Country music stations were most frequent radio formats in 2023, with 2,164 unique stations in the United States that year, 36 stations less than in 2021. Also popular were news and talk shows and religion stations, with over 2,000 stations respectively.
Leading radio formats in the United States from 2015 to 2023, by number of stations
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Radio Advertising Bureau. (September 16, 2024). Leading radio formats in the United States from 2015 to 2023, by number of stations [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 16, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/964067/top-radio-formats-number-of-stations/
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