BRAND OVERVIEW

Reach a premium audience of over half a million* parents each month at Essential Baby, Australia's leading parenting community.

Founded in 1999, Essential Baby is a trusted source for advice and information for mums at all stages of their journey.

Highly engaged, our community of mums support and inspire each other via our popular forums, on social networks and on our informative articles.

The Essential Baby Parent audience**

  • 85% household​ finance​ decision makers
  • 28% more likely than the average Australian to buy make up or fragrances once a month or more
  • 81% intend to travel domestically in next 12 months
  • 76% more likely than the nearest competitor to apply ​for​ or change mortgage (investment properties) in the next 12 months
  • 31% intend to purchase a new car in the next 2 years​
  • 55% more likely than the ​n​earest competitor to apply for or change heal​th insurance in the next 12 months

Key Stats

  • Essential Baby has over 750,000 fans on Facebook^
  • Essential Baby forums have over 260,000 members^^, with 3,000 parents online at any one time
  • Essential Baby readers twice as long per page and session than other parenting sites~

 

Source: *Nielsen Online ratings Jan 2016; ** emmaTM conducted by Ipsos MediaCT, people 14+ for the 12 months ending Dec 2015; ^ Facebook as at 09/03/16; ^^ Facebook internal report as at 9/02/16, ~Nielsen market intelligence Jan 2016.

Total digital readership

  • Unique Audience
    889,000
  • Page Views
    6,421,000
  • Time Per Person (hh:mm:ss)
    00:07:38
Source: Nielsen Digital Ratings Monthly | Jul 2016.

Desktop readership

  • Unique Audience
    454,000
  • Page Views
    1,382,000
  • Time Per Person (hh:mm:ss)
    00:02:55
Source: Nielsen Digital Ratings Monthly | Jul 2016.

Smartphone readership

  • Unique Audience
    286,000
  • Page Views
    4,285,000
  • Time Per Person (hh:mm:ss)
    00:17:21
Source: Nielsen Digital Ratings Monthly | Jul 2016.

Demographics

Gender
26% Male
74% Female
Social Grade
  • 32% Social Grade A
  • 24% Social Grade B
  • 18% Social Grade C1
  • 15% Social Grade C2
  • 10% Social Grade DE
Income
  • 11% Less than $40,000 per year
  • 19% $40,000-$79,999 per year
  • 18% $80,000-$119,999 per year
  • 24% $120,000 or more per year
Lifestage
16% S.I.N.K.S
15% D.I.N.K.S
41% Families
17% Empty nesters
Occupation
  • 32% Managers
  • 4% C-Suites
  • 17% Business Decision Makers
  • 4% Technical Trades
  • 5% Community & Personal Services
  • 11% Clerical & Administrative
  • 5% Sales
Source: emma conducted by Ipsos MediaCT | People 14+ for the 12 months ending Jul 2016 | Nielsen Online Ratings Jul 2016.

CONTACT

Melissa Brombal
Brands and Audiences Specialist, Life Media
+61(02) 9282 1981 Email Melissa Brombal