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Top 10 podcast episodes in 2023

Episodes of The Lawyers Weekly Show surpassed 269,000 listens this year, with the broader Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network going past 600,000 downloads in the last 12 months. Here, view the top 10 most downloaded episodes from 2023.

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Episodes of The Lawyers Weekly Show surpassed 269,000 listens this year, with the broader Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network going past 600,000 downloads in the last 12 months. Here, view the top 10 most downloaded episodes from 2023.

In late 2017, when Lawyers Weekly launched its inaugural podcast, the brand was securing 4,000 downloads per month. Now, at the end of 2023, there are more than half a dozen different shows under the broader LW network, with an average of four episodes per week across different streams and demographics, an average of over 53,000 downloads worldwide per month this year, and listeners on every continent. Earlier this month, the podcast network surpassed 2 million downloads worldwide.

And while nearly 80 per cent of downloads have come from across Australia in the last six years, the podcast boasts listeners from major global legal markets, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Singapore, China, and Hong Kong – to name a few.

 
 

Lawyers Weekly editor Jerome Doraisamy said: “It was, once again, a groundbreaking year for The Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network, with more downloads than ever for a stimulating and instructive catalogue of conversations.

“In 2024, we want to go even bigger – if you have an interesting story to tell or want to provide thought leadership and guidance to your peers, reach out to us – we’re all ears!”

Here are the 10 most-downloaded podcast episodes for 2023, in descending order:

10. The role of industry in legal education

9. Moving in-house 101: All your questions answered

8. Sport’s influence on all areas of law

7. Don’t make career decisions based on others’ journeys

6. What M&A will look like in 2023

5. ‘The stakes are increasing’ in defamation law

4. Skills needed to be a successful partner

3. Living your best life as a lawyer

2. Inside the mind of lawyers

1. What ChatGPT’s rise means for legal practice