#1 in Australia every day this year
The Seven Network’s 7NEWS has strengthened its #1 position in Australia, taking poll position in 2022 with an unbeatable lead over its rivals.
7NEWS is the #1 nightly news program in Australia in 2022, having won its timeslot nationally every single day so far this year.
The nation’s most-watched news program has also won every single week of the OzTAM survey ratings year in the capital cities and nationally.
In a sign of its extraordinary reach and resources, 7NEWS broadcasts 55 bulletins, totalling 23 hours a day over 50 weeks of the year, producing more than 5,500 hours of news.
7NEWS Monday to Friday reaches 1.72 million viewers daily and has an average national weekday audience of 1.46 million viewers, 29% bigger than its nearest competitor.
7NEWS Monday to Friday has also won every week this survey ratings year in Adelaide and Perth, and has won 21 of the 26 weeks so far in Melbourne.
In Melbourne, 7NEWS Monday to Friday has increased its audience by 1.9 commercial share points year-on-year. It is up by 1.6 share points in Brisbane, 4.2 share points in Adelaide and 1.8 share points in Perth.
7NEWS is also dominant on the weekends. 7NEWS Sunday has an average national audience of 1.43 million viewers, 18% bigger than its nearest competitor, and 7NEWS Saturday has a national average audience of 1.11 million viewers, 26% bigger than its nearest competitor.
Seven’s Director of News and Public Affairs, Craig McPherson, said: “It’s extremely satisfying that Australians have made 7NEWS the most-watched news in 2022. This marks the seventh consecutive year 7NEWS has been the news of choice in the combined capital cities and across the country.
“It is wonderful recognition for the work of all our teams in every market, in every state, region and our bureaux in Canberra, the United States and Europe.
“The sum of all parts – and there are many – drives our dominance and consistency but this year we’ve seen exceptional growth in our Melbourne market, as well as Brisbane and Adelaide, with Perth dominating in all our expanding News programming in the west and Sydney holding its commercial share,” he said.
“This year also heralded the integration of all Prime newsrooms throughout regional Australia into the 7NEWS family, which only adds to our growing reach and national strength.”
Across the capital cities, 7NEWS has an unmatched weekday commercial share of 41.2%,
4.1 share points bigger than its closest rival, and a 48.1% share in regional audiences, 21.6 share points bigger. 7NEWS is also #1 in its timeslot in people 25 to 54 and 16 to 39.
Seven Network has now won 23 weeks so far in the calendar year 2022 and is #1 in total people, 16 to 39s and 25 to 54s.
By the numbers:
7NEWS Monday to Friday
- 1.46 million viewers nationally
- #1 weeknight news program
- #1 every day in 2022
- 29% more viewers than closest competitor
7NEWS Sunday
- 1.43 million viewers nationally
- #1 Sunday news program
- #1 every day in 2022
- 18% more viewers than closest competitor
7NEWS Saturday
- 1.11 million viewers nationally
- #1 Saturday news program
- #1 every day in 2022
- 26% more viewers than closest competitor
Source: OzTAM (Metro), Regional TAM (Comb. Agg Markets )|Network National based on Metro and Comb. Agg Markets databases referencing Seven Network Content inc Tas + WA markets |Reach 1 min |Average Audience| Commercial Share% |2022 Survey YTD| Program Sunrise v Today | VPM 3.1 BVOD AUDIENCE SYTD