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Sky News Australia notches up record audiences in 2021

Sky News Australia has delivered record audience numbers across all its platforms in 2021 and remains the number one news channel on social media.

Sophie ElsworthSophie Elsworth
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7:11PMNovember 28, 2021.
Updated 1:14PMNovember 29, 2021
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Sky news commentator Peta Credlin in their Melbourne offices. Picture: Aaron Francis
Sky news commentator Peta Credlin in their Melbourne offices. Picture: Aaron Francis

Sky News Australia is the top channel on Foxtel and No.1 Australian news outlet on social media for the second consecutive year.

Prime-time weekday shows including The Kenny Report, Credlin, The Bolt Report, Alan Jones and Paul Murray Live delivered strong audiences, reaching more than 2.3 million unique viewers.

The Kenny Report, hosted by Chris Kenny, climbed by 11 per cent in 2021, Credlin, hosted by Peta Credlin, rose 5 per cent and Business Weekend, led by Ross Greenwood, jumped 4 per cent.

Sky News investigative documentaries including Sharri Markson’s What Really Happened in Wuhan special and Chris Kenny’s Men in the Mirror: Rudd and Turnbull, took out the top two spots for individual programs in 2021.

Sky News Australia’s chief executive Paul Whittaker said the channel remains the nation’s unrivalled multi-platform news service.

“It’s clear by our continued multi-platform growth that Australians value our compelling news offering of live breaking news, political and national affairs coverage, opinion and investigative documentaries that take a deep dive into issues of importance,” he said.

Sky News had a record of more than 1.3 billion viewers of video content across its digital platforms.

Sophie Elsworth
Sophie ElsworthEurope Correspondent

Sophie is Europe correspondent for News Corporation Australia and began reporting from Europe in November 2024. Her role includes covering all the big issues in Europe reporting for titles including The Daily and Sunday Telegraphs, daily and Sunday Herald Sun, The Courier-Mail and Brisbane's Sunday Mail and Adelaide's The Advertiser and Sunday Mail as well as regional and community brands. She has worked at numerous News Corp publications throughout her career and was media writer at The Australian, based in Melbourne, for four years before moving to the UK. She has also worked as a reporter at the Herald Sun in Melbourne, The Advertiser in Adelaide and The Courier-Mail in Brisbane and on the Sunshine Coast. Sophie regularly appears on TV and is a Sky News Australia contributor appearing on primetime programs including Credlin and The Kenny Report, a role she continues while in Europe. She graduated from university with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees and grew up on a sheep farm in central Victoria.

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