Australian Magazine Readership, 12 months to June 2026
The seven most read categories of magazines by print readership
- Food & Entertainment (6,316,000 Australians, 27.1% of the population);
- Home & Garden (3,996,000 Australians, 17.1% of the population);
- General Interest (3,965,000 Australians, 17.0% of the population);
- Mass Women’s (2,308,000 Australians, 9.9% of the population);
- Business, Financial & Airline (1,499,000 Australians, 6.4% of the population).
- Health & Family (1,215,000 Australians, 5.2% of the population);
- Motoring (1,080,000 Australians, 4.6% of the population).
Top 25 Magazines by print readership – June 2026 (Magazines in bold are up on a year ago)
| Publication | June 2025 | June 2026 | % Change |
| ‘000s | ‘000s | % | |
| Coles Magazine (revised Dec. 2024)* | n/a | 4,465 | n/a |
| Fresh Ideas (revised Dec. 2024)* | n/a | 4,041 | n/a |
| Bunnings Magazine | 1,789 | 1,740 | -2.8% |
| Better Homes and Gardens | 1,696 | 1,627 | -4.0% |
| Open Road (NRMA) (NSW/Vic/Qld) | 1,236 | 1,226 | -0.8% |
| The Australian Women’s Weekly | 1,206 | 1,140 | -5.5% |
| National Geographic | 1,019 | 1,030 | 1.0% |
| House & Garden | 722 | 687 | -4.8% |
| Australian Geographic | 512 | 615 | 20.0% |
| Qantas Magazine | 538 | 607 | 12.8% |
| Woman’s Day | 634 | 582 | -8.2% |
| Road Ahead (RACQ) (Qld/NSW) | 563 | 530 | -5.9% |
| That’s Life! Mega Monthly | 502 | 476 | -5.3% |
| Take 5 Bumper Monthly | 481 | 466 | -3.2% |
| Gardening Australia | 455 | 458 | 0.7% |
| Vogue Australia | 431 | 439 | 1.9% |
| New Idea | 501 | 432 | -13.7% |
| Home Beautiful | 360 | 395 | 9.8% |
| Forbes Australia | 305 | 386 | 26.5% |
| Take 5 (Weekly) | 440 | 352 | -20.0% |
| That’s Life! | 438 | 345 | -21.2% |
| Street Machine | 341 | 344 | 0.9% |
| Diabetic Living | 314 | 322 | 2.4% |
| Australian Gourmet Traveller | 276 | 321 | 16.5% |
| Big Issue | 265 | 306 | 15.6% |
*The methodology revision in December 2024 means the figures for these magazines are not directly comparable year-over-year.
Overall, a total of 11 of the top 25 (top 23 comparable year-over-year – around half) most widely read magazines increased their readership over the last year.
For the latest Roy Morgan readership and audience figures see the latest release highlighting the June 2026 figures here: Magazine brands reach 14.5 million Australians across print and digital.
