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Most popular UK radio stations, by total share

This is a full list of every radio station that Media UK holds RAJAR audience data for, ordered by share of listening in each station's area - 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.

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1. 104.7 Island FM

36.4% share
UP 2.4

Guernsey, Alderney, Herm and Sark

2. Channel 103 FM

33.9% share
DOWN 0.1

Jersey

3. Radio Borders

31.4% share
DOWN 4.1

Scottish Borders and North Northumberland

4. Manx Radio

24.5% share
DOWN 0.1

Isle of Man

5. MFR

23.6% share
DOWN 0.4

Highlands, Moray and Aberdeenshire

6. BBC Guernsey

22.4% share
DOWN 1.0

Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm

7. BBC Radio Ulster

21.8% share
UP 0.4

Northern Ireland

8. Northsound 1

20.6% share
UP 2.1

Aberdeen and Surrounding Areas

9. Forth One

20.5% share
UP 4.9

Edinburgh, The Lothians and Fife

10. Cool FM

19.8% share
-

Belfast

11. Wessex FM

19.6% share
DOWN 0.3

Weymouth, Dorchester and Bridport

12. Spire FM

19.3% share
UP 1.8

Salisbury

13. 102.5 Radio Pembrokeshire

19.1% share
UP 0.9

Pembrokeshire

14. Lincs FM 102.2

18.4% share
UP 0.7

Lincolnshire & Newark

15. CFM

18.2% share
DOWN 1.2

Cumbria & South West Scotland

15= BBC Radio Jersey

18.2% share
DOWN 0.2

Jersey

17. BBC Radio 2

17.7% share
UP 0.1

UK

18. BBC Radio Cornwall

17.5% share
UP 1.4

Cornwall

19. 3FM

17.2% share
UP 1.1

Isle of Man

20. Clyde 1

16.5% share
UP 0.7

Glasgow and West Central Scotland

21. BBC Radio Merseyside

16.0% share
UP 3.0

Merseyside

22. Stray FM

15.9% share
UP 3.5

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

23. KL.FM 96.7

15.3% share
UP 1.2

King's Lynn & West Norfolk

24. Signal 1

15.1% share
DOWN 0.8

Staffordshire and Cheshire

25. Tay FM

14.7% share
UP 0.5

Dundee and Perth

26. BBC Radio Cumbria

14.3% share
UP 2.5

Cumbria

27. BBC Radio Norfolk

14.2% share
UP 1.5

Norfolk

28. BBC Radio Shropshire

14.1% share
DOWN 0.4

Shropshire

29. Radio Wave 96.5

13.8% share
DOWN 0.9

Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde

30. U105

13.6% share
DOWN 0.5

Greater Belfast and surrounding area

31. Dream 100

13.5% share
UP 0.8

Tendring

31= Isle of Wight Radio

13.5% share
DOWN 0.7

Isle of Wight

33. BBC Radio Nottingham

13.3% share
UP 1.0

Nottingham and surrounding areas

34. 107.1 Rugby FM

13.2% share
-

Rugby

35. Heart

13.1% share
DOWN 0.6

Gloucester and Cheltenham

36. Kingdom FM

13.0% share
DOWN 0.1

Fife

36= 97.1 Radio Carmarthenshire

13.0% share
-

Carmarthenshire

38. 103.4 Sun FM

12.9% share
DOWN 0.3

Sunderland

38= The Beach

12.9% share
DOWN 2.0

Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft

40. BBC Radio 4

12.8% share
UP 0.3

UK

40= BBC Radio Stoke

12.8% share
UP 2.0

North & Mid Staffordshire, north east Shropshire & south Cheshire

42. BBC Radio Northampton

12.7% share
UP 0.2

Northampton and surrounding areas

42= BBC Radio Humberside

12.7% share
DOWN 0.9

Hull, Bridlington, Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Goole.

44. The Bay

12.6% share
DOWN 1.2

North Lancashire & South Cumbria

45. Tay AM

12.3% share
-

Dundee and Perth

45= BBC Lincolnshire

12.3% share
DOWN 0.6

Lincolnshire

47. Hallam FM

12.1% share
DOWN 1.0

South Yorkshire and the North Midlands

48. 106.3 Bridge FM

12.0% share
UP 0.8

Bridgend & Vale of Glamorgan

49. BBC Radio Devon

11.8% share
UP 1.8

Devon

50. BBC Radio Suffolk

11.6% share
UP 0.1

Suffolk

50= BBC Radio Gloucestershire

11.6% share
UP 0.5

Gloucestershire

52. Heart

11.4% share
DOWN 1.5

Essex and East Herts

53. Heart

11.3% share
UP 0.7

West Country

54. Pirate FM

11.2% share
DOWN 0.6

Cornwall, Plymouth and West Devon

54= 96.4 The Wave

11.2% share
UP 0.6

Swansea and Surrounding Areas

56. Mansfield 103.2

10.8% share
DOWN 0.1

Mansfield, Ashfield and Bolsover

56= Wave 105

10.8% share
UP 0.9

Solent

56= Lakeland Radio

10.8% share
UP 0.9

The Lake District

59. Metro Radio

10.6% share
DOWN 0.2

Tyneside, Wearside, Northumberland and County Durham

60. BBC Hereford and Worcester

10.4% share
UP 1.1

Hereford and Worcester

61. Heart

10.3% share
DOWN 0.4

Peterborough and Cambridge

62. Free Radio

10.1% share
UP 0.9

Wolverhampton and Shropshire

62= Heart

10.1% share
DOWN 0.6

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

64. BBC Radio Oxford

10.0% share
UP 0.5

Oxfordshire

64= The Breeze

10.0% share
UP 1.1

Bridgwater & West Somerset

66. Heart

9.8% share
-

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

67. Heart

9.7% share
DOWN 1.8

Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings, Reigate and Crawley

67= Spirit FM

9.7% share
UP 0.3

Chichester, Bognor Regis & Littlehampton

67= BBC Essex

9.7% share
-

Essex

70. 2BR

9.6% share
DOWN 3.1

Burnley, Hyndburn and Pendle

70= Heart

9.6% share
UP 0.1

Maidstone, Medway and East Kent

72. Mix 96

9.5% share
DOWN 0.2

Aylesbury Vale

73. Trax FM

9.3% share
DOWN 1.1

Doncaster and Bassetlaw

73= BBC Radio Leicester

9.3% share
UP 1.0

Leicestershire and Rutland

75. 96-106 Capital FM

9.1% share
DOWN 0.9

East Midlands

76. The Breeze

9.0% share
UP 1.5

Basingstoke and North Hampshire

76= 105 Capital FM

9.0% share
UP 0.4

Yorkshire

78. Radio City 96.7

8.9% share
DOWN 0.4

Liverpool

78= BBC Radio Scotland

8.9% share
UP 0.3

Scotland

78= Heart

8.9% share
DOWN 1.0

Berkshire, North Hampshire, Oxfordshire

81. BBC Tees

8.8% share
UP 2.5

Teesside, County Durham and North Yorkshire

81= BBC Radio Lancashire

8.8% share
UP 0.4

Lancashire

83. 100-101 Real Radio

8.5% share
DOWN 1.8

Central Scotland

84. Peak FM

8.4% share
DOWN 0.7

Chesterfield

84= Real Radio

8.4% share
DOWN 0.4

Wales

86. 96.4 Eagle Radio

8.3% share
-

Surrey and North East Hampshire

86= BBC Newcastle

8.3% share
DOWN 2.4

Tyne and Wear, Northumberland & Northern Co. Durham

86= BBC Radio Wales

8.3% share
UP 0.9

Wales

89. Key 103

8.2% share
DOWN 0.2

Greater Manchester

89= Dearne FM

8.2% share
UP 0.9

Barnsley, Penistone, Dearne Valley

91. 96.9 Viking FM

8.1% share
DOWN 0.5

East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire

92. Downtown Radio

8.0% share
DOWN 0.5

Northern Ireland

92= 107.6 Juice FM

8.0% share
UP 0.5

Liverpool

92= BBC Radio Kent

8.0% share
DOWN 0.3

Kent

95. Heart

7.9% share
UP 0.7

West Midlands

96. 103.1 Central FM

7.8% share
DOWN 0.8

Stirling, Falkirk and Clackmannanshire

96= Rother FM

7.8% share
UP 0.3

Rotherham

98. BBC Radio Sheffield

7.7% share
UP 0.6

South Yorkshire & North Midlands

99. Heart

7.5% share
DOWN 1.3

Norfolk, Suffolk

99= 105-106 Capital FM

7.5% share
DOWN 0.9

North East England

99= Heart

7.5% share
DOWN 1.6

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

99= BBC Somerset

7.5% share
UP 1.2

Somerset

99= 102.2 Capital FM

7.5% share
UP 1.5

Birmingham

104. The Breeze

7.4% share
UP 0.3

East Hampshire, South West Surrey and North West Sussex

104= BBC Radio Solent

7.4% share
UP 0.1

South & mid-Hampshire, Dorset and Isle of Wight

106. The New TFM

7.3% share
-

Teesside, County Durham, North Yorkshire

107. Wave 102

7.2% share
DOWN 0.7

Dundee

107= Free Radio

7.2% share
DOWN 0.5

Herefordshire and Worcestershire

107= 107.6 Banbury Sound

7.2% share
DOWN 0.9

Banbury

110. Ridings FM

7.1% share
UP 0.9

Wakefield district

111. Minster FM

7.0% share
-

York and Surrounding Areas

112. Touch FM

6.9% share
DOWN 1.0

Warwick, Leamington Spa and Kenilworth

113. Northsound 2

6.8% share
UP 0.5

Aberdeen and Surrounding Areas

114. Gem 106

6.7% share
UP 0.9

East Midlands

114= BBC Radio 1

6.7% share
DOWN 0.7

UK

114= Smooth Radio

6.7% share
-

Glasgow

114= BBC Radio Derby

6.7% share
DOWN 1.8

Derbyshire and East Staffordshire

114= Town 102

6.7% share
DOWN 0.2

Ipswich

119. BBC Coventry and Warwickshire

6.5% share
-

Coventry and Warwickshire

119= BBC Radio Bristol

6.5% share
DOWN 0.3

Bristol, Bath and surrounding areas

121. 105-106 Capital FM

6.3% share
UP 0.3

Central Scotland

122. 97.4 Rock FM

6.2% share
DOWN 1.3

Lancashire

122= BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

6.2% share
DOWN 0.6

Cambridgeshire

124. Free Radio

6.1% share
UP 4.8

Coventry and Warwickshire

125. BBC Radio Berkshire

6.0% share
DOWN 0.1

Berkshire & North Hampshire

126. Touch FM

5.9% share
DOWN 2.0

Shakespeare's County & The Vale

127. 96.3 Radio Aire

5.8% share
DOWN 0.7

Leeds

127= Star Radio

5.8% share
DOWN 1.0

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

127= BBC Radio York

5.8% share
DOWN 0.5

North Yorkshire

130. 102 Capital FM

5.7% share
UP 0.5

Greater Manchester

130= Heart

5.7% share
UP 0.4

South Hampshire and West Sussex, Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch

132. Free Radio

5.6% share
DOWN 1.1

Birmingham and Black Country

132= Magic 105.4

5.6% share
DOWN 0.3

Greater London

134. Citybeat 96.7 102.5FM

5.5% share
DOWN 0.2

Belfast

134= 97.4/103.2 Capital FM

5.5% share
DOWN 1.0

Cardiff and Newport

136. Magic 828

5.4% share
UP 0.4

Leeds

137. BBC WM

5.3% share
UP 0.1

Birmingham and Black Country

137= Norwich 99.9

5.3% share
-

Norwich

137= 106.5 JACK fm

5.3% share
UP 0.3

Bristol

140. Magic 1170

5.2% share
-

Teesside

140= Magic 1152

5.2% share
UP 0.8

Tyne and Wear

142. The Pulse of West Yorkshire

5.1% share
DOWN 0.5

Bradford, Kirklees and Calderdale

143. 106-108 Real Radio

5.0% share
DOWN 2.7

South and West Yorkshire

143= Chester's Dee 106.3

5.0% share
DOWN 0.9

Chester

145. Swansea Sound

4.9% share
UP 0.4

Swansea and South West Wales

146. kmfm

4.8% share
DOWN 0.2

Kent

147. Arrow FM

4.7% share
DOWN 0.3

Hastings, Bexhill and Battle

147= The Breeze

4.7% share
UP 0.8

Weston-super-Mare and North Somerset

147= BBC Radio Leeds

4.7% share
UP 0.5

West Yorkshire

147= KCFM

4.7% share
DOWN 2.5

Hull and East Yorkshire

151. LBC 97.3

4.6% share
UP 0.3

Greater London

151= Magic AM

4.6% share
UP 0.2

South Yorkshire and the North Midlands

151= Radio Ceredigion

4.6% share
DOWN 0.1

Ceredigion

151= The Bee

4.6% share
DOWN 4.7

East and Central Lancashire

151= 106 JACK fm

4.6% share
UP 0.7

Oxfordshire

156. Touch FM

4.5% share
UP 0.1

Tamworth and South East Staffordshire

157. Palm 105.5

4.4% share
DOWN 0.3

Torbay & South Devon

158. Original 106

4.3% share
DOWN 0.2

Aberdeen

159. 95.8 Capital FM

4.2% share
DOWN 0.6

Greater London

159= Heart

4.2% share
-

Greater London

159= Signal 2

4.2% share
DOWN 0.4

Staffordshire and Cheshire

159= 96.2 The Revolution

4.2% share
UP 2.1

Oldham, Tameside, Rochdale & East Manchester

159= 103.2 Capital FM

4.2% share
UP 1.1

South Hampshire

164. BBC Three Counties Radio

4.1% share
UP 0.4

Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire

165. BBC Sussex

4.0% share
UP 0.4

Sussex

165= BBC Radio 5 live

4.0% share
DOWN 0.3

UK

167. Clyde 2

3.9% share
DOWN 1.1

Glasgow and West Central Scotland

167= 100-102 Real Radio

3.9% share
UP 0.3

North East England

167= Magic 1161

3.9% share
DOWN 0.1

East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire

170. Classic FM

3.8% share
UP 0.2

UK

171. 107.4 Tower FM

3.7% share
DOWN 0.6

Bolton and Bury

171= 102.4 Wish FM

3.7% share
UP 0.1

Wigan and St Helens

173. Heart

3.6% share
UP 0.5

Watford, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, Rickmansworth

173= Fire Radio

3.6% share
UP 0.1

Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch

175. Oak FM

3.5% share
UP 0.5

Loughborough, Hinckley and Nuneaton

176. Forth 2

3.3% share
DOWN 0.9

Edinburgh, The Lothians and Fife

176= 107.2 Wire FM

3.3% share
DOWN 1.6

Warrington, Widnes & Runcorn

178. Sovereign FM

3.1% share
DOWN 0.9

Eastbourne and Hailsham

179. 106 JACK fm

3.0% share
DOWN 0.8

Solent

180. Signal 107

2.9% share
DOWN 0.6

Wolverhampton, Telford, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Kidderminster

181. 105.4 Real Radio

2.8% share
DOWN 0.6

North West England

182. BBC Radio Manchester

2.7% share
DOWN 0.5

Greater Manchester

182= Real Radio XS

2.7% share
UP 0.1

Manchester

184. Time 106.6

2.6% share
UP 0.3

Maidenhead, Windsor and Slough

184= 107.3 FM Radio Exe

2.6% share
UP 0.1

Exeter, East and Mid Devon

186. Magic 1548

2.5% share
UP 0.6

Liverpool

187. Smooth Radio

2.4% share
-

UK

187= Touch FM

2.4% share
DOWN 0.1

Coventry

187= Reading 107

2.4% share
DOWN 0.1

Reading

187= Nation Radio

2.4% share
DOWN 0.2

South Wales

191. Nation Hits

2.3% share
UP 0.3

Swansea, Neath, Port Talbot and South Carmarthenshire

192. Magic 999

2.2% share
DOWN 0.2

Lancashire

192= Real Radio XS

2.2% share
DOWN 0.2

Paisley and Renfrewshire

194. BBC Radio Cymru

2.1% share
DOWN 0.5

Cymru | Wales

195. KISS

2.0% share
DOWN 0.2

UK

195= Cheshire's Silk 106.9

2.0% share
DOWN 2.1

Macclesfield and East Cheshire

195= Xfm

2.0% share
DOWN 0.2

Greater Manchester

198. talkSPORT

1.9% share
UP 0.1

UK

199. Gold

1.7% share
-

UK

199= Star Radio

1.7% share
DOWN 0.6

Cambridge, Ely and Littleport

201. Magic 1152

1.6% share
DOWN 0.4

Manchester

202. The Breeze

1.5% share
-

Bristol

202= BBC Radio 6 Music

1.5% share
UP 0.1

UK

202= City Talk 105.9

1.5% share
UP 0.7

Liverpool

205. The Breeze

1.4% share
UP 0.3

South Hampshire

206. BBC London

1.3% share
UP 0.3

Greater London

206= BBC Radio 3

1.3% share
-

UK

206= Xfm

1.3% share
UP 0.1

Greater London

209. Pulse 2

1.2% share
DOWN 0.4

Bradford, Kirklees and Calderdale

209= Eagle Extra

1.2% share
UP 0.4

Surrey and North East Hampshire

209= Absolute Radio

1.2% share
-

UK

209= Sunrise Radio (London)

1.2% share
UP 0.5

Greater London

213. Free Radio 80s

1.1% share
DOWN 0.6

West Midlands

213= Choice

1.1% share
DOWN 0.3

North London and South London

215. BBC Radio 4 Extra

0.9% share
-

UK

216. BBC World Service

0.6% share
DOWN 0.2

Global

216= LBC News 1152

0.6% share
DOWN 0.2

Greater London

216= Planet Rock

0.6% share
-

UK

216= Kerrang! Radio

0.6% share
-

UK

216= Absolute 80s

0.6% share
UP 0.2

UK

221. Glide FM

0.5% share
DOWN 0.3

Oxford

221= BBC Radio 1Xtra

0.5% share
-

UK

221= Smooth 70s

0.5% share
-

UK

221= Yorkshire Radio

0.5% share
DOWN 0.1

Yorkshire

225. The Hits Radio

0.4% share
UP 0.1

UK

226. BBC Asian Network

0.3% share
-

UK

226= Smashhits Radio

0.3% share
-

UK

226= Jazz FM

0.3% share
-

UK

226= Absolute Radio 90s

0.3% share
UP 0.1

UK

230. BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

0.2% share
-

UK

230= Heat Radio

0.2% share
DOWN 0.1

UK

230= Absolute Classic Rock

0.2% share
UP 0.1

UK

230= Kismat Radio

0.2% share
-

Greater London

234. Buzz Radio

0.1% share
DOWN 0.1

Greater London

234= Absolute Radio 60s

0.1% share
-

UK

234= Absolute Radio 70s

0.1% share
-

UK

234= Chill

0.1% share
-

UK

234= Absolute Radio 00s

0.1% share
-

UK