News Print and Cross-Platform Readership, June 2026
The latest Roy Morgan readership results released today are based on interviews with a representative cross-section of 59,959 Australians aged 14+ in the 12 months to June 2026.
The leading title with the largest news cross-platform net weekly reach is the Sydney Morning Herald with a unique audience of 3,105,000, ahead of second placed The Australian with 2,047,000.
The next two spots are filled by Victorian dailies The Age with a unique audience of 1,997,000, just ahead of the Herald Sun on 1,927,000, followed by Sydney’s Daily Telegraph on 1,798,000, The Australian Financial Review on 1,694,000, and Brisbane’s Courier-Mail on 1,507,000 in seventh.
News Cross-Platform, Net Weekly Reach
| Title | Unique Audience | % Population |
| The Sydney Morning Herald | 3,105,000 | 13.3% |
| The Australian | 2,047,000 | 8.8% |
| The Age | 1,997,000 | 8.6% |
| The Herald Sun | 1,927,000 | 8.3% |
| The Daily Telegraph | 1,798,000 | 7.7% |
| The Australian Financial Review | 1,694,000 | 7.3% |
| The Courier-Mail | 1,507,000 | 6.5% |
| The West Australian | 1,068,000 | 4.6% |
| The Adelaide Advertiser | 910,000 | 3.9% |
| The Canberra Times | 458,000 | 2.0% |
Source: Roy Morgan Single Source Australia Jul25-Jun26, n=59,959; Last 7 days average news cross-platform readership. Digital audience estimates use Roy Morgan iris.
News Print, Mon-Fri Average Issue Readership
| Title | Unique Audience | % Population |
| The Australian | 466,000 | 2.0% |
| The Herald Sun | 449,000 | 1.9% |
| The Sydney Morning Herald | 350,000 | 1.5% |
| The Daily Telegraph | 329,000 | 1.4% |
| The West Australian | 271,000 | 1.2% |
| The Australian Financial Review | 255,000 | 1.1% |
| The Age | 235,000 | 1.0% |
| The Courier-Mail | 214,000 | 0.9% |
| The Adelaide Advertiser | 149,000 | 0.6% |
| The Gold Coast Bulletin | 48,000 | 0.2% |
Source: Roy Morgan Single Source Australia Jul25-Jun26, n=59,959; Monday to Friday Average Issue Readership.
News Categories, Net Weekly Reach (‘000)
| Category | Unique Audience | % Population |
| General News | 19.0 million | 81.4% |
| Property | 10.5 million | 45.2% |
| Sport | 7.1 million | 30.4% |
| Entertainment & Culture | 6.7 million | 28.9% |
| Lifestyle & Health | 6.0 million | 25.6% |
| Business & Finance | 5.2 million | 22.5% |
| Auto | 3.6 million | 15.6% |
| Travel | 3.6 million | 15.5% |
| Technology | 2.3 million | 10.0% |
| Other | 2.3 million | 10.0% |
Source: Roy Morgan Single Source Australia Jul25-Jun26; Last 7 days average news cross-platform readership. Digital audience estimates use Roy Morgan iris.
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Margin of Error
The margin of error to be allowed for in any estimate depends mainly on the number of interviews on which it is based. Margin of error gives indications of the likely range within which estimates would be 95% likely to fall, expressed as the number of percentage points above or below the actual estimate. Allowance for design effects (such as stratification and weighting) should be made as appropriate.
| Sample Size | Percentage Estimate |
| 40% – 60% | 25% or 75% | 10% or 90% | 5% or 95% | |
| 1,000 | ±3.0 | ±2.7 | ±1.9 | ±1.3 |
| 5,000 | ±1.4 | ±1.2 | ±0.8 | ±0.6 |
| 7,500 | ±1.1 | ±1.0 | ±0.7 | ±0.5 |
| 10,000 | ±1.0 | ±0.9 | ±0.6 | ±0.4 |
| 20,000 | ±0.7 | ±0.6 | ±0.4 | ±0.3 |
| 50,000 | ±0.4 | ±0.4 | ±0.3 | ±0.2 |
