BBC news and radio: reach by service in the UK 2015-2020

This statistic displays the weekly reach of BBC news and national and local radio services in the United Kingdom (UK) from fiscal year 2015/16 to 2019/20, based on the services' local population. In the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020, BBC Radio nan Gaidheal had the greatest weekly reach, with 57.4 percent of the population using the service at least once.

Share of local population who use BBC news, national and local radio services each week in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015/16 to 2019/20*

Characteristic	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20
BBC Radio nan Gaidheal	69%	68.4%	61.1%	56%	57.9%
BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Foyle***	36.2%	34.3%	38%	34%	34.1%
BBC Scotland***	21%	20.3%	19.2%	17.5%	17.7%
BBC Radio Cymru***	4.3%	16.7%	21.1%	17.5%	18.1%
BBC LocalRadio***	15%	14.6%	14.3%	13.1%	12.1%
BBC RadioWales***	14.8%	13.9%	14.3%	12.6%	13.3%
BBC News Channel	10.3%	9.9%	9.5%	8.2%	9%
BBC Parliament	0.6%	0.6%	0.5%	0.7%	1%

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2020

Age group

4+ (TV) and 15+ (radio)

Supplementary notes

* The source defines reach as: "15 minutes for all channels and services on audiences aged 4+ (TV) and 15+ (radio)"
** BBC's fiscal year ends annually on March 31.
*** Data based on these services' Total Survey Area (TSA).
‡ Source: Lèirsinn for the BBC. Base: Gaelic-speaking 16+ population.
Data for years prior to 2019 were published earlier by the source.

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