First ratings survey results of 2025

The 1st radio ratings survey results for this year have been released.

Highlights:

  • Cricket season brings good results for ABC local stations, except Melbourne
  • Talk stations do well over the holiday period with a lot of international news about
  • 2GB lineup changes perform well
  • RSN drops out of the ratings results in Melbourne
  • WSFM Sydney slips after rebrand to Gold 101.7 during survey 1
  • KIIS steady in Melbourne, Gold 104.7 grabs the FM lead
  • Forever Classic 60s begins broadcasting in Perth on DAB this survey
  • A lot of movement in DAB+ station rankings over the summer period

The survey was conducted by GfK for Commercial Radio Australia between Sun Jan 19 to Sat Mar 1 2025, which included some of the summer cricket season and the inauguration of President Trump in America.

Commercial radio now reaches a total audience of 12.5 million Australians. In-car listening remains a pivotal platform, increasing by 6.5% year on year with 10.3 million Australians listening in cars weekly. Over 3.1 million Australians listen to commercial radio via streaming.

Displayed below are Share, Cume, DAB+ and Platform results, as well as our interactive data charts. Click to enlarge each result.

Previous survey results here. See also: Spin Cycle, cumes, and DAB+.

If you’re looking for historical survey data, we have it all back to the year 2000 at this link.

RESULTS

Sydney

Melbourne

Brisbane

Adelaide

 

Perth

Data Charts

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Adelaide:

Perth:

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