The Easter and April school holidays saw 16.9 million Australians aged 14+ use a travel website or app during April, according to Ipsos iris, Australia’s new digital audience measurement currency endorsed by the IAB Australia. Women were more likely to use travel sites and apps than men, while people aged between 25 and 39 are the largest cohort engaging with online travel content. The over 55s, however, spent the most time using travel sites and apps at 33% more time per month than under 55s.
The chart below shows the Travel brands’ ranking during April 2023 by online audience size. The Travel category is a ranked list of brand groups and represents their total audience for travel content. Travel includes transport, airlines, hotel and booking sites and apps as well as travel news.
Australians aged 14+ spent 3.7 hours per day online in April, up 2.5%, to more than 110 hours for the month. The Social networking category had the largest increase in time spent per person, rising by two hours or 4.6% to 55 hours during April, with 20.9 million people using social sites and apps.
The other most consumed online categories were search, with 20.8 million using search sites and apps with eight hours spent per person, a decline of 7.8%. Technology was 20.7 million people and three hours during April spent online (down 1.5%), entertainment was 20.6 million and more than 13 hours spent online (up 5.1%), retail and commerce at 20.5 million and five hours (up 3.7%), news at 20.2 million people at six hours (up 1.2%) and finance at 20 million and two hours per month (down 1.8%).
The 25 to 39 year old age group was the largest cohort online, while people aged 40 to 54 spent the most time online in April.
In the News category, 20.2 million people used a news website or app in last month, with time spent engaging with online news content increasing by 1.2%, to almost six hours per month. This was fuelled by major news events such as the arrest of former US President Donald Trump, the death of comedian Barry Humphries AO CBE, the wedding of radio personality Kyle Sandilands, the lead up to the Coronation and the Federal Budget, and sports events such as the Autumn racing carnival and the AFL and NRL seasons.
The News category includes audience and time spent online on both general news and broader news content including weather, sport, lifestyle, entertainment, and business news.
The chart below shows the News brands’ ranking during April 2023 by online audience size.
Ipsos iris, which officially launched in March, provides accurate data about the 21 million Australians aged 14+ who access a wide variety of digital content and services across smartphone, PC/laptop and tablet devices. Overall, Australians aged 14+ spent 3.5 hours per day, or more than 107 hours, online on a PC/laptop, smartphone, or tablet device in March, and this is on par with time spent per day the month prior.
The most consumed online categories by total audience size in March included social networking (21 million), technology (20.8 million), search (20.8 million), retail & commerce (almost 20.7 million), entertainment (20.6 million), finance (20.4 million) and news (20.3 million). The Ipsos iris data also found that people aged between 25-39 were the largest cohort online, while people aged between 55-64 spent the most time online in March.
Further information can be found at: https://iris-au.ipsos.com/