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It’s RAJAR Day!  The Q3 2025 RAJAR figures are in and radio continues to grow from strength to strength.

50.1 million adults, that’s over 86% of the UK population are tuning in each week!

Breakdown of Locations

Home – 62%

Car – 26%

Work/Elsewhere – 13%

Key Headlines

Commercial radio grew from 39.5m to 39.7m whilst BBC reach dropped from 31.1m to 30.9m

Commercial now reaches 8.8m more than the BBC, an all time record

Station Highlights

Global has achieved record-breaking results reaching 29 million weekly listeners and its highest-ever share of 28.1%

Bauer Media Audio UK now reaches 22.9 million weekly listeners, maintaining its position as the second-largest commercial radio group

Heart remains the biggest brand with 12.8m listeners a week

Capital grew listening hours by 7%

Strong growth amongst ‘younger’ decade stations with Hits 90s, Hits 00s, Absolute 00s, Absolute 10s and Radio X 10s all growing

GB News reach is up 25% to 684,000 from 547,000 and Hours up a massive 59%

If you’d like to discuss how we can help with your radio campaign, get in touch with the team.

Credit: James Thompson, Media Director