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Top 100 Radio Stations in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest radio stations in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 707 radio stations tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Slacker (music service), M-1 (Lithuanian radio station) and Nova (radio network) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 6.1M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 171k, and the largest, Slacker (music service), reaches around 2.8M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each radio station, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan 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 Japan who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Fun Kids 151k 33.2 81.1%
27 The Rock (radio station) 125k 27.7 19.0%
28 BBC Radio 118k 35.8 58.3%
29 RPP 111k 24.1 71.1%
30 TFM (radio) 104k 30.9 25.4%
31 BBC Radio 6 Music 101k 29.5 67.2%
32 Radio France Internationale 98k 22.2 49.3%
33 RTHK 86k 34.0 64.7%
34 FIP (radio station) 85k 45.6 42.1%
35 Cakewalk Sonar 84k 31.8 77.3%
36 InterFM 83k 47.0 25.9%
37 MuSic Fm 70k 25.0 52.7%
38 BBC Radio 1 67k 35.0 44.3%
39 Hot FM (Malaysia) 67k 33.5 61.9%
40 BBC Radio 2 63k 26.5 53.2%
41 Radio online 62k 27.9 26.7%
42 BBC Radio 4 58k 41.1 59.9%
43 China Radio International 57k 38.2 59.6%
44 Smooth (radio network) 56k
45 KSL (radio) 53k 37.3 60.3%
46 Kiss FM 52k 0.0 0.0%
47 NTS Radio 52k 31.1 44.9%
48 Y.E.S. 93.3FM 49k 39.2 63.9%
49 Radio Farda 49k 39.4 40.2%
50 Radio Flyer 47k 33.8 68.2%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan 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 Japan?

Slacker (music service) currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.8M people in Japan.

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