Top 50 Radio Stations in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest radio stations in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1,585 radio stations tracked in Germany, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. WWWQ, WDR 4 and Radio Bollerwagen lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 13,971,083 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 1,201,691, and the largest, WWWQ, reaches around 8,269,951 people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each radio station, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Germany and are refreshed weekly.

Ranking

Rank	Name	Audience size	Country share	Subtype	Category
1	WWWQ	8,269,951	42.9%		Music & Radio
2	WDR 4	3,017,997	93.5%		Music & Radio
3	Radio Bollerwagen	2,683,135	85.8%		Music & Radio
4	Radio Bob	2,417,155	93.8%		Music & Radio
5	Antenne Bayern	2,143,572	88.8%		Music & Radio
6	Radio Bielefeld	2,047,656	98.8%		Music & Radio
7	NDR 2	1,983,252	97.1%		Music & Radio
8	SWR3	1,874,465	91.4%		Music & Radio
9	WDR 2	1,790,449	92.5%		Music & Radio
10	1LIVE	1,474,111	83.6%		Music & Radio
11	Radio Hochstift	1,442,150	99.0%		Music & Radio
12	Hr4	1,424,764	91.2%		Music & Radio
13	Bayern 1	1,394,106	94.1%		Music & Radio
14	Bayern 3	1,368,396	93.8%		Music & Radio
15	KLIX (AM)	1,364,775	61.4%		Music & Radio
16	Radio Essen	1,361,107	98.7%		Music & Radio
17	Radio Lippe	1,283,103	99.0%		Music & Radio
18	Radio Zwickau	1,227,504	98.7%		Music & Radio
19	Radio Gütersloh	1,066,245	98.8%		Music & Radio
20	Rock Antenne	954,250	79.2%		Music & Radio
21	Radioeins	953,525	96.0%		Music & Radio
22	WDR 5	936,011	93.9%		Music & Radio
23	Hit Radio Ohr	896,908	97.9%		Music & Radio
24	Antenne Münster	827,913	98.6%		Music & Radio
25	Hitradio Ohr	804,969	98.1%		Music & Radio
26	The Rock (radio station)	789,529	10.7%		Music & Radio
27	Radio Kiepenkerl	752,110	98.9%		Music & Radio
28	njoy	732,039	70.9%		Music & Radio
29	SWR1 Baden-Württemberg	731,822	99.8%		Music & Radio
30	Deutschlandfunk	728,652	83.0%		Music & Radio
31	Radio Westfalica	702,070	99.0%		Music & Radio
32	SWR4 Rhein-Neckar	679,348	92.6%		Music & Radio
33	Klassik Radio	654,656	84.0%		Music & Radio
34	MDR Sachsen	632,135	97.1%		Music & Radio
35	Radio Euskirchen	621,573	98.6%		Music & Radio
36	Radio Wuppertal	618,098	98.5%		Music & Radio
37	Deutsche Welle	601,012	15.1%		Music & Radio
38	Beats Radio	585,679	35.1%		Music & Radio
39	Radio Erft	575,212	98.3%		Music & Radio
40	HIT RADIO FFH	573,878	96.2%		Music & Radio
41	Antenne Thüringen	534,978	97.4%		Music & Radio
42	hr3	521,720	97.1%		Music & Radio
43	Radio 1 (Belgium)	521,415	10.3%		Music & Radio
44	MDR JUMP	520,624	98.4%		Music & Radio
45	Radio Brocken	511,261	97.6%		Music & Radio
46	Radio WAF	502,118	98.8%		Music & Radio
47	Antenne Brandenburg	500,705	96.2%		Music & Radio
48	BigFM	496,463	73.5%		Music & Radio
49	Radio Leverkusen	495,429	98.3%		Music & Radio
50	Hr1	494,587	68.9%		Music & Radio