Latest JNLR/Ipsos B&A Summary Results for October 2025 to September 2026

The latest results show 3.483 million listeners (15+) tune into radio every weekday, that is daily radio listening at 77.6% of all adults. Radio in the past week now reaches 89.0% of the population.

A total of c 16,750 people were interviewed during the survey period by Ipsos B&A, on behalf of JNLR – Joint National Listenership Research – that is commissioned by all national, regional and local radio stations, AAI, IAPI and Coimisiún na Meán.

A large majority of Irish adults – 77.6% (-0.3%) listen to the radio every day. About half, 49.8% (-0.6%), tune into their local or regional station and 42.5% (+0.6%) listen to a national station. Among the younger market, 15-34-year-olds, 64.6% (-0.4%) listen to radio daily.

Irish radio audiences continue to listen to a significant amount of radio everyday, listeners tune in, on average, for more than 3 ½ hours, (217 mins, +1) per day, per listener, during the prime 7am to 7pm time (Irish Adults listening Mon-Fri).

In terms of share of all minutes listened in the country, National Radio currently has 46.6% share (+0.6%), while Local/Regional Radio holds the majority share position with 53.4% (-0.6%) in this reporting period.

Across the various regional areas throughout the country, National Radio holds the majority share position in Dublin (54.5%) and the greater Dublin Commuter belt (54.8%). On the other hand, Local/Regional radio is in the majority in the other regions throughout the country achieving its highest share in Cork (56.5%), in the South-East (56.6%), in the North-West (59.0%) and in the South-West (61.6%) regions of the country. 

More information on the JNLR/Ipsos B&A report can be found here.