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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 24M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 720k, 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 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 15M 43.0 58.3%
2 WWWQ 5.5M 37.7 80.3%
3 Capital (radio network) 3.8M 42.7 48.2%
4 Jam! 2.9M 38.8 55.3%
5 Slacker (music service) 2.8M 33.0 48.1%
6 KSL (radio) 2.2M 38.6 57.5%
7 Radio station 1.9M 44.2 47.1%
8 Click (radio programme) 1.7M 45.1 35.8%
9 XM 1.5M 44.3 48.1%
10 The Rock (radio station) 1.1M 28.9 18.0%
11 Radio wave 994k 39.6 39.1%
12 Power 105.1 FM 934k 35.5 45.9%
13 Ici Musique 916k 47.1 63.2%
14 WXYT-FM 910k 42.0 26.7%
15 WSFS 896k 42.1 51.8%
16 TheBlaze Radio Network 822k 44.4 59.6%
17 99 Restaurants 759k 43.0 66.0%
18 Fox Sports Radio 752k 40.0 44.7%
19 FM 748k 36.5 69.2%
20 BBC World Service 668k 41.7 47.5%
21 Smooth (radio network) 645k — —
22 BBC Radio 1 630k 36.8 57.4%
23 WFAN (AM) 615k 44.2 18.3%
24 Triple J 607k 37.2 43.6%
25 BBC Radio 2 588k 38.8 48.1%
26 Fun Kids 580k 37.2 74.2%
27 Nova (radio network) 579k 28.3 78.7%
28 hot 97 527k 31.5 54.0%
29 KSL NewsRadio 504k 37.5 58.6%
30 99 Cents Only Stores 495k 43.4 77.2%
31 94.9 The Bull 487k 43.8 74.0%
32 WBLS 481k 42.7 70.0%
33 KDKA (AM) 467k 44.5 60.7%
34 Minnesota Public Radio 466k 46.0 61.8%
35 WDAS-FM 445k 47.1 68.7%
36 WSB (AM) 428k 48.1 48.7%
37 Album-oriented rock 422k 47.0 46.6%
38 98.5 The Sports Hub 417k 41.5 26.6%
39 Radio Flyer 399k 43.0 74.9%
40 Deutsche Welle 389k 43.7 63.4%
41 Power 99FM Philly 382k 34.7 64.8%
42 KNBR 370k 43.5 25.3%
43 WFAN Sports Radio 367k 42.2 24.3%
44 China Radio International 362k 40.2 51.1%
45 Adventures in Odyssey 361k 41.3 81.3%
46 94.5 THE BUZZ 355k 35.0 51.1%
47 SiriusXM The Highway 353k 42.1 63.0%
48 YFM 343k 43.9 45.0%
49 Cakewalk Sonar 336k 34.9 31.7%
50 Coast to Coast AM 330k 44.1 24.3%
51 Bluradio 325k 41.5 45.0%
52 Radio Rebel 323k — —
53 DW (Deutsch) 318k 45.3 52.6%
54 WNYC 313k 45.5 48.7%
55 KBXX 97.9 The Box 306k 38.1 60.8%
56 Cadena SER 306k 36.9 58.5%
57 Caracol Radio 300k 40.9 37.9%
58 npr music 298k 36.9 55.5%
59 The African History Network 297k 39.1 54.6%
60 Radio Television Caraibes 290k 38.4 43.4%
61 Hot 107.9 275k 35.1 61.5%
62 LBC 273k 38.5 54.6%
63 Himawari! 261k — —
64 KMOX 252k 45.7 38.0%
65 Joy FM (Ghana) 246k 37.9 53.4%
66 The Last Word (radio show) 244k 27.4 99.3%
67 NPR Morning Edition 239k 38.1 61.3%
68 Air1 Radio 236k 38.1 71.8%
69 WTOP-FM 236k 46.2 57.1%
70 VOAR (AM) 236k 30.8 56.0%
71 Westwood One (current) 233k 44.1 48.9%
72 V103 Chicago 232k 44.1 65.8%
73 WYLL 229k 42.1 51.8%
74 WWL (AM) 227k 47.4 43.1%
75 KEXP-FM 222k 39.5 44.1%
76 WXKS-FM 218k 35.2 76.3%
77 WGBH (FM) 210k 43.5 65.3%
78 BBC Radio 6 Music 207k 34.1 51.4%
79 WBZ (AM) 203k 49.1 44.6%
80 WLW 203k 46.1 28.9%
81 Radio Disney 202k 37.0 65.2%
82 100.9 The Cat 200k 44.4 66.2%
83 Radio Farda 199k 40.8 37.1%
84 KROQ-FM 198k 41.8 49.0%
85 kate plus 8 197k 29.0 97.5%
86 American Family Radio 194k 40.4 61.2%
87 Chicago Cubs Radio Network 193k 36.1 46.2%
88 99.5 The Wolf 190k 39.0 65.7%
89 Capital FM 190k 33.8 69.0%
90 Caracol 186k 35.4 59.5%
91 BBC Radio 4 186k 38.6 56.4%
92 Radiolab 184k 43.3 51.2%
93 SiriusXM Hits 1 183k 45.2 53.0%
94 Froggy 99.9 182k 50.3 59.7%
95 Kut 182k 39.7 51.6%
96 La FM 181k 41.5 30.1%
97 Relevant Radio 179k 49.0 68.1%
98 BBC Somali Service 178k — —
99 92nd Street Y 177k 48.2 63.7%
100 NotiUno 630 176k 43.8 52.2%

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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 15M people in United States.

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