Today marks the seventh radio ratings of 2018, including digital radio ratings, with results representing 19 August to 22 September and 30 September to 3 November.
The charts below (click to expand) show ratings across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
Check out the last survey results here.
Sydney:
In the seventh survey of the year, 2GB retained its top spot in the Sydney market with a 14.1% audience share, dropping off by 1.3 percentage points from the previous survey across Sydney.
Nova Entertainment's Smooth FM jumped up to second place with an 8.8% audience share, despite a dip in listeners, losing 0.5 percentage points.
Kiis 106.5 also moved up, coming in third behind Smooth, with an 8.6% audience share, following growth of 1.3 percentage points.
WSFM, which came in at second place in the last radio ratings fell to fourth place, after a drop off of 1.8 percentage points, taking its overall audience share to 8.2%.
Breakfast breakdown
Macquarie Media's 2GB also keeps top spot in the breakfast slot with 17.5% audience share, down 1.5 percentage points since the previous survey.
After being dethroned in August, Kyle and Jackie O held onto their top spot for FM commercial radio breakfast with an audience of 10.7%. The duo increased their audience by 0.5 percentage points to take the second overall spot for breakfast.
However, in equal second spot for breakfast radio, was public broadcaster ABC Sydney, which grew its listenership by 1.8 percentage points.
Australian Radio Network's WSFM followed with a 7.2% audience share, a significant 2.1 percentage points from last survey.
Nova 96.9 followed with 7.1%, remaining unchanged in percentage points. Triple M came next with a 6.6% share, up 0.6 percentage points.
Smooth FM had a 6% share, following a 1.1 percentage point drop off.
The struggling 104.1 2 Day FM took a 4.6% audience share. Despite Em Rusciano leaving in September the show managed to increase its listeners by 1 percentage point, up again from the previous survey.
Drive time action
Nova 96.9 won in the drive slot with 11.8% audience share, down one percentage point.
In second was Smooth with an audience share of 9.2%, despite also feeling a slight drop off of 0.2 percentage points.
2GB with presenter Ben Fordham took a hit of 1.4 percentage points and slipped to third place, taking an 8.9% share.
WSFM fell to fourth place, feeling the sting of a 1.3 percentage point dip, with an 8.6% audience share.
Kiis took the fifth spot with 8.4% audience share after a 1.5 percentage point surge.
Digital radio wars
ABC Jazz increased its listeners by 18,000 to take the top spot away from Edge Digital with 114,000 listeners.
In second place, Edge Digital took 82,000 listeners after losing 20,000 listeners.
Coles Radio fell to fourth place, after the final top three spots was nabbed by Old Skool Hits with 60,000, with Coles losing 30,000 listeners since the last survey, dropping to 51,000.
Sydney:
Melbourne:
In the seventh radio ratings of the year total listeners in the Melbourne market, 3AW remained number one with a 14.5% audience share, growing by one percentage points since survey six.
In the FM battle, Nova's Smooth FM 91.5 took out the second spot for total audience share, reaching 9.8%, despite a slight decline of 0.1 percentage points.
SCA's 101.9 Fox FM and ARN's Gold 104.3 came in a close third with an audience share of 9.5%, growing by 0.1 and 0.2 percentage points respectively.
Next up was Triple M with a 7.1% share, up 0.6 percentage points, followed by Nova 100 with 6.7%, down 0.1 percentage points.
Breakfast breakdown
Macquarie Media's 3AW won the radio breakfast slot battle, growing its audience share by 1.4 percentage points to take a 19.8% overall audience share.
SCA's Fox FM breakfast show trio of Fifi, Fev and Bryon held firm in second position, despite its audience share declining once again, this time by 0.6 percentage points, taking its audience share to 9.0%.
Mike Perso and Jennifer Hansen on Smooth FM's More Music Breakfast Show came in third with 8.1%, dropping off by 0.1 percentage points.
ARN's Gold 104.3 breakfast show, featuring UK radio personality Chris O'Connell, climbed to fourth after an increase of 1.2 percentage points, reaching 7.9%.
Triple M's Hot Breakfast Show with Eddie McGuire held in fifth position, garnering an audience share of 7.7%, remaining unchanged from the previous survey.
They were followed by Nova 100's Chrissie, Sam & Browny show with a 7.6% audience share, down 0.2 percentage points. Kiis came in behind Nova, 5.5% share.
Drive time action
In the drive slot, Fox FM's drive show duos, Carrie & Tommy followed by Hughesy and Kate, held strong in the top spot once again with an 11% audience share, bouncing back from last survey's drop off taking back 0.5 percentage points.
3AW came in second behind Fox, taking an audience share of 10.6%, growing by 0.7 percentage points from the last survey. The AM commercial broadcaster continues to see steady growth as it closes in on the top spot.
In third place was Smooth FM, with drive host Byron Webb taking a 9.6% audience share, following a decline of 0.2 percentage points.
Gold 104.3's Gavin Miller came in fourth once again, suffering a 0.2 percentage point decline from the last survey, now with a 9.5% share.
Nova 100's Kate, Tim & Marty came in sixth behind the ABC, growing its audience by 0.3 percentage points, with a share of 8.4% of Melbournes drive time audience.
Triple M came in seventh place, with a 7.5% share, building on its growth from last survey with another 0.4 percentage points, while Kiis trailed in last place, with a 5.7% share, dropping off again, this time by 0.4 percentage points.
Digital disruption
The latest round of ratings was also the seventh inclusion of digital radio ratings for Melbourne. In total people, Nova's Coles Radio had the highest audience, reaching a total audience of 76,000, growing its listeners by 12,000.
Double J remained in second place, with 69,000, down 8000 listeners since last ratings.
In third place was SCA's Old Skool Hits with 68,000 listeners, dropping off by 15,000 listeners.
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