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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
26 hot 97 532k 30.8 54.0%
27 Coast to Coast AM 525k 43.5 24.3%
28 KSL NewsRadio 506k 36.8 58.6%
29 KDKA (AM) 486k 43.8 60.7%
30 94.9 The Bull 485k 43.1 74.0%
31 WBLS 483k 42.0 70.0%
32 Minnesota Public Radio 473k 45.3 61.8%
33 104人力銀行 447k 33.5 69.1%
34 WDAS-FM 443k 46.4 68.7%
35 WSB (AM) 430k 47.5 48.7%
36 98.5 The Sports Hub 428k 40.8 26.6%
37 Album-oriented rock 421k 46.2 46.6%
38 Radio Flyer 404k 42.3 74.9%
39 Deutsche Welle 382k 42.9 63.4%
40 Power 99FM Philly 380k 34.1 64.8%
41 KNBR 373k 42.8 25.3%
42 WFAN Sports Radio 363k 41.4 24.3%
43 94.5 THE BUZZ 357k 34.3 51.1%
44 SiriusXM The Highway 352k 41.4 63.0%
45 Adventures in Odyssey 348k 40.6 81.3%
46 YFM 343k 43.2 45.0%
47 WNYC 321k 44.8 48.7%
48 Bluradio 321k 40.8 45.0%
49 China Radio International 314k 39.4 51.1%
50 Radio Rebel 313k

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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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