Guided Sleep Meditation & Sleep Hypnosis from Sleep Cove

Sleep Hypnosis, Meditations and Bedtime Stories

111

P1 with Matt and Tommy

Stak

112

Danny Jones Podcast

Danny Jones

113

ZOE Science & Nutrition

ZOE

114

Life Uncut

LiSTNR

115

Crime, Conspiracy, Cults and Murder

Kallmekris

116

KILL TONY

Golden Pony Productions

117

True Crime with Elli Mac

Elli Mac

118

At Large with Toby Manhire

The Spinoff

119

Unfiltered with Dave Letele

Fanaticals

120

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

121

LADbible Stories

LADbible

122

The Daily Beast Podcast

The Daily Beast

123

The Prosecutors

PodcastOne

124

Financial Audit

Caleb Hammer

125

Petty POV with Charlotte Dobre

Jellysmack

126

The Hauraki Breakfast Podcast

Radio Hauraki

127

We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson

FlightStory

128

Context

RNZ

129

Behind The Laundry Door

Indy Clinton

130

Murder With My Husband

OH NO MEDIA

131

Everyone Has An Ex

Mamamia Podcasts

132

soundbuttonsspace

soundbuttonsspace

133

Let's Find Out

Let's Find Out

134

everybody has a secret

Shameless Media

135

Hello Sport

Pipe Dreams Media

136

Do You F*cking Mind?

Alexis Fernandez-Preiksa - Neuroscientist and Mindset Coach

137

Dish

Cold Glass Productions

138

Ukraine: The Latest

The Telegraph

139

Truly Criminal

Truly Criminal

140

Inherited

Shameless Media

141

A Zen Mind Guided Meditations

Jo Rose | A Zen Mind

142

Factinate

Factinate.com

143

The Rest Is Politics: Leading

Goalhanger

144

The Ancients

History Hit

145

American Alchemy with Jesse Michels

Jesse Michels

146

True Crime Conversations

Mamamia Podcasts

147

Distractible

Distractible

148

The Psychology of your 20s

iHeartPodcasts

149

Silly Stories for Kids

Samuel Ramsden

150

Today in Focus

The Guardian

151

Flightless Bird

David Farrier

152

Swag on the Beat

Swag on the Beat

153

OMG Stories

UPSTREAM MEDIA

154

Dateline NBC

NBC News

155

British Crimes

British Crimes

156

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

157

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files

158

2 Bears, 1 Cave with Tom Segura & Bert Kreischer

2 Bears 1 Cave

159

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

160

The Bye Round With James Graham

James Graham

161

Bach and Arthur Podcast

The Fellas Studios

162

The Book Club

Goalhanger

163

Mamamia Out Loud

Mamamia Podcasts

164

Boring History for Sleep

Velvet

165

Sword and Scale

Sword and Scale

166

The Oprah Podcast

Harpo

167

Sick to Death

The Australian

168

Today, Explained

Vox

169

CreepCast

Wendigoon & MeatCanyon

170

Koala Moon: Kids Bedtime Stories & Sleep Stories for Kids Podcast

Kids Bedtime Stories by Koala Moon | Starglow Media

171

Hot History

Hot History Production

172

Raw Reality

TORISSTORY & FITWITHLILY

173

Horror Stories

Horror Stories

174

The Debrief with Savanna Young

Daily Mail Australia

175

Breaking News from Pod Save America

Crooked Media

176

Bronwyn

The Australian

177

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

All-In Podcast, LLC

178

20/20

ABC News

179

The Grade Cricketer

RARE

180

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

181

Crime at Bedtime

Jack Laurence

182

The Ezra Klein Show

New York Times Opinion

183

Scotty & Izzy

Sport Nation

184

48 Hours

CBS News

185

Heretics | Andrew Gold

Andrew Gold

186

Triple M Rocks Footy NRL

Triple M

187

Australian True Crime

Bravecasting

188

The Blindboy Podcast

Blindboyboatclub

189

Murder In America

Bloody FM

190

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield

Abbie Chatfield

191

Wanging On with Graham Norton and Maria McErlane

Platform Media

192

Pod Save America

Pod Save America

193

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

194

Giggly Squad

Hannah Berner & Paige DeSorbo

195

The Deck

Audiochuck

196

Football Weekly

The Guardian

197

World War II with Tom Hanks

The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy

198

Iran: The Latest

The Telegraph

199

Betrayal Weekly

iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts

200

The Rest Is Football

Goalhanger

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