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News readership 2022: 97% of Australians remain engaged with news brands


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ThinkNewsBrands and Roy Morgan Total News readership figures for the 12 months ending December 31, 2022 show 20.6 million Australians over the age of 14 engage with news every month.

The readership figures, produced by Roy Morgan for ThinkNewsBrands, show that Total News reaches 97% of the population over the age of 14. Total News represents all news brands across print and digital as well as standalone news websites.


Readership source: Roy Morgan Research, All People 14+. All audience data is based on the last 4 weeks averaged over the 12 months to December 2022.

Total News is defined as Australians aged 14+ reading news in print and/or news in digital. Digital news includes Australian publishers’ news websites/apps, Apple news and non-Australian-owned news. It also includes ABC news and Google news.

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