TikTok Australia Revenue Rises 30% to $883.7 Million in 2025

TikTok's Australian subsidiary generated $883.7 million in revenue in 2025, up 30% from the prior year, according to financial statements filed with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. This included $604.7 million from external advertising, a 27% increase, and $278.9 million from intra-group services to ByteDance subsidiaries.

The company reported a net profit after tax of $41.8 million, compared to $31.2 million in 2024. The filings showed TikTok Australia purchased $458.5 million in online advertising space from an offshore subsidiary based in the Cayman Islands, up from $341.7 million the previous year.

It also participated in a $169 million cash pooling arrangement with group entities. At year-end, the subsidiary owed $271.5 million to ByteDance and related companies, nearly double the $143.7 million from the prior year.

The results come as the Australian government enforces a ban on social media use for those under 16. The government has also proposed a News Bargaining Incentive that could require platforms like TikTok, Google, and Meta to compensate media companies for news content distributed on their services.

Companies that do not negotiate payments would face a government charge based on their revenue. Albanese stated the laws could lead to deals worth around $250 million between tech companies and media outlets. He added that Australian journalism should not be used by multinational corporations to generate profits without compensation.

TikTok has stated that news publishers' content in Australia accounts for less than 0.5% of total engagement on the platform and argued it is not primarily a news destination.