The Broadcast Research Council of South Africa (BRC) recently released its third Radio Audience Measurements (RAM) for the year. This release shows radio listening patterns for the period January 2018 to June 2018 – effectively confirming SABC as home to the top 10 radio stations in the country.
The IsiZulu language radio station Ukhozi FM continues to lead as the biggest station in the country, with an audience 7.5 million listeners – an increase of 200 000 listeners from the previous release. Umhlobo Wenene assumes the second position with almost 5.4 million listeners. The third position is held by the SABC’s urban music radio station Metro FM, which has gained 78 000 more listener since the last release.
| Station | Audience | |
| 1 | Ukhozi FM | 7 504 000 |
| 2 | Umhlobo Wenene FM | 5 394 000 |
| 3 | Metro FM | 4 267 000 |
| 4 | Lesedi FM | 3 084 000 |
| 5 | Thobela FM | 2 643 000 |
| 6 | Motsweding FM | 2 356 000 |
| 7 | Gagasi FM | 1 654 000 |
| 8 | RSG | 1 339 000 |
| 9 | Ligwagwala FM | 1 161 000 |
| 10 | iKwekwezi FM |
1 125 000 |
