EAR > Global Radio – September-October 2025

Every day, 36.8 million French people aged 13 and over listen to the radio. This audience, measured in the EAR > National survey, takes into account all listening platforms, including those dedicated to radio and digital devices.

The EAR > Global Radio module allows for the analysis of digital radio listening behaviors.

Every day, 10.3 million people listen to the radio on digital media, which represents 18.2% of the population aged 13 and over. The radio gains 473,000 daily listeners in 1 year on digital platforms.

This growth in radio listening on digital media is driven by mobile phones, which are used by 6.7 million people every day. Among other media, voice-controlled speakers attract 1.6 million listeners every day, still ahead of computer, chosen by 1.2 million listeners.

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Listening to the radio on digital media is particularly popular among 35–59-year-olds (23%, of them listen to the radio every day on digital media, +1.2 points in 1 year), people in the upper socio-professional categories (25%, +0.8 point) and residents of the Greater Paris Region (22.8%, +1.9 point).

Listening to the radio on digital devices is attracting an increasingly wide audience: 15.2% of people aged 60 and over are fans, a figure that has risen by 1.1 points in one year.

Listeners using digital devices listen to the radio for an average of 2 hours and 31 minutes on these devices, which is above the average listening time for radio listeners using dedicated devices (2 hours and 30 minutes).

In total, these 10.3 million listeners on digital media contribute 25.5% of radio's listening volume, versus 23.6% last year.

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