Top 10 Stations On Sirius And XM
Based on weekly cume via RAIN
WE’VE UPDATED THIS POST WITH NEW STATS HERE.
At Sirius:
1. Howard Stern’s “Howard 100”: 1,200,000
2. “Hits 1” (CHR): 584,800
3. “Howard 101” (description here): 501,100
4. “New Country”: 468,300
5. “Big 80s”: 417,900
6. “Octane” (hard rock): 383,700
7. “Classic Vinyl” (early classic rock): 347,100
8. “Classic Rewind” (later classic rock): 335,500
9. “The Pulse” (90s and contemporary hits): 330,000
10. “Totally 70s”: 309,400
At XM:
1. “Top 20 on 20” (CHR): 1,049,200
2. “Flight 26” (modern AC): 741,600
3. “80s on 8”: 698,300
4. “70s on 7”: 687,400
5. “60s on 6”: 581,300
6. “Highway 16” (new country): 579,500
7. “Top Tracks” (classic rock): 534,900
8. “The Blend” (Lite pop hits): 532,400
9. “The Heart” (love songs): 493,400
10. “Fox News” (news/talk): 464,800
I have three banks of presets on my Sirrus indash in my VW and I don’t think I have one of those top 10 stations programmed in. Maybe Classic Vinyl, but if I do it’s because I’d run out of stations I would actually listening to and just playing the odds on which of the dozen of boomer rock stations might play something I’d want to hear.