SBS News in Easy English

About SBS News in Easy English

SBS News in Easy English is a daily five-minute news podcast in clear, simple English. Each episode covers the top stories from Australia and around the world in plain language, making the news easy to follow for English language learners, people with disability and anyone who prefers news explained simply. New episodes every weekday.

Publisher

SBS

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Apr 2022

Latest episode

9 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

1,135 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Oct 2026

   The Australian Tax Office's credit card ban pushed back | SBS News in Easy English 09 October 2026

   A five minute bulletin for English language learners

2. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Police response team launched after Bondi shooting | SBS News in Easy English 08 October 2026

   A five minute bulletin for English language learners

3. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Coalition defends cuts to international student visas | SBS News in Easy English 07 October 2026

   A five minute bulletin for English language learners

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

235,163,435

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.3 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

4.4 / 5

26 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 96 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

98

Social presence

97

YouTube

93

Engagement

93

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Books guests

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