Popularity ranking · Canada

The 100 most popular Radio Stations in Canada

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest radio stations in Canada, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 656 radio stations tracked in Canada, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. NPR, CBC Radio and 7 Jours lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.9M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 109k, and the largest, NPR, reaches around 696k people in Canada. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with each radio station, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Canada and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Canada. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Canada, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Canada. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
51 97.7 HTZ-FM 67k 40.2 39.4%
52 NRJ 64k 29.9 48.8%
53 MAJIC 100 FM 62k 43.8 72.4%
54 Ici Radio-Canada Télé 58k 43.2 57.9%
55 LBC 57k 38.4 53.2%
56 RMC (France) 55k 35.1 29.7%
57 Album-oriented rock 52k 39.3 50.2%
58 BBC Radio 4 50k 41.3 59.9%
59 Radio Television Caraibes 50k 39.3 42.9%
60 RTHK 48k 34.1 55.7%
61 Star FM 48k 40.2 65.4%
62 W Radio (Colombia) 48k 44.8 37.0%
63 Smooth (radio network) 45k
64 Europe 1 44k 33.0 45.0%
65 Cool FM 43k 37.4 59.9%
66 KSL (radio) 43k 32.3 38.7%
67 Cakewalk Sonar 38k 40.0 27.7%
68 CBC Radio: The Current 38k 48.6 65.5%
69 BBC Radio 6 Music 38k 33.6 53.9%
70 Canada AM 38k 47.8 73.2%
71 Boom FM 38k 48.5 63.7%
72 Mouv' 37k 27.7 43.7%
73 Radio Flyer 37k 46.0 64.1%
74 France Inter 37k 30.2 57.1%
75 Mosaïque FM 36k 36.9 44.4%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular radio stations compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Canada and ranks each radio station by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest radio station in Canada?

NPR currently leads with an estimated audience of 696k people in Canada.

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