ABC listen: Radio & Podcasts

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

About this app

Download the free ABC listen app to take your favourite podcasts, radio & audiobooks with you on the go.

Stream live sport, choose your news, and explore a world of music anywhere, anytime, and all for free!

APP FEATURES

For Kids & Families:
• All new exclusive episodes of Bluey Listen Along
• Create sub-profiles for Kids or multiple users
• Optional Kids lock helps kids stay in a space designed just for them
• Soundtrack your child’s day with ABC Kids listen podcasts, radio, audiobooks and music – all in one place.

Live Radio on the Go:
• Instant access to all ABC local and national stations and radio programs, including ABC Radio National, ABC NEWS, ABC SPORT, ABC Kids listen, Double J, triple j and more.
• Tune in to live broadcasts and catch up on what you've missed
• See upcoming programs or recently played music and tracklists
• Limited internet coverage? Find the broadcast frequencies for local and national ABC Radio from anywhere in the country.
• Hear live, expert and ad-free ABC SPORT coverage of national and international games, including AFL, NRL, cricket, tennis and soccer.

Discover Podcasts & Audiobooks:
• Dive into a free podcast library with over 200 podcasts and radio programs available at your fingertips.
• Explore the free curated audiobook library, updated with new fiction, non-fiction and kids titles for readers of all ages.
• Exclusive ABC Timeless Audiobooks giving classic titles a fresh take by a new generation of Australian voices.

Stay informed with Daily News and Sports:
• Stay up to date with essential news streams delivered in under 5 minutes.
• Go more in-depth with daily news briefings, covering local updates to global happenings

Tailored Music Collections, Classic Albums and Live Shows:
• Music for every mood - explore curated collections from popular stations like ABC Classic, ABC Country, ABC Jazz, Double J and triple j.
• Music for every occasion - soundtrack your day with Music for Your Warm Up, triple j House Party and Music To Sleep To collections and more.
• Music, songs and children's entertainment for kids of all ages to help little ears sleep, learn and play.

Join the Conversation
• Tap directly into on-air conversations with Call or Text In buttons at your fingertips.

Life sounds better with ABC listen - download the free app today!

Ratings and reviews

It's pretty good overall and I haven't found many of the problems that others seem to have. But there are two very irritating things: Jump back in, and volume. I don't need to "jump back in" to a radio interview I listened to 90% of three years ago - let me easily remove it. And the volume of this app is so much lower than every other audio app I use. I need to crank to about 80% volume on my earbuds for Listen, which is about double what I need for music, youtube, or podcasts.

4 Feb. Started to work, occasionally. Hope there are no bushfires when it has its next hissy fit! 3 Feb 26. Stopped working again! I click news and rn play live icons and nothing happens. Jan 2026. App closed after a few seconds. Won't work. A few days later, started working and now, after latest update, stopped working again!! Uninstalled and reinstalled app, reboot, no change.

this app has lots and lots of content in it but it has issues. it takes quite a long time to open. and it pauses or closes constantly. I just listened to a 3 minute news story and had to press play button 3 times throughout it. I use it to listen to the radio while working and so often find myself sitting in silence as it has closed or paused without me touching phone at all. needs to be fixed or classified as junk