The very topical start to the year, marked by the presidential election and the war in Ukraine, was not enough to increase French enthusiasm for radio.
Between January and March 2022, the French airwaves brought together 40.17 million listeners every day, a stable score over one year, according to the latest delivery of radio audience measurement by Médiamétrie.
Unveiled this Thursday, April 21, this indicator represents all the people who have listened to a channel at least once in a time slot or during a day.
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France Inter stands out once again as the number one radio station in France with a cumulative audience of 12.5%.
Generalist radio brings together 6.9 million listeners every day, up by 200,000 people over one year.
Its audience share is 13.4%.
The morning show by Nicolas Demorand and Léa Salamé remains by far the first in France, with 4 million listeners.
"
The channel is in top form, with a particularly powerful 7/9, embodied in particular by Léa Salamé, which citizens were able to find yesterday during the presidential debate, one of the most important moments in French politics
", welcomes Laurence Bloch, the director of France Inter.
She will leave her place at the start of the school year to Adèle Van Reeth.
"
The French continue to favor the generation that I installed in 2014. I have no doubt that Adèle Van Reeth will, in turn, be able to listen to our times
, ”she adds. .
France Info gains 600,000 listeners
Eternal rival of France Inter, RTL is doing well, with 13.1% audience share (0.7 points gained).
Embodied by Yves Calvi, Pascal Praud or Laurent Ruquier, the radio continues its growth dynamic by gaining 67,000 listeners over one year, to reach 5.8 million listeners.
"The balance of its schedule between information, culture, entertainment and service convinced listeners, as did the new impetus that animates its editorial staff in a particularly dense current context,
" says Régis Ravanas, Managing Director of audio activities at M6 group.
RTL will continue to innovate and make its schedule more eventful while remaining as close as possible to the concerns and daily life of the French”.
In the landscape, RMC brings together 3.2 million faithful every day, posting a very slight drop.
It is ahead of the France Bleu antenna (3.1 million listeners).
For its part, Europe 1, recently swallowed up by Vincent Bolloré's Vivendi group, is sinking into ever deeper waters.
The station posted an all-time low, with only 2.2 million listeners (3.9% Cumulative Audience).
At the same level as RTL2.
In France, the public station Franceinfo takes full advantage of the news.
It increased by 600,000 listeners over one year, thus attracting 5.5 million followers daily.
Also in good shape, France Culture attracts 1.8 million listeners every day (+200,000 over one year).
NRJ remains the leader in music
As for music radio, the leader NRJ remains stable, with 4.5 million listeners.
Its little sister, Nostalgie, stands out in particular by posting the greatest increase in radio (+200,000 over one year), reaching 3 million listeners.
With 3.4 million listeners, the rap and R&B station Skyrock posted stable results.
While Fun radio (1.9 million listeners) and RFM (1.7 million) for their part reached a historic low.
Lastly, in the classical music segment, Radio Classique, with 1.019 million listeners, won over 38,000 additional music lovers in one year.
It thus places itself ahead of the 987,000 loyal France Musique fans (+50,000 over one year).
