Popularity ranking · Germany

The 100 most popular Radio Stations in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest radio stations in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.6k radio stations tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. WWWQ, WDR 4 and Radio Bollerwagen lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 14M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 775k, and the largest, WWWQ, reaches around 8.4M 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.

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Rank

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

Audience size

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

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Germany. 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 Germany, 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 Germany. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Antenne Münster 818k 40.7 53.4%
27 The Rock (radio station) 749k 29.6 21.4%
28 njoy 729k 36.5 59.1%
29 Klassik Radio 717k 40.9 52.8%
30 Radio Westfalica 716k 42.7 52.7%
31 Deutschlandfunk 708k 41.7 49.7%
32 SWR4 Rhein-Neckar 700k 42.8 51.4%
33 Radio Kiepenkerl 665k 41.0 53.4%
34 Radio Euskirchen 632k 40.0 53.4%
35 HIT RADIO FFH 632k 42.0 52.7%
36 MDR Sachsen 587k 41.9 52.3%
37 Beats Radio 585k 40.9 52.6%
38 Radio Fritz 579k 32.0 38.9%
39 Antenne Brandenburg 577k 40.8 52.3%
40 Deutsche Welle 576k 42.0 35.6%
41 Antenne Thüringen 566k 41.4 54.4%
42 Radio Brocken 561k 40.6 55.6%
43 Radio Erft 557k 41.2 53.2%
44 Radio Wuppertal 545k 40.3 54.0%
45 Radio 1 (Belgium) 544k 47.9 16.1%
46 hr3 519k 41.7 59.6%
47 MDR JUMP 513k 36.4 60.9%
48 Radio WAF 507k 41.8 53.2%
49 BigFM 506k 30.6 49.0%
50 Antenne Niedersachsen 504k 40.7 52.6%

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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 Germany 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 Germany?

WWWQ currently leads with an estimated audience of 8.4M people in Germany.

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