ARIA Awards 2025 Smashes Voting Records with Nearly 700,000 Fan Votes

The 2025 ARIA Awards had a record year of engagement, with nearly 700,000 fan votes cast across the four public categories.

Marking one of the strongest voters in the awards' history, fans cast 696,836 total votes -- 614,490 via Spotify and 82,316 via ARIA's website. The total vote number exceeded 2024 by more than 200%.

Notably, the three Australian-led categories all drew significant support, with 201,224 votes for Song of the Year, 115,419 for Best Australian Live Act, and 79,668 for Best Video. The Kid LAROI's "Girls" won Song of the Year, while Troye Sivan took home Best Australian Live Act and Keli Holiday's "Dancing2" won Best Video.

Amyl and the Sniffers dominated this year’s awards, walking away with four wins including Album of the Year, Best Group, Best Rock Album, and Best Cover Art.

Rising electronic star Ninajirachi also made a huge impact, scoring three key awards, proving herself as one of Australia’s most exciting new artists. The night also included a standout performance from English star Olivia Dean.

Other headline moments saw Dom Dolla receive the inaugural Global Impact Award and Tame Impala recognised for their studio mastery, winning awards for both Engineering and Production, credited to Kevin Parker.

See the full winners list here.

The record fan engagement comes off the back of the largest industry vote to date, with round one and two votes hitting 14,998 total: a record combined number and a record for each round. This year also marked the most number of entries ever received at 1,387. Since 2013, industry voting has grown 500%.

Annabelle Herd, ARIA CEO, said this demonstrates how powerfully Australians can rally around local artists when we deliver the right platform.

“Nearly 700,000 votes, paired with millions of interactions across every major platform, speaks to the strength and reach of Australian music right now. The highest engagement once again landed across the categories celebrating our local acts, which is exactly the kind of momentum that pushes Australian stories further into the global conversation."

Across social media, ARIA's social platforms received nearly over 845,000 likes or reactions and 3.1 million TikTok views, while the out-of-home campaign spotlighting nominees reached 114 million, and millions of fans engaged with Spotify's ARIA Awards Hub.

"The stats across ARIA’s own socials are a tiny portion of hundreds of thousands of mentions from artists, creators and fans that have inundated us over the last two weeks. The impact and reach of this year on social has far eclipsed anything we’ve seen before," Herd added.

“Our partnership with Spotify has been a game-changer for accessibility, but what we’ve seen over the past fortnight is the entire ecosystem moving in unison. It’s an incredible result for Australian music’s night of nights, and an even stronger outcome for Australian artists.”