PRESENTERS from Australia

Top 4

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Australian Presenters of all time. This list of famous Australian Presenters is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

1. Steve Irwin (1962 - 2006)

With an HPI of 68.36, Steve Irwin is the most famous Australian Presenter.  His biography has been translated into 77 different languages on wikipedia.

Stephen Robert Irwin (22 February 1962 – 4 September 2006), also known as "the Crocodile Hunter", was an Australian zookeeper, conservationist, television personality, wildlife educator, and environmentalist. Irwin grew up around crocodiles and other types of reptiles and was educated regarding them by his father, Bob. He achieved international fame in the late 1990s from the television series The Crocodile Hunter, an internationally broadcast wildlife documentary series that he co-hosted with his wife, Terri. The couple also hosted the series Croc Files, The Crocodile Hunter Diaries, and New Breed Vets. They also co-owned and operated Australia Zoo, founded by Steve's parents in Beerwah, Queensland. They had two children, Bindi and Robert. On 4 September 2006, Irwin died from an injury caused by a stingray while filming an underwater documentary in the Great Barrier Reef. His death became international news and was met with expressions of shock and grief by fans, the media, governments, and non-profit organisations. Numerous parks, zoos, streets, the vessel MY Steve Irwin, the snail species Crikey steveirwini, and the asteroid 57567 Crikey have been named in his honour. The Irwin family continues to operate Australia Zoo.

2. Nick Vujicic (b. 1982)

With an HPI of 61.78, Nick Vujicic is the 2nd most famous Australian Presenter.  His biography has been translated into 49 different languages.

Nicholas James Vujicic ( VOO-itch-itch; born 4 December 1982) is an Australian-American Christian evangelist and motivational speaker of Serbian descent. Vujicic has tetra-amelia syndrome, a condition characterised by the absence of arms and legs.

3. Derek Muller (b. 1982)

With an HPI of 47.96, Derek Muller is the 3rd most famous Australian Presenter.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Derek Alexander Muller (born 9 November 1982) is an Australian-born science communicator and media personality, best known for his YouTube channel Veritasium, which has over 19,500,000 (as of Nov 17, 2025) subscribers and 3.8 billion views (as of Nov 17, 2025).

4. Bindi Irwin (b. 1998)

With an HPI of 36.00, Bindi Irwin is the 4th most famous Australian Presenter.  Her biography has been translated into 26 different languages.

Bindi Sue Irwin (born 24 July 1998) is an Australian television personality, conservationist, zookeeper, and actress. The only daughter of conservationists Steve and Terri Irwin, she is the chief executive officer of Australia Zoo in Beerwah, Queensland. Irwin hosted the children's wildlife documentary series Bindi the Jungle Girl (2007–2008), for which she became the youngest performer to win a Daytime Emmy Award, winning for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming. She also won the twenty-first season of the American competition program Dancing with the Stars with Derek Hough. Alongside her mother and younger brother, Robert, Irwin starred in the Animal Planet series Crikey! It's the Irwins (2018–2022).