{"id":2410,"date":"2026-03-19T20:25:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T09:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=2410"},"modified":"2026-03-19T20:25:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T09:25:06","slug":"nine-radio-no-1-breakfast-2gb-3aw-no-1-streaming-nationally-audience-surge-in-perth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/nine-radio-no-1-breakfast-2gb-3aw-no-1-streaming-nationally-audience-surge-in-perth\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine Radio No.1 Breakfast 2GB &amp; 3AW; No.1 Streaming Nationally; Audience Surge in Perth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><mark>TOTAL RADIO&nbsp;<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark><strong>Melbourne\u2019s&nbsp;<em>3AW&nbsp;<\/em>and Sydney\u2019s&nbsp;<em>2GB&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>have started 2026 on top of the Breakfast radio ratings \u2013 winning the most important shift in the biggest cities.&nbsp;<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Today\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>GfK Survey 1 ratings for 2026<\/strong>&nbsp;show Australians turn to Nine Radio for trusted news and entertainment, with&nbsp;<strong><em>Ben Fordham Live<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>2GB<\/em>) and&nbsp;<strong><em>Breakfast with Ross and Russ<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>3AW<\/em>) winning the crucial Breakfast battle and being the clear&nbsp;<strong>No.1&nbsp;<\/strong>shows.&nbsp;<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Results today cover the survey period from January 18 to February 28.&nbsp;<strong><em>3AW&nbsp;<\/em>is the outright No.1 radio station&nbsp;<\/strong>in Melbourne, while&nbsp;<strong><em>2GB&nbsp;<\/em>has grown its audience<\/strong>&nbsp;and is the No.1 talk radio station in Sydney.&nbsp;<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark><em>2GB<\/em>&nbsp;Highlights<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark><strong><em>2GB<\/em>\u00a0is the No.1 talk radio<\/strong>\u00a0in Sydney with a 12.2 share<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark><strong><em>Ben Fordham Live<\/em>\u00a0is No.1<\/strong>\u00a0in Breakfast and has increased his audience to a 16.6 share<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark><strong><em>Mornings with Mark Levy<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is No.1 talk in Sydney with a 14.1 share (up from 13.0) and has seen his cume audience increase by 88,000 listeners<\/mark><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark><em>3AW<\/em>&nbsp;Highlights<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark><strong><em>3AW<\/em>\u00a0is the clear<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>No.1 station for Melburnians<\/strong>, delivering a 13.8 share<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark><strong><em>Ross and Russ<\/em>\u00a0claimed the No.1 Breakfast<\/strong>\u00a0position with a 19.4 share\u00a0<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark><strong><em>Mornings with Tom Elliott<\/em>\u00a0was No.1<\/strong>\u00a0with a 15.7 share\u00a0<\/mark><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><mark><strong>Greg Byrnes, Nine Radio\u2019s National Content Manager<\/strong>, said: \u201cThese results are fantastic and pave the way for another dominant year for our audio business. It\u2019s great to see Ben Fordham increase his listeners in Sydney on his number one breakfast show, resulting in big gains right across the day on 2GB. 3AW has long been Melbourne\u2019s most listened-to radio station, and starts 2026 as the clear number one overall, and in Breakfast and Mornings.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>\u201cWhile the changes we\u2019ve made in Brisbane and Perth will take time to resonate, today\u2019s big increases on 6PR are pleasing to see. Australia knows it can rely on us for trusted news, opinion, and entertainment, and we\u2019re committed to delivering again throughout 2026.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><mark>COMMERCIAL RADIO SHARE<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><mark>TOTAL RADIO CUME<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><mark><strong>14.6%<\/strong><br>(4 markets)<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><mark><strong>1.719&nbsp;million<\/strong><br>listeners each week<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark>STREAMING<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Nine Radio is dominant in digital streaming, reflecting its accessibility to listeners on the go, around the house, in the car, or anywhere they choose to tune in. The network has once again claimed the&nbsp;<strong>No.1 national share<\/strong>, as well as leading across key dayparts in Sydney and Melbourne.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><mark><em>3AW<\/em>\u00a0No.1 overall:\u00a0share 33.8%<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><mark><em>2GB<\/em>\u00a0No.1 overall: share 32%<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark><strong><em>Breakfast with Ross and Russ<\/em>\u00a0No.1:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>share 45.1%<\/strong><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark><strong><em>Ben Fordham Live\u00a0<\/em>No.1:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>\u00a0share 43.8%<\/strong><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark><strong><em>Mornings with Tom Elliott\u00a0<\/em>No.1:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>share 43.4%<\/strong><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark><strong><em>Mornings with Mark Levy\u00a0<\/em>No.1:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>share 32.3%<\/strong><\/mark><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><mark><strong>Greg Byrnes&nbsp;<\/strong>said: \u201cWe are the clear market leader in streaming, and our momentum is accelerating. Our 25% year-on-year increase in audience demonstrates that a growing number of Australians are connecting with our live and local content through a digital device. We are continually refining the app experience, and features like the audio sync during the footy have been an outstanding success.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>\u201cStreaming is the best way to engage our live and local content, it sounds great, is always on and ensures you\u2019re always informed and up to date.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><mark>COMMERCIAL STREAMING SHARE<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><mark>STREAMING CUME<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><mark>27.4<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><mark>453,000<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>Source: GfK Radio360 Ratings, Survey 1 2026, Mon-Sun 5.30am-12MN, Market Share % Total, Market Share Streaming %, Commercial Streaming Share %, Cume (000s) Total and Streaming, 3AW Breakfast Mon-Fri 5.30am-8.30am, 3AW Mornings 8.30am-12pm, 2GB Breakfast Mon-Fri 5.30am-9am, 2GB Mornings&nbsp;Mon-Fi 9am-12pm, AP10+, Nine Radio \u2013 2GB, 3AW, 4BC, 6PR, unless otherwise specified.<\/mark><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOTAL RADIO&nbsp; Melbourne\u2019s&nbsp;3AW&nbsp;and Sydney\u2019s&nbsp;2GB&nbsp;have started 2026 on top of the Breakfast radio ratings \u2013 winning the most important shift in the biggest cities.&nbsp; Today\u2019s&nbsp;GfK Survey 1 ratings for 2026&nbsp;show Australians turn to Nine Radio for trusted news and entertainment, with&nbsp;Ben Fordham Live&nbsp;(2GB) and&nbsp;Breakfast with Ross and Russ&nbsp;(3AW) winning the crucial Breakfast battle and being the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/nine-radio-no-1-breakfast-2gb-3aw-no-1-streaming-nationally-audience-surge-in-perth\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Nine Radio No.1 Breakfast 2GB &amp; 3AW; No.1 Streaming Nationally; Audience Surge in Perth&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2411,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410\/revisions\/2411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}