Leading 20 radio stations in Germany 2024, by listeners
In 2024, the top radio station in Germany was radio NRW (Nord Rhine-Westphalia) with around 1.5 million listeners per hour. The second most popular station was BAYERN 1, with around 1.1 million listeners per hour.
The total number of Radio stations in Germany in 2024 was around 503. By comparison, there were only 44 radio stations in 1987 - the number of radio channels had increased more than tenfold since 1987.