Week 6 2026

NATIONAL
TOTAL PEOPLE
Total TV TV BVOD
SEVEN 24.2% 25.0% 21.0%
NINE 39.5% 37.7% 46.7%
10 11.7% 12.3% 9.4%
SBS 7.2% 6.9% 8.2%
ABC 17.4% 18.1% 14.7%
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Top 30 report Total people

Top 30 Programs by daily reach

Rank Description Network Reach
1 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D15 -MEN’S FINAL Nine 6,302,000
2 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D15 -MEN’S FINAL -PRE MATCH Nine 3,265,000
3 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -LAUNCH Nine 2,890,000
4 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -WED Nine 2,809,000
5 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -TUE Nine 2,770,000
6 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D15 -MEN’S FINAL -PRESENTATION Nine 2,716,000
7 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -THU Nine 2,584,000
8 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D1 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 2,461,000
9 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D1 -NIGHT Nine 2,422,000
10 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 2,123,000
11 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D0 -OPENING CEREMONY REPLAY Nine 2,095,000
12 SEVEN NEWS Seven 2,022,200
13 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D0 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 1,993,000
14 9NEWS Nine 1,971,400
15 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D0 -NIGHT Nine 1,958,000
16 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 1,860,000
17 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,827,000
18 AUSTRALIAN IDOL – LAUNCH Seven 1,819,000
19 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 -LET THE GAMES BEGIN Nine 1,730,000
20 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-TUE Seven 1,709,000
21 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D1 -LATE Nine 1,662,000
22 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D-1 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 1,649,000
23 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,638,800
24 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 1,586,000
25 BEYOND THE DREAM: ICE BREAKERS – CHASING OLYMPIC GOLD Nine 1,456,000
26 A CURRENT AFFAIR -SAT Nine 1,454,000
27 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS SUMMER Seven 1,389,000
28 FORGING CHAMPIONS Nine 1,361,000
29 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 1,342,400
30 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D0 -LATE Nine 1,331,000

Top 50 Programs by daily average

Rank Description Network Average
1 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D15 -MEN’S FINAL Nine 3,448,000
2 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -TUE Nine 1,639,000
3 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -WED Nine 1,590,000
4 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D15 -MEN’S FINAL -PRE MATCH Nine 1,525,000
5 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -LAUNCH Nine 1,464,000
6 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -THU Nine 1,458,000
7 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 1,313,000
8 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,303,200
9 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,272,000
10 9NEWS Nine 1,214,800
11 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D15 -MEN’S FINAL -PRESENTATION Nine 1,168,000
12 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D1 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 1,166,000
13 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 1,058,000
14 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D1 -NIGHT Nine 1,030,000
15 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 1,027,000
16 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 987,600
17 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D0 -NIGHT Nine 933,000
18 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 932,800
19 HOME AND AWAY Seven 906,000
20 AUSTRALIAN IDOL – LAUNCH Seven 904,000
21 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D0 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 879,000
22 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-TUE Seven 861,000
23 A CURRENT AFFAIR -SAT Nine 855,000
24 ABC NEWS-SA ABC 814,000
25 7.30-EV ABC 787,500
26 ABC NEWS SUNDAY-EV ABC 785,000
27 HOME AND AWAY EP.2 Seven 756,000
28 HOME AND AWAY EP.3 Seven 728,000
29 AUSTRALIAN STORY-EV ABC 722,000
30 BORDER SECURITY – AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE Seven 702,000
31 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D1 -LATE Nine 698,000
32 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 691,000
33 THE 1% CLUB UK: ROLLOVER Seven 675,000
34 I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! SUN 10 658,000
35 HARD QUIZ S11-EV ABC 630,000
36 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 617,200
37 I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! MON 10 593,000
38 RBT Nine 572,000
39 I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! WED 10 571,000
40 I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! TUE 10 570,000
41 THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING-EV ABC 570,000
42 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D0 -PREVIEW Nine 564,000
43 INSIDERS-AM ABC 561,000
44 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS SUMMER Seven 559,000
45 MEDIA WATCH-EV ABC 544,000
46 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D0 -LATE Nine 542,000
47 BORDER SECURITY – AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE (R) Seven 535,000
48 9NEWS: FIRST AT FIVE Nine 520,000
49 FIND MY COUNTRY HOUSE AUSTRALIA Nine 519,000
50 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D-1 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 511,000

Top 30 Programs by daily BVOD

Rank Description Network BVOD
1 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D15 -MEN’S FINAL Nine 905,000
2 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -TUE Nine 565,000
3 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -WED Nine 525,000
4 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -THU Nine 487,000
5 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -LAUNCH Nine 403,000
6 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D15 -MEN’S FINAL -PRE MATCH Nine 378,000
7 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D15 -MEN’S FINAL -PRESENTATION Nine 310,000
8 HOME AND AWAY Seven 224,500
9 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 204,000
10 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D1 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 198,000
11 9NEWS Nine 180,600
12 HOME AND AWAY EP.2 Seven 180,000
13 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-TUE Seven 176,000
14 HOME AND AWAY EP.3 Seven 168,000
15 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D1 -NIGHT Nine 165,000
16 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 164,600
17 SEVEN NEWS Seven 151,200
18 AUSTRALIAN IDOL – LAUNCH Seven 151,000
19 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D0 -NIGHT Nine 150,000
20 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D0 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 142,000
21 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 138,000
22 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 122,000
23 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D1 -LATE Nine 121,000
24 A CURRENT AFFAIR -SAT Nine 115,000
25 BEYOND THE DREAM: ICE BREAKERS – CHASING OLYMPIC GOLD Nine 111,000
26 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D-1 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 103,000
27 I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! SUN 10 100,000
28 RBT Nine 97,000
29 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D0 -PREVIEW Nine 96,000
30 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 95,000

Preliminary numbers

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Top 30 report 25-54

Top 30 Programs by daily reach

Rank Description Network Reach
1 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D15 -MEN’S FINAL Nine 2,626,000
2 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D15 -MEN’S FINAL -PRE MATCH Nine 1,294,000
3 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -LAUNCH Nine 1,222,000
4 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -TUE Nine 1,201,000
5 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -WED Nine 1,190,000
6 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -THU Nine 1,111,000
7 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D15 -MEN’S FINAL -PRESENTATION Nine 1,098,000
8 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D1 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 921,000
9 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D1 -NIGHT Nine 873,000
10 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D0 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 778,000
11 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D0 -OPENING CEREMONY REPLAY Nine 754,000
12 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 -LET THE GAMES BEGIN Nine 715,000
13 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D0 -NIGHT Nine 713,000
14 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D-1 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 687,000
15 BEYOND THE DREAM: ICE BREAKERS – CHASING OLYMPIC GOLD Nine 647,000
16 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D1 -LATE Nine 640,000
17 FORGING CHAMPIONS Nine 607,000
18 9NEWS Nine 576,800
19 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 574,000
20 AUSTRALIAN IDOL – LAUNCH Seven 563,000
21 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-TUE Seven 538,000
22 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 529,000
23 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 527,800
24 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D0 -LATE Nine 519,000
25 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 519,000
26 SEVEN NEWS Seven 489,200
27 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D0 -LIVE OPENING CEREMONY Nine 473,000
28 I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! SUN 10 449,000
29 I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! TUE 10 423,000
30 WEEKEND TODAY – SATURDAY – LATE Nine 421,000

Top 30 Programs by daily average

Rank Description Network Average
1 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D15 -MEN’S FINAL Nine 1,511,000
2 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -TUE Nine 794,000
3 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -WED Nine 741,000
4 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -LAUNCH Nine 703,000
5 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -THU Nine 674,000
6 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D15 -MEN’S FINAL -PRE MATCH Nine 608,000
7 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D15 -MEN’S FINAL -PRESENTATION Nine 485,000
8 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D1 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 440,000
9 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 386,000
10 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D1 -NIGHT Nine 360,000
11 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D0 -NIGHT Nine 341,000
12 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D0 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 335,000
13 9NEWS Nine 330,800
14 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 309,000
15 I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! SUN 10 290,000
16 SEVEN NEWS Seven 286,400
17 HOME AND AWAY Seven 285,250
18 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 279,000
19 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D1 -LATE Nine 270,000
20 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 268,000
21 AUSTRALIAN IDOL – LAUNCH Seven 266,000
22 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-TUE Seven 261,000
23 I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! MON 10 241,000
24 I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! TUE 10 232,000
25 HOME AND AWAY EP.2 Seven 226,000
26 A CURRENT AFFAIR -SAT Nine 221,000
27 I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! WED 10 220,000
28 BEYOND THE DREAM: ICE BREAKERS – CHASING OLYMPIC GOLD Nine 210,000
29 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D-1 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 206,000
30 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D0 -LATE Nine 204,000

Top 30 Programs by daily BVOD

Rank Description Network BVOD
1 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D15 -MEN’S FINAL Nine 522,000
2 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -TUE Nine 328,000
3 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -WED Nine 306,000
4 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -THU Nine 283,000
5 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -LAUNCH Nine 242,000
6 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D15 -MEN’S FINAL -PRE MATCH Nine 211,000
7 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D15 -MEN’S FINAL -PRESENTATION Nine 177,000
8 HOME AND AWAY Seven 114,000
9 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D1 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 108,000
10 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 103,000
11 HOME AND AWAY EP.2 Seven 91,000
12 9NEWS Nine 88,000
13 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-TUE Seven 87,000
14 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D1 -NIGHT Nine 87,000
15 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 85,200
16 HOME AND AWAY EP.3 Seven 84,000
17 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D0 -NIGHT Nine 79,000
18 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D0 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 76,000
19 AUSTRALIAN IDOL – LAUNCH Seven 75,000
20 SEVEN NEWS Seven 71,000
21 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D1 -LATE Nine 66,000
22 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 65,000
23 BEYOND THE DREAM: ICE BREAKERS – CHASING OLYMPIC GOLD Nine 63,000
24 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D-1 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 57,000
25 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 56,000
26 A CURRENT AFFAIR -SAT Nine 56,000
27 I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! SUN 10 54,000
28 RBT Nine 50,000
29 I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! MON 10 50,000
30 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D0 -PREVIEW Nine 50,000
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Seven on top: news, drama, breakfast. Australian Idol sings loud

  • National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 35.6%
  • National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 32.1%
  • #1 news, #1 drama, #1 lifestyle show, #1 at breakfast
  • #1 program: 7NEWS Monday, reached 2.13 million
  • #1 entertainment show: Australian Idol – Launch, reached 1.82 million. Biggest launch week for Idol on Seven
  • #1 at breakfast all week: Sunrise

WEEK 6, 2026 HIGHLIGHTS:

Seven Network reaches 11.14 million Australians nationally.

#1 news: 7NEWS.

#1 local drama: Home and Away.

#1 lifestyle program: Better Homes and Gardens Summer.

Sunrise and Weekend Sunrise dominate breakfast TV, #1 every single day of the week.

#1 news program in total TV audience: 7NEWS, Monday to Friday and Sunday.

#1 drama in total TV audience: Home and Away.

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00am to midnight

Network All people 25 to 54s Grocery shoppers
Seven Network 35.6 29.9 36.2
Nine Network 48.7 54.1 48.4
Network Ten 15.7 16.1 15.4

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00pm to midnight

Network All people 25 to 54s Grocery shoppers
Seven Network 32.1 25.0 32.6
Nine Network 52.4 58.9 52.0
Network Ten 15.5 16.2 15.4

SEVEN’S TOP 35:

  1. 7NEWS Monday: #1 news program in total TV. National reach 2.13 million, national audience 1.38 million.
  2. 7NEWS Tuesday: #1 news program. National reach 2.12 million, national audience 1.38 million.
  3. 7NEWS Sunday: #1 news program in total TV. National reach 2.12 million, national audience 1.31 million.
  4. 7NEWS Wednesday: #1 news program. National reach 2.07 million, national audience 1.31 million.
  5. 7NEWS Thursday: #1 news program. National reach 2.02 million, national audience 1.3 million.
  6. Australian Idol – Launch: National reach 1.82 million, national audience 904,000. Biggest Idol streaming audience ever, up 81% year-on-year on 7plus.
  7. 7NEWS Friday: #1 program in total TV. National reach 1.77 million, national audience 1.15 million.
  8. Australian Idol Tuesday: National reach 1.71 million, national audience 861,000. Up 5% on the same episode last year. Best Idol opening week on Seven.
  9. 7NEWS Saturday: National reach 1.59 million, national audience 1.03 million.
  10. Home and Away Tuesday: #1 drama. National reach 1.4 million, national audience 953,000.
  11. Better Homes and Gardens Summer: National reach 1.39 million, national audience 559,000.
  12. Home and Away Monday: #1 drama. National reach 1.37 million, national audience 932,000.
  13. Home and Away Wednesday: #1 drama. National reach 1.37 million, national audience 903,000.
  14. Border Security – Australia’s Front Line Sunday: National reach 1.31 million, national audience 702,000.
  15. The Chase Australia Wednesday: National reach 1.3 million, national audience 644,000.
  16. The Chase Australia Monday: National reach 1.28 million, national audience 610,000.
  17. The Chase Australia Tuesday: National reach 1.26 million, national audience 638,000.
  18. The Chase Australia Thursday: National reach 1.24 million, national audience 620,000.
  19. The 1% Club UK: Rollover: National reach 1.22 million, national audience 675,000.
  20. Border Security – Australia’s Front Line Saturday: National reach 1.21 million, national audience 535,000.
  21. Pretty Woman (R): National reach 1.2 million, national audience 378,000.
  22. Home and Away Thursday: #1 drama. National reach 1.18 million, national audience 836,000.
  23. John Farnham: Finding The Voice (R): National reach 1.18 million, national audience 339,000.
  24. The Chase Australia Friday: National reach 1.17 million, national audience 574,000.
  25. Sunrise Wednesday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 1.02 million, national audience 434,000. 39% more viewers than Today.
  26. Sunrise Thursday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 994,000, national audience 427,000. 45% more viewers than Today.
  27. Sunrise Friday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 993,000, national audience 438,000. 46% more viewers than Today.
  28. Sunrise Wednesday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 988,000, national audience 416,000. 31% more viewers than Today.
  29. The Mummy (R): National reach 958,000, national audience 218,000.
  30. Sunrise Monday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 947,000, national audience 423,000. 27% more viewers than Today.
  31. Home and Away Thursday Episode 2: National reach 932,000, national audience 756,000.
  32. 9-1-1: National reach 889,000, national audience 375,000.
  33. Spartacus: National reach 877,000, national audience 174,000.
  34. Weekend Sunrise Sunday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 875,000, national audience 402,000. 55% more viewers than Today.
  35. Home and Away Thursday Episode 3: National reach 879,000, national audience 728,000.

Nine dominated the ratings tables in week 6 including the year’s number one program the Men’s Final of the Australian Open with almost 3.5 million viewers. The coverage was joined by Australia’s biggest reality franchise the next night that saw Married At First Sight launch to 1.464 million. That was eclipsed on Tuesday with that night’s episode topping 1.639 million. Meanwhile, later in the week, the top rating Olympic segment so far was Day 1 Night 2 with an impressive 1.17 million.

Overall, Nine equalled last week’s share while ABC and SBS also improved with Seven and 10 both down one point each.

Seven News continued to do well for its network and was the top newscast on weekdays and on Sunday. The new season of Australian Idol was down on the previous season and with just over 900,000 ranked 20th overall to be just behind Home and Away.

10’s best was I’m A Celebrity’s Sunday episode with 658,000 while ABC’s best entertainment program was Hard Quiz with 630,000. The return of ABC’s regular Monday line-up was topped by Australian Story with 722,000.

Nine’s programs filled the top 13 places in the 25-54 demographic and 9Now took the top seven places in BVOD with the Australian Open rating over 900,00.

Note - top 50 average audience this week due to so many sports entries.

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Nine dominated the week on the back of the Australian Open men’s final, MAFS and the start of the Winter Olympics. And it could happen again in 2030.

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