Well over 100 million listeners a week. I’m sure there are overlaps between audiences with talk enthusiasts listening to more than one show. Primarily, though, it’s a conservative audience.
Nice list. I am sorry to see Savage at number 5. He is a blowhard, always talking about how great he is. It’s ok to say you are great, it has to be said, but he is way over the top on his own greatness. Plus he puts down other hosts, although without actually naming them. Hugh Hewitt always sounds like he is yelling, and he is a GOPe type, so he is not on e of my favorites. I am glad to see Levin at 4, although he is much better than Hannity, in my opinion. I wouldn’t mind hearing Herman Cain instead of some of the others, and I think Lars Larson is a bit better than many of those ahead of him on the list.
I don’t understand Alan Colmes being anywhere above 52. He is the most boring talk show host I have ever heard.
7. George Noory 3.00
I wonder how many listeners Art Bell had at his peak?
Prediction: Chris Plante will be in the top 10 once his syndication deal gets rolling. He’s very conservative, very good and very funny. He’s on WMAL in DC (and 3 or 4 other stations) 9-12 M-F. www.wmal.com
Good. And good for Sean, though he’s hard for me to take, so ... well.
And good for Levin.
People want the truth.
That’s all.
Any pres candidate should look at this and wise up.
Savage... I like him, but geeze, he can just be so mean spirited.
Ditto, Medved.
I thought that Mark Steyn had his own show. I would like to see the audience he would pull if he did.
If they’d bring him back, Steve Malzberg would come in second. I miss him on the radio. I wish they had better programming on the weekends. Bring back Steve!!
What’s going on with Levin? He’s dropping hints that ... well, I don’t know.
I have noticed that he runs a lot of public service announcements (”1-877-KARS-4KIDS”, etc.) so that can’t be a good sign as far as revenues.
These are NOT “actual numbers.” If you look at the source, they are “estimates” and “analysis.”
I do not believe for a second that Hannity’s audience is nearly the size of Rush’s. This is the same magazine that announced that Dr. Laura’s ratings were higher than Rush’s. Everyone waited until the next ratings came out to see that it was nonsense.
American Center for Law and Justice ACLJ
Amazing numbers for Levin since his show airs during the dinner hour in the east...when most are watching the B.S. TV news.
Years and years ago when I listened to Rush, I often heard him say that he had something like 20 million listeners. Either he has experienced one heck of a loss of listeners or he was lying.
I posted this yesterday. http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeffrey-lord/2014/05/17/savage-hemorrhages-hannity-s-audience-new-york-s-wabc-loses-50-chicago
Do you have figures showing if Limbaugh or Hannity lost listeners since their station moves?
Has Savage always been around 5.5 million?
I happen to really enjoy Eric Harley and Gary McNamara (Red Eye Radio overnight). I hope their place down on the list is mainly due to their time slot. I’ve been listening to them on IHeart to get an earlier start of the show out of Dallas rather than on the local West Coast station that starts at midnight.
I was expecting to see Jim Rome in there. Maybe because he is considered sports, he doesn’t make the list. Previously he had over 2 million listeners.