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
26 hot 97 531k 30.8 54.0%
27 99 Cents Only Stores 521k 42.7 77.2%
28 KSL NewsRadio 505k 36.8 58.6%
29 94.9 The Bull 483k 43.1 74.0%
30 WBLS 482k 42.0 70.0%
31 KDKA (AM) 472k 43.8 60.7%
32 Minnesota Public Radio 468k 45.3 61.8%
33 WDAS-FM 445k 46.4 68.7%
34 WSB (AM) 431k 47.5 48.7%
35 98.5 The Sports Hub 425k 40.8 26.6%
36 Album-oriented rock 422k 46.2 46.6%
37 Radio Flyer 398k 42.3 74.9%
38 Deutsche Welle 389k 42.9 63.4%
39 Power 99FM Philly 381k 34.1 64.8%
40 KNBR 372k 42.8 25.3%
41 WFAN Sports Radio 363k 41.4 24.3%
42 Adventures in Odyssey 356k 40.6 81.3%
43 94.5 THE BUZZ 356k 34.3 51.1%
44 SiriusXM The Highway 353k 41.4 63.0%
45 China Radio International 347k 39.4 51.1%
46 YFM 342k 43.2 45.0%
47 Coast to Coast AM 339k 43.5 24.3%
48 Bluradio 326k 40.8 45.0%
49 Radio Rebel 323k
50 DW (Deutsch) 318k 44.7 52.6%

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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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