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Top 25 Media startups based in Australia

RevenueBase identified 120 media startups headquartered in Australia as of September 2026 and tracks 751 professional contacts across them, including 182 with verified work emails. Sydney is the largest hub.

This list covers media startups headquartered in Australia, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
120Companies
751Contacts tracked
182Verified emails
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The 25 largest media startups based in Australia

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 120 media startups based in Australia, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to media startups: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20067 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Mandoe specialises in the development and implementation of customised digital advertising and marketing solutions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Indirect evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20053 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Back in 2005, a world-first ‘Plastizine’ (DVD magazine, for the uninitiated) began cropping up all around Australia.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Strong evidenceMelbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5047 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Private Media is Australia’s leading independent digital media company with seven distinctive brands (Crikey, The Mandarin, SmartCompany, Startup Daily, Flying Solo, Business…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20047 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our portfolio covers retail, FMCG, small business, franchising and e-commerce.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Indirect evidenceBalmain East, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20025 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Clockwork Films is a globally recognised production company dedicated to telling stories that move people.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Indirect evidenceBarangaroo, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5024 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We're Australia's only continuous live-streaming network dedicated to business and markets and we pride ourselves on delivering an independent and balanced perspective.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Partial evidenceGold Coast, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1020 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Cinefly is a media-tech company specialising in user-generated video content (UGC).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Partial evidenceRedfern, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5017 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Junkee Media is home to influential youth media brands Junkee and Punkee.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Strong evidenceBarangaroo, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20015 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Pinstripe Media is Australia’s leading publishing and content marketing company specialising in startups, business and finance.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Indirect evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1015 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“I Want It Yesterday is a creative production studio producing podcasts, social-first content, live formats, and branded storytelling.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Indirect evidenceKelvin Grove, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Creative Agency”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Partial evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Switch Digital is a strategically led advertising and media agency established in 2008.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Partial evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-508 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Switzer is a media and financial services group with an audience of more than 5 million users across the business, finance and fashion verticals.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Indirect evidenceMelbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-107 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are Oneos.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Indirect evidenceMount Lawley, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-106 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Digital Loop is Australia’s premium digital publisher group - representing the best digital publishers across News, Lifestyle, Culture, Music and Technology.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Partial evidencePerth, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-105 contacts →

Partial evidence

“BC Studios is a creator-led media network and production company based in Perth and Melbourne.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Indirect evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Indirect evidenceChippendale, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Centennial World is an internet culture podcast network.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Partial evidenceMelbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-504 contacts →

Partial evidence

“SPR Media started in the sleepy suburb of Bundoora at La Trobe University in late 2011.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Partial evidenceArmidale, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“TuneFM is UNE’s student-powered media, broadcasting 24/7 from the Armidale campus.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Partial evidenceByron Bay, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-503 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Totem pioneers new content models to create global category leaders on social media.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22Indirect evidenceBald Hills, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The market you want doesn't know you exist yet, not because the work isn't good, but because execution without the right foundation doesn't land.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Partial evidenceAdelaide, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Eventalaide is a digital media outlet based in the vibrant city of Adelaide.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Partial evidenceFortitude Valley, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“ShareStory works with businesses, brands and individuals to create visually engaging digital media and bring their compelling stories to light.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Indirect evidenceMaleny, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At the HT we provide an holistic approach to managing our customer's advertising needs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Media startups based in Australia at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
24.2%Verified-email coverage
6.3Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
24.2%Largest-city concentration · Sydney
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
81
11-50
28
51-200
9
201-500
2

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Australia, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Australia, over 120 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among media startups, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Australia whose own description of what they do matches “media startups”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names media startups), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among media startups, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Australia are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 182 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Media startups by metro

  • Media startups in Sydney29

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names media startups, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many media startups are there based in Australia?

RevenueBase identified 120 media startups headquartered in Australia as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Mandoe Media, headquartered in Sydney, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most media startups?

Sydney leads with 29 headquartered companies, followed by Melbourne (19) and Brisbane (10).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 182 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 120 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.