News Corp’s Dear Rachelle storms podcast charts

Nathan Jolly

May 21, 2025 10:17

News Corp’s new true crime podcast Dear Rachelle has climbed up the Australian Podcast Ranker to land at number five, with over 700,000 downloads during April.

The podcast delves into the unsolved death of 23-year-old Rachelle Childs in 2001, and is hosted by investigative journalist Ashlea Hansen. Last month, the podcast sat at #47 in the charts.

Hamish and Andy has returned to the top of the Australian-made podcast charts, with over 1.5 million downloads for April. ABC News Top Stories fell to second place, after four months in the top slot, while Mamamia Out Loud and Shameless remain in third and fourth place, respectively.

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Nathan Jolly

Nathan Jolly is the Features Editor at Mumbrella. He joined the team in July, 2023.