17 of the top 20 shows are on RTE Radio
RTÉ Radio 1 reaches 904,000 listeners on a weekday (+46,000 YoY).
Morning Ireland remains Ireland’s most listened to radio programme with 486,000 listeners this book (+46,000 YoY).
Countrywide gains +68,000 YoY, with 277,000 listeners on Saturday mornings.
Oliver Callan is Ireland’s third most listened to weekday programme, with 336,000 listeners each day (+6,000 BoB).
Today with Claire Byrne now has 344,000 listeners tuning in every weekday from 10am-12noon (+3,000 BoB).
The Louise Duffy Show has 221,000 listeners (+3,000 BoB) tuning in for great music.
Brendan O’Connor on Saturday has 340,000 listeners (+2,000 YoY), with 346,000 listeners tuning in to the second most listened to programme in the country on Sunday (+23,000 YoY).
News at One has 295,000 listeners.
Liveline with Joe Duffy has a listenership of 302,000 (+1,000 BoB).
The Ray D’Arcy Show weekday afternoons on RTÉ Radio 1 has 191,000 listeners (+10,000 BoB).
Drivetime has 224,000 listeners tuning in every evening. (+4,000 BoB)
Playback on Saturday has 337,000 listeners.
The Business on Saturday mornings has 331,000 listeners (+7,000 BoB).
Saturday with Colm Ó Mongáin has 216,000 listeners (+10,000 YoY).
Saturday Sport/Doc On One from 2-6pm on RTÉ Radio 1 has 226,000 listeners and Sunday Sport has 203,000 listeners.
Sunday Miscellany has 315,000 listeners.
Sunday with Miriam has 309,000 listeners (+5,000 BoB).
Arena has 49,000 listeners every weekday (+8,000 BoB).
The John Creedon Show has 56,000 listeners enjoying great music on weeknights (+4,000 BoB).
2FM
2FM Breakfast has 149,000 listeners tuning in on weekday mornings (+6,000 BoB).
Laura Fox on 2FM has 141,000 listeners to her 9-12pm show (+6,000 BoB).
Tracy Clifford has 128,000 listeners enjoying great music each lunchtime (+7,000 BoB).
2FM Drive continues to entertain listeners across the country in the afternoons with 157,000 listeners (+6,000 BoB).
Game On has 42,000 listeners tuning in weeknights for sports chat (+5,000 BoB)
Weekends on 2FM from 9am-12noon has 136,000 listeners on Saturdays (+7,000 BoB) and 128,000 on Sunday (+8,000 BoB).
Roz and Emma on 2FM from 12-3pm have 133,000 listeners on Saturdays (+9,000 BoB) and 98,000 listeners on Sundays (+1,000 BoB).
Lyric FM
Marty in the Morning has 67,000 listeners (+13,000 BoB) tuning in every weekday morning.
Aedín Gormley’s Movies and Musicals every Saturday afternoon has 67,000 listeners (+9,000 BoB).
Sunday Afternoon with Simon Delaney has 60,000 listeners (+10,000 BoB).
Niall Carroll’s Classical Drivetime has 51,000 listeners (+5,000 BoB) each weekday.
Liz Nolan’s The Full Score/ Aedín in the Afternoon (Friday) have 51,000 listeners (+7,000 BoB).
Lorcan Murray’s Classic Drive takes 57,000 listeners (+1,000 BoB) into the evening each weekday.
Evonne Ferguson’s Daybreak has 46,000 listeners (+3,000 BoB) on Saturday mornings.
The Hamilton Scores with George Hamilton has 46,000 listeners (+2,000 BoB) on Saturdays and 52,000(+8,000 BoB) on Sundays.
The Mystery Train with John Kelly / RTÉ lyric Live with Paul Herriott has 28,000 listeners (+6,000 BoB) weekday evenings.
Source: JNLR/Ipsos 2024-2 (July 2023 to June 2024)
* 2,067,000 Adults 15+
** 1,401,000 Adults 15+
In sourcing the current dataset (covering the period July 2023 – June 2024), and relevant comparable periods, the following wording should be used:
Book-on-Book (BoB) = Source: JNLR/ Ipsos MRBI 2024-2 vs. 2024-1.
Year-on-year (YoY) = Source: JNLR/Ipsos MRBI 2024-2 vs. 2023-2.
Full Report here: JNLR-Sales House Report 2024-2 (FINAL)