Commercial Radio Audience

Commercial radio retained a majority share of listening in the fourth quarter of 2025, rising to 55.2% according to the latest RAJAR figures. This is up from 53.9% in the same quarter of 2024 and compares to 42.8% for the BBC. Commercial radio now reaches 8.5m more listeners than the BBC. The figures show technology continues to change the way people listen. Online listening to all radio has reached a […]

Commercial radio’s share of listening has hit record levels according to the latest RAJAR figures for the third quarter of 2025. Its share reached a new high of 56%, up from 53.3% in the same period last year. This compares to 41.7% share for BBC radio. Total radio listening online and on connected devices is also at a record high of 29.7%, ahead of analogue (AM/FM) listening which now accounts for 26.2%. Smart […]

Commercial radio has achieved a record share of listeners according to the latest RAJAR figures for the second quarter of 2025. The share is now at 55.7%, growing from 55% in the same period last year and compares to 42.1% for the BBC. Reflecting evolving listener habits, the figures also reveal that radio listening online is at a record high of 29.3%, well ahead of analogue (AM/FM) listening at 26.6%. […]

Online and smart speaker radio listening have hit record levels according to the latest RAJAR figures released today for the first quarter of 2025, demonstrating changing listening habits as more people opt to tune in via connected devices like laptops, mobile phones and smart speakers. Total online listening to all radio has reached a record high of 28.5%. As part of that, smart speaker listening has also hit record levels, […]

Commercial radio continues to reach huge audiences across the UK with the latest RAJAR figures for the last quarter of 2024 confirming that 40 million people are tuning in each week, up from 39 million in the same period last year and 38 million in 2022. This latest annual increase for Q4 2024 follows the pattern across 2024 of the commercial radio audience growing year-on-year in each quarter. These new […]

Commercial radio’s weekly audience reaches an impressive 40.1 million listeners each week according to the latest listening figures from RAJAR for the third quarter of 2024. This marks significant growth, up from 39.2 million in the same period last year. The new figures also highlight the way audiences consume radio continues to change with online now accounting for a third of all listening for commercial radio, hitting 32.8% which is […]

Commercial radio’s audience in the UK has surpassed 40 million for the first time, reaching a record-breaking 40.5 million weekly listeners. This new milestone breaks the previous record of 39.7 million set in Q1 2024. The new RAJAR listening figures released today (1st August) for the second quarter of 2024 also show that the combined weekly audience for all radio in the UK is at a new high with 50.8 […]

More people are listening to radio in the UK than ever before, according to the latest audience figures published by RAJAR today. The new figures for the first quarter of 2024 reveal that the combined weekly audience for all radio in the UK is at an unprecedented high of 49.9 million, representing 88.6% of the adult population and breaking the previous record of 49.7 million set in Q1 2022. Commercial […]

Commercial radio has an additional 1 million weekly listeners according to new figures released by RAJAR for Q4 2023. The data shows that 39.1 million people listen every week, which is up from 38.1 million in the same quarter last year and sets a new Q4 record. These new figures reveal a sustained increase in commercial radio listening, as there are now 3.5 million more listeners tuning in to commercial […]