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Top 100 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 1.7k 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 26M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 700k, and the largest, NPR, reaches around 16M 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 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 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 16M 42.2 58.3%
2 WWWQ 6M 37.1 80.3%
3 Capital (radio network) 4.2M 42.0 48.2%
4 Jam! 2.8M 38.1 55.3%
5 KSL (radio) 2.4M 37.9 57.5%
6 Radio station 1.9M 43.5 47.1%
7 Click (radio programme) 1.6M 44.6 35.8%
8 XM 1.5M 43.7 48.1%
9 The Rock (radio station) 1.3M 28.3 18.0%
10 Radio wave 994k 39.0 39.1%
11 Power 105.1 FM 933k 34.9 45.9%
12 Ici Musique 887k 46.4 63.2%
13 TheBlaze Radio Network 821k 43.7 59.6%
14 99 Restaurants 763k 42.3 66.0%
15 Fox Sports Radio 751k 39.2 44.7%
16 FM 730k 35.9 69.2%
17 BBC World Service 671k 41.0 47.5%
18 BBC Radio 1 630k 36.1 57.4%
19 Smooth (radio network) 625k
20 WFAN (AM) 623k 43.5 18.3%
21 BBC Radio 2 587k 38.1 48.1%
22 Fun Kids 580k 36.4 74.2%
23 Triple J 579k 36.5 43.6%
24 Nova (radio network) 564k 27.4 78.7%
25 99 Cents Only Stores 541k 42.7 77.2%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list 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 refreshed weekly 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 16M people in United States.

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