Sydney Radio Ratings
GfK Survey 8 2025
Survey Period: Sun 5 October to Sat 13 December 2025.
Biggest Movers:
UP: smoothfm 95.3 +1.6
DOWN: 2GB -2.6
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Sydney Radio Ratings Survey 8, 2025. [click to expand.]
Overall
Smooth was the clear winner, strengthening its position across the station with a jump from 11.4 to 13.0, cementing its place as one of the market’s strongest performers this cycle.
GOLD also edged higher, lifting from 8.7 to 9.1, while KIIS ticked up slightly from 9.3 to 9.5. Nova continued its slow rebuild, rising from 7.5 to 7.8, and Triple M posted a modest lift from 4.3 to 4.5.
2Day FM stayed flat at 3.7, offering little relief after a tough year. The outlier was 2GB, which, despite remaining a major force, slipped back sharply overall from 13.8 to 11.2.
Breakfast
The hotly contested AM shift largely mirrored those movements, but with clearer winners and losers.
2GB remained on top, though its lead narrowed as breakfast slid from 16.8 in Survey 7 to 14.9. Smooth again delivered one of the survey’s cleanest gains, climbing from 9.0 to 10.1, while GOLD continued its upward run, rising from 8.9 to 9.7.
KIIS posted a small but notable lift, edging up from 12.5 to 12.7 after recent softness.
Nova moved backwards, easing from 8.5 to 7.9, while Triple M crept up from 3.9 to 4.0 – a technical gain, if not a transformational one.
At the bottom end, 2Day FM remained stuck at 2.9 for a second straight survey, confirming breakfast stability, but at a challenging level.
smoothfm 95.3 13% (11.4%)
Cume: 1,363,000 (+12,000)
Breakfast: 10.1% (9%)
2GB 11.2% (13.8%)
Cume: 638,000 (-34,000)
Breakfast: 14.9% (16.8%)
KIIS 1065 9.5% (9.3%)
Cume: 1,138,000 (+16,000)
Breakfast: 12.7% (12.5%)
Gold 101.7 9.1% (8.7%)
Cume: 801,000 (+15,000)
Breakfast: 9.7% (8.9%)
Nova 96.9 7.8% (7.5%)
Cume: 1,142,000 (-51,000)
Breakfast: 7.9% (8.5%)
ABC Sydney 5.5% (5.5%)
Cume: 482,000 (-44,000)
Breakfast: 7.7% (6.7%)
Hamish Macdonald’s ABC Mornings slipped again, falling from 5.8% to 5.2%, a 0.6-point drop in the latest survey.
104.9 Triple M 4.5% (4.3%)
Cume: 658,000 (-55,000)
Breakfast: 4% (3.9%)
2UE 954 4.1% (3.7%)
Cume: 331,000 (+8,000)
Breakfast: 3% (2.5%)
104.1 2Day FM 3.7% (3.7%)
Cume: 688,000 (-5,000)
Breakfast: 2.9% (2.9%)
ABC Classic 3.3% (3.2%)
Cume: 273,000 (+10,000)
Breakfast: 2.3% (2%)
Triple J 2.4% (3.7%)
Cume: 493,000 (-52,000)
Breakfast: 2.6% (3.7%)
ABC NewsRadio 1.8% (2%)
Cume: 310,000 (-11,000)
Breakfast: 2.8% (3.1%)
Sky Sports Radio 1.7% (1.6%)
Cume: 188,000 (+14,000)
Breakfast: 2.9% (3%)
SEN 1170 1.3% (1.2%)
Cume: 114,000 (-6,000)
Breakfast: 1.1% (0.7%)