-- The Seven Network’s 7NEWS has re-enforced its position as Australia’s most-watched news, with the 6.00pm bulletin ranking as the #1 news program nationally for the 20th year in a row and recording strong audience growth across broadcast, streaming and digital.
Across 2025, the 7NEWS 6.00pm bulletins recorded an average national total TV audience of 1.3 million viewers each night across Seven and 7plus, up 3% year-on-year. While on 7plus, the audience surged 70% year-on-year.
More than 5.37 million Australians tune in to 7NEWS’ 19 capital city and regional 6.00pm bulletins each week, with all of 7NEWS’ bulletins combined reaching 7.1 million weekly.
7NEWS has recorded consistent growth across the capital cities in 2025, including Melbourne (up 10%), Adelaide (up 4%), Perth (up 4%), Sydney (up 2%) and five capital cities (up 4%). 7NEWS has maintained its strong lead across regional Australia and is also up year-on-year.
Other 7NEWS programming also continues to grow, with 7NEWS Spotlight’s average total TV audience up 13% year-on-year and streaming up 61% on 7plus, further cementing Seven as the home of Australia's most compelling long-form, public interest journalism.
Seven continues to dominate morning television in 2025, maintaining the #1 spot across
Sunrise, Weekend Sunrise and The Morning Show every single week this year. Sunrise’s national total TV audience increased 6% this year, while Weekend Sunrise is up 5% and The Morning Show is up 7%. Audiences on 7plus are up 56%, 63% and 56% respectively.
The success of 7NEWS reaches far beyond the television screen, with a combined 28 million followers across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Videos across these platforms have generated 8.9 billion views in 2025, with 25% viewer growth year-on-year, while 7NEWS Australia is now the most followed Australian news organisation on TikTok, with two million followers and counting.
7NEWS.com.au has a unique audience of more than eight million readers every month and remains one of Australia’s most-visited news sites for breaking news, sport, entertainment and lifestyle content, with continued investment in digital capability and content innovation.
Seven’s Director of News and Current Affairs, Ray Kuka, said: “Every week, more Australians connect to 7NEWS than any other news service. That choice is built on trust. Our news teams right across the country work tirelessly to earn that trust, and to deliver the news reliably, consistently and accurately.
“Viewers know 7NEWS will be there first, will stay the course on the stories and issues that matter most, and will deliver comprehensive coverage across every platform – at a time when credible, balanced journalism has never been more critical.
“Our exclusive reporting and campaign-led journalism has helped expose the nation’s hospital crisis, held governments to account on cost of living and demanded better protection for domestic violence victims, among a long list of stories giving a voice to our viewers.
“To win the ratings year again and to grow audiences across national total TV, streaming and digital speaks to the extraordinary commitment of our journalists, producers, camera operators and production teams nationwide. The strength and depth of experience in our newsrooms is unmatched and the reason 7NEWS remains Australia’s #1 news.
“We're incredibly grateful to the millions of Australians who welcome 7NEWS into their homes each night. It’s a privilege we never take for granted,” he said.
This year, 7NEWS further strengthened its presence across regional Australia, with the addition of Southern Cross Media’s regional TV licences in Tasmania, Darwin, Spencer Gulf, Broken Hill, Mount Isa, and Remote, Central and Eastern Australia, ensuring viewers in every corner of the country can access essential and reliable news.
Last week, 7NEWS news and weather updates launched in Broken Hill (NSW) and Spencer Gulf (SA), and local 7NEWS updates are now being shown in Darwin.
For more information, please contact:
Kaycie Bradford
Communications Director, Corporate M: 0400 002 664
Brittany Stack
Head of Communications, News and Current Affairs, Partnerships and Community M: 0410 724 424
About the Seven Network
The Seven Network is part of Seven West Media (ASX: SWM), one of Australia’s most prominent media companies, with a market-leading presence across broadcast television, publishing and digital. The Seven Network alone reaches 17.5 million people a month.
Seven West Media owns some of Australia’s most renowned media businesses and platforms, including the Seven Network and its affiliate channels 7two, 7mate, 7flix and 7Bravo; 7plus; 7NEWS.com.au; The West Australian; The Sunday Times; PerthNow; The Nightly; and Streamer.
The Seven Network is home to Australia’s most loved news, sport and entertainment programming, including 7NEWS, 7NEWS Spotlight, Sunrise, The Morning Show, The Voice, Home and Away, Australian Idol, My Kitchen Rules, Farmer Wants A Wife, The Chase Australia, Better Homes and Gardens, The 1% Club, The Front Bar and the TV WEEK Logie Awards.
The Seven Network is also the broadcast partner of the AFL, Cricket Australia, Supercars, the 2026 Rugby League World Cup and the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Source: VOZ 5.0 National Total TV Average Audience, Average Weekly Reach, Consolidated 7. Last 7 Days Overnight. cpm News Hours and Seven News Spotlight vs equivalent timeslots in previous years. Pre 2022 data is National (OzTAM + RegTAM) broadcast only for the cpm hour.
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