BBC radio stations ranked by listeners UK 2023

In the fourth quarter of 2023, the station BBC Radio 2 ranked first in terms of listener reach with roughly 13.28 million listeners tuning in on a weekly basis. BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 1 followed, each with over seven million listeners per week.

Leading BBC Radio stations in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1st to 4th quarter 2023, by number of weekly listeners (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Q1 2023	Q2 2023	Q3 2023	Q4 2023
BBC Radio 2	14,458	13,456	13,473	13,281
BBC Radio 4 (including 4 Extra)	9,838	9,308	9,659	9,476
BBC Radio 4	9,399	8,971	9,325	9,116
BBC Radio 1	7,576	7,694	7,773	7,330
BBC Radio 5 live (inc. sports extra)	5,530	5,600	6,427	5,952
BBC Radio 5 live	5,104	5,045	5,560	5,245
BBC 6 Music	2,711	2,669	2,753	2,519
BBC Radio 3	1,931	1,703	2,002	1,775
BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra	1,105	1,394	2,239	1,552
BBC Radio 4 Extra	1,666	1,574	1,453	1,464
BBC World Service	1,085	1,078	940	1,072
BBC Radio London	564	607	603	548

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Release date

March 2024

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q1 to Q4 2023

Age group

15 years and older

Supplementary notes

The source provides the following commentary: "Reach is the number of people aged 15+ who tune to a radio station within at least 1 quarter-hour period over the course of a week. Respondents are instructed to fill in a quarter-hour only if they have listened to the station for at least 5 minutes within that quarter-hour. Between 00.00-06.00, listening is recorded in half-hour periods."

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