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HEART LONDON

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Local / regional · RAJAR code 3813 · Quarterly — 3-month rolling sample · London

Part of: HEART BRAND (UK), TOTAL GLOBAL RADIO (UK), HEART NETWORK (UK)

Headline figures · MAR 2026

Weekly reach
1.76m
▲ 176k vs prev. quarter
% reach
14.0%
▲ 2.0% vs prev. quarter
Total hours
8.5m
▲ 244k vs prev. quarter
Average hours
4.8
▼ 0.4 vs prev. quarter
Market share
4.3%
▼ 0.1% vs prev. quarter

TSA population 12.91m · unweighted sample 6,055

Weekly reach over time

All adults 15+, ’000s

Source: RAJAR — HEART LONDON TSA, MAR 2026 (Q) · WEEKS 01 2026 - 13 2026 (5th JANUARY '26 - 5th APRIL '26)

Total hours over time

All adults 15+, ’000s of hours

Source: RAJAR — HEART LONDON TSA, MAR 2026 (Q) · WEEKS 01 2026 - 13 2026 (5th JANUARY '26 - 5th APRIL '26)

Market share over time

Share of all-radio hours within the station’s TSA

Source: RAJAR — HEART LONDON TSA, MAR 2026 (Q) · WEEKS 01 2026 - 13 2026 (5th JANUARY '26 - 5th APRIL '26)

Audience profile · MAR 2026

By ageReach% reachAvg hrs% of audience
ALL ADULTS 15+1.76m14.0%4.8100.0%
ADULTS 15-24237k12.0%4.613.4%
ADULTS 25-34356k14.0%3.820.2%
ADULTS 35-44453k19.0%3.825.7%
ADULTS 45-54327k16.0%6.118.6%
ADULTS 55-64272k15.0%7.015.5%
ADULTS 65-74103k7.0%3.75.8%
ADULTS 75+14k2.0%7.70.8%
ADULTS 15-34592k14.0%4.133.6%
ADULTS 15-441.04m16.0%4.059.4%
MenReach% reachAvg hrs% of audience
ALL MEN 15+687k11.0%4.139.0%
MEN 15-24121k13.0%6.96.9%
MEN 25-34105k9.0%2.16.0%
MEN 35-44178k16.0%2.210.1%
MEN 45-54118k12.0%4.06.7%
MEN 55-64106k12.0%4.96.0%
MEN 65-7449k8.0%5.32.8%
MEN 75+10k3.0%10.00.6%
WomenReach% reachAvg hrs% of audience
ALL WOMEN 15+1.07m16.0%5.361.0%
WOMEN 15-24115k12.0%2.26.5%
WOMEN 25-34251k20.0%4.514.3%
WOMEN 35-44275k22.0%4.815.6%
WOMEN 45-54209k20.0%7.311.9%
WOMEN 55-64166k18.0%8.39.5%
WOMEN 65-7454k7.0%2.23.1%
WOMEN 75+4,0001.0%1.20.2%
By social gradeReach% reachAvg hrs% of audience
ABC1 ADULTS1.08m13.0%4.861.2%
C2DE ADULTS684k14.0%4.938.8%
ABC1 MEN426k11.0%4.224.2%
ABC1 WOMEN651k16.0%5.237.0%
C2DE MEN260k11.0%3.914.8%
C2DE WOMEN423k17.0%5.624.0%

Reach, % reach and average hours per demographic. “% of audience” is the demographic’s share of the station’s total weekly reach.

Source: RAJAR — HEART LONDON TSA, MAR 2026 (Q) · WEEKS 01 2026 - 13 2026 (5th JANUARY '26 - 5th APRIL '26)

Listening by daypart · MAR 2026

Monday–FridayShareReach
06.30-10.00
Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden
▸
3.8%715k
10.00-13.00
Pandora Christie
▸
4.8%679k
13.00-16.00
Matt Wilkinson
▸
5.5%740k
16.00-19.00
JK and Kelly Brook
▸
4.8%634k
19.00-22.00
Dev Griffin
▸
4.2%379k
22.00-01.00
Ben Atkinson
▸
1.6%121k
01.00-04.00
Guy Howard
▸
0.5%12k
04.00-06.30
Early Breakfast with Lindsey Russell
▸
2.3%67k
SaturdayShareReach
06.00-10.00
Rob Howard
▸
2.7%154k
10.00-13.00
Saturday Breakfast with Mark Wright and Olly Murs
▸
4.3%308k
13.00-16.00
Dev Griffin
▸
4.5%256k
16.00-19.00
Vicky Pattison
▸
4.8%220k
19.00-23.00
Heart's Club Classics with Pandora Christie
▸
4.2%121k
23.00-01.00
Rezzy Ghadjar
▸
1.9%25k
01.00-06.00
Seb Bailey
▸
0.3%3,000
SundayShareReach
06.00-10.00
Rob Howard
▸
3.6%157k
10.00-13.00
Zoe Hardman
▸
4.9%248k
13.00-16.00
Yasmin Evans
▸
4.9%221k
16.00-19.00
The EE Official Big Top 40 from Global
▸
5.6%170k
19.00-22.00
Emma Bunton
▸
4.3%97k
22.00-01.00
Rezzy Ghadjar
▸
1.9%35k
01.00-06.00
Seb Bailey
▸
3.0%37k

Share of listening and weekly reach in each time band, all adults 15+. RAJAR aligns daypart boundaries to each station’s own schedule, so the bands are not comparable between stations. Programmes are the most common show in each band across every Mon/Sat/Sun in Q1 2026 (39 dates).

Source: RAJAR — HEART LONDON TSA, MAR 2026 (Q) · WEEKS 01 2026 - 13 2026 (5th JANUARY '26 - 5th APRIL '26)

Stations in this survey area · MAR 2026

StationReach% reachHoursAvg hrsShare
BBC RADIO 4 2.24m17.0%28.0m12.514.0%
BBC RADIO 2 2.02m16.0%20.1m10.010.1%
HEART LONDON this station1.76m14.0%8.5m4.84.3%
CAPITAL LONDON 1.48m11.0%8.0m5.44.0%
BBC RADIO 1 1.32m10.0%8.0m6.14.0%
BBC RADIO 5 LIVE 1.21m9.0%6.6m5.43.3%
MAGIC (LONDON) 990k8.0%4.9m5.02.5%
SMOOTH RADIO LONDON 974k8.0%5.3m5.52.7%
HITS RADIO (LONDON) (WAS KISS (LONDON)) 717k6.0%1.6m2.20.8%
BBC RADIO 3 656k5.0%4.4m6.72.2%
GREATEST HITS RADIO (LONDON) 644k5.0%4.0m6.22.0%
BBC 6 MUSIC 634k5.0%5.4m8.42.7%
CAPITAL XTRA (LONDON) 579k4.0%2.3m4.01.1%
LBC NEWS (LONDON) 578k4.0%2.4m4.11.2%
KISSTORY 483k4.0%1.8m3.70.9%
RADIO X LONDON 408k3.0%3.2m7.81.6%
KISS 380k3.0%1.8m4.90.9%
ABSOLUTE RADIO 365k3.0%2.4m6.71.2%
BBC WORLD SERVICE 333k3.0%1.4m4.10.7%
BBC RADIO 4 EXTRA 325k3.0%1.9m5.81.0%
HEART 80S 306k2.0%1.1m3.70.6%
GOLD RADIO LONDON 295k2.0%2.3m7.81.2%
BBC RADIO 5 SPORTS EXTRA 222k2.0%552k2.50.3%
HEART 90S 211k2.0%644k3.10.3%
ABSOLUTE 80S 209k2.0%953k4.60.5%
HEART DANCE 183k1.0%670k3.70.3%
CAPITAL DANCE 162k1.0%732k4.50.4%
CAPITAL XTRA RELOADED 158k1.0%593k3.80.3%
GB NEWS RADIO 124k1.0%591k4.70.3%
PLANET ROCK 115k1.0%1.1m9.50.6%
SMOOTH CHILL 102k1.0%339k3.30.2%
SMOOTH RELAX 96k1.0%524k5.40.3%
HEART 70S 94k1.0%368k3.90.2%
CAPITAL CHILL 66k1.0%196k3.00.1%
SMOOTH COUNTRY 66k1.0%182k2.80.1%
RADIO X CLASSIC ROCK 31k0.0%235k7.60.1%

Weekly reach, hours and share for every station RAJAR reports within HEART LONDON’s Total Survey Area (RAJAR Table 7), all adults 15+.

Source: RAJAR — HEART LONDON TSA, MAR 2026 (Q) · WEEKS 01 2026 - 13 2026 (5th JANUARY '26 - 5th APRIL '26)