Radio listening occasions in the UK 2012

This statistic ranks radio listening occasions by usage in the UK in 2012. Listening in the car was most popular, at 37 percent of respondents. Listening just before going to bed was among the least popular occasions to listen to the radion, at just 9 percent of respondents.

Occasions when respondents listened to the radio in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2012

Characteristic	Share of respondents
When I'm travelling in a car as a passenger	37%
Weekends	29%
When I'm home alone	28%
First thing in the morning	26%
When I'm doing other things	26%
When I've got a couple of hours to spare	16%
When I'm out and about	15%
When with family	13%
When I'm waiting for people/ things to happen	13%
When I'm at work/ school	12%
In the bathroom	11%
When I've got 10 minutes to spare	11%
When with friends	11%
When I'm on the bus/ train/ plane	9%
Straight after work/ college	9%
Just before I go to bed	9%
A break at work/ school (e.g. lunchtime)	9%
I do this at another time of day	10%
I do not do this activity	18%

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Release date

November 2012

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

August 2012

Number of respondents

n = 1,298*

Age group

16 years and older

Supplementary notes

* Of the interviewees, 990 were recruited online, and these people took part in online interviews. The remaining 308 interviewees are people who are offline, and they took part in face-to-face interviews.
Multiple answers were possible.
This statistic is using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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