Thursday 2 July 2026

NATIONAL
TOTAL PEOPLE
Total TV TV BVOD
SEVEN 34.0% 34.8% 30.8%
NINE 25.3% 25.7% 23.5%
10 11.9% 12.5% 9.6%
SBS 10.5% 8.3% 19.5%
ABC 18.4% 18.8% 16.6%
5 CITIES
TOTAL PEOPLE
Total TV TV BVOD
SEVEN 32.2% 33.3% 27.9%
NINE 26.6% 27.5% 23.5%
10 12.0% 12.6% 9.7%
SBS 11.4% 8.3% 22.9%
ABC 17.8% 18.3% 16.1%
PEOPLE 25-54
Total TV TV BVOD
SEVEN 32.1% 33.6% 28.8%
NINE 27.3% 28.5% 24.6%
10 15.6% 18.1% 10.4%
SBS 11.6% 7.0% 21.3%
ABC 13.4% 12.8% 14.8%
PEOPLE 16-39
Total TV TV BVOD
SEVEN 32.2% 33.7% 29.6%
NINE 28.9% 30.3% 26.5%
10 16.6% 20.5% 10.0%
SBS 10.2% 4.6% 19.4%
ABC 12.2% 10.9% 14.5%

Total TV Overnight Top 30 Programs

Top 30 Programs - Free-to-Air - Total People - Total TV

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 2,290,000 747,000 108,000
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 2,161,000 1,400,000 176,000
3 9NEWS Nine 2,001,000 1,258,000 206,000
4 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN LIVE SBS 1,686,000 554,000 292,000
5 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 1,612,000 874,000 138,000
6 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH LIVE SBS 1,520,000 727,000 415,000
7 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,427,000 914,000 142,000
8 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 1,367,000 712,000 92,000
9 THURSDAY NIGHT NRLW Nine 1,279,000 279,000 51,000
10 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,140,000 822,000 225,000
11 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 1,098,000 850,000 62,000
12 7.30-EV ABC 1,087,000 643,000 51,000
13 SUNRISE Seven 962,000 428,000 64,000
14 2026 WIMBLEDON D4 -NIGHT Nine 953,000 341,000 49,000
15 GRAND DESIGNS-EV ABC 806,000 464,000 37,000
16 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH POST-MATCH SBS 802,000 414,000 223,000
17 9NEWS AFTERNOON Nine 748,000 409,000 56,000
18 HARD QUIZ S6 RPT ABC 719,000 400,000 24,000
19 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 Seven 711,000 364,000 46,000
20 TODAY Nine 702,000 243,000 54,000
21 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: FRA V SWE RPT SBS 700,000 194,000 68,000
22 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN POST-MATCH SBS 685,000 502,000 272,000
23 TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA 10 652,000 357,000 40,000
24 THE MORNING SHOW Seven 646,000 271,000 45,000
25 10 NEWS 10 635,000 325,000 27,000
26 2026 WIMBLEDON D4 -LATE Nine 628,000 244,000 36,000
27 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 626,000 205,000 21,000
28 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: ENG V COD LIVE SBS 608,000 303,000 199,000
29 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE GAME Seven 576,000 294,000 43,000
30 ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM ABC 569,000 107,000 14,000

Top 30 Programs - Free-to-Air - 25-54 - Total TV

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN LIVE SBS 866,000 283,000 175,000
2 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 803,000 270,000 58,000
3 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH LIVE SBS 754,000 379,000 246,000
4 9NEWS Nine 580,000 353,000 100,000
5 SEVEN NEWS Seven 565,000 330,000 85,000
6 THURSDAY NIGHT NRLW Nine 447,000 116,000 29,000
7 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 435,000 272,000 70,000
8 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 414,000 214,000 64,000
9 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH POST-MATCH SBS 399,000 223,000 133,000
10 HOME AND AWAY Seven 348,000 256,000 113,000
11 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN POST-MATCH SBS 344,000 256,000 163,000
12 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 322,000 158,000 43,000
13 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: ENG V COD LIVE SBS 304,000 153,000 112,000
14 2026 WIMBLEDON D4 -NIGHT Nine 300,000 107,000 25,000
15 TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA 10 288,000 188,000 25,000
16 SUNRISE Seven 277,000 135,000 33,000
17 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH PRE-MATCH SBS 275,000 161,000 92,000
18 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: FRA V SWE RPT SBS 273,000 87,000 40,000
19 DEUTSCHE WELLE ENGLISH NEWS MORNING SBS 255,000 155,000 78,000
20 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 226,000 173,000 23,000
21 7.30-EV ABC 212,000 114,000 20,000
22 TODAY Nine 204,000 81,000 28,000
23 9NEWS AFTERNOON Nine 193,000 109,000 26,000
24 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE GAME Seven 190,000 106,000 23,000
25 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 187,000 66,000 9,000
26 2026 WIMBLEDON D4 -LATE Nine 187,000 76,000 18,000
27 NCIS 10 186,000 64,000 4,000
28 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: ENG V COD POST-MATCH SBS 177,000 75,000 50,000
29 THE MORNING SHOW Seven 170,000 81,000 23,000
30 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 Seven 163,000 86,000 22,000

Top 30 Programs - Free-to-Air - 16-39 - Total TV

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN LIVE SBS 506,000 153,000 108,000
2 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH LIVE SBS 482,000 234,000 159,000
3 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 368,000 131,000 36,000
4 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH POST-MATCH SBS 246,000 128,000 81,000
5 9NEWS Nine 243,000 149,000 49,000
6 SEVEN NEWS Seven 211,000 118,000 42,000
7 THURSDAY NIGHT NRLW Nine 203,000 53,000 16,000
8 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN POST-MATCH SBS 192,000 140,000 98,000
9 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 192,000 82,000 32,000
10 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 189,000 119,000 35,000
11 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: ENG V COD LIVE SBS 187,000 97,000 74,000
12 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH PRE-MATCH SBS 158,000 86,000 55,000
13 HOME AND AWAY Seven 147,000 109,000 61,000
14 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: FRA V SWE RPT SBS 133,000 43,000 24,000
15 2026 WIMBLEDON D4 -NIGHT Nine 131,000 51,000 13,000
16 DEUTSCHE WELLE ENGLISH NEWS MORNING SBS 130,000 82,000 45,000
17 TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA 10 127,000 93,000 14,000
18 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 125,000 57,000 21,000
19 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: ENG V COD POST-MATCH SBS 114,000 47,000 33,000
20 2026 WIMBLEDON D4 -LATE Nine 86,000 39,000 9,000
21 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE GAME Seven 84,000 52,000 13,000
22 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 82,000 60,000 11,000
23 SUNRISE Seven 81,000 35,000 15,000
24 NCIS 10 81,000 30,000 2,000
25 7.30-EV ABC 77,000 40,000 9,000
26 TODAY Nine 74,000 27,000 12,000
27 9NEWS AFTERNOON Nine 74,000 38,000 13,000
28 MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT RPT 10 71,000 37,000 6,000
29 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – POST MATCH Seven 65,000 42,000 12,000
30 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 63,000 24,000 4,000

Top 30 Programs - Free-to-Air - Grocery Shoppers - Total TV

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 1,783,000 568,000 84,000
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,729,000 1,128,000 143,000
3 9NEWS Nine 1,603,000 1,006,000 169,000
4 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 1,291,000 720,000 114,000
5 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN LIVE SBS 1,245,000 412,000 224,000
6 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH LIVE SBS 1,145,000 551,000 318,000
7 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,139,000 736,000 117,000
8 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 1,095,000 573,000 75,000
9 THURSDAY NIGHT NRLW Nine 1,002,000 212,000 41,000
10 7.30-EV ABC 920,000 546,000 45,000
11 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 919,000 714,000 55,000
12 HOME AND AWAY Seven 907,000 660,000 184,000
13 SUNRISE Seven 797,000 359,000 53,000
14 2026 WIMBLEDON D4 -NIGHT Nine 771,000 277,000 40,000
15 GRAND DESIGNS-EV ABC 693,000 401,000 33,000
16 9NEWS AFTERNOON Nine 620,000 338,000 46,000
17 HARD QUIZ S6 RPT ABC 601,000 334,000 22,000
18 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH POST-MATCH SBS 598,000 318,000 173,000
19 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 Seven 581,000 295,000 37,000
20 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: FRA V SWE RPT SBS 550,000 152,000 53,000
21 TODAY Nine 549,000 201,000 45,000
22 THE MORNING SHOW Seven 535,000 225,000 37,000
23 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 525,000 176,000 18,000
24 10 NEWS 10 523,000 269,000 22,000
25 2026 WIMBLEDON D4 -LATE Nine 519,000 202,000 29,000
26 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN POST-MATCH SBS 515,000 384,000 211,000
27 TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA 10 514,000 276,000 33,000
28 ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM ABC 478,000 92,000 12,000
29 GRAND DESIGNS: 25 YEARS AND COUNTING-EV ABC 460,000 288,000 13,000
30 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: ENG V COD LIVE SBS 459,000 227,000 151,000

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Average audience from reordered Reach Table

Top 30 Programs

By Average By Reach Description Network Average BVOD Reach
1 2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,400,000 176,000 2,161,000
2 3 9NEWS Nine 1,258,000 206,000 2,001,000
3 7 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 914,000 142,000 1,427,000
4 5 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 874,000 138,000 1,612,000
5 11 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 850,000 62,000 1,098,000
6 10 HOME AND AWAY Seven 822,000 225,000 1,140,000
7 1 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 747,000 108,000 2,290,000
8 6 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH LIVE SBS 727,000 415,000 1,520,000
9 8 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 712,000 92,000 1,367,000
10 12 7.30-EV ABC 643,000 51,000 1,087,000
11 4 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN LIVE SBS 554,000 292,000 1,686,000
12 22 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN POST-MATCH SBS 502,000 272,000 685,000
13 15 GRAND DESIGNS-EV ABC 464,000 37,000 806,000
14 13 SUNRISE Seven 428,000 64,000 962,000
15 16 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH POST-MATCH SBS 414,000 223,000 802,000
16 17 9NEWS AFTERNOON Nine 409,000 56,000 748,000
17 18 HARD QUIZ S6 RPT ABC 400,000 24,000 719,000
18 19 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 Seven 364,000 46,000 711,000
19 23 TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA 10 357,000 40,000 652,000
20 14 2026 WIMBLEDON D4 -NIGHT Nine 341,000 49,000 953,000
21 25 10 NEWS 10 325,000 27,000 635,000
22 28 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: ENG V COD LIVE SBS 303,000 199,000 608,000
23 29 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE GAME Seven 294,000 43,000 576,000
24 9 THURSDAY NIGHT NRLW Nine 279,000 51,000 1,279,000
25 24 THE MORNING SHOW Seven 271,000 45,000 646,000
26 26 2026 WIMBLEDON D4 -LATE Nine 244,000 36,000 628,000
27 20 TODAY Nine 243,000 54,000 702,000
28 27 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 205,000 21,000 626,000
29 21 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: FRA V SWE RPT SBS 194,000 68,000 700,000
30 30 ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM ABC 107,000 14,000 569,000

Top 30 Programs 25-54

By Average By Reach Description Network Average BVOD Reach
1 3 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH LIVE SBS 379,000 246,000 754,000
2 4 9NEWS Nine 353,000 100,000 580,000
3 5 SEVEN NEWS Seven 330,000 85,000 565,000
4 1 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN LIVE SBS 283,000 175,000 866,000
5 7 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 272,000 70,000 435,000
6 2 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 270,000 58,000 803,000
7 10 HOME AND AWAY Seven 256,000 113,000 348,000
8 11 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN POST-MATCH SBS 256,000 163,000 344,000
9 9 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH POST-MATCH SBS 223,000 133,000 399,000
10 8 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 214,000 64,000 414,000
11 15 TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA 10 188,000 25,000 288,000
12 20 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 173,000 23,000 226,000
13 17 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH PRE-MATCH SBS 161,000 92,000 275,000
14 12 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 158,000 43,000 322,000
15 19 DEUTSCHE WELLE ENGLISH NEWS MORNING SBS 155,000 78,000 255,000
16 13 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: ENG V COD LIVE SBS 153,000 112,000 304,000
17 16 SUNRISE Seven 135,000 33,000 277,000
18 6 THURSDAY NIGHT NRLW Nine 116,000 29,000 447,000
19 21 7.30-EV ABC 114,000 20,000 212,000
20 23 9NEWS AFTERNOON Nine 109,000 26,000 193,000
21 14 2026 WIMBLEDON D4 -NIGHT Nine 107,000 25,000 300,000
22 24 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE GAME Seven 106,000 23,000 190,000
23 18 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: FRA V SWE RPT SBS 87,000 40,000 273,000
24 30 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 Seven 86,000 22,000 163,000
25 22 TODAY Nine 81,000 28,000 204,000
26 29 THE MORNING SHOW Seven 81,000 23,000 170,000
27 26 2026 WIMBLEDON D4 -LATE Nine 76,000 18,000 187,000
28 28 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: ENG V COD POST-MATCH SBS 75,000 50,000 177,000
29 25 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 66,000 9,000 187,000
30 27 NCIS 10 64,000 4,000 186,000

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In AFL, the Grand Final rematch saws a high scoring game with Brisbane defeating Geelong as seen on Seven’s main channel in four markets. The rating of 747k was up 50k on last week’s game.

It was near saturation of sport on Nine where the NRL Women’s Premiership kicked off with a big win to the Knights over the Sharks drawing 279k almost 300k less than last week’s men’s game. That was also down on last year’s opener that had 284k. In non NRL states there was main channel Wimbledon coverage including Australian Alex de Minaur’s straight sets win that had 341k while the lte segment had 244k.

Over on 10, the penultimate episode of the season of Taskmaster was down slightly to 357k while on the ABC, the Grand Designs Season 24 Premiere had 464k.

SBS’s FIFA World Cup broadcasts continued. The early game was from 1:30 AM with England winning over DR Congo to average 303k. At 5:30 AM Belgium came from behind to eliminate Senegal 3-2 to 554k. Then from 9:30 AM Co-hosts USA had a win 2-0 against Bosnia-Herzegovina with 727k watching for the best result of the day. A repeat of France V Sweden did well to get 194k.

Seven News at 6pm did well to be the number one show of the day with 1.4m while Nine’s bulletin had 1.258m. At 7pm A Current Affair with 914k ranked third for the day and was ahead of ABC news on 850k and Home and away with 822k. Earlier it was another win for Tipping Point with 874k well ahead of The Chase with 712k.

At breakfast Sunrise had another big win averaging 428k. Today continued to underperform with 243k its third lowest rating of the year but still ahead of News Breakfast that had 205k.

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Taskmaster Records Biggest Season Since 2024.

Up 10% Year-On-Year.

Taskmaster Australia:

  • Reached 652,000 national total viewers.
  • National total audience up 7% vs. same episode in 2025.
  • BVOD viewers up 114% vs. same episode in 2025.
  • 7-Day Total Viewing Audience (Thursday, 25 June): Reached 965,000 total national viewers.

Season-To-Date:

  • Reaching 4.2 million national total viewers.
  • Biggest total national audience since 2024.
  • National total audience up 10% year-on-year.
  • Biggest ever BVOD audience.
  • 100,000 BVOD viewers, up 79% year-on-year.

9NEWS, ACA AND TIPPING POINT DOMINATE WITH TOTAL PEOPLE

  • 9News was the No.1 program across the 5 City Metro, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane with Total People. The combined national bulletins registered a National Total TV Reach of 2.001 million and a Total TV National Audience of 1.258 million. On 9Now, it secured a BVOD Audience of 206,000 – up 56.1% year-on-year.

  • A Current Affair won the 7.00pm timeslot with Total People across Australia and in Sydney and Brisbane. It claimed a National Total TV Reach of 1.427 million and a Total TV National Audience of 914,000. It recorded a BVOD audience of 142,000 – up 47.9% year-on-year.

  • Tipping Point Australia was the No.1 afternoon game show with Total People across Australia and in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. It secured a National Total TV Reach of 1.612 million, a Total TV National Audience of 874,000 and a BVOD audience of 138,000 - up a massive 74.7% this time last year.

  • NRLW was the No.2 program with Total People and Shoppers 18+ in Sydney. It achieved a Total TV Reach 1.279 million, a Total TV Audience of 279,000. On 9Now it recorded a BVOD audience of 51,000 - up 10.9% year-on-year.

  • Wimbledon D4 Night achieved a National Total TV Reach of 953,000 and a Total TV National Audience of 341,000. On 9Now it recorded a BVOD audience of 49,000.

  • Today secured a National Total TV Reach of 702,000 and a Total TV National audience of 243,000. It also recorded a BVOD audience of 54,000 – up 14.9% year-on-year.

The Grand Final rematch rated well. Brisbane kicked the first eight goals before Geelong fought back to within one point in the third term, making it an exciting match.

The score was actually 2:1.

AFL soars 35%, #1 program. 7NEWS wins. Seven #1 in all demos

  • Seven #1 nationally in total TV
  • Seven wins in every demo
  • National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 47.8%
  • National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 46.8%
  • 7plus: #1 in BVOD, jumps 62% year-on-year
  • AFL Thursday Night Football: #1 program, reaches 2.29 million, up 35% year-on-year
  • 7NEWS: #1 news program, reaches 2.16 million, up 6% year-on-year
  • The Chase Australia: reaches 1.37 million, up 12% year-on-year
  • Home and Away: #1 drama, reaches 1.14 million, up 17% year-on-year
  • Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, 76% more viewers than Today

2 July 2026:

Seven Network reaches 6.07 million Australians nationally. Total TV reach up 8% year-on-year.

6.00pm to midnight:

  • Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 47.8% share.
  • Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s with a 44.9% share.
  • Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 to 39s with a 43.3% share.
  • Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 47.6% share.

6.00am to midnight:

  • Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 46.8% share.
  • Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s with a 45.4% share.
  • Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 to 39s with a 42.5% share.
  • Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 46.8% share.

7plus: #1 in BVOD with a 47.9% commercial share. Reach up 62% year-on-year.

Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football: #1 program in all people and grocery shoppers, #1 sport. National reach 2.29 million, national audience 747,000.

  • Up 35% year-on-year in total TV, up 186% on 7plus.
  • Up 5% week-on-week in total TV, up 10% on 7plus.

7NEWS Thursday: #1 program in total TV. National reach 2.16 million, national audience 1.41 million.

  • Up 6% year-on-year in total TV, up 71% on 7plus.

The Chase Australia Thursday: National reach 1.37 million, national audience 712,000.

  • Up 12% year-on-year in total TV, up 72% on 7plus.

Home and Away Thursday: #1 drama. National reach 1.14 million, national audience 822,000.

  • Up 17% year-on-year in total TV, up 97% on 7plus.

Sunrise Thursday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 962,000, national audience 428,000.

  • 76% more viewers than Today.
  • Up 6% year-on-year in total TV, up 39% on 7plus.

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00pm to midnight

Network All people 25 to 54s Grocery shoppers
Seven Network 47.8 44.9 47.6
Nine Network 35.5 34.8 35.6
Network Ten 16.7 20.3 16.8

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00am to midnight

Network All people 25 to 54s Grocery shoppers
Seven Network 46.8 45.4 46.8
Nine Network 36.5 35.1 36.9
Network Ten 16.7 19.4 16.4

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Ranking by average audience

Top 30 Programs

Rank Program Ntwk Average
Total TV
Average
Broadcast
Average
BVOD
1 SEVEN NEWS SEVEN 1,400,000 1,224,000 176,000
2 9NEWS NINE 1,258,000 1,052,000 206,000
3 A CURRENT AFFAIR NINE 914,000 771,000 142,000
4 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA NINE 874,000 736,000 138,000
5 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 850,000 787,000 62,000
6 HOME AND AWAY SEVEN 822,000 596,000 225,000
7 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL SEVEN 747,000 639,000 108,000
8 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH LIVE SBS 727,000 312,000 415,000
9 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA SEVEN 712,000 619,000 92,000
10 7.30-EV ABC 643,000 592,000 51,000
11 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN LIVE SBS 554,000 262,000 292,000
12 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN POST-MATCH SBS 502,000 230,000 272,000
13 GRAND DESIGNS-EV ABC 464,000 427,000 37,000
14 SUNRISE SEVEN 428,000 364,000 64,000
15 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH POST-MATCH SBS 414,000 191,000 223,000
16 9NEWS AFTERNOON NINE 409,000 353,000 56,000
17 HARD QUIZ S6 RPT ABC 400,000 376,000 24,000
18 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 SEVEN 364,000 318,000 46,000
19 TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA TEN 357,000 317,000 40,000
20 2026 WIMBLEDON D4 -NIGHT NINE 341,000 292,000 49,000
21 GRAND DESIGNS: 25 YEARS AND COUNTING-EV ABC 334,000 320,000 15,000
22 10 NEWS TEN 325,000 298,000 27,000
23 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH PRE-MATCH SBS 311,000 157,000 154,000
24 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: ENG V COD LIVE SBS 303,000 104,000 199,000
25 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - PRE GAME SEVEN 294,000 251,000 43,000
26 DEUTSCHE WELLE ENGLISH NEWS MORNING SBS 290,000 161,000 129,000
27 TIPPING POINT UK -RPT NINE 284,000 251,000 32,000
28 THURSDAY NIGHT NRLW NINE 279,000 228,000 51,000
29 THE MORNING SHOW SEVEN 271,000 226,000 45,000
30 MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT RPT TEN 250,000 227,000 23,000

Top 30 Programs 25-54

Rank Program Ntwk Average
Total TV
Average
Broadcast
Average
BVOD
1 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH LIVE SBS 379,000 133,000 246,000
2 9NEWS NINE 353,000 254,000 100,000
3 SEVEN NEWS SEVEN 330,000 245,000 85,000
4 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN LIVE SBS 283,000 109,000 175,000
5 A CURRENT AFFAIR NINE 272,000 202,000 70,000
6 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL SEVEN 270,000 213,000 58,000
7 HOME AND AWAY SEVEN 256,000 144,000 113,000
8 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN POST-MATCH SBS 256,000 93,000 163,000
9 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH POST-MATCH SBS 223,000 90,000 133,000
10 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA NINE 214,000 151,000 64,000
11 TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA TEN 188,000 163,000 25,000
12 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 173,000 150,000 23,000
13 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH PRE-MATCH SBS 161,000 69,000 92,000
14 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA SEVEN 158,000 114,000 43,000
15 DEUTSCHE WELLE ENGLISH NEWS MORNING SBS 155,000 77,000 78,000
16 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: ENG V COD LIVE SBS 153,000 41,000 112,000
17 SUNRISE SEVEN 135,000 102,000 33,000
18 THURSDAY NIGHT NRLW NINE 116,000 87,000 29,000
19 7.30-EV ABC 114,000 94,000 20,000
20 9NEWS AFTERNOON NINE 109,000 83,000 26,000
21 2026 WIMBLEDON D4 -NIGHT NINE 107,000 82,000 25,000
22 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - PRE GAME SEVEN 106,000 83,000 23,000
23 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - POST MAT… SEVEN 94,000 73,000 20,000
24 10 NEWS TEN 89,000 76,000 13,000
25 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: FRA V SWE RPT SBS 87,000 47,000 40,000
26 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 SEVEN 86,000 64,000 22,000
27 HARD QUIZ S6 RPT ABC 85,000 77,000 8,000
28 TODAY NINE 81,000 53,000 28,000
29 THE MORNING SHOW SEVEN 81,000 58,000 23,000
30 MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT RPT TEN 78,000 66,000 12,000

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Outside the real top 30 included some very low numbers for SBS main channel programs at 7.30 and 8.30pm - both outrated by Cup Fever on Viceland - perhaps that would have been better on the main channel. Searching for France was a season premiere but Fortress Britain a repeat - seems a poor choice for 7.30.

SBS WORLD NEWS SBS 233,000
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL TEN 224,000
SEVEN’S NATIONAL NEWS AT NOON SEVEN 211,000
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW-PM ABC 202,000
QI-EV ABC 184,000
TODAY EXTRA NINE 179,000
NCIS TEN 170,000
DEAL OR NO DEAL RPT TEN 167,000
SBS WORLD NEWS 7PM SBS 153,000
10 NEWS+ TEN 149,000
WOULD I LIE TO YOU?-EV ABC 144,000
2026 WIMBLEDON D4 -NIGHT -GEM NINE 140,000
GROUND UP-ENCORE ABC 139,000
2026 WIMBLEDON D4 -PRE MATCH NINE 135,000
MASTERMIND SBS 131,000
KICK ONS SEVEN 114,000
10’S LATE NEWS TEN 107,000
LAW AND ORDER: SVU TEN 99,000
2026 WIMBLEDON D4 -LATE EXTENDED NINE 85,000
CUP FEVER! SBS 83,000
FORTRESS BRITAIN WITH ALICE ROBERTS RPT SBS 81,000
EVA LONGORIA: SEARCHING FOR FRANCE SBS 57,000
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AFL impacting Perth news numbers.

10 News Brisbane having a good week outrating the 10 Sydney bulletin and equalling Seven’s The Chase in Brisbane.

A 200,000 win for Tipping Point though The Chase seems to be winning regularly in Perth now.

Today’s 150k for the metro market is a very poor result. Perth is Sunrise’s number two market.

5 City Syd Mel Bri Ade Per
Seven News 856,000 219,000 241,000 165,000 118,000 113,000
Nine News 932,000 264,000 283,000 227,000 90,000 68,000
10 News 236,000 54,000 62,000 57,000 35,000 29,000
ABC News 545,000 172,000 165,000 98,000 46,000 64,000
5 City Syd Mel Bri Ade Per
Chase Aus 403,000 102,000 117,000 57,000 62,000 65,000
Tipping Aus 602,000 169,000 161,000 149,000 61,000 63,000
5 City Syd Mel Bri Ade Per
Sunrise 237,000 70,000 46,000 44,000 22,000 55,000
Today 153,000 52,000 31,000 44,000 12,000 14,000
News Breakf 114,000 30,000 32,000 27,000 11,000 14,000
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You’re absolutely right @TV.Cynic I couldn’t believe SBS would be so stupid as to run that show on Viceland. It would have done far better on the main channel and be a better fit given soccermania right now.

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Market rankings and shares

Nine won Sydney with 33% Seven and ABC tied for second with 20.4%
Seven won Melbourne with 39% a lead of 17 over Nine
Seven won Brisbane 30.2 to 29.8 for Nine where the AFL outrated the NRLW
Seven won Adelaide 36.6 to 23.8 for Nine
Seven won Perth with 39 to 21.2 for Nine.

Sydney
Rank Program Ntwk Average
Total TV
1 9NEWS NINE 264,000
2 SEVEN NEWS SEVEN 219,000
3 A CURRENT AFFAIR NINE 207,000
4 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH LIVE SBS 185,000
5 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN LIVE SBS 178,000
6 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 172,000
7 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA NINE 169,000
8 7.30-EV ABC 159,000
9 HOME AND AWAY SEVEN 145,000
10 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN POST-MATCH SBS 137,000
11 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: ENG V COD LIVE SBS 105,000
12 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH POST-MATCH SBS 104,000
13 GRAND DESIGNS-EV ABC 104,000
14 THURSDAY NIGHT NRLW NINE 102,000
15 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA SEVEN 102,000
16 2026 WIMBLEDON D4 -NIGHT NINE 84,000
17 TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA TEN 78,000
32 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL SEVEN 43,000
35 NCIS TEN 37,000
Melbourne
Rank Program Ntwk Average
Total TV
1 9NEWS NINE 283,000
2 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL SEVEN 246,000
3 SEVEN NEWS SEVEN 241,000
4 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH LIVE SBS 168,000
5 A CURRENT AFFAIR NINE 166,000
6 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 165,000
7 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA NINE 161,000
8 7.30-EV ABC 130,000
9 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - PRE GAME SEVEN 124,000
10 HOME AND AWAY SEVEN 121,000
11 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA SEVEN 117,000
12 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN LIVE SBS 116,000
13 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN POST-MATCH SBS 107,000
14 GRAND DESIGNS-EV ABC 90,000
15 TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA TEN 84,000
16 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH POST-MATCH SBS 83,000
17 2026 WIMBLEDON D4 -NIGHT NINE 80,000
18 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: ENG V COD LIVE SBS 76,000
23 2026 WIMBLEDON D4 -LATE NINE 65,000
24 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - POST MAT… SEVEN 64,000
37 NCIS TEN 40,000
Brisbane
Rank Program Ntwk Average
Total TV
1 9NEWS NINE 227,000
2 SEVEN NEWS SEVEN 165,000
3 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA NINE 149,000
4 A CURRENT AFFAIR NINE 123,000
5 HOME AND AWAY SEVEN 100,000
6 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 98,000
7 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH LIVE SBS 95,000
8 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN LIVE SBS 83,000
9 7.30-EV ABC 82,000
10 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL SEVEN 77,000
11 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN POST-MATCH SBS 66,000
12 9NEWS AFTERNOON NINE 60,000
13 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA SEVEN 57,000
14 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH POST-MATCH SBS 57,000
15 10 NEWS TEN 57,000
16 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: ENG V COD LIVE SBS 46,000
19 GRAND DESIGNS-EV ABC 43,000
22 THURSDAY NIGHT NRLW NINE 42,000
22 THURSDAY NIGHT NRLW NINE 42,000
23 TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA TEN 42,000
31 2026 WIMBLEDON D4 -NIGHT NINE 27,000
Adelaide
Rank Program Ntwk Average
Total TV
1 SEVEN NEWS SEVEN 118,000
2 9NEWS NINE 90,000
3 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL SEVEN 71,000
4 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA SEVEN 62,000
5 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA NINE 61,000
6 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 46,000
7 A CURRENT AFFAIR NINE 43,000
8 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH LIVE SBS 41,000
9 HOME AND AWAY SEVEN 41,000
10 7.30-EV ABC 35,000
11 10 NEWS TEN 35,000
12 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 SEVEN 33,000
13 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN LIVE SBS 32,000
14 2026 WIMBLEDON D4 -NIGHT NINE 31,000
15 TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA TEN 28,000
16 GRAND DESIGNS-EV ABC 28,000
17 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN POST-MATCH SBS 28,000
18 MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT RPT TEN 26,000
19 9NEWS AFTERNOON NINE 25,000
20 THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL TEN 23,000
Perth
Rank Program Ntwk Average
Total TV
1 SEVEN NEWS SEVEN 113,000
2 HOME AND AWAY SEVEN 80,000
3 9NEWS NINE 68,000
4 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL SEVEN 66,000
5 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA SEVEN 65,000
6 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 64,000
7 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA NINE 63,000
8 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: USA V BIH LIVE SBS 56,000
9 SUNRISE SEVEN 55,000
10 HIGHWAY PATROL SPECIAL-PM SEVEN 52,000
11 A CURRENT AFFAIR NINE 52,000
12 7.30-EV ABC 41,000
13 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 SEVEN 39,000
14 HARD QUIZ S6 RPT ABC 37,000
15 9NEWS AFTERNOON NINE 33,000
16 GRAND DESIGNS-EV ABC 33,000
25 2026 WIMBLEDON D4 -NIGHT NINE 26,000
26 2026 WIMBLEDON D4 -LATE NINE 25,000
27 GRAND DESIGNS: 25 YEARS AND COUNTING-EV ABC 24,000
28 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: BEL V SEN LIVE SBS 22,000
33 TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA TEN 20,000
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I think that was the overrun of Belgium v Senegal post-match coverage (the match ran into extra time).

However obviously thanks to SBS on Demand vs 10(Notplay) it still almost overtook 10 in shares.

Not hard when The Chase has slumped even further. Is this the impact of 9’s Gold Coast news in the TP numbers? Without the NRL 7 really needs to do something to arrest further decline in Brisbane/SEQ. It’s clear that news is the one sure thing, bar major sport, that rates on FTA. 7 Qld needs to really consider bringing back the GC bulletin.

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Wow TIPPING POINT is so dominant now.

I believe Seven has been repeating atleast 3 or 4 episodes per week recently, which obviously not helping the slide…but really indicates that Seven is likely to replace it with a different format. They are stretching the filmed episodes to last 2026+

question is: what do they replace it with?

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I wouldnt go ditching it just yet. Its come reasonably close a few times lately. And its still miles ahead of 10 and a lot of Primetime shows. They just need to keep promoting it well and do a few weeks of new episodes across the entire week, so it can come very close to repeats of TP on Thurs/Fridays.

this is because they can’t afford to make as many as they used to - they are (still) in all sorts of financial strife

Just seeing if they can make a dollar stretch further like all networks are now. The repeats of episodes is nothing new. It happens across all game shows, across all networks and in all parts of the world.

notably Nine in better shape mind - TP sticks to 4 new shows a week (with the odd week of 3), with Seven only airing 2 a week at present