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| Format | Online newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | News Corp Australia |
| Editor | Kerry Warren[1] |
| Deputy editor | Liz Burke[1] |
| News editor | Daniel Peters; Ben Graham; Shannon Molloy[1] |
| Photo editor | Victoria Nielsen[1] |
| Website | www |
News.com.au (stylised in all lowercase) is an Australian website owned byNews Corp Australia. It had 9.6 million readers in April 2019[2] and covers national and internationalnews,lifestyle,travel,entertainment,technology,finance andsport.
The organisation employs about 80 journalists, among themWalkley award-winning journalistSamantha Maiden as national political editor,[3] andJoe Hildebrand as acolumnist.[1]
According to third-partyweb analytics providers,Alexa Internet, news.com.au was the 12th most visited website in Australia in March 2022.[4] On the web analytics platformSimilarweb news.com.au was ranked the 12th most visited website in Australia in January 2025 and was ranked number one in news & media publishers in Australia.[5] Similarweb also stated that the website attracted more than 74 million visitors in January 2025.[5]Nielsen Online Ratings rated news.com.au as Australia's most popular news website as of January 2015.[6]
Whilst frequently ranked as the number-one visited Australian news website in Australia during 2019; as of June 2020, news.com.au had slipped to the third most visited news website in Australia afterABC News Online andDaily Mail Australia.[7]
In November 2024, news.com.au was shown to be the second most-read news media of any format in Australia from anIpsos iris ranking.[8]
