Rascasse Audience Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about The Sydney Morning Herald in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. The Sydney Morning Herald has an estimated audience of 2,378,856 people in Australia.

#6among Newspaper in Australia
#39among Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Australia
#15in News

The Sydney Morning Herald has an estimated audience of 2,378,856 people in Australia. 57.6% are female, 42.4% are male, average age 44.2. Top brand affinities: Real property, National Australia Bank, Innovation, Google Flights, Tabloid (newspaper format).

Top brand affinities include Real property, National Australia Bank, Innovation, with strongest over-indexing on Real property (2.13× the country average).

Demographically, the The Sydney Morning Herald audience skews more female with an average age of 44.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Career Orientation, Quality Awareness.

The typical The Sydney Morning Herald fan in Australia is more female, around 44.2 years old, with strong Career Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Real property.

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 Sydney Morning Herald profile in Australia.

Audience size
2.4M
in Australia
Gender
57.6%♀
42.4% male
Age
44.2
average years
Country rank
#1139
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-8%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of The Sydney Morning Herald

57.6% are female, 42.4% are male, average age 44.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

57.6%
Female
42.4%
Male
Demographic split for The Sydney Morning Herald audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female57.6%
Male42.4%
Average age44.2
Estimated audience size2,378,856
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 44.2
average years
Age distribution of the The Sydney Morning Herald audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-1910%
20-2916%
30-3918%
40-4923%
50+33%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

96.0%

of the worldwide The Sydney Morning Herald audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for The Sydney Morning Herald
CountryShare
Australia96.0%
United States1.3%
Pakistan0.6%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the The Sydney Morning Herald audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for The Sydney Morning Herald audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01ScootTravel & Leisure2.39×
02Bored PandaInternet & Social Media2.16×
03Real propertyHome & Garden2.13×
04AirAsiaTravel & Leisure2.06×
05Single-family detached homeHome & Garden1.96×
06InnovationBusiness & Career1.86×
07Google FlightsTravel & Leisure1.85×
08Sustainable energyHome & Garden1.82×
09MSNNews1.77×
10Tabloid (newspaper format)Literature1.59×
11Online newspaperNews1.59×
12Meghan MarkleFashion & Accessoires1.56×
13Dropbox (service)Technology & Electronics1.56×
14National Australia BankBusiness & Career1.54×
15WikipediaInternet & Social Media1.54×
16BlanketHome & Garden1.53×
17LinkedInInternet & Social Media1.53×
18Passive incomeBusiness & Career1.53×
19Renewable energyBusiness & Career1.51×
20TK MaxxShopping1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the The Sydney Morning Herald 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 The Sydney Morning Herald audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Career OrientationPOWER1.63×
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM1.48×
SustainabilityBALANCE1.36×
0×1.00× baseline2×
↓ Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by The Sydney Morning Herald audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.83×
ExtroversionTHRILL0.87×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.93×
0×1.00× baseline2×
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How to read this data

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