Hits Radio RAJAR Topline Results
Latest column: MAR 2026 · Q-on-Q vs DEC 2025 · Y-on-Y vs MAR 2025
Hits Radio RAJAR Topline Results
MAR 2026 · Q-on-Q vs DEC 2025 · Y-on-Y vs MAR 2025
| Station | REACH ('000s) | HOURS ('000s) | SHARE (%) | % Reach of Net | % Hours of Net | Survey | ||||||||||||||||
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| MAR 2026 | DEC 2025 | MAR 2025 | Q on Q | Q on Q % | Y on Y | Y on Y % | MAR 2026 | DEC 2025 | MAR 2025 | Q on Q | Q on Q % | Y on Y | Y on Y % | MAR 2026 | DEC 2025 | MAR 2025 | Q on Q | Y on Y | ||||
| Local stations· % of Net(UK) = HITS RADIO NETWORK (EXC PARTNERS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| HITS RADIO (BIRMINGHAM) (WAS FREE RADIO (BIRMINGHAM)) | 210 | 220 | 251 | -10 | -4.5% | -41 | -16.3% | 708 | 1,009 | 909 | -301 | -29.8% | -201 | -22.1% | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.4 | -0.6 | -0.4 | 3.2% | 1.8% | H |
| HITS RADIO (BLACK COUNTRY & SHROPSHIRE) (WAS FREE RADIO (BLACK COUNTRY & SHROPSHIRE)) | 70 | 75 | 103 | -5 | -6.7% | -33 | -32.0% | 372 | 412 | 492 | -40 | -9.7% | -120 | -24.4% | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.0 | -0.4 | 1.1% | 1.0% | H |
| HITS RADIO (CORNWALL) (WAS PIRATE FM) | 28 | 38 | 64 | -10 | -26.3% | -36 | -56.3% | 129 | 148 | 555 | -19 | -12.8% | -426 | -76.8% | 1.3 | 1.4 | 5.0 | -0.1 | -3.7 | 0.4% | 0.3% | H |
| HITS RADIO (COVENTRY & WARWICKSHIRE) (WAS FREE RADIO (COVENTRY & WARWICKSHIRE)) | 119 | 134 | 112 | -15 | -11.2% | +7 | 6.3% | 596 | 627 | 749 | -31 | -4.9% | -153 | -20.4% | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.7 | -0.2 | -0.9 | 1.8% | 1.5% | H |
| HITS RADIO (CUMBRIA) | 25 | 25 | 17 | -0 | -0.8% | +8 | 45.6% | 158 | 150 | 110 | +8 | 5.3% | +48 | 43.1% | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.2 | +0.2 | +0.7 | 0.4% | 0.4% | Y |
| HITS RADIO (DORSET) | 35 | 41 | 41 | -6 | -14.6% | -6 | -14.6% | 68 | 80 | 84 | -12 | -15.0% | -16 | -19.0% | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | -0.1 | -0.3 | 0.5% | 0.2% | Y |
| HITS RADIO (EAST MIDLANDS) (WAS GEM) | 122 | 123 | 158 | -1 | -0.8% | -36 | -22.8% | 526 | 706 | 1,077 | -180 | -25.5% | -551 | -51.2% | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.5 | -0.3 | -1.3 | 1.9% | 1.3% | H |
| HITS RADIO (EAST YORKSHIRE & NORTHERN LINCOLNSHIRE) (WAS VIKING FM) | 86 | 90 | 131 | -4 | -4.4% | -45 | -34.4% | 716 | 513 | 827 | +203 | 39.6% | -111 | -13.4% | 4.0 | 2.8 | 4.5 | +1.2 | -0.5 | 1.3% | 1.8% | H |
| HITS RADIO (HEREFORDSHIRE & WORCESTERSHIRE) (WAS FREE RADIO (HEREFORDSHIRE & WORCESTERSHIRE)) | 50 | 47 | 57 | +3 | 6.4% | -7 | -12.3% | 402 | 403 | 421 | -1 | -0.2% | -19 | -4.5% | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | -0.1 | -0.2 | 0.8% | 1.0% | Y |
| HITS RADIO (LANCASHIRE) (WAS ROCK FM) | 150 | 154 | 188 | -4 | -2.6% | -38 | -20.2% | 452 | 576 | 1,306 | -124 | -21.5% | -854 | -65.4% | 1.6 | 1.9 | 4.2 | -0.3 | -2.6 | 2.3% | 1.2% | H |
| HITS RADIO (LINCS) (WAS LINCS FM) | 69 | 68 | 81 | +1 | 1.5% | -12 | -14.8% | 435 | 732 | 545 | -297 | -40.6% | -110 | -20.2% | 2.4 | 3.9 | 2.8 | -1.5 | -0.4 | 1.1% | 1.1% | H |
| HITS RADIO (LIVERPOOL & THE NORTH WEST) (WAS RADIO CITY) | 184 | 197 | 260 | -13 | -6.6% | -76 | -29.2% | 1,273 | 1,272 | 1,882 | +1 | 0.1% | -609 | -32.4% | 3.4 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 0.0 | -1.7 | 2.8% | 3.3% | H |
| HITS RADIO (MANCHESTER & THE NORTH WEST) | 241 | 266 | 276 | -25 | -9.4% | -35 | -12.7% | 1,568 | 1,407 | 1,446 | +161 | 11.4% | +122 | 8.4% | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | +0.3 | +0.3 | 3.7% | 4.0% | H |
| HITS RADIO (NORTH EAST - TEESSIDE) (WAS TFM) | 109 | 108 | 105 | +1 | 0.9% | +4 | 3.8% | 644 | 536 | 718 | +108 | 20.1% | -74 | -10.3% | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.5 | +0.8 | +0.4 | 1.7% | 1.7% | H |
| HITS RADIO (NORTH EAST - TYNE & WEAR) (WAS METRO RADIO) | 235 | 264 | 323 | -29 | -11.0% | -88 | -27.2% | 1,305 | 1,240 | 2,489 | +65 | 5.2% | -1,184 | -47.6% | 4.2 | 4.2 | 8.0 | 0.0 | -3.8 | 3.6% | 3.3% | H |
| HITS RADIO (OXFORDSHIRE) | 35 | 26 | 41 | +9 | 34.6% | -6 | -14.6% | 120 | 129 | 88 | -9 | -7.0% | +32 | 36.4% | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | +0.3 | 0.5% | 0.3% | H |
| HITS RADIO (SOUTH COAST) | 54 | 48 | 45 | +6 | 12.5% | +9 | 20.0% | 196 | 118 | 109 | +78 | 66.1% | +87 | 79.8% | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | +0.4 | +0.4 | 0.8% | 0.5% | H |
| HITS RADIO (SOUTH WALES) (WAS 96.4 FM THE WAVE) | 154 | 153 | 190 | +1 | 0.7% | -36 | -18.9% | 700 | 580 | 702 | +120 | 20.7% | -2 | -0.3% | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.1 | +0.4 | 0.0 | 2.4% | 1.8% | H |
| HITS RADIO (SOUTH YORKSHIRE) (WAS HALLAM FM) | 176 | 204 | 242 | -28 | -13.7% | -66 | -27.3% | 954 | 1,218 | 1,744 | -264 | -21.7% | -790 | -45.3% | 3.8 | 4.9 | 7.3 | -1.1 | -3.5 | 2.7% | 2.4% | H |
| HITS RADIO (STAFFORDSHIRE & CHESHIRE) (WAS SIGNAL ONE) | 143 | 161 | 159 | -18 | -11.2% | -16 | -10.1% | 784 | 773 | 1,120 | +11 | 1.4% | -336 | -30.0% | 5.2 | 5.1 | 7.2 | +0.1 | -2.0 | 2.2% | 2.0% | H |
| HITS RADIO (WEST YORKSHIRE) (WAS PULSE 1) | 109 | 123 | 166 | -14 | -11.4% | -57 | -34.3% | 412 | 552 | 721 | -140 | -25.4% | -309 | -42.9% | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.3 | -0.5 | -1.0 | 1.7% | 1.1% | H |
| HITS RADIO (NORFOLK) (WAS KISS (EAST)) | 29 | 33 | 32 | -4 | -12.1% | -3 | -9.4% | 199 | 169 | 113 | +30 | 17.8% | +86 | 76.1% | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | +0.2 | +0.5 | 0.4% | 0.5% | H |
| HITS RADIO (WEST OF ENGLAND) (WAS KISS (WEST)) | 123 | 127 | 133 | -4 | -3.1% | -10 | -7.5% | 688 | 660 | 471 | +28 | 4.2% | +217 | 46.1% | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.3 | +0.1 | +0.6 | 1.9% | 1.8% | H |
| HITS RADIO (LONDON) (WAS KISS (LONDON)) | 717 | 554 | 676 | +163 | 29.4% | +41 | 6.1% | 1,585 | 1,157 | 1,478 | +428 | 37.0% | +107 | 7.2% | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | +0.2 | +0.1 | 11.0% | 4.1% | Q |
| CLYDE 1 (GLASGOW & THE WEST) | 668 | 708 | 751 | -40 | -5.6% | -83 | -11.1% | 6,898 | 7,818 | 8,110 | -920 | -11.8% | -1,212 | -14.9% | 19.7 | 20.7 | 21.6 | -1.0 | -1.9 | 10.2% | 17.7% | H |
| FORTH 1 | 318 | 384 | 368 | -66 | -17.2% | -50 | -13.6% | 2,863 | 3,250 | 3,391 | -387 | -11.9% | -528 | -15.6% | 16.4 | 18.1 | 18.9 | -1.7 | -2.5 | 4.9% | 7.3% | H |
| MFR | 77 | 72 | 90 | +6 | 7.7% | -13 | -14.0% | 847 | 780 | 747 | +67 | 8.5% | +100 | 13.4% | 18.6 | 16.7 | 15.6 | +1.9 | +3.0 | 1.2% | 2.2% | Y |
| NORTHSOUND 1 | 91 | 103 | 120 | -12 | -11.7% | -29 | -24.2% | 602 | 658 | 868 | -56 | -8.5% | -266 | -30.6% | 9.8 | 11.3 | 14.9 | -1.5 | -5.1 | 1.4% | 1.5% | Y |
| TAY FM | 125 | 126 | 117 | -1 | -0.8% | +8 | 6.8% | 972 | 1,086 | 936 | -114 | -10.5% | +36 | 3.8% | 16.6 | 17.3 | 14.5 | -0.7 | +2.1 | 1.9% | 2.5% | Y |
| CLYDE 1 (AYRSHIRE) | 31 | 36 | 82 | -6 | -15.7% | -51 | -62.4% | 295 | 292 | 592 | +3 | 1.0% | -297 | -50.1% | 5.7 | 5.6 | 11.5 | +0.1 | -5.8 | 0.5% | 0.8% | Y |
| COOL FM | 496 | 473 | 457 | +23 | 4.9% | +39 | 8.5% | 3,719 | 3,673 | 3,524 | +46 | 1.3% | +195 | 5.5% | 12.1 | 12.4 | 11.7 | -0.3 | +0.4 | 7.6% | 9.5% | H |
| DOWNTOWN RADIO | 288 | 265 | 316 | +23 | 8.7% | -28 | -8.9% | 2,867 | 2,710 | 3,444 | +157 | 5.8% | -577 | -16.8% | 9.4 | 9.2 | 11.5 | +0.2 | -2.1 | 4.4% | 7.4% | H |
| DOWNTOWN COUNTRY | 125 | 106 | 155 | +19 | 17.9% | -30 | -19.4% | 1,356 | 1,074 | 1,460 | +282 | 26.3% | -104 | -7.1% | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.9 | +0.8 | -0.5 | 1.9% | 3.5% | H |
| Networks· % of Net(UK) = HITS RADIO NETWORK (EXC PARTNERS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| HITS RADIO CHILLED | 275 | 274 | 315 | +1 | 0.4% | -40 | -12.7% | 747 | 697 | 811 | +50 | 7.2% | -64 | -7.9% | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2% | 1.9% | H |
| HITS RADIO PRIDE | 341 | 369 | 346 | -28 | -7.6% | -5 | -1.4% | 652 | 614 | 556 | +38 | 6.2% | +96 | 17.3% | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.2% | 1.7% | H |
| HITS RADIO 90S | 427 | 457 | — | -30 | -6.6% | — | — | 1,246 | 1,300 | — | -54 | -4.2% | — | — | 0.1 | 0.1 | — | 0.0 | — | 6.5% | 3.2% | H |
| HITS RADIO 00S | 357 | 380 | — | -23 | -6.1% | — | — | 928 | 1,352 | — | -424 | -31.4% | — | — | 0.1 | 0.1 | — | 0.0 | — | 5.5% | 2.4% | H |
| HITS RADIO | 3,797 | 3,904 | 4,684 | -107 | -2.7% | -887 | -18.9% | 16,820 | 17,593 | 23,262 | -773 | -4.4% | -6,442 | -27.7% | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 0.0 | -0.6 | 58.1% | 43.2% | H |
| Hits Radio – Other | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19,063 | 20,267 | 21,612 | -1,204 | -5.9% | -2,549 | -11.8% | — | — | — | — | — | 48.9% | ||
| HITS RADIO NETWORK (EXC PARTNERS) | 6,535 | 6,778 | 7,100 | -243 | -3.6% | -565 | -8.0% | 38,976 | 41,893 | 46,065 | -2,917 | -7.0% | -7,089 | -15.4% | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | -0.2 | -0.6 | 100.0% | 100.0% | H |
| Portfolio breakdown· % of Portfolio = HITS RADIO PORTFOLIO (EXC PARTNERS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| HITS RADIO NETWORK (EXC PARTNERS) | 6,535 | 6,778 | 7,100 | -243 | -3.6% | -565 | -8.0% | 38,976 | 41,893 | 46,065 | -2,917 | -7.0% | -7,089 | -15.4% | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | -0.2 | -0.6 | 54.1% | 37.8% | H |
| GREATEST HITS NETWORK (EXC PARTNERS) | 6,782 | 6,945 | 7,508 | -163 | -2.3% | -726 | -9.7% | 64,009 | 63,456 | 66,661 | +553 | 0.9% | -2,652 | -4.0% | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 0.0 | -0.2 | 56.1% | 62.2% | H |
| HITS RADIO PORTFOLIO (EXC PARTNERS) | 12,081 | 12,424 | 13,170 | -343 | -2.8% | -1,089 | -8.3% | 102,986 | 105,348 | 112,726 | -2,362 | -2.2% | -9,740 | -8.6% | 10.2 | 10.4 | 11.0 | -0.2 | -0.8 | 100.0% | 100.0% | H |
Source: RAJAR — all adults 15+. Q-on-Q compares against the previous release; Y-on-Y against the same release a year earlier. % cols are non-blank for sections with a defined denominator.