Australia: TV news channel sources by political orientation 2022

In February 2022, a survey on digital news consumption in Australia found that around 54 percent of Sky News viewers identified as politically right-wing. In comparison, 40 percent of SBS TV viewers identified as left-wing.

Television news channels viewed by consumers in Australia as of February 2022, by political orientation

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Release date

June 2022

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Region

Australia

Survey time period

January to February, 2022

Number of respondents

3,197 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

including 655 respondents for ABC TV, 310 for SBS TV, 759 for Channel 7, 720 for CHannel 9, 399 for Channel TEN, 240 for Sky News, and 114 for Fox News

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The survey question(s) was phrased as follows: "Some people talk about ‘left’, ‘right’ and ‘centre’ to describe parties and politicians. (Generally socialist parties would be considered ‘left wing’ whilst conservative parties would be considered ‘right wing’). With this in mind, where would you place yourself on the following scale? Which of the following brands have you used to access news offline in the last week (via TV, radio, print, and other traditional media)? Please select all that apply.".

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