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

  • For our (lucky) 13th 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 1.38m Australians streaming our stations.

  • Thanks to the combined power of Nova and Smooth FM, NOVA Entertainment has the largest audience across Melbourne and Sydney of any FM network, both 10+ (4.14m - that’s 538k ahead of our nearest competitor) and 25-54 (2.17m, 200k+ ahead of ‘the next guy’).

Looking to some of our biggest highlights:

  • Smooth FM continues its reign as Sydney’s #1 FM Station, with a share of 12.4%. With over 1.29m Australians listening, it’s also once again the most popular station in the country.

  • Not to be outdone in Melbourne, Smooth FM is quickly closing the gap with our competitors, sitting at #2 FM with a share of 9.5%.

  • Turning our attention to Nova, our local Breakfast shows are #1 in four of the five key metro markets, making us the #1FM network for Breakfast (share 11.5%, CUME 2.32m – just a cheeky 510k ahead of our nearest competitor). See below for details:

    • Nova 100’s Jase & Lauren have taken back the top spot as Melbourne’s #1 FM Breakfast Show, with a share of 10.2% and a RECORD CUME of 741k (up 79k).

    • Nova 106.9’s Ash, Luttsy & Nikki Osborne continues as Brisbane’s #1 Breakfast Show with a share of 13.1% and 398k listeners, at home on the market’s most popular station (CUME: 651k). 

    • Nova 919’s Jodie & Hayesy take out Adelaide’s #1 Breakfast Show, both share (13.8%) and CUME (222k).

    • Nova 93.7 Nathan, Nat & Shaun is again the #1 Breakfast Show in Perth, with a massive 19.5% share and a CUME of 405k.

Book-ending the day, Nova dominates Drive onwards:

  • Ricki-lee, Tim & Joel remain the country’s #1 Drive Show (share 10.9% & CUME 1.425m).

  • Ben, Liam & Belle increased their lead in Late Drive (share 11% & CUME 790k).

  • Smallzy’s Surgery (8-10pm) rounds us out in style as the #1 FM Evening Show (8.7% share & CUME 396k).

Source: GfK Radio360 Ratings Survey 3 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.