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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
51 Era FM 46k 28.3 67.7%
52 Hits FM (Nepal) 45k 33.6 69.6%
53 ZM (New Zealand) 44k 34.6 57.3%
54 Radio Ga Ga 42k 47.1 61.3%
55 Coast to Coast AM 41k 42.9 28.0%
56 Nitrous Express 41k 28.7 25.2%
57 France Culture 40k 29.6 73.0%
58 npr music 38k 34.4 67.6%
59 Radio Nova (France) 37k 31.1 59.8%
60 The Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show 37k 44.3 30.0%
61 KLCC LRT Station 37k 36.0 46.0%
62 Kut 36k 36.0 74.5%
63 99 Cents Only Stores 36k 32.4 80.2%
64 Suria FM 36k 32.7 62.1%
65 RFM 35k 31.8 52.3%
66 KLCC (FM) 34k 32.7 57.6%
67 Skyrock (radio) 32k 35.1 42.6%
68 Newstalk 32k 42.0 72.1%
69 KSAN (FM) 31k 46.7 41.2%
70 Radiolab 30k 39.9 100.0%
71 Hiru FM 29k 38.9 49.5%
72 Radio frequency 28k 30.7 45.6%
73 WENA 28k 22.3 27.4%
74 Minnesota Public Radio 28k 45.4 66.2%
75 One FM 27k 35.5 59.1%

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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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