Ustrell achieves his second best audience figure but Basté extends his lead

BarcelonaAt the end of 2011, Jordi Basté managed to lead morning audiences by a margin of only 1,000 listeners. Since then, he has maintained the top spot, with a tendency to distance himself from Catalunya Ràdio. The EGM wave that was made public this Tuesday marks another step in this direction: if in July 2025 there was a difference of 283,000 listeners between Basté and Ricard Ustrell, on this occasion it is 287,000. However, the gap has considerably narrowed compared to the 352,000 followers there were in the previous wave, in April (comparisons, however, are made looking back a year, as radio has a strong seasonal component). In this way, El món a RAC 1 improves by 33,000 listeners and climbs to 745,000, while El matí de Catalunya Ràdio adds 29,000, jumping from 429,000 to 458,000. It is the second-best figure for the Sabadell native, who achieves the best rating for the public broadcaster's morning magazine since the 2018-2019 season, although the bulk of the radio's audience growth has been capitalized by his rival. If looking at entire seasons, the average gap will have been 327,000 followers, while in the previous one it was 249,000.

Beyond their respective flagship programs, the trend for Catalan radio is good, as it remains stable, bordering on 1.7 million listeners: RAC1 adds 2,000, up to 1,018,000, and continues to be a comfortable leader, while Catalunya Ràdio, with 672,000, drops only 8,000 and, overall, achieves its second-best season in history.

In the rest of the time slots, RAC1 registers an irregular wave, with generalized decreases in which the only exception is Versió RAC1, which reaches 403,000 listeners (it had 336,000 a year ago). In contrast, La competència drops 22,000, to 167,000; Vostè primer goes from 142,000 to 140,000; the news program 14/15, also falls, from 114,000 to 94,000; No ho sé loses 20,000 listeners, down to 135,000, and Tu diràs loses 19,000, down to 124,000.

Regarding Catalunya Ràdio, the problem is concentrated mainly in the evening. Tot costa suffers a setback, going from 132,000 last July to 85,000, Les dones i els dies by Montse Virgili drops from 73,000 to 52,000 followers, Catalunya nit falls from 94,000 to 85,000 and La nit dels ignorants recedes from 57,000 to 38,000. In daytime slots, La solució also drops, which had it complicated because it has to be compared with the 96,000 from the much-anticipated farewell of El búnquer, which occupied that midday hour a year ago. Elisenda Carod registers 82,000 listeners this June with the new format, a significant improvement compared to the 65,000 with which she debuted. La tarda de Catalunya Ràdio this year premiered a presenter with Francesc Garriga, who matches the 133,000 that the magazine precisely had a year ago in this slot – presented that spring by Agnès Marquès since the program's main host, Elisenda Carod, was on maternity leave – and in the entirety of its first season, it improves results.

Before that, Catalunya migdia rises from 132,000 to 157,000 listeners and can claim to be the most listened-to news program on the radio. La Renaixença, integrated as a last-minute segment of El matí de Catalunya Ràdio, concludes its first season with 104,000 listeners, and Que no surti d'aquí, which counts as a last-minute segment of La tarda de Catalunya Ràdio, registers 55,000 followers. In this case, a comparison cannot be made, because the previous season it aired at midday, when there is a larger base audience. Nevertheless, this third wave is the most discreet, after having achieved 65,000 followers with the first wave and 62,000 in the second of the season, with a format that is strong especially in deferred listening and Spotify, which does not count towards the EGM.

There are not only clashes on weekdays: the weekend is also a battleground. Xavi Bundó's Via lliure on RAC1 continues to lead comfortably, with 574,000 listeners on Saturdays (+74,000 from a year ago) and 488,000 on Sundays (-28,000). On the other side of Diagonal, Roger Escapa gets 348,000 on Saturdays (-13,000) and 337,000 on Sundays (+14,000) with El suplement. And in sports macro-programs, there are also disparate behaviors. The private channel's Superesports is doing very well on Saturdays, reaching 98,000 listeners, up to 305,000 on Saturdays, but losing 50,000 on Sundays, down to 228,000. And on the public channel, Tot gira improves by 38,000 followers on Saturdays, up to 121,000, and plummets from 209,000 to 68,000 on Sundays.

Beyond the classic duel between Catalunya Ràdio and RAC1, SER is the third most listened-to station in Catalonia, with 397,000 listeners, but it falls considerably compared to the 485,000 it had a year ago. Àngels Barceló's Hoy por hoy gets 222,000 followers here. And Marina Fernàndez's morning magazine on SER Catalunya barely registers 6,000 listeners. The fourth most listened-to station is Cope, with 250,000 (it had 269,000) and Onda Cero also recedes from 157,000 to 152,000. Closing the top 5 is RNE, which obtains 98,000 followers in Catalonia (it had 105,000 in July 2025).

Finally, 3Catinfo (formerly Catalunya Informació) achieves 89,000 listeners in its audio version (it had 112,000), Catalunya Música climbs to 41,000 followers (from the 26,000 it had) and iCat registers 30,000 (a notable increase from 20,000).

Live broadcasts are from RAC1; podcasts, from Catalunya Ràdio

Leadership on the internet remains with RAC1, mainly thanks to live broadcasts. The Grupo Godó station has 313,000 online listeners, compared to 180,000 for SER, 156,000 for Catalunya Ràdio, and 112,000 for Cope. The ranking is explained by RAC1's clear dominance in live broadcasts, where it has 254,000 followers, compared to 110,000 for SER, 96,000 for Cope, and 77,000 for Catalunya Ràdio, which is trying to clarify if any technical condition is affecting this unusually low figure. Meanwhile, the public broadcaster dominates the podcast arena, with 90,000 daily listeners, followed by the 78,000 from SER, 73,000 from RAC1, and 20,000 from Onda Cero.

Music radio: Los 40 continue to dominate

Once again, the first place among thematic stations goes to Los 40, which signs 332,000 listeners. Silver and bronze go to two sister stations, Flaix FM and Flaixbac, which obtain 276,000 and 266,000 followers, respectively. The list is completed with RAC105 (229,000), Cadena 100 (189,000), Los 40 Classic (185,000), Rock FM (160,000), Radio Teletaxi (151,000) and Cadena Dial (139,000).

Radio in Spain: there is no 'sorpasso'

In Spain, the SER continues to lead, and furthermore, it gains some ground against Cope, which was starting to dangerously close in on it. Prisa's station registers 4,403,000 listeners, which is 148,000 fewer than it had a year ago. Meanwhile, the bishops' station loses 232,000 followers and remains at 3,581,000. Third is Onda Cero, from the Atresmedia group, which is the only one to grow, moving from 2,231,000 followers to 2,265,000, and further behind is RNE, which falls from 975,000 to 895,000.

Regarding the morning shows of Spanish radio stations, Carlos Herrera sees Àngels Barceló leave without being able to achieve the sorpasso that seemed feasible in the previous wave, when they were separated by just 107,000 listeners. SER achieves 3,095,000 listeners with the program Hoy por hoy, which is 527,000 more than the 2,568,000 Cope has at those times. That said, both have fallen compared to a year ago, when they had 3,247,000 and 2,763,000 followers. The third in contention is Carlos Alsina, the only one to improve, moving from 1,638,000 listeners in July 2025 to the current 1,747,000. The announcer, however, has said he will not continue presenting the informative part of the program because he considers himself "worn out." Meanwhile, Juan Ramón Lucas achieves 705,000 listeners with his morning show on the public broadcaster RNE, which is a lower figure than the 734,000 the program obtained a year ago, when Josep Cuní was still presenting it.