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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
76 BBC Hereford and Worcester 75k 44.2 64.7%
77 BBC Newcastle 75k 42.9 44.7%
78 Radio Farda 74k 42.8 28.0%
79 Hit Radio 74k 30.7 49.0%
80 Tay FM 72k 40.9 73.5%
81 Newstalk 71k 47.9 58.5%
82 News Beat 70k 34.9 56.0%
83 Absolute Classic Rock 69k 52.6 43.3%
84 Jazz FM (UK) 68k 49.2 38.8%
85 kerrang radio 67k 29.6 44.2%
86 RTÉ 2fm 67k 41.5 63.5%
87 Isle of Wight Radio 67k 45.3 62.2%
88 RTÉ Radio 1 67k 43.1 59.0%
89 BBC Radio Manchester 65k 45.2 55.3%
90 TFM (radio) 65k 39.2 27.1%
91 RAC 1 65k 47.0 57.1%
92 WSB (AM) 63k 49.4 54.3%
93 Classic FM (UK) 61k 51.7 57.8%
94 BBC Radio Solent 60k 49.9 52.1%
95 IRadio 59k 39.6 65.8%
96 Virgin Radio 56k 29.6 71.6%
97 XM 56k 41.5 36.5%
98 Radio Ga Ga 54k 49.6 62.2%
99 BBC WM 53k 44.8 44.5%
100 Album-oriented rock 53k 46.0 48.3%

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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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