Nielsen Names 20 Top Radio Formats. Where Does Your Music Rank?
A new Nielsen report, State Of The Media: Audio Today 2014 How America Listens February 2014, shows 242 million people listen to the radio weekly in the U.S 92% of all age 12 and older. Country music is the most listened to format, according the the survey, of the 20 genres listed.
America’s Top Formats In 2013 — Ranked By Share Of Total Listening (%)
- Country — 14.8
- News/Talk — 11.3
- Top 40 — 8.0
- AC — 7.3
- Classic Hits — 5.5
- Classic Rock — 5.2
- Hot AC — 4.8
- Urban AC — 4.0
- Top 40/R — 3.3
- Sports — 3.1
- Urban Contemporary — 3.1
- Contemporary Christian — 3.1
- Mexican Regional — 2.8
- Adults Hits/+80S Hits — 2.1
- Active Rock — 1.9
- Alternative — 1.9
- All News — 1.5
- Classical — 1.4
- Oldies — 1.4
- Spanish Contemporary — 1.4