Commercial Radio Audience

The latest RAJAR figures for the third quarter of 2023 reveal commercial radio has reached another historic milestone, with an unprecedented audience of 39.3 million listeners, up 1.1 million on the same period last year. Time spent listening to commercial radio has also grown by an impressive 5.6% year-on-year to 549.2 million hours per week. The combined weekly audience for all BBC and commercial radio in the UK also remains […]

Commercial radio’s popularity continues to soar as the latest RAJAR figures for the second quarter of 2023 reveal its biggest ever audience of 39.2 million listeners, a record-breaking 8% increase on the same period last year. Commercial radio’s share of listening has also shot up to an all-time high, from 49% to 54.5%. These new figures show listening for all radio on smart speakers remains strong, accounting for 14.4%, up […]

Figures released by RAJAR today reveal that a record 38.7m people are now tuning in to commercial radio every week, 1.5m more than the same period last year. Commercial radio’s share of listening has also grown to a new record of 51.4%, up from 48.4% in Q1 2022. The official audience data for the first quarter of 2023 also reports that the share of commercial radio listening time taking place […]

The latest radio audience figures have revealed that commercial radio grew reach by an impressive 1.3 million listeners year-on-year, up from 36.8 million to 38.1 million. The official data from RAJAR for Q4 2022 found that the weekly audience for all of UK radio also remains extremely strong with 50 million people tuning in, which is 89% of the population. Commercial radio alone is reaching 38.1 million people. The volume […]

The UK commercial radio industry has had its most successful period ever according to the latest radio audience figures from RAJAR. Commercial radio’s audiences have increased both quarter on quarter and year on year. The data for Q3 2022, released today (October 27th 2022), shows commercial radio’s record reach is up by 1.4m year on year to a record 38.2 million weekly listeners. Commercial radio’s share of listening is also the […]