[1] The Brisbane Times was launched as part of Fairfax Media on 7 March 2007[2] by then-Queensland Premier Peter Beattie.

[4] The publication started with 14 journalists in an attempt by Fairfax to break into the South East Queensland market, competing against the website of News Corporation's incumbent The Courier-Mail.

Viewers are limited to approximately 25 article views per month before being faced with a news paywall.

According to third-party web analytics providers Alexa and SimilarWeb, the Brisbane Times is the 191st and 250th most visited website in Australia respectively, as of August 2015.

[5][6] SimilarWeb rates the site as the 24th most visited news website in Australia, attracting more than 2 million visitors per month.