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Top 100 Radio Stations in United Kingdom

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest radio stations in United Kingdom, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 776 radio stations tracked in United Kingdom, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. BBC Radio, BBC Radio 2 and Talksport lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 9M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 460k, and the largest, BBC Radio, reaches around 3.7M people in United Kingdom. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with each radio station, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Cool FM 437k 40.0 65.6%
27 Kiss FM 390k 0.0 0.0%
28 Radio 1 386k 41.1 53.5%
29 The Archers 385k 52.9 78.4%
30 Jam! 362k 37.9 54.3%
31 Absolute 80s 324k 51.5 54.9%
32 Radio station 320k 43.0 44.7%
33 BBC Radio 3 306k 51.9 53.1%
34 U105 277k 39.8 75.1%
35 Rádió 1 277k 30.2 53.2%
36 Planet Rock 258k 44.3 30.9%
37 NTS Radio 255k 35.2 40.4%
38 Şaka (10+1) 247k 34.3 0.0%
39 Capital Xtra 246k 35.1 49.1%
40 MidWest Radio 216k 55.5 50.5%
41 Fun Kids 205k 42.1 73.2%
42 Highland Radio 184k 46.8 58.6%
43 Absolute Radio 90s 183k 47.9 52.1%
44 Radio Javan 179k 40.9 60.1%
45 Planet Rock (radio station) 165k 45.0 28.9%
46 FM 153k 39.7 75.1%
47 The Rock (radio station) 149k 21.9 4.2%
48 Forth 1 142k 40.8 71.5%
49 Kisstory 140k 38.2 53.7%
50 BBC Radio Wales 140k 48.7 57.4%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom?

BBC Radio currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.7M people in United Kingdom.

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