Sydney Radio Ratings
GfK Survey 1 2026
Survey Period: Sun 18 January to Sat 28 February 2026.
Biggest Movers:
UP: Triple J +1.6
DOWN: Gold 101.7 -1.6
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Sydney Radio Ratings Survey 1, 2026. [click to expand.]
Cume: 1,392,000 (+29,000)
Breakfast: 10.1% (10.1%)
Possibly the biggest winners of the Christian O’Connell breakfast move is smoothfm, starting 2026 as Sydney’s #1 station with a share of 13.5%, the highest in the station’s history.
Smooth’s ‘More Music Breakfast Show with Bogart Torelli‘ is now Sydney’s #2 FM breakfast show by share, just behind ‘The Kyle and Jackie O Show’. Time will tell over the next couple surveys if it cements itself as a perennial top contender.
Head of Programming for Smooth, Peter Clay said: “With record-breaking results across the board, Bogart Torelli is now the most listened-to Breakfast show in Sydney, and sits at #2 with a 10.1% share during a competitive survey period. It’s a remarkable achievement that underscores our ‘more music, less talk’ promise and Bogart’s deep connection with Sydney audiences.”
2GB 12.2% (11.2%)
Cume: 664,000 (+26,000)
Breakfast: 16.6% (14.9%)
KIIS 1065 9% (9.5%)
Cume: 1,110,000 (-28,000)
Breakfast: 12.7% (12.7%)
Despite all the big news over the past few weeks about Kyle and Jackie O, this survey won’t fully reflect that. The survey period runs from January 18th to February 28th, and the big on air fight that precipitated the show ending took place on February 20th, with the ARN release about Jackie O quitting coming out on March 3.
The next two survey results will be the real marker of how KIIS will perform in a post-KJ world.
Nova 96.9 7.7% (7.8%)
Cume: 1,283,000 (+141,000)
Breakfast: 8.4% (7.9%)
Gold 101.7 7.5% (9.1%)
Cume: 783,000 (-18,000)
Breakfast: 6.1% (9.7%)
The big story of the Sydney survey is Melbourne breakfast host Christian O’Connell being networked into Sydney, and dropping 3.6 (!) share over the last survey of last year to now. It’s a moment that mirrors ARN’s previous networking attempt, putting Kyle and Jackie O into Melbourne. GOLD breakfast has historically not performed well in the first survey of the year, so some more time will be necessary in order to see the true impact of the move.
Additionally, moving breakfast team Jonesy & Amanda into Drive has failed to shift a single share point either way, sitting steady at 8.4%, the same that Steve Fitton was getting in the slot. Much better than a 3.6 share drop, though!
104.9 Triple M 5.1% (4.5%)
Cume: 729,000 (+71,000)
Breakfast: 5% (4%)
Triple M and 2DAY have both benefitted from the GOLD change, with the ‘Jonesy & Amanda fan’ diaspora spreading out across the other Sydney stations. The Triple M breakfast show with ‘Beau, Cat & Woodsy’ went up a full share point to 5.0%, while 2DAY went up 0.7% following the exit of Jimmy Smith.
Matthew O’Reilly, SCA’s Head of Broadcast Content said: “It’s also encouraging to see the hard work and investment from our Sydney teams starting to translate into results on 2DayFM and Triple M. Huge credit to Nath & Emma and Beau, Cat & Woodsy — we’re building strong foundations, and there’s plenty more to come.”
ABC Sydney 5.1% (5.5%)
Cume: 502,000 (+20,000)
Breakfast: 7.1% (7.7%)
104.1 2Day FM 4.4% (3.7%)
Cume: 742,000 (+54,000)
Breakfast: 3.6% (2.9%)
Triple J 4% (2.4%)
Cume: 556,000 (+63,000)
Breakfast: 3.4% (2.6%)
ABC Classic 3.5% (3.3%)
Cume: 286,000 (+13,000)
Breakfast: 2% (2.3%)
2UE 954 2.7% (4.1%)
Cume: 269,000 (-62,000)
Breakfast: 1.5% (3%)
ABC NewsRadio 2% (1.8%)
Cume: 358,000 (+48,000)
Breakfast: 3.4% (2.8%)
Sky Sports Radio 1.4% (1.7%)
Cume: 180,000 (-8,000)
Breakfast: 2% (2.9%)
SEN 1170 1.2% (1.3%)
Cume: 106,000 (-8,000)
Breakfast: 0.9% (1.1%)