Media Audiences

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Radio:

  • 90% of the UK population listen to the radio
  • Internet radio listening is also steadily increasing. It now stands at 20.8% of adults, a growth of 20% year on year
  • Mobile phones are proving increasingly popular as a means of listening to radio, especially for young adults. 3.2 million adults (8.8% of mobile phone owners) now claim to listen to the radio via their mobile phones and this percentage increases to 21.2% for the age group 15-24 (1.3 million).

Source: www.rajar.co.uk

Television:

  • The average person spends 26 hours a week watching TV
  • The shares of the total amount of viewing break down as follows:

               31% - BBC
               35% - Commercial terrestrial
               34% - Other (eg cable, satellite)

Source: www.barb.co.uk

Newspapers

Circulation refers to the number of sold, reduced price and free copies of a title distributed on an average day.
Readership refers to the number of people reading a title on an average day.
 
Western Mail
 

Circulation: 42,000
Readership: 135,000
 
Readership age profile:

Readership age profile:

15-24                 10%
25-34                  8%
35-44                  13%
45-54                  16%
55-64                   21%
65-74                   19%
75+                      13%
              

Readership by socio-economic group
 
AB                        41%
C1                        34%
C2                        10%
DE                        15%
 
Source:  http://www.mediainwales.co.uk/Map.aspx?pubid=3

 
Daily Post North Wales

Circulation:  39,651
Readership:   124,000

Readership age profile

15-24                 10%
25-34                 11%
35-54                  28%
55-54                  21%
65+                     30%
 
Readership by socio-economic group

AB                        20%
C1                        38%
C2                        18%
DE                        25%
 
Source: www.icnorthwestflash.co.uk/mediapacks/WalesDailyPost.pdf

Readership figures for all newspapers in Wales can be found at: - www.abc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=nav/abc&noc=y

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