– 14 million Australians went online via a smartphone in March 2017 – up 6% versus prior year
– News subcategory hits 13.5 million
– Seven out of the top 10 news entities grew in March 2017
Sydney, Australia – 24 April 2017: The number of Australians accessing content online is nearing 20.1 million according to the latest Nielsen Digital Ratings (Monthly) data released today. Access via smartphone is a key driver of that growth – with smartphone unique audiences reaching 14 million in March 2017 – up 6% versus the same month the prior year.
UNIQUE AUDIENCES (000’s), MARCH 2016 vs MARCH 2017
|
MARCH 2016 |
MARCH 2017 |
% CHANGE | |
|
TOTAL |
19,666 |
20,081 |
2% |
|
DESKTOP |
17,944 |
18,050 |
1% |
|
SMARTPHONE |
13,215 |
13,990 |
6% |
|
TABLET |
7,640 |
7,669 |
0% |
Source: Nielsen Digital Ratings (Monthly), March 2017
CURRENT EVENT AND GLOBAL NEWS SUB-CATEGORY
Latest data released today by Nielsen revealed 13.5 million Australians went online for their news and current affairs information during March 2017 – up 2% when comparing both the same month the prior year, and the prior month. Accessing content via a desktop remains the main method for access of this content – up 4%. However, growth in unique audiences when comparing March 2017 with February 2017 is also strong for smartphone (+3%) and tablet (+13%) devices.
Seven of the top ten entities in the current event and global news sub-category increased unique audiences for March 2017 compared to the previous month, according to Nielsen Digital Ratings (Monthly) data.
News.com.au is still in the number one position with a unique audience of over 5.7 million, an increase of 1% compared to the previous month.
ABC News saw a significant increase in unique audiences and jumped to second place with 4.9 million (+19%), Nine.com.au is in third place with no change in their unique audience of 4.6 million from February and Smh.com.au is in fourth place with a unique audience of 4.1 million (-4%).
Daily Mail Australia (3.2 million, +9%) and The Guardian (2.8 million, +6%) retained their fifth and sixth positions in the audience rankings.
BBC jumped back into the top 10 at seventh position with a unique audience of 2.5 million (+14%), followed by the Herald Sun in eighth place (2.5 million, +12%), The Daily Telegraph in ninth (2.5 million, +6%) and Yahoo 7 News moving to tenth place (2.4 million, -4%).
TOP 10 BY UNIQUE AUDIENCE, CURRENT EVENTS & GLOBAL NEWS SUB-CATEGORY, MARCH 2017
|
Name |
Unique Audience (000) |
Page Views Per Person |
Sessions Per Person |
Time Per Person (hh:mm:ss) |
|
news.com.au |
5,732 |
50 |
14 |
01:10:07 |
|
ABC News Websites |
4,853 |
24 |
10 |
00:28:02 |
|
Nine.com.au |
4,561 |
39 |
13 |
01:16:40 |
|
smh.com.au |
4,100 |
34 |
12 |
00:58:35 |
|
Daily Mail Australia |
3,187 |
22 |
11 |
00:32:52 |
|
The Guardian |
2,839 |
14 |
8 |
00:29:18 |
|
BBC |
2,541 |
24 |
8 |
00:42:38 |
|
Herald Sun |
2,506 |
18 |
9 |
00:40:55 |
|
The Daily Telegraph |
2,491 |
15 |
8 |
00:24:47 |
|
Yahoo7 News Websites |
2,375 |
9 |
8 |
00:11:54 |
|
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