SURVEY FOUR HAS LANDED: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OUR PERFORMANCE

  • For our 14th consecutive survey, NOVA Entertainment has held onto the title of Australia’s biggest metro radio audience (across broadcast, streaming, and DAB+), with over 6.45m people consistently choosing to make our stations a staple in their daily routine.

  • We continue to draw the largest streaming audience of any major network, with over 1.36m Australians streaming our stations.

  • Thanks to the combined power of Nova and Smooth FM, NOVA Entertainment is now the #1 Network for P10+ across the key markets of Melbourne and Sydney.

Looking to some of our biggest highlights:

  • Smooth FM 95.3 has unseated a giant in Sydney, surpassing 2GB to become SYDNEY’S #1 OVERALL STATION (cume & share).

  • Not to be outdone in Melbourne, Smooth FM 91.5 cements itself as the #2FM STATION IN MELBOURNE securing a share of 9.7%.

  • Turning our attention to Nova, it has officially been crowned AUSTRALIA’S FAVOURITE RADIO NETWORK, with over 4 million loyal listeners.

  • It also remains the #1 FM NETWORK FOR BREAKFAST, with 2.27m Aussies choosing to start their day with us.

  • Our local Breakfast shows continue to shine:

    • Nova 100’s Jase & Lauren have strengthened their lead as MELBOURNE’S #1 FM BREAKFAST SHOW, with a share of 10.8% and a RECORD CUME of 764k. Their massive success has helped propel Nova 100 to the top spot as AUSTRALIA’S FAVOURITE STATION.

    • Nova 93.7’s Nathan, Nat & Shaun hold their lead as PERTH’S #1 BREAKFAST SHOW, with a share of 15.5% and just of 400k listeners.

Book-ending the day, Nova draws the country’s biggest crowd from 2pm onwards:

  • The Chrissie Swan Show is the THE MOST LISTENED TO SHOW 2-4PM (CUME 1.21m).

  • Ricki-lee, Tim & Joel are the country’s MOST LISTENED TO DRIVE SHOW (CUME 1.39m).

  • Ben, Liam & Belle are the #1 LATE DRIVE SHOW (9.8% SHARE & CUME 736k).

  • Smallzy’s Surgery (8-10pm) is once again the #1FM EVENING SHOW (8.3% SHARE & CUME 379k).

Source: GfK Radio360 Ratings Survey 4 2025, Total Radio SMBAP. Network Results based on 5 cap cities. Share & Cume vs. The Hit Network, Classic Hits Network, Triple M, Mix/Kiis/96 Network. Cume (000s) incl DAB+, Mon-Sun 530am -12mn, AP 10+, P25-54.