With more choice than ever before, listeners’ needs and expectations of audio services are changing. Once limited to live radio and physical formats like vinyl, cassettes and CDs, online streaming has allowed people to choose from a near-infinite range of algorithmically personalised playlists, implausibly niche podcasts and carefully curated radio stations with music to suit every mood, genre and decade across numerous services.
This summary report primarily focuses on findings from our annual Audio and Podcast Surveys, which ask people about their use of and attitudes towards different types of audio. Additional data from RAJAR and other sources are also included in this report for context. Insight into podcast listening in our 2025 report is supported, for the first time, by data from Edison Podcast Metrics UK which measures podcast listening across all networks, shows, and platforms in the UK.
This report complements our annual Media Nations report, which looks more broadly at the wider radio industry and market developments.
Technical reports, with more information on how our surveys are conducted, and full data tables are available to download from the Ofcom statistical release calendar.