Sydney Radio Ratings 2026 Survey 5: 2Day breakfast surges as ARN’s Sydney slide deepens

Sydney Radio Ratings 
GfK Survey 5 2026 
Survey Period: Sun 24 May to Sat 27 June 2026 & Sun 12 July to Sat 15 August.

Biggest Movers: 
UP: 104.1 2Day FM +0.7 
DOWN: 2GB -0.5 

Sydney radio’s established order hasn’t shifted much in GfK Survey 5, but further down the dial, 2Day FM has given the market something to talk about.

smoothfm 95.3 remains Sydney’s No.1 station, while 2GB holds second. But 2Day FM was the survey’s biggest riser, posting the largest overall share gain and adding 115,000 cumulative listeners.

Smooth keeps its crown

smoothfm edged up 0.1 points to a 13.5% share, with its cumulative audience rising 22,000 to 1.471 million.

2GB stayed second despite dropping half a point to 11.2%. Its cume, however, rose 12,000 to 740,000.

Nova 96.9 slipped 0.4 points to 7.5%, and Gold 101.7 fell 0.3 points to 7.3%, although both grew their cumulative audiences by 58,000 and 67,000 respectively.

KIIS 1065 held steady at 6.6%, while its cume climbed 74,000 to just over one million.

And then there’s 2Day FM.

The station jumped 0.7 points from 4.2% to 4.9%, the biggest positive share move in the Sydney market. Its cume rose by an even healthier 115,000 to 782,000. 

Triple j and SEN 1170am both headed south by 0.4 points, falling to 3.3% and 1.5% respectively. SEN also shed 20,000 cumulative listeners to finish on 147,000.

2GB still owns breakfast

At breakfast, 2GB remains the one to catch.

Its 14.8% share was unchanged, keeping it comfortably ahead of Nova 96.9, which slipped 0.3 points to 9.1%.

ABC Sydney improved, rising 0.7 points to 7.8%. KIIS dipped to 6.9%, Gold eased to 6.5%, while Triple M fell 0.7 points to 5.9%.

But the biggest breakfast move belonged, once again, to 2Day FM. It climbed 1.1 points from 3.6% to 4.7%, the largest gain in the market.

Its breakfast cume also jumped by 79,000 to 389,000.

smoothfm 95.3 13.5% (13.4%) 
Cume: 1,471,000 (+22,000) 
Breakfast: 12.2% (12%) 

2GB 11.2% (11.7%) 
Cume: 740,000 (+12,000) 
Breakfast: 14.8% (14.8%) 

Nova 96.9 7.5% (7.9%) 
Cume: 1,286,000 (+58,000) 
Breakfast: 9.1% (9.4%) 

Gold 101.7 7.3% (7.6%) 
Cume: 770,000 (+67,000) 
Breakfast: 6.5% (6.6%) 

KIIS 1065 6.6% (6.6%) 
Cume: 1,007,000 (+74,000) 
Breakfast: 6.9% (7.1%) 

104.9 Triple M 6.3% (6.5%) 
Cume: 797,000 (+21,000) 
Breakfast: 5.9% (6.6%) 

ABC Sydney 5.5% (5.3%) 
Cume: 513,000 (-5,000) 
Breakfast: 7.8% (7.1%) 

104.1 2Day FM 4.9% (4.2%) 
Cume: 782,000 (+115,000) 
Breakfast: 4.7% (3.6%) 

2UE 954 3.6% (3.8%) 
Cume: 335,000 (+32,000) 
Breakfast: 2.9% (2.9%) 

Triple J 3.3% (3.7%) 
Cume: 494,000 (+9,000) 
Breakfast: 2.7% (3.1%) 

ABC Classic 2.4% (2.1%) 
Cume: 256,000 (-2,000) 
Breakfast: 2.2% (2.1%) 

Sky Sports Radio 2.1% (2.1%) 
Cume: 216,000 (+7,000) 
Breakfast: 3.3% (3.4%) 

SEN 1170 1.5% (1.9%) 
Cume: 147,000 (-20,000) 
Breakfast: 1.5% (2.2%) 

ABC NewsRadio 1.5% (1.5%) 
Cume: 317,000 (-16,000) 
Breakfast: 2.6% (2.5%) 

ABC Radio National 1.3% (1.2%) 
Cume: 142,000 (-32,000) 
Breakfast: 2% (2%)