Top 20 most popular radio stations in South Africa
Despite the rise of new technologies such as streaming and improved broadband connectivity, radio still remains big business in South Africa.
The latest statistics published by the Broadcast Research Council of South Africa show that many of these still receive a weekly listenership of over a million people in a wide variety of languages.
The largest station is Durban-based Ukhozi FM which caters to the needs of the Zulu-speaking community. Between October 2018 and March 2019 the station had 7.6 million listeners a week.
This is far ahead of the second most popular station Umhlobo Wenene FM – a station which focuses on the Xhosa language-speaking community – which had 5.4 million listeners a week over the same time period.
Rounding up the top three is Metro FM with 4.3 million listeners a week.
You can find the list of the 20 most popular radio stations outlined below.
| Ranking | Station | Weekly listenership |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukhozi FM | 7 670 000 |
| 2 | Umhlobo Wenene FM (UWFM) | 5 409 000 |
| 3 | Metro FM | 4 372 000 |
| 4 | Lesedi FM | 3 196 000 |
| 5 | Thobela FM | 2 978 000 |
| 6 | Motsweding FM | 2 546 000 |
| 7 | Gagasi FM | 1 394 000 |
| 8 | RSG | 1 170 000 |
| 9 | Jacaranda FM | 1 079 000 |
| 10 | Ligwalagwala FM | 1 074 000 |
| 11 | Ikwekwezi FM | 1 029 000 |
| 12 | East Coast Radio | 1 023 000 |
| 13 | Munghana Lonene FM (MLFM) | 1 020 000 |
| 14 | KFM | 944 000 |
| 15 | 947 | 942 000 |
| 16 | Phalaphala FM | 778 000 |
| 17 | Heart 104.9 FM | 768 000 |
| 18 | Kaya FM 95.9 | 754 000 |
| 19 | YFM 99.2 | 676 000 |
| 20 | 5FM | 674 000 |
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