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The 100 most popular Radio Stations in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest radio stations in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.8k radio stations tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. NPR, WWWQ and Capital (radio network) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 28M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 763k, and the largest, NPR, reaches around 18M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each radio station, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States and are updated quarterly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated quarterly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 NPR 18M 43.0 58.3%
2 WWWQ 5.7M 37.7 80.3%
3 Capital (radio network) 3.8M 42.7 48.2%
4 Slacker (music service) 2.9M 33.0 48.1%
5 Jam! 2.9M 38.8 55.3%
6 KSL (radio) 2.3M 38.6 57.5%
7 Radio station 1.9M 44.2 47.1%
8 Click (radio programme) 1.7M 45.1 35.8%
9 The Rock (radio station) 1.2M 28.9 18.0%
10 TheBlaze Radio Network 1.1M 44.4 59.6%
11 Radio wave 997k 39.6 39.1%
12 WSFS 941k 42.1 51.8%
13 Power 105.1 FM 935k 35.5 45.9%
14 WXYT-FM 926k 42.0 26.7%
15 XM 885k 44.3 48.1%
16 99 Restaurants 796k 43.0 66.0%
17 FM 741k 36.5 69.2%
18 Smooth (radio network) 675k — —
19 BBC World Service 654k 41.7 47.5%
20 hot 97 645k 31.5 54.0%
21 BBC Radio 1 631k 36.8 57.4%
22 WFAN (AM) 624k 44.2 18.3%
23 Nova (radio network) 607k 28.3 78.7%
24 Triple J 596k 37.2 43.6%
25 Fox Sports Radio 594k 40.0 44.7%
26 Fun Kids 580k 37.2 74.2%
27 Ici Musique 540k 47.1 63.2%
28 99 Cents Only Stores 520k 43.4 77.2%
29 Talksport 516k 40.1 15.5%
30 BBC Radio 2 491k 38.8 48.1%
31 KDKA (AM) 484k 44.5 60.7%
32 WBLS 482k 42.7 70.0%
33 Minnesota Public Radio 475k 46.0 61.8%
34 94.9 The Bull 455k 43.8 74.0%
35 United Christian Broadcasters 453k 26.7 35.2%
36 KSL NewsRadio 452k 37.5 58.6%
37 Album-oriented rock 425k 47.0 46.6%
38 Deutsche Welle 425k 43.7 63.4%
39 KNBR 424k 43.5 25.3%
40 98.5 The Sports Hub 420k 41.5 26.6%
41 WDAS-FM 405k 47.1 68.7%
42 DW (Deutsch) 390k 45.3 52.6%
43 Power 99FM Philly 382k 34.7 64.8%
44 Adventures in Odyssey 377k 41.3 81.3%
45 China Radio International 376k 40.2 51.1%
46 Coast to Coast AM 374k 44.1 24.3%
47 WFAN Sports Radio 373k 42.2 24.3%
48 SiriusXM The Highway 354k 42.1 63.0%
49 npr music 354k 36.9 55.5%
50 94.5 THE BUZZ 351k 35.0 51.1%
51 Hot 107.9 346k 35.1 61.5%
52 Cakewalk Sonar 345k 34.9 31.7%
53 WSB (AM) 333k 48.1 48.7%
54 Radio Flyer 332k 43.0 74.9%
55 WNYC 331k 45.5 48.7%
56 KEXP-FM 323k 39.5 44.1%
57 Radio Farda 322k 40.8 37.1%
58 CBN 322k 29.5 28.3%
59 Radio Rebel 317k — —
60 KBXX 97.9 The Box 306k 38.1 60.8%
61 Bluradio 306k 41.5 45.0%
62 Caracol Radio 304k 40.9 37.9%
63 The African History Network 298k 39.1 54.6%
64 Chicago Cubs Radio Network 296k 36.1 46.2%
65 YFM 270k 43.9 45.0%
66 V103 Chicago 259k 44.1 65.8%
67 Himawari! 257k — —
68 Radio Television Caraibes 256k 38.4 43.4%
69 kate plus 8 254k 29.0 97.5%
70 KMOX 254k 45.7 38.0%
71 LBC 253k 38.5 54.6%
72 Joy FM (Ghana) 249k 37.9 53.4%
73 The Last Word (radio show) 242k 27.4 99.3%
74 WXKS-FM 241k 35.2 76.3%
75 NPR Morning Edition 241k 38.1 61.3%
76 WYLL 241k 42.1 51.8%
77 Air1 Radio 241k 38.1 71.8%
78 RPP Noticias 237k 43.4 39.4%
79 WTOP-FM 237k 46.2 57.1%
80 Westwood One (current) 234k 44.1 48.9%
81 VOAR (AM) 231k 30.8 56.0%
82 WWL (AM) 230k 47.4 43.1%
83 Emisoras Unidas 228k 34.2 28.0%
84 BBC Somali Service 218k — —
85 WGBH (FM) 213k 43.5 65.3%
86 SiriusXM Octane 212k 37.4 33.1%
87 WBZ (AM) 211k 49.1 44.6%
88 WLW 209k 46.1 28.9%
89 BBC Radio 6 Music 207k 34.1 51.4%
90 100.9 The Cat 200k 44.4 66.2%
91 KROQ-FM 198k 41.8 49.0%
92 NotiUno 630 197k 43.8 52.2%
93 Capital FM 197k 33.8 69.0%
94 SiriusXM Hits 1 197k 45.2 53.0%
95 American Family Radio 196k 40.4 61.2%
96 Cadena SER 195k 36.9 58.5%
97 99.5 The Wolf 192k 39.0 65.7%
98 Relevant Radio 191k 49.0 68.1%
99 92nd Street Y 190k 48.2 63.7%
100 NTS Radio 187k 34.5 37.0%

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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 States 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 updated quarterly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest radio station in United States?

NPR currently leads with an estimated audience of 18M people in United States.

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