Popularity ranking · United Kingdom

The 100 most popular 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 813 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 479k, 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
51 Kisstory 138k 38.2 53.7%
52 Radio online 137k 31.4 47.3%
53 Triple J 134k 36.7 44.2%
54 Northsound 1 126k 40.7 69.0%
55 Radio wave 118k 41.4 42.5%
56 Downtown Radio 115k 40.1 68.2%
57 Radio Caroline 112k 57.2 19.7%
58 Click (radio programme) 111k 45.8 40.2%
59 Metro Radio 110k 39.8 77.2%
60 Kiss FM (Romania) 104k 36.6 54.5%
61 Cadena SER 102k 47.3 58.6%
62 Deutsche Welle 102k 41.8 54.5%
63 Test Match Special 100k 44.4 14.9%
64 Today FM 100k 41.5 60.1%
65 Hallam FM 99k 40.0 72.9%
66 Smooth (radio network) 93k
67 Nova (radio network) 90k 32.5 75.5%
68 Virgin Radio (France) 87k 47.7 70.3%
69 Manx Radio 86k 45.3 25.3%
70 Cakewalk Sonar 80k 42.7 21.7%
71 RMF FM 80k 34.8 58.1%
72 Ici Musique 80k 49.7 69.2%
73 Radio ZET 78k 39.8 53.7%
74 Live Lounge 77k 26.5 57.1%
75 YFM 77k 43.4 48.4%

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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 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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