Popularity ranking · United States

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 1.7k 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 25M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 715k, and the largest, NPR, reaches around 15M 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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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 15M 42.2 58.3%
2 WWWQ 5.9M 37.1 80.3%
3 Capital (radio network) 3.8M 42.0 48.2%
4 Jam! 2.9M 38.1 55.3%
5 Slacker (music service) 2.8M 32.2 48.1%
6 KSL (radio) 2.3M 37.9 57.5%
7 Radio station 1.9M 43.5 47.1%
8 Click (radio programme) 1.7M 44.6 35.8%
9 XM 1.5M 43.7 48.1%
10 The Rock (radio station) 1.4M 28.3 18.0%
11 Radio wave 995k 39.0 39.1%
12 Power 105.1 FM 935k 34.9 45.9%
13 Ici Musique 916k 46.4 63.2%
14 TheBlaze Radio Network 824k 43.7 59.6%
15 99 Restaurants 771k 42.3 66.0%
16 Fox Sports Radio 753k 39.2 44.7%
17 FM 748k 35.9 69.2%
18 BBC World Service 671k 41.0 47.5%
19 Smooth (radio network) 645k
20 BBC Radio 1 631k 36.1 57.4%
21 WFAN (AM) 631k 43.5 18.3%
22 Triple J 592k 36.5 43.6%
23 BBC Radio 2 589k 38.1 48.1%
24 Fun Kids 580k 36.4 74.2%
25 Nova (radio network) 568k 27.4 78.7%

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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 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 15M people in United States.

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