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
76 KISS-FM 76k 39.0 45.5%
77 BBC Hereford and Worcester 76k 44.2 64.7%
78 BBC Newcastle 72k 42.9 44.7%
79 Tay FM 72k 40.9 73.5%
80 Radio Farda 72k 42.8 28.0%
81 Newstalk 71k 47.9 58.5%
82 Hit Radio 71k 30.7 49.0%
83 News Beat 70k 34.9 56.0%
84 Jazz FM (UK) 69k 49.2 38.8%
85 Absolute Classic Rock 69k 52.6 43.3%
86 RTÉ Radio 1 67k 43.1 59.0%
87 RTÉ 2fm 67k 41.5 63.5%
88 kerrang radio 67k 29.6 44.2%
89 TFM (radio) 66k 39.2 27.1%
90 Isle of Wight Radio 66k 45.3 62.2%
91 BBC Radio Manchester 65k 45.2 55.3%
92 RAC 1 65k 47.0 57.1%
93 WSB (AM) 64k 49.4 54.3%
94 BBC Radio Solent 61k 49.9 52.1%
95 IRadio 59k 39.6 65.8%
96 XM 56k 41.5 36.5%
97 Virgin Radio 55k 29.6 71.6%
98 Radio Ga Ga 54k 49.6 62.2%
99 Album-oriented rock 54k 46.0 48.3%
100 BBC WM 53k 44.8 44.5%

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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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