Triple J Hottest 100
| Triple J Hottest 100 | |
|---|---|
| Current: Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2025 | |
"The world's greatest music democracy" | |
| Awarded for | The year's top 100 songs as voted by listeners |
| Date | Fourth Saturday in January |
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | Triple J |
| First award | 5 March 1989 |
| Currently held by | Olivia Dean – "Man I Need" (2025) |
| Most wins | Bernard Fanning (4 wins) |
| Website | Triple J Hottest 100 |
The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music poll presented by the Australian youth radio station Triple J since 1989. Listeners are invited to vote for their favourite songs of the year in an online ballot conducted before the new year.
In its early years, the Hottest 100 was broadcast in March, then on various days in January and February. From 1998, it was consistently held on Australia Day (26 January), before moving to the fourth weekend of January starting in 2017. Generally the Hottest 200 (songs 200–101) is also held on this weekend.
The poll has grown from 500,000 votes in 2004 to a peak of over 3.2 million in 2019, and it has been referred to as "the world's greatest music democracy". British singer Olivia Dean's song "Man I Need" is the latest song to top the Hottest 100. A special Hottest 100 of Australian Songs was broadcast on 26 July 2025 to celebrate Triple J's 50th anniversary.
Since 2015, the countdown has raised more than $3.3 million for various Australian charities through donations and merchandise sales. ABC Music issued compilation CDs following each year's countdown until 2022. In 2023, Triple J launched Triple J Hottest, an online radio station featuring a playlist of tracks from all previous Hottest 100 countdowns.