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Most popular UK radio stations, by total hours

This is a full list of every radio station that Media UK holds RAJAR audience data for, ordered by how long people listen to each station - compared with the last two quarter results. Click on the audience figures to see full historical data and more information about how people listen to these radio stations.

Caution - it isn't always valid to directly compare surveys. Check a station's full listening figures to discover more.

1. BBC Radio 2

183,382,000 total hours
UP 0.2%

UK

2. BBC Radio 4

132,049,000 total hours
UP 1.7%

UK

3. BBC Radio 1

69,750,000 total hours
DOWN -9.1%

UK

4. BBC Radio 5 live

41,608,000 total hours
DOWN -7.3%

UK

5. Classic FM

39,580,000 total hours
UP 5.7%

UK

6. Smooth Radio

25,505,000 total hours
UP 1.6%

UK

7. KISS

21,169,000 total hours
DOWN -6.6%

UK

8. talkSPORT

19,249,000 total hours
UP 5.1%

UK

9. BBC Radio 6 Music

15,985,000 total hours
UP 8.5%

UK

10. BBC Radio 3

13,883,000 total hours
UP 4.4%

UK

11. Absolute Radio

11,941,000 total hours
DOWN -5.0%

UK

12. Magic 105.4

11,904,000 total hours
DOWN -5.3%

Greater London

13. Gold

10,002,000 total hours
DOWN -0.4%

UK

14. BBC Radio 4 Extra

9,808,000 total hours
UP 1.8%

UK

15. LBC 97.3

9,787,000 total hours
UP 6.8%

Greater London

16. 95.8 Capital FM

9,043,000 total hours
DOWN -12.9%

Greater London

17. Heart

9,034,000 total hours
DOWN -0.7%

Greater London

18. 105 Capital FM

8,003,000 total hours
UP 6.7%

Yorkshire

19. BBC Radio Scotland

7,248,000 total hours
UP 0.6%

Scotland

20. Kerrang! Radio

5,968,000 total hours
UP 3.5%

UK

21. Absolute 80s

5,942,000 total hours
UP 30.0%

UK

22. Planet Rock

5,881,000 total hours
DOWN -6.1%

UK

23. BBC World Service

5,866,000 total hours
DOWN -25.5%

Global

24. BBC Radio Ulster

5,645,000 total hours
UP 0.5%

Northern Ireland

25. Clyde 1

5,449,000 total hours
UP 5.6%

Glasgow and West Central Scotland

26. Heart

5,344,000 total hours
UP 5.9%

West Country

27. Heart

5,312,000 total hours
UP 16.6%

West Midlands

28. BBC Radio 1Xtra

5,279,000 total hours
DOWN -0.8%

UK

29. BBC Radio Merseyside

5,191,000 total hours
UP 22.8%

Merseyside

30. Smooth 70s

5,006,000 total hours
UP 0.5%

UK

31. Real Radio

4,315,000 total hours
DOWN -7.8%

Wales

32. BBC Radio Wales

4,258,000 total hours
UP 8.4%

Wales

33. 100-101 Real Radio

4,082,000 total hours
DOWN -15.1%

Central Scotland

34. Forth One

4,054,000 total hours
UP 39.3%

Edinburgh, The Lothians and Fife

35. Wave 105

4,014,000 total hours
UP 3.2%

Solent

36. Heart

4,013,000 total hours
DOWN -5.9%

Milton Keynes, Northampton, Herts, Beds and Bucks, Bedford

37. The Hits Radio

4,004,000 total hours
UP 15.8%

UK

38. Lincs FM 102.2

3,715,000 total hours
UP 10.5%

Lincolnshire & Newark

39. Key 103

3,625,000 total hours
DOWN -2.1%

Greater Manchester

40. Heart

3,580,000 total hours
DOWN -9.9%

Essex and East Herts

41. 96-106 Capital FM

3,522,000 total hours
DOWN -10.6%

East Midlands

42. Cool FM

3,394,000 total hours
DOWN -2.4%

Belfast

43. Heart

3,372,000 total hours
UP 5.1%

Exeter, Torbay, Plymouth, Barnstaple, Ifracombe, Bideford, South Hams

44. Hallam FM

3,317,000 total hours
DOWN -3.0%

South Yorkshire and the North Midlands

45. Jazz FM

3,293,000 total hours
UP 9.9%

UK

46. Radio City 96.7

3,212,000 total hours
DOWN -5.0%

Liverpool

47. BBC Asian Network

3,192,000 total hours
UP 3.7%

UK

48. Gem 106

3,153,000 total hours
UP 13.8%

East Midlands

49. 105-106 Capital FM

3,074,000 total hours
UP 8.9%

Central Scotland

50. Heart

3,055,000 total hours
DOWN -17.1%

Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings, Reigate and Crawley

51. 105-106 Capital FM

2,999,000 total hours
DOWN -9.6%

North East England

52. 102.2 Capital FM

2,962,000 total hours
UP 36.4%

Birmingham

53. 102 Capital FM

2,940,000 total hours
UP 11.2%

Greater Manchester

54. BBC Essex

2,921,000 total hours
UP 0.8%

Essex

55. Metro Radio

2,878,000 total hours
DOWN -0.7%

Tyneside, Wearside, Northumberland and County Durham

56. Xfm

2,843,000 total hours
UP 8.3%

Greater London

57. BBC Radio Kent

2,836,000 total hours
DOWN -2.2%

Kent

58. BBC Radio Solent

2,811,000 total hours
DOWN -0.2%

South & mid-Hampshire, Dorset and Isle of Wight

59. 105.4 Real Radio

2,784,000 total hours
DOWN -15.9%

North West England

60. 106-108 Real Radio

2,772,000 total hours
DOWN -33.4%

South and West Yorkshire

61. Heart

2,770,000 total hours
DOWN -0.4%

Maidstone, Medway and East Kent

62. Smashhits Radio

2,713,000 total hours
DOWN -18.6%

UK

63. BBC London

2,691,000 total hours
UP 27.5%

Greater London

64. BBC Radio Devon

2,672,000 total hours
UP 26.9%

Devon

65. Sunrise Radio (London)

2,664,000 total hours
UP 82.2%

Greater London

66. Absolute Radio 90s

2,637,000 total hours
UP 29.3%

UK

67. Free Radio

2,628,000 total hours
DOWN -15.8%

Birmingham and Black Country

68. Heart

2,591,000 total hours
DOWN -6.0%

Berkshire, North Hampshire, Oxfordshire

69. Signal 1

2,527,000 total hours
DOWN -5.5%

Staffordshire and Cheshire

70. Heat Radio

2,486,000 total hours
DOWN -5.8%

UK

71. BBC Radio Norfolk

2,470,000 total hours
UP 9.1%

Norfolk

72. BBC Sussex

2,332,000 total hours
UP 13.1%

Sussex

73. Choice

2,331,000 total hours
DOWN -20.4%

North London and South London

74. BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

2,273,000 total hours
DOWN -10.3%

UK

75. Smooth Radio

2,246,000 total hours
-

Glasgow

75= BBC WM

2,246,000 total hours
UP 10.4%

Birmingham and Black Country

77. BBC Newcastle

2,168,000 total hours
DOWN -21.8%

Tyne and Wear, Northumberland & Northern Co. Durham

78. BBC Radio Nottingham

2,107,000 total hours
UP 8.1%

Nottingham and surrounding areas

79. BBC Radio Sheffield

2,090,000 total hours
UP 14.5%

South Yorkshire & North Midlands

80. U105

2,049,000 total hours
DOWN -4.9%

Greater Belfast and surrounding area

81. Downtown Radio

2,037,000 total hours
DOWN -7.2%

Northern Ireland

82. BBC Radio Cornwall

2,035,000 total hours
UP 9.2%

Cornwall

83. Heart

2,029,000 total hours
DOWN -16.2%

Norfolk, Suffolk

84. Heart

1,967,000 total hours
UP 2.2%

Peterborough and Cambridge

85. BBC Radio Lancashire

1,919,000 total hours
UP 9.1%

Lancashire

86. BBC Radio Humberside

1,875,000 total hours
DOWN -0.9%

Hull, Bridlington, Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Goole.

87. 107.6 Juice FM

1,706,000 total hours
UP 3.5%

Liverpool

88. BBC Radio Stoke

1,695,000 total hours
UP 22.4%

North & Mid Staffordshire, north east Shropshire & south Cheshire

89. Absolute Classic Rock

1,610,000 total hours
UP 14.2%

UK

90. 103.2 Capital FM

1,588,000 total hours
UP 29.3%

South Hampshire

91. 100-102 Real Radio

1,582,000 total hours
UP 8.5%

North East England

92. BBC Lincolnshire

1,575,000 total hours
UP 0.4%

Lincolnshire

93. Heart

1,539,000 total hours
DOWN -22.0%

Cheshire and North East Wales, Anglesey & Gwynedd, Wirral, North Wales Coast

94. BBC Radio Leicester

1,438,000 total hours
UP 7.6%

Leicestershire and Rutland

95. Magic 1152

1,426,000 total hours
UP 19.8%

Tyne and Wear

96. BBC Radio Leeds

1,416,000 total hours
UP 12.5%

West Yorkshire

97. 96.9 Viking FM

1,408,000 total hours
UP 0.2%

East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire

98. BBC Radio Suffolk

1,399,000 total hours
UP 0.6%

Suffolk

99. Real Radio XS

1,397,000 total hours
UP 5.2%

Manchester

100. Northsound 1

1,379,000 total hours
UP 6.3%

Aberdeen and Surrounding Areas

101. Pirate FM

1,371,000 total hours
DOWN -3.3%

Cornwall, Plymouth and West Devon

102. 97.4 Rock FM

1,325,000 total hours
DOWN -17.2%

Lancashire

103. Heart

1,301,000 total hours
UP 4.6%

South Hampshire and West Sussex, Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch

104. LBC News 1152

1,300,000 total hours
DOWN -19.7%

Greater London

105. Clyde 2

1,294,000 total hours
DOWN -21.2%

Glasgow and West Central Scotland

106. BBC Radio Gloucestershire

1,288,000 total hours
UP 2.4%

Gloucestershire

107. Absolute Radio 70s

1,265,000 total hours
UP 78.7%

UK

108. Magic AM

1,258,000 total hours
UP 9.9%

South Yorkshire and the North Midlands

108= BBC Radio Bristol

1,258,000 total hours
DOWN -2.8%

Bristol, Bath and surrounding areas

110. BBC Radio Northampton

1,248,000 total hours
UP 4.4%

Northampton and surrounding areas

111. kmfm

1,212,000 total hours
DOWN -2.5%

Kent

112. BBC Tees

1,205,000 total hours
UP 40.9%

Teesside, County Durham and North Yorkshire

113. Tay FM

1,184,000 total hours
UP 8.5%

Dundee and Perth

114. MFR

1,179,000 total hours
DOWN -3.6%

Highlands, Moray and Aberdeenshire

115. BBC Radio Cumbria

1,172,000 total hours
UP 39.9%

Cumbria

116. BBC Radio Shropshire

1,154,000 total hours
DOWN -0.2%

Shropshire

117. 96.4 The Wave

1,105,000 total hours
UP 4.7%

Swansea and Surrounding Areas

118. BBC Radio Cymru

1,091,000 total hours
DOWN -19.7%

Cymru | Wales

119. 106 JACK fm

1,086,000 total hours
DOWN -24.1%

Solent

120. Heart

1,074,000 total hours
DOWN -6.1%

Gloucester and Cheltenham

121. BBC Radio Oxford

1,068,000 total hours
UP 8.5%

Oxfordshire

121= BBC Radio Manchester

1,068,000 total hours
DOWN -15.6%

Greater Manchester

123. BBC Three Counties Radio

1,064,000 total hours
UP 8.9%

Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire

124. 97.4/103.2 Capital FM

1,060,000 total hours
DOWN -17.1%

Cardiff and Newport

125. The New TFM

1,051,000 total hours
DOWN -0.4%

Teesside, County Durham, North Yorkshire

126. Magic 828

1,046,000 total hours
UP 11.8%

Leeds

126= Chill

1,046,000 total hours
UP 37.1%

UK

128. Xfm

1,020,000 total hours
DOWN -7.6%

Greater Manchester

129. 96.4 Eagle Radio

1,002,000 total hours
-

Surrey and North East Hampshire

130. Tay AM

994,000 total hours
UP 5.6%

Dundee and Perth

131. BBC Hereford and Worcester

980,000 total hours
UP 12.1%

Hereford and Worcester

132. BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

962,000 total hours
DOWN -7.1%

Cambridgeshire

133. BBC Radio Derby

916,000 total hours
DOWN -22.0%

Derbyshire and East Staffordshire

134. BBC Radio Berkshire

906,000 total hours
UP 4.3%

Berkshire & North Hampshire

135. Magic 1548

897,000 total hours
UP 28.1%

Liverpool

136. Absolute Radio 00s

858,000 total hours
UP 6.5%

UK

137. CFM

791,000 total hours
DOWN -4.0%

Cumbria & South West Scotland

138. Touch FM

790,000 total hours
UP 52.2%

Shakespeare's County & The Vale

139. BBC Coventry and Warwickshire

759,000 total hours
-

Coventry and Warwickshire

140. Kingdom FM

758,000 total hours
DOWN -0.7%

Fife

141. Free Radio

749,000 total hours
UP 10.0%

Wolverhampton and Shropshire

142. The Bay

745,000 total hours
DOWN -11.5%

North Lancashire & South Cumbria

143. The Pulse of West Yorkshire

743,000 total hours
DOWN -10.7%

Bradford, Kirklees and Calderdale

143= Absolute Radio 60s

743,000 total hours
UP 4.4%

UK

145. Magic 1170

742,000 total hours
DOWN -0.5%

Teesside

146. 96.3 Radio Aire

733,000 total hours
DOWN -2.7%

Leeds

147. BBC Somerset

725,000 total hours
UP 16.0%

Somerset

148. 106.5 JACK fm

724,000 total hours
UP 7.6%

Bristol

149. Magic 1152

720,000 total hours
DOWN -17.1%

Manchester

150. Peak FM

708,000 total hours
DOWN -6.0%

Chesterfield

151. Signal 2

707,000 total hours
DOWN -9.1%

Staffordshire and Cheshire

152. Trax FM

705,000 total hours
DOWN -9.8%

Doncaster and Bassetlaw

153. Free Radio 80s

704,000 total hours
DOWN -31.7%

West Midlands

154. Free Radio

699,000 total hours
UP 385.4%

Coventry and Warwickshire

155. Nation Radio

679,000 total hours
DOWN -11.7%

South Wales

156. Magic 1161

675,000 total hours
UP 3.4%

East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire

157. Forth 2

651,000 total hours
DOWN -17.0%

Edinburgh, The Lothians and Fife

158. Free Radio

643,000 total hours
DOWN -6.1%

Herefordshire and Worcestershire

159. Radio Wave 96.5

640,000 total hours
DOWN -2.7%

Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde

160. BBC Radio York

638,000 total hours
DOWN -8.6%

North Yorkshire

161. 103.4 Sun FM

618,000 total hours
UP 1.0%

Sunderland

162. Channel 103 FM

562,000 total hours
UP 1.6%

Jersey

163. Radio Borders

559,000 total hours
DOWN -17.7%

Scottish Borders and North Northumberland

164. Citybeat 96.7 102.5FM

557,000 total hours
DOWN -7.0%

Belfast

165. Wessex FM

533,000 total hours
DOWN -4.5%

Weymouth, Dorchester and Bridport

166. 102.5 Radio Pembrokeshire

495,000 total hours
UP 4.4%

Pembrokeshire

167. The Beach

492,000 total hours
DOWN -14.9%

Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft

168. Spire FM

490,000 total hours
UP 9.9%

Salisbury

169. Dream 100

487,000 total hours
UP 10.7%

Tendring

170. Swansea Sound

482,000 total hours
UP 7.6%

Swansea and South West Wales

171. Stray FM

480,000 total hours
UP 29.0%

Harrogate, Ripon, Knaresborough, Boroughbridge, Ilkley, Otley, Skipton, Wetherby and the Yorkshire Dales.

171= 106 JACK fm

480,000 total hours
UP 22.8%

Oxfordshire

173. Spirit FM

479,000 total hours
DOWN -2.6%

Chichester, Bognor Regis & Littlehampton

174. KL.FM 96.7

471,000 total hours
UP 2.8%

King's Lynn & West Norfolk

175. City Talk 105.9

465,000 total hours
UP 74.2%

Liverpool

176. Northsound 2

453,000 total hours
UP 2.5%

Aberdeen and Surrounding Areas

177. Ridings FM

447,000 total hours
UP 16.1%

Wakefield district

178. Magic 999

437,000 total hours
DOWN -8.4%

Lancashire

179. Town 102

424,000 total hours
DOWN -3.4%

Ipswich

180. Minster FM

423,000 total hours
-

York and Surrounding Areas

181. Kismat Radio

415,000 total hours
DOWN -8.0%

Greater London

182. 104.7 Island FM

414,000 total hours
UP 10.1%

Guernsey, Alderney, Herm and Sark

182= Norwich 99.9

414,000 total hours
UP 6.2%

Norwich

184. Yorkshire Radio

411,000 total hours
DOWN -25.9%

Yorkshire

185. Manx Radio

399,000 total hours
DOWN -3.4%

Isle of Man

186. 97.1 Radio Carmarthenshire

392,000 total hours
-

Carmarthenshire

187. KCFM

386,000 total hours
DOWN -35.9%

Hull and East Yorkshire

188. 96.2 The Revolution

385,000 total hours
UP 81.6%

Oldham, Tameside, Rochdale & East Manchester

189. Touch FM

383,000 total hours
DOWN -16.7%

Warwick, Leamington Spa and Kenilworth

190. Dearne FM

375,000 total hours
UP 15.7%

Barnsley, Penistone, Dearne Valley

191. Isle of Wight Radio

374,000 total hours
DOWN -7.7%

Isle of Wight

192. Mansfield 103.2

357,000 total hours
DOWN -2.2%

Mansfield, Ashfield and Bolsover

193. Rother FM

335,000 total hours
UP 9.5%

Rotherham

194. The Bee

314,000 total hours
UP 11.3%

East and Central Lancashire

195. Real Radio XS

313,000 total hours
DOWN -9.8%

Paisley and Renfrewshire

196. The Breeze

306,000 total hours
UP 5.2%

South Hampshire

197. BBC Radio Jersey

302,000 total hours
UP 0.7%

Jersey

198. 106.3 Bridge FM

298,000 total hours
UP 1.4%

Bridgend & Vale of Glamorgan

199. 102.4 Wish FM

293,000 total hours
UP 9.3%

Wigan and St Helens

200. Original 106

287,000 total hours
DOWN -9.2%

Aberdeen

201. 107.4 Tower FM

280,000 total hours
DOWN -18.1%

Bolton and Bury

201= 3FM

280,000 total hours
UP 3.7%

Isle of Man

203. 2BR

275,000 total hours
DOWN -21.4%

Burnley, Hyndburn and Pendle

204. The Breeze

269,000 total hours
UP 14.5%

Bridgwater & West Somerset

205. 103.1 Central FM

268,000 total hours
DOWN -13.3%

Stirling, Falkirk and Clackmannanshire

206. Signal 107

255,000 total hours
DOWN -19.6%

Wolverhampton, Telford, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Kidderminster

206= BBC Guernsey

255,000 total hours
DOWN -1.5%

Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm

208. Mix 96

254,000 total hours
DOWN -5.9%

Aylesbury Vale

209. Palm 105.5

243,000 total hours
DOWN -6.9%

Torbay & South Devon

210. Wave 102

240,000 total hours
DOWN -5.1%

Dundee

211. Fire Radio

234,000 total hours
-

Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch

212. Heart

233,000 total hours
UP 12.6%

Watford, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, Rickmansworth

212= Nation Hits

233,000 total hours
UP 11.5%

Swansea, Neath, Port Talbot and South Carmarthenshire

214. Touch FM

232,000 total hours
UP 2.7%

Tamworth and South East Staffordshire

214= The Breeze

232,000 total hours
UP 10.5%

Basingstoke and North Hampshire

216. Oak FM

216,000 total hours
UP 16.8%

Loughborough, Hinckley and Nuneaton

217. The Breeze

210,000 total hours
DOWN -3.7%

Bristol

218. 107.1 Rugby FM

202,000 total hours
DOWN -6.0%

Rugby

218= Chester's Dee 106.3

202,000 total hours
DOWN -12.2%

Chester

220. Star Radio

188,000 total hours
DOWN -16.8%

Darlington, Durham, Chester le Street, Houghton le Spring, Stanley, Consett, Bedale, Thirsk, Northallerton & Richmond

221. Pulse 2

181,000 total hours
DOWN -24.3%

Bradford, Kirklees and Calderdale

222. Buzz Radio

174,000 total hours
DOWN -46.1%

Greater London

223. 107.3 FM Radio Exe

170,000 total hours
UP 2.4%

Exeter, East and Mid Devon

224. The Breeze

165,000 total hours
UP 7.8%

East Hampshire, South West Surrey and North West Sussex

225. 107.2 Wire FM

164,000 total hours
DOWN -33.3%

Warrington, Widnes & Runcorn

226. The Breeze

151,000 total hours
UP 20.8%

Weston-super-Mare and North Somerset

227. Time 106.6

142,000 total hours
UP 10.9%

Maidenhead, Windsor and Slough

228. Eagle Extra

140,000 total hours
UP 42.9%

Surrey and North East Hampshire

229. Arrow FM

133,000 total hours
DOWN -10.7%

Hastings, Bexhill and Battle

230. 107.6 Banbury Sound

121,000 total hours
DOWN -9.0%

Banbury

231. Lakeland Radio

119,000 total hours
UP 7.2%

The Lake District

232. Sovereign FM

108,000 total hours
DOWN -23.4%

Eastbourne and Hailsham

233. Touch FM

107,000 total hours
DOWN -7.0%

Coventry

234. Star Radio

104,000 total hours
DOWN -28.3%

Cambridge, Ely and Littleport

235. Reading 107

92,000 total hours
DOWN -5.2%

Reading

236. Radio Ceredigion

87,000 total hours
DOWN -1.1%

Ceredigion

237. Cheshire's Silk 106.9

70,000 total hours
DOWN -49.6%

Macclesfield and East Cheshire

238. Glide FM

51,000 total hours
DOWN -33.8%

Oxford