hit40uk continues to be the UK’s biggest Chart show after figures were published by RAJAR today. The lead over Radio 1 remains strong at 311,000 4+ listeners within the national TSA. The results also revealed a stable performance amongst key 15-24 and 15-34 audiences with a small loss of audience amongst 35+ (7%).
Within the next 2 Rajar figures the station numbers will be swelled by the addition of up to 10 stations with the EMAP Big City Network stations returning to hit40uk. This should lead to a further 6% audience growth.
The full figures for 4+, 15+, 15-24, 15-34:
hit40uk 2,229,000 (-86) 1,623,000(-69) 477,000 (+10) 818,000 (-12)
Radio1 1,918,000(-39) 1,589,000 (+69) 616,000(-1) 1,066,000 (+12)
Figures in brackets are changes against previous wave.