Herbert Kickl dominates the media landscape: ÖVP and SPÖ behind!

Herbert Kickl dominates the media landscape: ÖVP and SPÖ behind!

In January 2025, an analysis of the APA-Commitics of Politics Ranking, which took a close look at the media reporting of 13 Austrian daily newspapers, delivered interesting results. Herbert Kickl from the FPÖ has taken the leading position as a media present politician in Austria with an incredible 1549 media contributions. In the following places, Christian Stocker (ÖVP) rank 649 and Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) with 648 contributions. Other noteworthy politicians are Andreas Babler (SPÖ) with 502 and Hans Peter Doskozil (SPÖ) with 473 contributions, such as ots.at reported.

election campaign and media presence

In addition, the APA-COMM politician ranking found that Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) had the greatest media presence during the election campaign between August 1 and September 23, 2025. With 1430 articles, he was just ahead of Herbert Kickl, who was able to make 1351 contributions, and Andreas Babler with 1272 articles. In the phase of flood disaster, when all parties exposed their campaign activities, Nehammer and Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler (Greens) were even able to easily expand their media presence, while other top candidates recorded declines. These results throw a light on the dynamics of media reporting and its influence on the political perception, as the reports.

The ranking of the top 20 actors for the month of January 2025 can be viewed on the APA-Commay website and impressively shows the development of media presence in Austrian politics. The analysis takes into account the number of contributions with the name of politicians in the specified period.