RAC1 extends its record again and Basté also sets an all-time high

BarcelonaThe million mark was merely a psychological milestone. The round number of listeners eluded RAC1 for a long time, but in the spring it surpassed it for the first time and has not only managed to maintain it but, in this third wave of the EGM survey, has boosted it to 1,064,000 listeners (48,000 more than it had in the summer and 219,000 more than last year). And, once again, it is demonstrated that the audience for Catalan-language radio is not stagnant: Catalunya Ràdio manages to grow despite the success of its rival and reaches 644,000 listeners, 7,000 more than a year ago, allowing it to record its best rolling year (the cumulative total of the three waves). Furthermore, the public broadcaster has seen remarkable growth in iCat fm (rising from 35,000 listeners last December to 60,000), 3CatInfo (formerly Catalunya Informació, which climbs from 87,000 to 100,000), and Catalunya Música, which increases from 26,000 to 27,000. The third most listened-to general-interest station in the country is SER, which has surpassed half a million listeners for the first time in twenty years: 524,000 listeners. This reduces the gap between the Prisa-owned station and Catalunya Ràdio to 120,000 listeners, compared to 214,000 a year ago. Some of SER's Catalan-language programs are achieving notable results, such as the 74,000 listeners recorded by [program name missing]. The balcony by Anna Puigboltas, the 82,000 of What are you betting on! of Sique Rodríguez and Lluís Flaquer or the 54,000 of the Memory sticks By Jordi Manau.

As for morning shows, Basté has regained its lead with a remarkable 27.6% increase: from 619,000 listeners to 790,000, an absolute record for a radio program in Catalonia. Meanwhile, on the public broadcaster The morning Ricard Ustrell's show also achieves a slight improvement, from 426,000 to 443,000, although the strength of its rival – which has one less time slot – spoils this growth: the distance between both formats is 347,000 listeners, the second widest historically, only surpassed once in July 2002.Today SER's audience remains at 322,000.

Roger Escapa has some good news at Catalunya Ràdio, as he manages to become the Saturday leader with The supplement: registers 547,000 followers (an increase of 130,000) and therefore surpasses the Clear path Xavi Bundó's show, which that day reached 497,000 listeners (despite an increase of 37,000), made up for lost time. The RAC1 host recovered on Sunday, comfortably leading with 602,000 listeners (+72,000) against Escapa's 431,000, although Escapa still gained 106,000. It was an excellent EGM (General Media Study) for Catalan-language radio, as it was unprecedented for 2.5 million people to listen to generalist stations in this language.

This season, Catalunya Ràdio introduced several new features. It is the first year, for example, for The RenaissancePeyu's program that takes the testimony ofThe bunker. Integrated as breaking newsThe morningIn that range, it gets 91,000 listeners. Elisenda Carod also made her debut – she had hosted until last season The afternoon on Catalunya Ràdio– as the new presenter of The solutionA historic format adapted to modern times. It has gained 65,000 followers, slightly fewer than it previously had. The bunker in that time slot last year (78,000). Francesc Garriga also debuted, in this case at the helm of the public broadcaster's afternoon magazine program, and he does so with 100,000 listeners, which is 7,000 more than the program had a year ago. And this has also been Marta Romagosa's first EGM as the voice of The Night of the IgnorantAfter Xavier Solà's departure, the show's 59,000 listeners are now online – an increase of 1,000 – compared to last December. And there's one more new development: Agnès Marquès has joined the team. Catalonia nightThe program, which until now featured Manel Elías solo, has gained 1,000 listeners, reaching 78,000. Don't let it leave hereFor its part, the show achieved a good result with 65,000 listeners in the afternoon, a time slot that a year ago only garnered 42,000 listeners. However, it did notice a decrease in total listeners, since last season it aired at midday, when radio audiences are much larger. In any case, the laundry program's audience is included within the overall audience figures. The afternoon on Catalunya Ràdio

Among those who have repeated their purchases, there has been a downward trend. The Catalonia midday It falls slightly from 110,000 to 104,000. Everything costs money. It also loses 3,000 listeners along the way, dropping to 116,000, and Montse Virgili suffers the most significant loss. Women and the Days, dropping from 66,000 to 43,000.

On the other side of the Diagonal, the joy is widespread and all the programs are rising. The competition It shakes off the disappointment of the poor EGM results last December, when its audience fell from 180,000 to 137,000 listeners, and not only recovers but surpasses the 200,000 listener mark with 202,000. You first It had also stumbled, dropping from 132,000 to 90,000 listeners in a year, but twelve months later it's back to its peak, with 146,000 listeners. The same effect is seen in the news program. 14/15which had 57,000 followers a year ago and now boasts 114,000.

In the afternoon, the recently awarded Ondas Toni Clapés ends the year with the icing on the cake of an excellent EGM rating, which gives him 64,000 more fans. RAC1 version And that makes 370,000. An increase also for the Don't know of Anna Vallhonesta (from 89,000 to 139,000) and for the You'll say (from 115,000 to 123,000).

In the sports battle, RAC1 also takes the goal: the Supersports It leads on both Saturday and Sunday, with 230,000 and 383,000 listeners respectively, and increases of 109,000 and 161,000 listeners. Catalunya Ràdio slips slightly on Saturdays with the Everything revolves (from 137,000 to 126,000) but it sees a spectacular jump on Sundays, from 119,000 followers to 366,000.

Digital Results

Although the EGM (General Media Study) focuses its efforts on three large-scale surveys measuring radio listenership, in recent years it has also weighted 20% of digital listening. Separately, it provides data strictly on online consumption, in a ranking also led by RAC1, with 310,000 listeners, and Catalunya Ràdio, with 219,000, followed by SER (193,000), Cope (116,000), Onda Cero (56,000), and RNE. However, Catalunya Ràdio leads in podcasts, with 154,000 people listening to one daily. RAC1 is second (108,000), and SER is close behind (105,000) to the Godó Group station. Considerably further down the list are Cope (19,000), Onda Cero (17,000), and RNE (3,000). However, in live broadcasts, the Catalan public broadcaster falters: it only reaches 74,000 daily listeners and is surpassed by RAC1 (231,000), Cope (107,000), and SER (99,000). The list is completed by Onda Cero's 40,000 listeners and RNE's 17,000.

Music stations in Catalonia

Los 40 retains its leadership in thematic radio, which it already held last December, although its audience drops from 344,000 to 298,000 listeners. This decline is not enough for Flaixbac to make the overtaking and remains at 269,000 (-2,000). Its sister station Flash is third, with 237,000 listeners (+43,000), and RAC105 is fourth, with 208,000 (-2,000). The ranking of stations with over 100,000 daily listeners is completed by Rock FM (182,000), Cadena 100 (170,000), Cadena Dial (166,000), Los 40 Classic (150,000), Kiss FM (13) (130,000), Los 40 Urban (117,000), and Europa FM (113,000).

Radio in Spain

SER remains the dominant radio station in Spain with 4,892,000 listeners. Not only has it grown from 4,356,000 last December, but it has also benefited from the stagnation of COPE, its closest rival, to widen the gap: the bishops' radio station only managed to increase its audience from 3,511,000 to 3,545,000. The third most popular station is Onda Cero, which also saw an increase, in this case from 2,131,000 listeners to 2,283,000. The fourth most popular station in Spain is RAC1, although it only broadcasts in Catalonia, as RNE falls below it in this year's EGM (General Media Study), with 945,000 listeners (down from 886,000 a year ago).

In the battle of morning shows, Àngels Barceló continues to reign supreme and with an increasing trend: hers Today It gains listeners in each wave of the year, and this last one in 2025 ends with 3,405,000, compared to 3,080,000 in December 2024. Its closest competitor, Carlos Herrera, has faltered, contradicting the upward trend of his station, as the 2,608,000 listeners he had a year ago have fallen to 2,540,000. Carlos Alzina takes the bronze from Onda Cero and his own More than one It improved its results, going from 1,627,000 listeners to 1,736,000. Juan Ramon Lucas debuted on RNE, and he did so with 709,000 listeners, exactly the same as Josep Cuní, his predecessor at the head of the Spanish public broadcaster's morning magazine program.