What Is Screen Currency 2026 on Screen Australia's Website?

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Screen Currency 2026 is a research publication on Screen Australia's website that examines the value of Australian screen and games. It is presented as five reports: Insights Overview, Audience Insights, Industry Insights, Economic Insights and Global Insights. Use it when you want evidence on audience engagement, industry dynamics or the economic contribution of Australian screen and games content, rather than practical funding or application guidance.

What the five reports cover

The site describes the set as a whole and gives a summary of the Insights Overview report. The other four reports are named but not individually described in the available page content, so treat their scope as indicated by their titles.

Report What the site says it covers
Insights Overview Summarises Screen Currency's key findings and explores interactions in screen and games ecosystems
Audience Insights Named only; audience-focused by title
Industry Insights Named only; industry-focused by title
Economic Insights Named only; economic-focused by title
Global Insights Named only; global-focused by title

Insights Overview in detail

According to the site, the Overview report:

  • Surfaces what local and global audiences value in their engagement with screen and games content, what they are watching and playing, and the drivers behind those choices.
  • Summarises the industry dynamics shaping engagement and how they affect local production, access and discoverability of local content.
  • Connects those dynamics to economic outcomes.

In short, it links audience behaviour to industry structure and then to economic results — a chain you can follow when you need to argue why discoverability or local production matters.

Who it is useful for

  • Producers and developers building a case for a project or strategy who need audience or economic context.
  • Policy and industry analysts looking for a consolidated view of engagement and economic outcomes in Australian screen and games.
  • Researchers and journalists who need a citable overview before drilling into a specific report.

It is not a funding guide. If you need money for a project, the same site's Funding Finder is the relevant tool: it filters by category (Documentary, First Nations, Games, Industry Development, International, Narrative) and by funding type, then by program.

How to use it

  1. Go to screenaustralia.gov.au and locate the Screen Currency 2026 section on the homepage.
  2. Start with the Insights Overview to get the key findings and the ecosystem framing.
  3. Move to the report matching your question — Audience, Industry, Economic or Global — using the titles as your guide.
  4. Pair the findings with the site's News section if you need current examples; recent posts there include Narrative Content funding for 75 projects (over $16.9 million) and documentary funding for 47 projects (over $5.7 million).

Expected result: a sourced summary of audience value, industry dynamics and economic outcomes that you can quote or build on. Common snag: the homepage summarises only the Overview report in detail, so check each individual report page for its specific methodology and figures before citing numbers.

Related resources on the same site

  • Funding Finder — filter by category and funding type to find a program.
  • Quick Links — First Nations Funding, Information for Recipients, Funding Deadlines and Funding Approvals.
  • News — funding announcements and industry updates.
  • Newsletter — subscribe for new reports and opportunities.

If your goal is to understand the market, start with Screen Currency 2026. If your goal is to fund a project, start with the Funding Finder.