Weekly terrestrial radio listenership in the U.S. Knight Foundation.Ībout eight-in-ten Americans ages 12 and older listen to terrestrial radio in a given week. This is the latest analysis in Pew Research Center’s ongoing investigation of the state of news, information and journalism in the digital age, a research program funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts, with generous support from the John S. Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. Details about the methodology of each study, including survey sample sizes and field dates, are available by following the links in this analysis. All findings are based on previously published studies by the Center.
For National Radio Day, Pew Research Center conducted this analysis to provide findings about radio listeners, radio journalists and the broader radio industry in the United States.