A study of core radio listeners from 2021 on radio consumption in the United States and Canada found that radio consumers stated they listened to AM or FM radio while in a vehicle 39 percent of the time. Radio listening at home, work, or school comprised 25 percent of time spent listening to radio, compared to only 17 percent of listening to radio via a computer stream.
Devices/platforms used for radio consumption in the United States and Canada as of February 2021
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Content & reach
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Consumption
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Advertising
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Radio news
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Digital radio
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Jacobs Media. (May 21, 2021). Devices/platforms used for radio consumption in the United States and Canada as of February 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246879/radio-consumption-united-states-canada/
Jacobs Media. "Devices/platforms used for radio consumption in the United States and Canada as of February 2021." Chart. May 21, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246879/radio-consumption-united-states-canada/
Jacobs Media. (2021). Devices/platforms used for radio consumption in the United States and Canada as of February 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246879/radio-consumption-united-states-canada/
Jacobs Media. "Devices/Platforms Used for Radio Consumption in The United States and Canada as of February 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246879/radio-consumption-united-states-canada/
Jacobs Media, Devices/platforms used for radio consumption in the United States and Canada as of February 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246879/radio-consumption-united-states-canada/ (last visited June 17, 2024)
Devices/platforms used for radio consumption in the United States and Canada as of February 2021 [Graph], Jacobs Media, May 21, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246879/radio-consumption-united-states-canada/