Online now accounts for more than a third of commercial radio listening hours at 33.6%, up from 32.9% last year, according to the latest Rajar figures.
Total online across websites, apps and smart speakers – including non-commercial radio hours, makes up 30.3% of radio listening, up one percentage point year-on-year.
Total digital listening hours meanwhile rose by 33m year-on-year to 786m, driven by a 10m increase in DAB listening hours and a 9m rise in online listening hours from last quarter.
Total digital listening now makes up 75.5% of radio listening, up 2.1 percentage points year-on-year, while AM/FM has fallen to 24.5%.
Share of DAB listening grew 0.9 percentage points year on year to 42.7%, while the share of smart speaker listening grew 0.3 percentage points to 18.7%.
| Period | AM / FM | Total Digital | DAB | DTV | Total Online | Website / Apps | Smart Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platform shares (%) | |||||||
| Q2 2025 | 26.6% | 73.4% | 41.8% | 2.3% | 29.3% | 10.9% | 18.4% |
| Q1 2026 | 24% | 76% | 43.1% | 2.5% | 30.4% | 11.5% | 18.8% |
| Q2 2026 | 24.5% | 75.5% | 42.7% | 2.6% | 30.3% | 11.6% | 18.7% |
| Digital listening weekly reach (%) | |||||||
| Q2 2025 | – | 75.1% | 59.6% | 6.1% | 43.1% | 24% | 27.1% |
| Q1 2026 | – | 76.5% | 60.8% | 6.2% | 43.5% | 24.2% | 27.2% |
| Q2 2026 | – | 76.7% | 61.9% | 6.3% | 44.3% | 24.7% | 27.5% |
| Digital listening total hours (m) | |||||||
| Q2 2025 | – | 753 | 429 | 24 | 301 | 112 | 189 |
| Q1 2026 | – | 765 | 434 | 25 | 306 | 116 | 190 |
| Q2 2026 | – | 786 | 444 | 27 | 315 | 120 | 195 |
