Popularity ranking · Portugal

The 100 most popular Radio Stations in Portugal

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest radio stations in Portugal, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 703 radio stations tracked in Portugal, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Rádio Comercial, Radio Popular and Radio online lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4.8M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 84k, and the largest, Rádio Comercial, reaches around 1.8M people in Portugal. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Portugal who actively engage with each radio station, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Portugal 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 Portugal who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Rádio Comercial 1.8M 44.1 67.4%
2 Radio Popular 1.6M 41.7 55.2%
3 Radio online 1.4M 32.4 26.8%
4 RFM 1.2M 44.7 53.9%
5 TSF - Rádio Notícias 308k 46.3 48.3%
6 M80 Radio 212k 41.2 60.3%
7 Cidade FM 190k 30.3 64.7%
8 888casino 153k 40.8 42.9%
9 Slacker (music service) 120k 36.6 50.9%
10 FIP (radio station) 113k 46.7 54.8%
11 The Rock (radio station) 83k 29.4 21.8%
12 NPR 53k 42.3 51.0%
13 Caracol 48k 47.6 79.1%
14 XM 45k 46.7 52.3%
15 Cadena COPE 43k 49.4 49.5%
16 Radio France Internationale 43k 49.8 36.6%
17 Capital (radio network) 39k 42.4 52.2%
18 Nova (radio network) 39k 31.8 75.9%
19 BBC World Service 37k 45.1 53.0%
20 China Radio International 37k 49.3 52.8%
21 RFM (radio) 32k 45.8 71.5%
22 Radio Times 29k 50.7 60.5%
23 FM 28k 39.7 75.1%
24 Radio Nova (France) 28k 42.5 53.2%
25 Smooth (radio network) 28k

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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 Portugal 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 Portugal?

Rádio Comercial currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.8M people in Portugal.

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