New Zealand · All genres · October 2026

Top Podcasts in New Zealand

Top Podcasts in New Zealand today, combining the Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Castbox & Pocket Casts charts for New Zealand into one Pulse Score. A show that ranks well on several platforms scores higher than one that tops a single chart. YouTube does not publish a top podcasts chart for New Zealand.

1New on this chart

The Rest Is History
Goalhanger

Apple #1

87Pulse Score out of 100
2New on this chart

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley
ZM Podcast Network

Apple #2

69Pulse Score out of 100
3New on this chart

Casefile True Crime
Casefile Presents

Apple #3

83Pulse Score out of 100
4New on this chart

In The Dark
The New Yorker

Apple #4

50Pulse Score out of 100
5New on this chart

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
DOAC

Apple #5

86Pulse Score out of 100
6New on this chart

The Daily
The New York Times

Apple #6

49Pulse Score out of 100
7New on this chart

The Poisoned Wife
The Australian

Apple #7

51Pulse Score out of 100
8New on this chart

Between Two Beers Podcast
Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten

Apple #8

78Pulse Score out of 100
9New on this chart

The Rest Is Politics: US
Goalhanger

Apple #9

60Pulse Score out of 100
10New on this chart

Global News Podcast
BBC World Service

Apple #10

44Pulse Score out of 100
11New on this chart

The Rest Is Politics
Goalhanger

Apple #11

57Pulse Score out of 100
12New on this chart

No Such Thing As A Fish
No Such Thing As A Fish

Apple #12

43Pulse Score out of 100
13New on this chart

The Detail
RNZ

Apple #13

47Pulse Score out of 100
14New on this chart

A Moment In Crime
NZ Herald

Apple #14

40Pulse Score out of 100
15New on this chart

Tame and Tova
TVNZ

Apple #15

27Pulse Score out of 100
16New on this chart

The Rest Is Entertainment
Goalhanger

Apple #16

37Pulse Score out of 100
17New on this chart

The Joe Rogan Experience
Joe Rogan

Apple #17

74Pulse Score out of 100
18New on this chart

The Dom Harvey Podcast
Dom Harvey

Apple #18

56Pulse Score out of 100
19New on this chart

Kim Hill Wants To Know
RNZ

Apple #19

23Pulse Score out of 100
20New on this chart

Shameless
Shameless Media

Apple #20

48Pulse Score out of 100
21New on this chart

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4

Apple #21

23Pulse Score out of 100
22New on this chart

RedHanded
RedHanded

Apple #22

30Pulse Score out of 100
23New on this chart

Bear Hunt
Goalhanger

Apple #23

21Pulse Score out of 100
24New on this chart

The Mel Robbins Podcast
Mel Robbins

Apple #24

48Pulse Score out of 100
25New on this chart

Empire: World History
Goalhanger

Apple #25

29Pulse Score out of 100
26New on this chart

The Hauraki Big Show
Radio Hauraki

Apple #26

37Pulse Score out of 100
27New on this chart

The Ezra Klein Show
New York Times Opinion

Apple #27

24Pulse Score out of 100
28New on this chart

I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?
BBC Sounds

Apple #28

18Pulse Score out of 100
29New on this chart

Hamish & Andy
LiSTNR

Apple #29

41Pulse Score out of 100
30New on this chart

Making Cents
Frances Cook

Apple #30

28Pulse Score out of 100
31New on this chart

Reaching Out
Futuro Media

Apple #31

17Pulse Score out of 100
32New on this chart

Mamamia Out Loud
Mamamia Podcasts

Apple #32

21Pulse Score out of 100
33New on this chart

Sunday Morning
RNZ

Apple #33

16Pulse Score out of 100
34New on this chart

You're Dead to Me
BBC Radio 4

Apple #34

21Pulse Score out of 100
35New on this chart

ZOE Science & Nutrition
ZOE

Apple #35

23Pulse Score out of 100
36New on this chart

Zombie Towns: Everything I Missed
RNZ

Apple #36

16Pulse Score out of 100
37New on this chart

Crimes NZ
RNZ

Apple #37

20Pulse Score out of 100
38New on this chart

The Room
Shameless Media

Apple #38

15Pulse Score out of 100
39New on this chart

Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
Plosive

Apple #39

24Pulse Score out of 100
40New on this chart

Saturday Morning
RNZ

Apple #40

15Pulse Score out of 100
41New on this chart

Stuff You Should Know
iHeartPodcasts

Apple #41

25Pulse Score out of 100
42New on this chart

The Ancients
History Hit

Apple #42

20Pulse Score out of 100
43New on this chart

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Newstalk ZB

Apple #43

24Pulse Score out of 100
44New on this chart

TRIGGERnometry
Konstantin Kisin & Francis Foster

Apple #44

27Pulse Score out of 100
45New on this chart

Good Hang with Amy Poehler
The Ringer

Apple #45

42Pulse Score out of 100
46New on this chart

DSPN -RUGBY
rova | DSPN

Apple #46

26Pulse Score out of 100
47New on this chart

Modern Wisdom
Chris Williamson

Apple #47

42Pulse Score out of 100
48New on this chart

20/20
ABC News

Apple #48

17Pulse Score out of 100
49New on this chart

My Therapist Ghosted Me
Global

Apple #49

19Pulse Score out of 100
50New on this chart

Dan Snow's History Hit
History Hit

Apple #50

18Pulse Score out of 100
51New on this chart

Pod Save America
Pod Save America

Apple #51

16Pulse Score out of 100
52New on this chart

Gone By Lunchtime
The Spinoff

Apple #52

33Pulse Score out of 100
53New on this chart

GUILT
Brevity Studios

Apple #53

15Pulse Score out of 100
54New on this chart

The Rest Is Classified
Goalhanger

Apple #54

22Pulse Score out of 100
55New on this chart

Criminal
Vox Media Podcast Network

Apple #55

12Pulse Score out of 100
56New on this chart

Not For Radio
rova | Jay & Dunc

Apple #56

44Pulse Score out of 100
57New on this chart

Unravel
ABC Australia

Apple #57

15Pulse Score out of 100
58New on this chart

The Rest Is Science
Goalhanger

Apple #58

19Pulse Score out of 100
59New on this chart

Cross Party Lines
Cross Party Lines

Apple #59

22Pulse Score out of 100
60New on this chart

Short History Of...
NOISER

Apple #60

29Pulse Score out of 100
61New on this chart

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Gyles Brandreth / Plain Jaine Media

Apple #61

11Pulse Score out of 100
62New on this chart

The Veil
Brevity Studios

Apple #62

24Pulse Score out of 100
63New on this chart

Mediawatch
RNZ

Apple #63

10Pulse Score out of 100
64New on this chart

Conversations
ABC Australia

Apple #64

10Pulse Score out of 100
65New on this chart

Real Survival Stories
NOISER

Apple #65

23Pulse Score out of 100
66New on this chart

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Pushkin Industries

Apple #66

11Pulse Score out of 100
67New on this chart

The Binge Crimes: What Happened to the Harrisons?
Sony Music Entertainment

Apple #67

10Pulse Score out of 100
68New on this chart

Huberman Lab
Scicomm Media

Apple #68

34Pulse Score out of 100
69New on this chart

The Documentary Podcast
BBC World Service

Apple #69

10Pulse Score out of 100
70New on this chart

DELVE
newsroom.co.nz

Apple #70

13Pulse Score out of 100
71New on this chart

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Umbrella

Apple #71

24Pulse Score out of 100
72New on this chart

ill-advised by Bill Nighy
EYEPOD Studios

Apple #72

9Pulse Score out of 100
73New on this chart

At Large with Toby Manhire
The Spinoff

Apple #73

20Pulse Score out of 100
74New on this chart

Dateline NBC
NBC News

Apple #74

14Pulse Score out of 100
75New on this chart

The News Agents
Global

Apple #75

9Pulse Score out of 100
76New on this chart

Life Uncut
LiSTNR

Apple #76

15Pulse Score out of 100
77New on this chart

Today in Focus
The Guardian

Apple #77

14Pulse Score out of 100
78New on this chart

The Property Academy Podcast
Opes Partners

Apple #78

18Pulse Score out of 100
79New on this chart

Let Her Finish
rova | Brodie Kane Media

Apple #79

27Pulse Score out of 100
80New on this chart

P1 with Matt and Tommy
Stak

Apple #80

15Pulse Score out of 100
81New on this chart

The Case Of
ABC Australia

Apple #81

12Pulse Score out of 100
82New on this chart

British Scandal
Audible

Apple #82

8Pulse Score out of 100
83New on this chart

Keep The Change
nextAdvisory

Apple #83

19Pulse Score out of 100
84New on this chart

The Witness: In His Own Words
Yellow Path Productions

Apple #84

8Pulse Score out of 100
85New on this chart

The Book Club
Goalhanger

Apple #85

15Pulse Score out of 100
86New on this chart

Grey Areas with Petra Bagust
rova | Love It Media

Apple #86

13Pulse Score out of 100
87New on this chart

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Ringer

Apple #87

15Pulse Score out of 100
88New on this chart

The Romesh Ranganathan Show
Ranga Bee & Platform Media

Apple #88

28Pulse Score out of 100
89New on this chart

My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

Apple #89

11Pulse Score out of 100
90New on this chart

SmartLess
Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett

Apple #90

14Pulse Score out of 100
91New on this chart

On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Perfect Strangers

Apple #91

38Pulse Score out of 100
92New on this chart

The Curve
The Curve Platform

Apple #92

20Pulse Score out of 100
93New on this chart

RNZ News
RNZ

Apple #93

19Pulse Score out of 100
94New on this chart

MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
Ballen Studios

Apple #94

19Pulse Score out of 100
95New on this chart

48 Hours
48 Hours

Apple #95

12Pulse Score out of 100
96New on this chart

Betrayal Season 6
iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts

Apple #96

7Pulse Score out of 100
97New on this chart

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk
Goalhanger

Apple #97

7Pulse Score out of 100
98New on this chart

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories
NOISER

Apple #98

7Pulse Score out of 100
99New on this chart

The Hauraki Breakfast Podcast
Radio Hauraki

Apple #99

12Pulse Score out of 100
100New on this chart

Crime Junkie
Audiochuck

Apple #100

30Pulse Score out of 100

Show 101–200Showing 101–200

101New on this chart

This American Life
This American Life

Apple #101

8Pulse Score out of 100
102New on this chart

The Grade Cricketer
RARE

Apple #102

7Pulse Score out of 100
103New on this chart

Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee
Dr Rangan Chatterjee: GP & Author

Apple #103

11Pulse Score out of 100
104New on this chart

The Daily Beast Podcast
The Daily Beast, Joanna Coles

Apple #104

13Pulse Score out of 100
105New on this chart

True Crime Conversations
Mamamia Podcasts

Apple #105

11Pulse Score out of 100
106New on this chart

Desert Island Discs
BBC Radio 4

Apple #106

7Pulse Score out of 100
107New on this chart

In Our Time
BBC Radio 4

Apple #107

7Pulse Score out of 100
108New on this chart

My Mom’s Murder
Audible

Apple #108

6Pulse Score out of 100
109New on this chart

Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive
Newstalk ZB

Apple #109

6Pulse Score out of 100
110New on this chart

Ukraine: The Latest
The Telegraph

Apple #110

11Pulse Score out of 100
111New on this chart

Black Box: The Chatbots
The Guardian

Apple #111

6Pulse Score out of 100
112New on this chart

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
All-In Podcast, LLC

Apple #112

10Pulse Score out of 100
113New on this chart

What It Was Like
Superreal

Apple #113

6Pulse Score out of 100
114New on this chart

Economist Podcasts
The Economist

Apple #114

6Pulse Score out of 100
115New on this chart

Caucus
RNZ

Apple #115

6Pulse Score out of 100
116New on this chart

Morbid
Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart

Apple #116

15Pulse Score out of 100
117New on this chart

Kiwi Yarns
rova | Brodie Kane Media

Apple #117

17Pulse Score out of 100
118New on this chart

Q+A with Jack Tame
Q+A with Jack Tame

Apple #118

12Pulse Score out of 100
119New on this chart

The Louis Theroux Podcast
Spotify Studios

Apple #119

12Pulse Score out of 100
120New on this chart

Pivot
New York Magazine

Apple #120

6Pulse Score out of 100
121New on this chart

Heavyweight
Pushkin Industries

Apple #121

6Pulse Score out of 100
122New on this chart

HistoryExtra podcast
Immediate

Apple #122

6Pulse Score out of 100
123New on this chart

Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe
Keep It Light Media / Spotify Studios

Apple #123

12Pulse Score out of 100
124New on this chart

Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids | Realm

Apple #124

5Pulse Score out of 100
125New on this chart

Radiolab
WNYC Studios

Apple #125

7Pulse Score out of 100
126New on this chart

Ologies with Alie Ward
Alie Ward

Apple #126

10Pulse Score out of 100
127New on this chart

I Catch Killers with Gary Jubelin
News.com.au

Apple #127

5Pulse Score out of 100
128New on this chart

The Front Page
NZ Herald

Apple #128

5Pulse Score out of 100
129New on this chart

Football Weekly
The Guardian

Apple #129
130New on this chart

The Leighton Smith Podcast
Newstalk ZB

Apple #130
131New on this chart

Toni and Ryan
Toni Lodge and Ryan Jon

Apple #131

12Pulse Score out of 100
132New on this chart

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

Apple #132
133New on this chart

Freakonomics Radio
Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

Apple #133

7Pulse Score out of 100
134New on this chart

Americast
BBC News

Apple #134

5Pulse Score out of 100
135New on this chart

Sex.Life
ZM Podcast Network

Apple #135
136New on this chart

The Disappearance of Katie Walker
AIIMS Creator Hub

Apple #136
137New on this chart

The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions
Sony Music Entertainment

Apple #137
138New on this chart

Fin vs History
Fin Taylor & Horatio Gould

Apple #138

14Pulse Score out of 100
139New on this chart

Newshour
BBC World Service

Apple #139
140New on this chart

Nine To Noon
RNZ

Apple #140
141New on this chart

Dish
Cold Glass Productions

Apple #141

11Pulse Score out of 100
142New on this chart

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal
History Hit

Apple #142
143New on this chart

Stories of Art
HENI Talks

Apple #143
144New on this chart

Political Currency
Persephonica

Apple #144
145New on this chart

Daze of Our Lives
The Hits

Apple #145

14Pulse Score out of 100
146New on this chart

Smosh Reads Reddit Stories
Smosh

Apple #146

20Pulse Score out of 100
147New on this chart

The Global Story
BBC World Service

Apple #147
148New on this chart

Behind the Bastards
Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

Apple #148

6Pulse Score out of 100
149New on this chart

The Imperfects
Hugh van Cuylenburg, Ryan Shelton & Josh van Cuylenburg

Apple #149

8Pulse Score out of 100
150New on this chart

Intrigue
BBC Radio 4

Apple #150
151New on this chart

Elis James and John Robins
Significant Productions

Apple #151
152New on this chart

Three Gals One Beehive
Three Gals

Apple #152
153New on this chart

Curious Cases
BBC Radio 4

Apple #153
154New on this chart

Election 2026: The Podcast
NZ Herald

Apple #154
155New on this chart

The Shawn Ryan Show
Shawn Ryan

Apple #155

26Pulse Score out of 100
156New on this chart

Not Just the Tudors
History Hit

Apple #156
157New on this chart

Search Engine
PJ Vogt

Apple #157
158New on this chart

The Tucker Carlson Show
Tucker Carlson Network

Apple #158

21Pulse Score out of 100
159New on this chart

Revisionist History
Pushkin Industries

Apple #159

6Pulse Score out of 100
160New on this chart

Crime Analyst
Laura Richards

Apple #160
161New on this chart

Boring History for Sleep
Velvet

Apple #161

9Pulse Score out of 100
162New on this chart

F1: Chequered Flag
BBC Radio 5 Live

Apple #162
163New on this chart

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel
Esther Perel Global Media

Apple #163
164New on this chart

Love Trapped
iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts

Apple #164
165New on this chart

American Scandal
Audible

Apple #165
166New on this chart

The Rest Is Politics: Leading
Goalhanger

Apple #166

11Pulse Score out of 100
167New on this chart

Politics NZ
RNZ

Apple #167

10Pulse Score out of 100
168New on this chart

The Blindboy Podcast
Blindboyboatclub

Apple #168

8Pulse Score out of 100
169New on this chart

Flightless Bird
David Farrier

Apple #169

10Pulse Score out of 100
170New on this chart

If Books Could Kill
Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri

Apple #170

9Pulse Score out of 100
171New on this chart

Morning Report
RNZ

Apple #171
172New on this chart

Gone Medieval
History Hit

Apple #172
173New on this chart

ABC Rewind
ABC Australia

Apple #173
174New on this chart

More or Less
BBC Radio 4

Apple #174
175New on this chart

Nothing much happens: bedtime stories to help you sleep
Wellness Loud

Apple #175
176New on this chart

Off Air with Jane & Fi
The Times

Apple #176
177New on this chart

Uncanny
BBC Radio 4

Apple #177
178New on this chart

The Bulwark Daily
The Bulwark

Apple #178
179New on this chart

THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST
ADAM BUXTON

Apple #179
180New on this chart

Duncan Garner - Editor In Chief
rova

Apple #180

19Pulse Score out of 100
181New on this chart

Bulwark Takes
The Bulwark

Apple #181
182New on this chart

The Spy Who
Audible

Apple #182
183New on this chart

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day
Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment

Apple #183
184New on this chart

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Team Coco & Earwolf

Apple #184
185New on this chart

Planet Money
NPR

Apple #185
186New on this chart

The Agenda
The Alternative Commentary Collective

Apple #186

11Pulse Score out of 100
187New on this chart

Sleepy History
Slumber Studios

Apple #187

8Pulse Score out of 100
188New on this chart

The Edge Breakfast
rova | The Edge

Apple #188
189New on this chart

Cheques and Balances
Cheques and Balances

Apple #189

11Pulse Score out of 100
190New on this chart

They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime
They Walk Among Us

Apple #190
191New on this chart

The Happy Saver Podcast - Personal Finance in New Zealand
Ruth - Personal Finance Blogger

Apple #191
192New on this chart

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Network

Apple #192
193New on this chart

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
Theo Von

Apple #193

44Pulse Score out of 100
194New on this chart

Giggly Squad
Hannah Berner & Paige DeSorbo

Apple #194

7Pulse Score out of 100
195New on this chart

The Ramsey Show
Ramsey Network

Apple #195
196New on this chart

THE MORNING SHIFT
THE PEOPLES MEDIA CO.

Apple #196

40Pulse Score out of 100
197New on this chart

The Archers
BBC Radio 4

Apple #197
198New on this chart

World of Secrets
BBC

Apple #198
199New on this chart

Public Interest
Public Interest

Apple #199
200New on this chart

Science Vs
Spotify Studios

Apple #200

10Pulse Score out of 100

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