Popular radio formats in the U.S. 2019

Published by Statista Research Department, May 29, 2024
According to the average quarter-hour share of radio listeners, news and talk radio was the most popular format of radio in the United States in 2019, with 9.5 percent of the radio audience tuning in to news/talk broadcasting. The ranking of the leading radio formats of U.S. audiences (ages 6 and up) from January to November 2019 found that adult contemporary (AC) and country were also popular radio formats.

Leading radio formats in the United States in 2019

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Release date

December 2019

Region

United States

Survey time period

January to November 2019

Age group

6 years and older

Special properties

across Nielsen's all 45 non-embedded PPM markets

Supplementary notes

This article includes top radio formats based on January-November average, average quarter-hour (AQH) share as well as the national listening landscape for the 10 most popular radio formats of 2018 in Nielsen’s PPM markets from the Monday-Sunday 6a-mid daypart. Data used in this article is inclusive of multicultural audiences. Hispanic consumer audiences are composed of both English and Spanish-speaking representative populations.

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