Weekly Ratings Australia Week 46 2026: Channel 7 wins Total People and all key demos

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Weekly Ratings Australia Week 46 2026: Channel 7 won Total People and all three key commercial demographics, completing another clean sweep as Rugby League World Cup coverage powered a dominant Sunday.

Sunday 8 November 2026 to Saturday 14 November 2026.

Weekly Ratings Australia – Week 46

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 34.0%
2 Nine 22.9%
3 ABC 21.5%
4 10 13.5%
5 SBS 8.1%

Channel 7 won all seven nights and finished 11.1 percentage points clear of Channel 9. The decisive result came on Sunday, when the Men’s Rugby League World Cup semi-final reached 3.682 million viewers and averaged 2.057 million, lifting Seven to a 46.7% network share.

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My Kitchen Rules then led entertainment across Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, reaching 1.897 million, 1.778 million and 1.749 million viewers respectively. RBT topped Thursday, Better Homes and Gardens reached 1.511 million on Friday, and Independence Day reached 1.215 million on Saturday. ABC produced its strongest share on Saturday at 25.6%, Channel 10 peaked at 14.8% on Tuesday, and SBS reached 10.8% on Saturday.

People 25 to 54 – Commercial Share

Rank Network Share
1 Seven 46.0%
2 Nine 30.1%
3 10 24.0%

Channel 7 swept all seven nights in People 25–54 and won the week by 15.9 points. Sunday again set the pace: the Rugby League World Cup semi-final reached 1.453 million people in the demographic and Seven posted a 60.6% commercial network share. My Kitchen Rules was the leading 25–54 entertainment program from Monday to Wednesday, while Home and Away, Better Homes and Gardens and Saturday’s movie helped Seven maintain its nightly advantage through the back half of the week.

People 16 to 39 – Commercial Share

Rank Network Share
1 Seven 45.1%
2 Nine 30.9%
3 10 24.0%

Channel 7 won People 16–39 by 14.2 points after taking six of the seven nights. The World Cup semi-final reached 848,000 people in the demographic and drove a commanding 68.2% share on Sunday. Love Island Australia was the leading individual 16–39 program from Monday through Thursday and helped Channel 9 edge Seven on Thursday, the only night Seven did not win. Big Brother Australia also gave Channel 10 a strong young-audience presence, while Seven recovered to lead Friday and Saturday.

Grocery Shoppers 18+ – Commercial Share

Rank Network Share
1 Seven 48.6%
2 Nine 32.5%
3 10 18.9%

Channel 7 recorded its biggest weekly winning margin in Grocery Shoppers 18+, finishing 16.1 points ahead of Channel 9 and winning every night. The World Cup semi-final reached 2.787 million grocery shoppers on Sunday as Seven secured a 58.3% commercial share. My Kitchen Rules sustained the lead across the first half of the working week, with RBT, Better Homes and Gardens and Independence Day contributing to the clean sweep from Thursday to Saturday.

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Weekly cumulative reach

OzTAM’s Week 46 weekly cumulative reach report will be published on Tuesday. This section will be updated when the report is available.

Media Releases

Channel 7

Channel 7’s weekly media release will be available on Monday. This post will be updated when it arrives.


Figures are OzTAM VOZ national network shares. Total People uses Free-To-Air broadcast television shares; commercial demographics use commercial network Total TV shares. All tables use the final week-to-date line for the 6.00pm to midnight daypart.

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