GB News Radio’s phenomenal growth has hit a new record breaking high, latest data reveals today.
According to official RAJAR figures, which cover the first three months of 2025, the audience of GB News Radio has increased by 22.9% year-on-year, and 19.4% quarter-on-quarter.
The People’s Channel now boasts 559,000 weekly listeners - up from 468,000 in the last three months of 2024.
The numbers show GB News Radio has increased its market share by 33%, with average listening time up from 7.4 to 7.7 hours.
GB News Radio also recorded its highest total listening hours ever which are now at 4.3 million.
That’s up 35% year-on-year and 25% on the last quarter - a record-breaking performance.
The continuing success of GB News Radio is in stark contrast to some of its competitors, including Talk which saw its audience reach plummet by 35.9% year-on-year.
Based on the latest RAJAR and BARB data when GB News' TV and radio audiences are combined it boasts two-times the reach of its rival broadcasters, Times Radio and Talk combined.
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Programme growth
The RAJAR data shows how on weekdays and at Weekends, GB News programmes are welcoming more and more listeners.
- Britain’s Newsroom, hosted by Andrew Pierce and Bev Turner on Monday to Thursday, and Nana Akua and Ben Leo on Friday, saw its audience leap by a massive 50% quarter-on-quarter, and by 39% year-on-year.
- The audience for the weekday GB News Breakfast show hosted by Eamonn Holmes, Stephen Dixon and Ellie Costello, was up 14% quarter-on-quarter and 26% year-on-year. Weekend Breakfast hosted by Stephen Dixon and Anne Diamond leapt 14% quarter-on-quarter.
- Good Afternoon Britain, presented by Tom Harwood and Emily Carver, was up 7% on the previous quarter, and up 42% year-on-year.
- Drive time weekday numbers have soared too. Audiences for Martin Daubney, broadcast Monday to Friday from 3pm to 6pm, were up 22% quarter-on-quarter and 23% year-on-year.
- Dewbs and Co, presented by Michelle Dewberry from 6pm to 7pm, rose 20% quarter-on-quarter and 28% year-on-year.
- Prime time audiences leapt up too. Audience numbers for Farage, also hosted by Martin Daubney and GB News' Political Editor Christopher Hope, rose 11% per cent quarter-on-quarter, and by 11% year-on-year.
- Patrick Christys Tonight saw audiences grow nine per cent in the first quarter of 2025.
- State Of The Nation presented by Jacob Rees Mogg on Mondays and Tuesdays, and Matt Goodwin on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday rose by seven per cent quarter-on-quarter.
- And Lee Anderson’s Real World, broadcast on Friday nights, also recorded a rise: up 36% quarter-on-quarter, and 38% year-on-year.
- Weekday Headliners, GB News' unique take on the day’s news, saw the audience grow 31 per cent quarter-on-quarter. The Saturday edition rose 23 per cent quarter-on-quarter.
Weekend
There was strong growth at weekends too, with Nana Akua on Saturdays up 54% quarter-on-quarter and 14% year-on-year. On Sunday, the audience for Nana’s show grew by 91% quarter-on-quarter and a massive 150% year-on-year.
- The Camilla Tominey Show, broadcast on Sundays, soared by 67% quarter-on-quarter, and 25% year-on-year.
- And Sunday with Michael Portillo was up by 58% quarter-on-quarter and by 28% year-on-year.
- Saturday Morning Live was up 13% quarter-on-quarter and 66% year-on-year.
- The Saturday Five, saw its audience grow by 55% quarter-on-quarter, and by 45% year-on-year.
- The Weekend, hosted by Dawn Neesom, was up 46% quarter-on-quarter and up 45% year-on-year. The audience for the Sunday show was also up sharply, increasing 72% compared to the previous quarter and by 63% year-on-year.
- Ben Leo Tonight broadcast on Saturday and Sunday evenings saw its audience grow by six per cent quarter-on-quarter. The programme launched in February.
- Free Speech Nation saw its audience grow 21% year-on-year.
Regional and demographic growth
GB News Radio is also growing across multiple regions of the United Kingdom, as more and more of Britain opt for the People’s Channel. Audiences in London grew by 75% quarter-on-quarter. In the Midlands they were up 42% quarter-on-quarter, and 51% year-on-year. In the North West, audiences grew by 56% quarter-on-quarter, and 62% year-on-year. In the East of England audiences leapt by 40% per cent on the last quarter. And in Yorkshire they were up 30 per cent quarter-on-quarter. In north Scotland they grew by a staggering 621% quarter-on-quarter and 470% year-on-year.
GB News Radio also saw a rise in the number of men aged 35-44 tuning in. Listeners in that demographic leapt by a massive 337% quarter-on-quarter, and 159% year-on-year. Female listeners in the same age group (35-44) also grew, up 31% year-on-year.
Listening preferences
The way listeners are accessing GB News is changing too. The People’s Channel, which now boasts a major global distribution partnership with TuneIn, saw its audiences via DAB grow 19% quarter on quarter, and 22% year-on-year.
Listening via smart speakers was up 28% on the last quarter and 48% year-on-year. Its performance across digital was up 19% quarter-on-quarter, and 22% year-on-year.
Commitment to innovation and free speech
The People’s Channel continues to innovate, recently launching AI-generated traffic reports using the voice of newsreader Sam Francis. Sports bulletins are already generated by AI using the voice of newsreader Tatiana Sanchez.
Commenting on the figures Ben Briscoe, head of programming at GB News, said: “The unstoppable growth of GB News Radio is continuing with the People’s Channel breaking new records across the board. Every day, more and more people are turning to GB News Radio to get the latest and breaking news, and to hear the best analysis of what’s going on across the UK.
“Our frank and fearless commitment to free-speech and to covering the stories that matter is helping us to welcome more and more listeners into the GB News family.
“These figures are a credit to the tireless work of GB News’ team of journalists and presenters. The unstoppable growth of GB News continues and further exciting new developments will be unveiled as 2025 progresses.”
