Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Online newspaper Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Online newspaper in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Online newspaper has an estimated audience of 3,171,851 people in Australia.

#537among Topic in Australia
#12in News

The average Online newspaper fan in Australia is 45.1 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in New South Wales.

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

Top brand affinities include ABC News (Australia), The Age, Donald Trump, with strongest over-indexing on ABC News (Australia) (2.12× the country average).

Demographically, the Online newspaper audience skews balanced with an average age of 45.1, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Early Adopter Mentality, Patriotism.

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

The typical Online newspaper fan in Australia is balanced, around 45.1 years old, with strong Early Adopter Mentality tendencies and a notable affinity for ABC News (Australia).

Category: News · Type: Topic

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 Online newspaper profile in Australia.

Audience size
3.2M
in Australia
Gender
51.2%
48.8% male
Age
45.1
average years
Country rank
#747
Topic in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-43%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Online newspaper fans

51.2% are female, 48.8% are male, average age 45.1.

Fig. 02

Gender split

51.2%
Female
48.8%
Male
Demographic split for Online newspaper audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female51.2%
Male48.8%
Average age45.1
Estimated audience size3,171,851
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 45.1
average years
Age distribution of the Online newspaper audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-198%
20-2916%
30-3919%
40-4921%
50+36%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.6%

of the worldwide Online newspaper audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Online newspaper
CountryShare
United States15.3%
India8.0%
Italy6.5%
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 Online newspaper audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Online newspaper fans by region: top regions in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Northern Territory~40K1.30×
02Tasmania~70K1.04×
03Australian Capital Territory~70K1.01×
04South Australia~200K0.92×
05Western Australia~300K0.89×
06Queensland~600K0.84×
07Victoria~700K0.77×
08New South Wales~800K0.74×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Online newspaper audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Online newspaper audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01CNNMovies & TV2.35×
02Guardian AustraliaNews2.31×
03Wind turbineHome & Garden2.26×
04WikipediaInternet & Social Media2.25×
05ABC News (Australia)Movies & TV2.12×
06The GuardianNews2.12×
07Electronic publishingNews2.03×
08Creative CommonsTechnology & Electronics1.97×
09The AgeNews1.80×
10CanadaTravel & Leisure1.74×
11United StatesTravel & Leisure1.72×
12Anthony AlbanesePolitics & Society1.72×
13Tabloid (newspaper format)Literature1.66×
14GrokTechnology & Electronics1.66×
15Donald TrumpPolitics & Society1.64×
16News broadcastingBusiness & Career1.64×
17Digital mediaBusiness & Career1.62×
18GmailInternet & Social Media1.61×
19Perth NowNews1.55×
20RedditInternet & Social Media1.54×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Online newspaper 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 Online newspaper audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.62×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.55×
Career OrientationPOWER1.49×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Online newspaper audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.88×
ExtroversionTHRILL0.89×
MindfulnessBALANCE0.90×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Online newspaper have in Australia?

Online newspaper has an estimated audience of 3,171,851 people in Australia, concentrated in New South Wales and Victoria.

02

What is the gender split and age of Online newspaper fans?

51.2% of Online newspaper fans are female, 48.8% are male, with an average age of 45.1 years.

03

Which brands do Online newspaper fans like most?

Online newspaper fans show strongest brand affinity for ABC News (Australia) (2.12×), The Age (1.8×), and Donald Trump (1.64×) over the country average.

04

Where do Online newspaper fans live in Australia?

Online newspaper fans in Australia are most concentrated in New South Wales (reach ~800K), Victoria (reach ~700K), and Queensland (reach ~600K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Online newspaper fans also like?

Beyond Online newspaper itself, the audience over-indexes on The Age (1.8×), Donald Trump (1.64×), Guardian Australia (2.31×), and Wikipedia (2.25×) 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 Online newspaper. 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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