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.