Radio stations in the U.S.
IHeartRadio is the biggest online radio company in the United States by a significant margin, boasting an average active sessions figure over 390 thousand.The National Public Radio is also reporting steady numbers, with a revenue of 309 million U.S. dollars. American radio stations generated total revenue of over 12 billion U.S. dollars in 2022, of which 1.7 million dollars was generated through online radio streaming. In addition to the massive national stations and broadcasts, local public radio stations also appear to be thriving.Radio advertising
The continuous presence of advertising on radio, heard in cars as well as in public areas, is an incentive for many businesses to invest in this medium of advertising. Local radio digital advertising amounted to over 2.1 billion U.S. dollars in the United States in 2023, with the retail and communications industries being the largest radio advertisers, spending hundreds of millions of dollars on radio advertising each year. Advertising revenue often keeps traditional formats afloat, and is greatly important not just for radio but also for magazines, newspapers, and TV, but also for music streaming services like Spotify.
