Rascasse Audience Intelligence

ABC News (Australia) Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about ABC News (Australia) in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. ABC News (Australia) has an estimated audience of 8,269,408 people in Australia.

#1among TV Channel in Australia
#8in Movies & TV

The average ABC News (Australia) fan in Australia is 46.5 years old, more female, and lives primarily in New South Wales.

The audience is concentrated in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland.

Top brand affinities include Sustainable energy, BP, Renewable energy, with strongest over-indexing on Sustainable energy (7.08× the country average).

Demographically, the ABC News (Australia) audience skews more female with an average age of 46.5, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Sustainability, Individualism.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 8 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical ABC News (Australia) fan in Australia is more female, around 46.5 years old, with strong Sustainability tendencies and a notable affinity for Sustainable energy.

Category: Movies & TV · Type: TV Channel

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-18.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the ABC News (Australia) profile in Australia.

Audience size
8.3M
in Australia
Gender
64.1%
35.9% male
Age
46.5
average years
Country rank
#124
TV Channel in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-1%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of ABC News (Australia)

64.1% are female, 35.9% are male, average age 46.5.

Fig. 02

Gender split

64.1%
Female
35.9%
Male
Demographic split for ABC News (Australia) audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female64.1%
Male35.9%
Average age46.5
Estimated audience size8,269,408
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 46.5
average years
Age distribution of the ABC News (Australia) audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-197%
20-2912%
30-3918%
40-4925%
50+38%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

45.9%

of the worldwide ABC News (Australia) audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for ABC News (Australia)
CountryShare
Australia45.9%
United States32.3%
Canada9.5%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Australia average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the ABC News (Australia) audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

ABC News (Australia) fans by region: top regions in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Australian Capital Territory~300K1.86×
02Tasmania~200K1.34×
03Northern Territory~80K1.01×
04Queensland~1.5M0.80×
05Western Australia~800K0.78×
06South Australia~500K0.76×
07Victoria~2M0.74×
08New South Wales~2M0.71×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the ABC News (Australia) audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for ABC News (Australia) audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Sustainable energyHome & Garden7.08×
02Nobel Peace PrizePolitics & Society4.21×
03Renewable energyBusiness & Career4.02×
04BPCars & Mobility3.88×
05Tesla MotorsCars & Mobility2.99×
06InnovationBusiness & Career2.71×
07Food processingFood & Beverages2.40×
08RedditInternet & Social Media2.38×
09ActivismPolitics & Society2.33×
10Online newspaperNews2.12×
11Solar panelHome & Garden2.01×
12Solar energyHome & Garden1.87×
13Local newsNews1.81×
14Tabloid (newspaper format)Literature1.77×
15WikipediaInternet & Social Media1.74×
16Breaking newsMovies & TV1.62×
17PodcastMusic & Radio1.61×
18First class travelTravel & Leisure1.61×
19Charitable organizationPolitics & Society1.53×
20Mortgage loansBusiness & Career1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the ABC News (Australia) audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by ABC News (Australia) audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SustainabilityBALANCE2.65×
IndividualismJOY1.80×
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM1.64×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by ABC News (Australia) audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.75×
Pet OwnershipJOY0.84×
ExtroversionTHRILL0.88×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does ABC News (Australia) have in Australia?

ABC News (Australia) has an estimated audience of 8,269,408 people in Australia, concentrated in New South Wales and Victoria.

02

What is the gender split and age of ABC News (Australia) fans?

64.1% of ABC News (Australia) fans are female, 35.9% are male, with an average age of 46.5 years.

03

Which brands do ABC News (Australia) fans like most?

ABC News (Australia) fans show strongest brand affinity for Sustainable energy (7.08×), BP (3.88×), and Renewable energy (4.02×) over the country average.

04

Where do ABC News (Australia) fans live in Australia?

ABC News (Australia) fans in Australia are most concentrated in New South Wales (reach ~2M), Victoria (reach ~2M), and Queensland (reach ~1.5M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do ABC News (Australia) fans also like?

Beyond ABC News (Australia) itself, the audience over-indexes on BP (3.88×), Renewable energy (4.02×), Reddit (2.38×), and Innovation (2.71×) compared to the Australia average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Australia who actively search for ABC News (Australia). Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across Australia. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

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