Survey 2 : Melbourne

Gold 104.3 regained breakfast #1 with Nova 100.3 losing 0.8. Triple J gained the most listeners followed by Fox FM and Triple M.

Survey 2 : Sydney

Gold 101.7 breakfast has lost 4.2 since Christian O'Connell started networking into Sydney. Listeners are shared evenly between Smooth, Nova, Triple M and 2Day FM.

Survey 1 : Melbourne

Since 6/2025 Nova 100.3 has increased by 1.6. It was achieved by gaining 3.7 in breakfast and becoming #1.

Survey 1 : Sydney

Gold 101.7 lost 1.6 with Christian O'Connell started networking into Sydney breakfast. Breakfast dropped 3.6 shared between Nova, Triple M, 2Day FM and Triple J.

Survey 8 : Sydney

Smooth increased by 1.6 and now 3.5 ahead of KIIS. They gained listeners across all age groups with most notable in 10-17 up 3.0 and now #2 behind Nova.

Survey 8 : Melbourne

Gold 104.3 increased by 0.8 and now 4.8 ahead of Smooth. They gained most in 18-24 age group and now 6.9 ahead of Nova.

Survey 7 : Sydney

Gold 101.7 slide has ended and increased by 0.8. They gained listeners across all hours with drive increasing by 1.5 and morning 1.1. Biggest gain was in the 25-39 age group up 1.5 whilst they most popular in 55-64 age group with 18.1.

Year-on-Year 2Day FM has lost 0.8 and equal with Triple J (up 0.8) and 2UE (up 0.4).

Survey 7 : Melbourne

Year-on-Year Fox FM has lost 1.5 and were #1 in 10-17 age group. They have lost 3.1 in that age group with Nova gaining 3.6 and Gold 104.3 gaining 3.3.

Survey 6 : Sydney

Year-on-Year 2Day FM has lost 0.9 and has 3.8% and below Triple J with 4.4%. Apart from 40-54 has lost listeners in all age groups.

January 2025 WSFM rebranded to Gold 101.7. Year-on-Year has lost 2.8. Apart from small gains in 25-39 and 40-54 has lost listeners in all age groups.

Survey 6 : Melbourne

From April 2024 Kyle and Jackie O started networking into Melbourne breakfast on KIIS 101.1. It has not increased listener numbers.

Campbelltown

KIIS 106.5 and local station C91.3 dominate with Kyle & Jackie O on KIIS 106.5 holding a quarter of breakfast listeners. The 2 stations share 10-17 whilst KIIS 106.5 and CADA 96.1 peak in 18-24 and 25-39 age groups. 40-54 is a 3-way split between KIIS 106.5, C91.3 and WSFM whilst Smooth 95.3 is #1 in 55-64 age group.

ARN has the biggest share with KIIS 106.5, both Nova's station are popular, C91.3 has 13% with 2GB representing most of Nine's share.

Year-on-Year : Sydney

Kyle and Jackie O switching from 2DAY FM to KIIS 106.5 is highlighted in the year-on-year comparison. KIIS is up 4.1% and 2Day FM lost 5.3%. 2Day FM sister station, MMM lost 0.9% whilst Smooth FM gained 1.5% and Nova 96.9 gained 1.1%.

Year-on-Year : Melbourne

The biggest change in the 12 months is Smooth FM increasing its share by 1.8%. Fox FM lost 0.8% but still remains #1 FM station :

This has squeezed the stations into 2 groups. Fox FM is joined with Nova and Gold 104. Whilst MMM has fallen into a group with Smooth and Mix :

Survey 1 : Sydney

With Kyle and Jackie O switching from 2DAY FM to KIIS 106.5 has also switched the station's positions. KIIS 106.5 (up 3.4%) is now #1 FM station whilst 2DAY FM (down 4.4%) has falling below the other FM stations. Whilst WSFM gained 1.7% to leap over Nova 96.9 and Smooth 91.5 :

1. 12.6% - 2GB (Talk/Macquarie)
2.   9.6% - ABC 702
3.   8.4% - KIIS 106.5 (Adult Contemporary/ARN)
4.   8.1% - WSFM (Gold/ARN)
5.   7.5% - Nova 96.9 (Chart/DMG)
6.   7.1% - Smooth 91.5 (Easy/DMG)
7.   5.5% - JJJ
8.   4.8% - MMM (Rock/Southern Cross Austereo)
9.   4.0% - 2Day FM (Chart/Southern Cross Austereo)

2Day FM lost listeners across all hours with KIIS similarly gaining listeners :

KIIS moved from an Adult Contemporary playlist to Contemporary Hits. WSFM gained the AC listeners growing by 1.7% and regaining the #2 FM station title. Smooth FM also gained 0.6% :

Survey 1 : Melbourne

Like Sydney, Melbourne is consistently led by talk radio with Fox FM remaining the most popular music station. Whilst Southern Cross Austereo sister station, MMM lost 1.2% to fall below Gold 104 :

1. 11.9% - 3AW (Talk/Fairfax)
2. 10.6% - ABC 774
3.   8.5% - Fox FM (Chart/Southern Cross Austereo)
4.   7.9% - Nova 100 (Chart/DMG)
5.   7.8% - Gold 104 (ARN)
6.   6.8% - MMM (Rock/Southern Cross Austereo)
7.   6.5% - Smooth 91.5 (Easy/DMG)
8.   6.5% - Mix 101.1 (Adult Contemporary/ARN)

MMM lost listeners across the day peaking with 1.6% fall in the afternoon. Gold 104 helped its climb by increasing its listeners by 0.9% after midday :

Sydney Breakfast

Media strategist Fusion Strategy predicts that up to 30% of Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Henderson listeners will follow them to the relaunched Mix - KIIS 106.5. Based on the last survey figures, that could be 3 million.

2Day FM remains the #1 FM breakfast and levels the stations share.

Year-on-Year : Sydney

The biggest change in the last 12 months is JJJ increasing its listeners by 1.0% followed by Smooth FM up 0.7%. The only station to lose listeners is WSFM by 0.7%

This has squeezed the market with little separating Smooth FM, WSFM, JJJ, MMM and Mix :

Year-on-Year : Melbourne

Fox FM lost 0.9% whilst Mix lost 1.3%. MMM had the biggest increase, up 18% :

This has squeezed the stations into 2 groups. Fox FM has fallen into a group with Nova, MMM and Gold 104. Whilst Mix is joined by Smooth and JJJ :

Survey 8 : Sydney

Like Melbourne, Sydney is consistently led by talk radio. 2Day FM lost listeners but remains #1 FM station. Mix 106.5 lost 0.7% to fall below JJJ and MMM. After a gradual growth in listeners, Smooth 91.5 lost 1% but still retained #3 FM station :

1. 13.3% - 2GB (Talk/Macquarie)
2. 10.4% - ABC 702
3.   8.4% - 2Day FM (Chart/Southern Cross Austereo)
4.   7.7% - Nova 96.9 (Chart/DMG)
5.   6.5% - Smooth 91.5 (Easy/DMG)
6.   6.4% - WSFM (Gold/ARN)
7.   6.2% - JJJ
8.   5.5% - MMM (Rock/Southern Cross Austereo)
9.   5.0% - Mix 106.5 (Adult Contemporary/ARN)

2Day FM lost 4.4% in the 18-24 age group with JJJ gaining most, up 3.6%. Smooth lost in the 40+ with Nova 96.9 up 2.4% in the 40-54 age group :

Survey 8 : Melbourne

Like Sydney, Melbourne is consistently led by talk radio. Fox FM regained 0.5% with Nova 100 losing a similar amount for Fox FM to return as #1 FM station. Gold 104 lost 0.5% to fall below MMM. Whilst Mix 101.1 lost 0.4% to fall below Smooth :

1. 13.8% - 3AW (Talk/Fairfax)
2. 10.8% - ABC 774
3.   8.6% - Fox FM (Chart/Southern Cross Austereo)
4.   8.2% - Nova 100 (Chart/DMG)
5.   8.0% - MMM (Rock/Southern Cross Austereo)
6.   7.6% - Gold 104 (ARN)
7.   5.9% - Smooth 91.5 (Easy/DMG)
8.   5.8% - Mix 101.1 (Adult Contemporary/ARN)
9.   5.4% - JJJ

Fox FM regained #1 FM station title by gaining under 25 listeners with the 18-24 age group up 6.4% :