Weekly Ratings Australia Week 44 2026: Channel 7 won Total People and all three key commercial demographics in the final week-to-date shares, with Rugby League World Cup coverage powering a clean sweep of the seven nights.
Sunday 25 October 2026 to Saturday 31 October 2026.
Weekly Ratings Australia – Week 44
The weekly shares below use VOZ week-to-date results for free-to-air viewing from 6.00pm to midnight.
Total People Network Share – Free-To-Air
| Rank | Network | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seven | 33.9% |
| 2 | Nine | 23.5% |
| 3 | ABC | 20.1% |
| 4 | 10 | 14.2% |
| 5 | SBS | 8.2% |
Channel 7 finished 10.4 points ahead of Channel 9 after winning all seven nights. Seven’s strongest result came on Sunday at 37.7%, when the Australia–Fiji Rugby League World Cup match reached 3.020 million viewers.
My Kitchen Rules led entertainment on Monday and Tuesday with reaches of 1.842 million and 1.830 million. Seven stayed in front on Wednesday as The 1% Club UK led entertainment, then won Thursday while RBT was the leading entertainment program.
Rugby League World Cup coverage strengthened the finish. Friday’s night match reached 2.059 million viewers as Seven posted 32.9%, before the Kangaroos’ win over the Cook Islands reached 2.306 million on Saturday and Seven climbed to 35.3%. ABC recorded its best share on Friday at 22.6%, 10 peaked at 15.5% on Wednesday and SBS reached 9.1% on Friday.
People 25 to 54 – Commercial Share
| Rank | Network | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seven | 44.4% |
| 2 | Nine | 30.5% |
| 3 | 10 | 25.1% |
Channel 7 won People 25 to 54 by 13.9 points. The result reflects a broad week rather than a single-night spike, with My Kitchen Rules anchoring the start of the working week and Rugby League World Cup matches lifting the weekend.
Channel 10 remained competitive in this demographic and finished on 25.1%, supported by Big Brother Australia across the week.
People 16 to 39 – Commercial Share
| Rank | Network | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seven | 44.4% |
| 2 | Nine | 30.4% |
| 3 | 10 | 25.3% |
Channel 7 also led People 16 to 39, finishing 14.0 points ahead of Channel 9. Rugby League World Cup coverage gave Seven a strong younger audience, while My Kitchen Rules supplied consistent entertainment reach on Monday and Tuesday.
Channel 10 again held a quarter of the commercial audience, with Big Brother Australia and The Celebrity Traitors UK among its prime-time offerings.
Grocery Shoppers 18+ – Commercial Share
| Rank | Network | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seven | 47.0% |
| 2 | Nine | 33.0% |
| 3 | 10 | 20.0% |
Channel 7 completed the sweep with its largest share of the four tables, winning Grocery Shoppers 18+ by 14.0 points. Seven News, My Kitchen Rules, Home and Away and Rugby League World Cup coverage provided the main 6.00pm-to-midnight drivers across the week.
Media Releases
Channel 7
Channel 7’s weekly media release will be available on Monday. This post will be updated when it arrives.
Nine
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10
No weekly report was provided today.
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