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BY Sarah Patterson May 30, 2026
What's New March 19, 2026
First radio ratings survey results for 2026
The results of radio ratings survey 1, 2026 have been released.
The survey was conducted by GfK for Commercial Radio Australia between Sun Jan 18 to Sat Feb 28, 2026.
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Commercial Radio reaches 12.7 million listeners per week.
CRA’s Lizzie Young said: “Radio’s place in Australian life is built on trusted influence around the cultural conversations that shape our country, from moments of tragedy to times of triumph. Survey numbers speak to these moments, not just the strength of the medium – and when read holistically, they tell the story of radio’s role as a platform that has not just endured change but grown through it.
“The commercial radio industry is entering an exciting new chapter – one defined by a level of industry collaboration for the benefit of audiences and advertisers alike. Our members are reaching audiences across AM, FM, DAB+, streaming and podcasting, and the investment in platforms like CRA Audio ID and RadioApp means we are delivering the precision, transparency and scale that advertisers require.”
ABC Radio reaches 6.5 million listeners per week.
Total radio listening across the 5 surveyed metro markets is 14.9 million people. The total metro population across the 5 capital city markets is 15.7 million people.
Previous survey here.
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Results
Sydney
#1 FM Smooth 95.3
#1 AM 2GB 873
#1 Cume Smooth
#1 DAB+ CADA
Melbourne
#1 FM Gold 104.3
#1 AM 3AW
#1 Cume Gold 104.3
#1 DAB+ Gold 80s
Brisbane
#1 FM Triple M
#1 AM 4BH 1116
#1 Cume B105
#1 DAB+ Coles Radio
Adelaide
#1 FM Triple M
#1 AM Cruise1323
#1 Cume Nova 91.9
#1 DAB+ Coles Radio
Perth
#1 FM Nova 93.7
#1 AM 6PR
#1 Cume NOVA 937
#1 DAB+ smooth fm Perth
Data Charts
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Melb
Bris
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Perth
Some very interesting results and also some surprises!
Definitely some positive signs in Brisbane for KIIS 97.3, but other than that result, ARN seem to be a path to self-destruction nearly everywhere else, perhaps with the other exception of Cruise Adelaide.
Ouch for Nova Brisbane. That has to be by far their worst result ever.
4BC is beyond a basket case. The new owners have their work cut out for them. 4BH really is the little station that could.
2Day FM has some encouraging results, albeit from a low base.
Congrats to Jase and Lauren – pretty stellar result there!
When will programmers realise that cash contests don’t lift ratings.
Look at KJ’s launch into Melbourne and throwing hundreds of thousands of dollars at the secret sound.
I’ve listened to Gold breakfast this year and I heard over and over the ‘Bank of Christian’, then those segments replayed all day during the music shifts. His appeal is in stories, relating to everyday things, the benchmarks like misheard lyrics, not talking about a cash contest all the time.
I think the show is sounding better now and think it will definitely get a boost from some of the KJ audience looking around.
Kyle and Jackie O cume results 3rd in Sydney….
No major surprise that Gold 101.7’s ratings fell significantly in light of the Jonesy & Amanda > Christian O’Connell change at breakfast. That 6.1% figure is probably about where I suspect he’ll hover around in this market.
Smooth 95.3 you’d think, would’ve benefited despite remaining steady in the shares and scoring only a 15k increase in cumulative ratings on paper.
Rather concerningly for ACE Radio (they *surely* would’ve been hoping to pick up some disgruntled 101.7 listeners?), 2UE’s ratings fell. Given that Trevor Sinclair was bumped to a weekend timeslot after he fell to 1.7% at breakfast, will they hold onto Cathy Jubb who has just fallen to 1.5%?!
The jury remains out on Nova 96.9 for now, although the powers that be there will surely be happy that station remained fairly steady during Survey #1 despite swapping Brekky and Drive presenters around.
But of course, it’ll be really interesting to see the results of Surveys #2 and #3 following the Kyle & Jackie O implosion, etc.
UE and ACE need to think outside the box , get fun interesting jocks for starters and play the hits the others guys don’t and don’t flog then to death every day , they have nothing to lose