RESEARCH: RADIO STATISTICS

BBC Radio 1 The number sees an increase in audience both on the year and the quarter to nearly 6 million listeners.
The show, which started in September 2012, has a weekly reach of 5.97 million from 5.85m last quarter and 5.89m last year.
The network has a target audience of 15 to 29-year-olds.
The most common age of a Radio 1 listener is 17 and the network reaches 40% of all 15 to 24-year-olds in the UK. (BBC, 2014)

BBC Radio 2 has once again reached a record audience over the past three months, according to new figures.

The network drew a weekly audience of 15.57m, with Chris Evans Breakfast Show pulling in a record audience of 9.83 million listeners every week. (BBC News, 2014)