Week 9 2026

NATIONAL
TOTAL PEOPLE
Total TV TV BVOD
SEVEN 26.4% 27.1% 23.6%
NINE 35.2% 33.6% 42.3%
10 11.9% 12.4% 9.9%
SBS 7.8% 7.6% 8.8%
ABC 18.5% 19.3% 15.3%
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Top 30 report Total people

Top 30 Programs by daily reach

Rank Description Network Reach
1 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -SUN Nine 3,541,000
2 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -MON Nine 3,192,000
3 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -WED Nine 3,024,000
4 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -TUE Nine 3,023,000
5 I AM CHEVY CHASE AND YOU’RE NOT Nine 2,413,000
6 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 2,404,000
7 60 MINUTES Nine 2,189,000
8 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D16 -CLOSING CEREMONY -RPT Nine 2,082,000
9 9NEWS Nine 2,024,200
10 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,998,600
11 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 1,981,000
12 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-SUN Seven 1,769,000
13 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-TUE Seven 1,652,000
14 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,649,400
15 THE HUNTING WIVES Nine 1,641,000
16 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 1,607,000
17 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 1,554,000
18 SYDNEY GAY AND LESBIAN MARDI GRAS 2026-EV ABC 1,515,000
19 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D16 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 1,411,000
20 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-MON Seven 1,398,000
21 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D16 -NIGHT Nine 1,387,000
22 RBT Nine 1,386,000
23 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,379,750
24 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 1,377,000
25 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS Seven 1,374,000
26 MURDER DOWN UNDER Nine 1,348,000
27 7.30-EV ABC 1,271,750
28 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D15 -MILANO CORTINA ENCORE Nine 1,260,000
29 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 1,235,600
30 ABC NEWS SUNDAY-EV ABC 1,221,000

Top 30 Programs by daily average

Rank Description Network Average
1 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -SUN Nine 2,101,000
2 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -WED Nine 2,024,000
3 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -MON Nine 1,866,000
4 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -TUE Nine 1,860,000
5 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,367,000
6 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,285,800
7 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 1,256,000
8 9NEWS Nine 1,247,400
9 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 1,014,000
10 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,010,400
11 60 MINUTES Nine 952,000
12 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 951,000
13 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 926,200
14 ABC NEWS SUNDAY-EV ABC 912,000
15 HOME AND AWAY Seven 911,500
16 ABC NEWS-SA ABC 870,000
17 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D16 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 835,000
18 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-SUN Seven 817,000
19 7.30-EV ABC 786,000
20 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-MON Seven 762,000
21 HOME AND AWAY EP.2 Seven 751,000
22 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-TUE Seven 750,000
23 HOME AND AWAY EP.3 Seven 732,000
24 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D16 -NIGHT SESSION 2 -GEM Nine 725,000
25 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 708,400
26 THE 1% CLUB UK Seven 668,000
27 AUSTRALIAN STORY-EV ABC 641,000
28 A CURRENT AFFAIR -SAT Nine 641,000
29 RBT Nine 625,000
30 INSIDERS-AM ABC 618,000

Top 30 Programs by daily BVOD

Rank Description Network BVOD
1 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -WED Nine 739,000
2 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -SUN Nine 704,000
3 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -MON Nine 653,000
4 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -TUE Nine 641,000
5 HOME AND AWAY Seven 226,000
6 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 193,000
7 HOME AND AWAY EP.2 Seven 190,000
8 HOME AND AWAY EP.3 Seven 182,000
9 9NEWS Nine 176,800
10 60 MINUTES Nine 171,000
11 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 160,400
12 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-MON Seven 152,000
13 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-TUE Seven 147,000
14 SEVEN NEWS Seven 146,000
15 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-SUN Seven 141,000
16 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 133,000
17 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D16 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 114,000
18 THE HUNTING WIVES Nine 109,000
19 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 105,000
20 I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! GRAND FINALE 10 100,000
21 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 98,000
22 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 96,800
23 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D16 -NIGHT SESSION 2 -GEM Nine 94,000
24 I AM CHEVY CHASE AND YOU’RE NOT Nine 89,000
25 INSIDERS-AM ABC 84,000
26 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR TUE 10 83,000
27 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR – LAUNCH 10 81,000
28 RBT Nine 77,000
29 THE 1% CLUB UK Seven 75,000
30 A CURRENT AFFAIR -SAT Nine 74,000

Preliminary results

Top 30 report 25-54

Top 30 Programs by daily reach

Rank Description Network Reach
1 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -SUN Nine 1,583,000
2 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -MON Nine 1,393,000
3 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -WED Nine 1,329,000
4 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -TUE Nine 1,313,000
5 I AM CHEVY CHASE AND YOU’RE NOT Nine 1,068,000
6 60 MINUTES Nine 881,000
7 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D16 -CLOSING CEREMONY -RPT Nine 870,000
8 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 816,000
9 THE HUNTING WIVES Nine 713,000
10 9NEWS Nine 606,400
11 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D16 -NIGHT Nine 538,000
12 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D16 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 536,000
13 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-SUN Seven 526,000
14 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 515,000
15 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-TUE Seven 490,000
16 SEVEN NEWS Seven 486,000
17 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 479,000
18 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D16 -NIGHT SESSION 2 -GEM Nine 441,000
19 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-MON Seven 439,000
20 MURDER DOWN UNDER Nine 429,000
21 HOME AND AWAY Seven 428,500
22 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D16 -LATE Nine 428,000
23 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR – LAUNCH 10 427,000
24 RBT Nine 418,000
25 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D15 -MILANO CORTINA ENCORE Nine 414,000
26 SYDNEY GAY AND LESBIAN MARDI GRAS 2026-EV ABC 408,000
27 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 402,000
28 WINTER OLYMPICS 2024 D15 -LATE HIGHLIGHTS -GEM Nine 396,000
29 I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! GRAND FINALE 10 377,000
30 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 376,000

Top 30 Programs by daily average

Rank Description Network Average
1 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -SUN Nine 1,015,000
2 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -WED Nine 987,000
3 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -TUE Nine 901,000
4 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -MON Nine 887,000
5 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 404,000
6 60 MINUTES Nine 388,000
7 9NEWS Nine 343,800
8 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D16 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 321,000
9 HOME AND AWAY Seven 297,000
10 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D16 -NIGHT SESSION 2 -GEM Nine 289,000
11 SEVEN NEWS Seven 285,000
12 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 280,200
13 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 276,000
14 I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! GRAND FINALE 10 252,000
15 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D16 -NIGHT Nine 237,000
16 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR – LAUNCH 10 237,000
17 HOME AND AWAY EP.2 Seven 236,000
18 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-SUN Seven 235,000
19 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 234,000
20 HOME AND AWAY EP.3 Seven 232,000
21 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-MON Seven 231,000
22 I AM CHEVY CHASE AND YOU’RE NOT Nine 221,000
23 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 221,000
24 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-TUE Seven 219,000
25 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR TUE 10 209,000
26 GOGGLEBOX 10 204,000
27 RBT Nine 196,000
28 THE HUNTING WIVES Nine 194,000
29 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR WED 10 169,000
30 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 168,400

Top 30 Programs by daily BVOD

Rank Description Network BVOD
1 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -WED Nine 440,000
2 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -SUN Nine 421,000
3 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -MON Nine 389,000
4 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -TUE Nine 381,000
5 HOME AND AWAY Seven 116,250
6 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 100,000
7 60 MINUTES Nine 97,000
8 HOME AND AWAY EP.2 Seven 97,000
9 HOME AND AWAY EP.3 Seven 92,000
10 9NEWS Nine 86,800
11 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 83,800
12 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-MON Seven 75,000
13 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-TUE Seven 72,000
14 SEVEN NEWS Seven 68,600
15 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-SUN Seven 68,000
16 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D16 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 63,000
17 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 63,000
18 THE HUNTING WIVES Nine 62,000
19 I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! GRAND FINALE 10 53,000
20 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D16 -NIGHT SESSION 2 -GEM Nine 52,000
21 I AM CHEVY CHASE AND YOU’RE NOT Nine 50,000
22 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR – LAUNCH 10 48,000
23 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR TUE 10 48,000
24 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 48,000
25 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 44,600
26 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 44,000
27 RBT Nine 41,000
28 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR WED 10 40,000
29 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D16 -NIGHT Nine 38,000
30 THE 1% CLUB UK Seven 36,000

7plus wins the week, Seven reaches 11.15 million

  • National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 38.4%
  • National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 35.9%
  • 7plus: #1 in BVOD
  • #1 drama, #1 lifestyle show
  • #1 program: 7NEWS Monday, reached 2.14 million
  • #1 entertainment show: Australian Idol Sunday, reached 1.77 million
  • Sunrise: #1 at breakfast all week

WEEK 9, 2026 HIGHLIGHTS:

Seven Network reaches 11.15 million Australians nationally.

7plus: #1 in BVOD with a 45.2% commercial share, up from 31.8% in the same week in 2025.

#1 drama: Home and Away.

#1 lifestyle program: Better Homes and Gardens.

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 Saturday.

#1 lifestyle program in total TV audience: Better Homes and Gardens.

#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 38.4 31.8 38.7
Nine Network 46.0 50.8 45.9
Network Ten 15.6 17.4 15.4

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00pm to midnight

Network All people 25 to 54s Grocery shoppers
Seven Network 35.9 28.0 36.1
Nine Network 47.9 53.5 47.7
Network Ten 16.2 18.5 16.2

SEVEN’S TOP 35:

  1. 7NEWS Monday: National reach 2.14 million, national audience 1.37 million.
  2. 7NEWS Tuesday: #1 news program. National reach 2.1 million, national audience 1.37 million.
  3. 7NEWS Wednesday: National reach 2.01 million, national audience 1.27 million.
  4. 7NEWS Thursday: #1 program in all people and grocery shoppers. National reach 1.98 million, national audience 1.27 million.
  5. 7NEWS Sunday: National reach 1.98 million, national audience 1.26 million.
  6. 7NEWS Friday: #1 program in all people and grocery shoppers. National reach 1.77 million, national audience 1.15 million.
  7. Australian Idol Sunday: National reach 1.77 million, national audience 817,000. Streaming on 7plus up 98% year-on-year.
  8. Home and Away Tuesday: #1 drama. National reach 1.72 million, national audience 975,000. Up 8% on previous week. Third highest rated episode this year.
  9. Australian Idol Tuesday: National reach 1.65 million, national audience 750,000.
  10. 7NEWS Saturday: #1 program in all people and grocery shoppers. National reach 1.61 million, national audience 1.01 million.
  11. Australian Idol Monday: National reach 1.4 million, national audience 762,000.
  12. Better Homes and Gardens: #1 entertainment program, #1 lifestyle program. National reach 1.37 million, national audience 553,000.
  13. Home and Away Monday: #1 drama. National reach 1.32 million, national audience 929,000. Up on previous week.
  14. Home and Away Wednesday: #1 drama. National reach 1.28 million, national audience 905,000.
  15. The Chase Australia Monday: National reach 1.25 million, national audience 621,000.
  16. The Chase Australia Tuesday: National reach 1.25 million, national audience 597,000.
  17. The 1% Club UK: National reach 1.21 million, national audience 668,000.
  18. The Chase Australia Wednesday: National reach 1.21 million, national audience 590,000.
  19. Home and Away Thursday: #1 drama. National reach 1.2 million, national audience 837,000.
  20. The Chase Australia Thursday: National reach 1.2 million, national audience 581,000.
  21. Notting Hill (R): National reach 1.18 million, national audience 335,000.
  22. Supercars Championship: Sydney 500 Sunday Race: National reach 1.17 million, national audience 336,000. Race audience more than doubles year-on-year on 7plus Sport.
  23. Fast X: National reach 1.14 million, national audience 251,000.
  24. The Chase Australia Friday: National reach 1.11 million, national audience 546,000.
  25. Murder On a Cruise: National reach 1.04 million, national audience 306,000.
  26. Sunrise Thursday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 996,000, national audience 424,000. 33% more viewers than Today.
  27. Sunrise Friday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 988,000, national audience 424,000. 40% more viewers than Today.
  28. Sunrise Tuesday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 976,000, national audience 427,000. 31% more viewers than Today.
  29. Sunrise Monday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 960,000, national audience 412,000. 25% more viewers than Today.
  30. Sunrise Wednesday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 930,000, national audience 405,000. 21% more viewers than Today.
  31. Border Security: Australia’s Frontline (R) Episode 2: National reach 927,000, national audience 557,000.
  32. Home and Away Thursday Episode 2: National reach 925,000, national audience 751,000.
  33. Home and Away Thursday Episode 3: National reach 908,000, national audience 732,000.
  34. The Marlow Murder Club: National reach 861,000, national audience 323,000.
  35. Weekend Sunrise Sunday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 858,000, national audience 372,000. 27% more viewers than Today.

The ultimate social experiment saw Nine with another easy win despite only the closing ceremony from the Winter Olympics left in the schedule. That did, however, see the network down by 7 points from the Olympic- heavy schedule of the previous two weeks which was to the benefit of all other networks that improved their shares.

With two episodes over two million viewers and all over 1.8 million, Married at First Sight easily beat the competition. The closest entertainment show was Home and Away that continued to do well topping 900k for its four 7pm episodes. Monday’s Australian Idol episode that ranked 20th was next best with 762k just ahead of Tuesday’s episode and the 2nd and 3rd Home and Away episodes from Thursday. Seven also grabbed the next best ranking with The 1% Club 26th.

10’s best was the I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here season final that was 35th with 571k ahead of Gogglebox that had 548k to rank 39th. ABC’s best non-news/factual was again Hard Quiz just outside the top 30 with 587k. Australian Survivor’s launch was 47th for 10 in the total people table climbing to 16th in 25-54.

MAFS also won the BVOD, reach and 25-54 tables.

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With that, I’ve tallied up the numbers to produce a table containing the top 30 of 2026 so far.

Rank Description Network Average
1 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D15 -MEN’S FINAL Nine 3,448,000
2 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D14 -WOMEN’S FINAL Nine 2,135,000
3 NEW YEAR’S EVE 2025: MIDNIGHT FIREWORKS-EM ABC 2,015,000
4 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D10 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 1,993,000
5 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D13 -NIGHT Nine 1,974,000
6 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -SUN Nine 1,909,667
7 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -WED Nine 1,814,750
8 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -MON Nine 1,808,667
9 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D14 -WOMEN’S FINAL -PRESENTATION Nine 1,789,000
10 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -TUE Nine 1,762,500
11 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D13 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 1,757,000
12 NEW YEAR’S EVE 2025: COUNTDOWN TO MIDNIGHT-LE ABC 1,742,000
13 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D10 -NIGHT Nine 1,726,000
14 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D15 -MEN’S FINAL -PRE MATCH Nine 1,525,000
15 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -LAUNCH Nine 1,464,000
16 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -THU Nine 1,458,000
17 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D9 -NIGHT Nine 1,441,000
18 SEVEN’S CRICKET: FIFTH TEST – THE ASHES D3 S3 Seven 1,415,000
19 SEVEN’S CRICKET: FIFTH TEST – THE ASHES D4 S3 Seven 1,376,000
20 SEVEN’S CRICKET: FIFTH TEST – THE ASHES D2 S3 Seven 1,341,000
21 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D13 -NIGHT PRE MATCH Nine 1,307,000
22 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D9 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 1,304,000
23 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,296,556
24 SEVEN’S CRICKET: FIFTH TEST – THE ASHES D5 S2 Seven 1,287,000
25 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D2 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 1,280,000
26 WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 D2 -NIGHT Nine 1,274,000
27 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D11 -NIGHT Nine 1,240,000
28 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D12 -NIGHT Nine 1,230,000
29 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,226,667
30 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven 1,222,667

From 10:

Week 9:

  • 10 Streaming is having its biggest start to a year – up 38% year-on-year.
  • 10 streaming attracted 1.94 million active users in February – up 10% YOY.
  • Australian Survivor: Redemption has reached 2.76 million, with its biggest ever streaming audiences.
  • Gogglebox Australia was #1 in its timeslot in 25 to 54s and averaging its biggest ever streaming audience (up 46% on H1 2025).
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Key word reach from 10.