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.