Rascasse Audience Intelligence

The Guardian Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about The Guardian in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. The Guardian has an estimated audience of 3,114,899 people in Australia.

#5among Newspaper in Australia
#30among Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Australia
#13in News

The average The Guardian fan in Australia is 44.2 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Victoria.

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

Category: News · Type: Website / Newspaper / Magazine · Subtype: Newspaper

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 The Guardian profile in Australia.

Audience size
3.1M
in Australia
Gender
59.2%
40.8% male
Age
44.2
average years
Country rank
#771
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-19%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of The Guardian

59.2% are female, 40.8% are male, average age 44.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

59.2%
Female
40.8%
Male
Demographic split for The Guardian audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female59.2%
Male40.8%
Average age44.2
Estimated audience size3,114,899
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 44.2
average years
Age distribution of the The Guardian audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-1910%
20-2916%
30-3919%
40-4923%
50+32%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

5.8%

of the worldwide The Guardian audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for The Guardian
CountryShare
United Kingdom27.2%
United States16.0%
Australia5.8%
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 The Guardian audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

The Guardian fans by region: top regions in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Australian Capital Territory~100K2.10×
02Victoria~1M1.22×
03Tasmania~80K1.20×
04New South Wales~900K0.83×
05Northern Territory~20K0.77×
06South Australia~200K0.70×
07Western Australia~200K0.60×
08Queensland~400K0.57×
Appendix

Explore more audiences

Related profiles, rankings and the same audience in other markets.

How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Australia who actively search for The Guardian. 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.

Scale & coverage
500,000+ ready-to-use audiences across 170+ countries

From global mass-market brands to niche local segments — explore the full library and see which intelligence layers are included.

See pricing →