This statistic displays the share of respondents that reported listening to the radio regularly in the United Kingdom from 2005 to 2014. The share of respondents was lowest in 2014. In 2013, 70 percent of all adults reported listening to the radio regularly.
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Do you listen to the radio regularly?*
Characteristic
Share of respondents
2014
55%
2013
70%
2012
73%
2011
74%
2009
73%
2007
69%
2005
77%
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* The original survey question was: "Which of the following do you use almost every day?" (Prompted responses, multi-coded) ** n (2005) = 3,244; n (2007) = 2,905; n (2009) = 1,824; n (2010) = 2,177; n (2011) = 1,823; n (2012) = 1,805; n (2013) = 1,642; n (2014) = 1,890. Figures for years previous to 2014 were published earlier by the source.
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Ofcom. (May 14, 2015). Do you listen to the radio regularly?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/301589/listening-to-the-radio-in-the-uk/
Ofcom. "Do you listen to the radio regularly?*." Chart. May 14, 2015. Statista. Accessed July 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/301589/listening-to-the-radio-in-the-uk/
Ofcom. (2015). Do you listen to the radio regularly?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/301589/listening-to-the-radio-in-the-uk/
Ofcom. "Do You Listen to The Radio Regularly?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 May 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/301589/listening-to-the-radio-in-the-uk/
Ofcom, Do you listen to the radio regularly?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/301589/listening-to-the-radio-in-the-uk/ (last visited July 14, 2025)
Do you listen to the radio regularly?* [Graph], Ofcom, May 14, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/301589/listening-to-the-radio-in-the-uk/
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