ABC NEWS has maintained its spot as Australia’s No 1 digital news provider in September for the tenth consecutive month.
Its monthly audience was 12.8 million people with an average read time of 30 minutes, according to the latest Ipsos data released today.
In international news, the assassination of Charlie Kirk and ongoing conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine were major audience drivers during the month.
Strong local and national news stories included the sentencing of “mushroom killer” Erin Patterson, the AFL Grand Final and Brownlow medal, the manhunt for “Sovereign Citizen” Dezi Freeman and the separation of celebrities Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban.