Biggest ever audience for commercial radio as ad revenues surge

17.05.2018 - United Kingdom United Kingdom

Commercial has reported its highest ever audience of 35.97 million listeners, according to new figures for Q1 2018 published by RAJAR. This total audience represents a 4.2% increase on the same period last year and commercial radio’s biggest ever lead over BBC radio, with 960,000 more listeners overall. The record listening figures are evidence of continued strong performance by the commercial radio sector, which has also kicked off 2018 with its highest ever revenues Q1 at £179.3m – an increase of 12.5% year-on-year.

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