Online listening accounted for a record 30.8% of all radio listening in Q3 2026, up 1.1 percentage points year on year, according to the latest Rajar figures.

Smart speakers continued to play an important role in digital listening, accounting for 18.7% of all radio listening. This was unchanged from the previous quarter but up 0.5 percentage points year-on-year.

Listening via websites and apps also grew, reaching a 12.2% share, up 0.7 percentage points year-on-year and 0.6 points quarter-on-quarter.

Commercial radio followed a similar trend, with online listening up 0.6 percentage points year-on-year to 34.1% of listening. Smart speaker listening remained flat at 22.2%, while websites and apps increased their share by 0.5 percentage points to 11.9%

AM/FM listening continued to decline, accounting for 23.6% of all radio listening, down 2.6 percentage points year-on-year. Its share was lower still for commercial radio, at 18.7%.

Overall, digital platforms accounted for 76.4% of all radio listening, up 2.6 percentage points year on year. DAB’s share rose 1.5 percentage points to 43.1%, while digital television (DTV) fell 0.1 percentage points to 2.4%.