RAJAR Audio Time: "UK radio is now overwhelmingly a digital medium"

24.09.2025 - United Kingdom

Audio Time is a "state of the nation" report on UK audio consumption, drawing on insights from the RAJAR Audio survey, known as MIDAS. It notes that DAB is the largest platform for live radio listening, accounting for 48% of hours. FM/AM now makes up just 19%. Reviewing the last decade, the report states: "In 2015, 86% of all live radio listening was still through a radio set itself, with AM/FM the single biggest platform, accounting for 52% of listening. Ten years on, that picture has changed significantly. DAB has now overtaken AM/FM which has reduced to 19% of all listening. With almost a half of all listening on DAB and a further third on some form of connected device, this means that UK radio is now overwhelmingly a digital medium."

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