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France Inter’s Audience Slides at Rentrée, Still No. 1 With 6,738,000 Daily Listeners

The setback follows recent internal changes that drew criticism, unsettling staff.

Overview

  • Médiamétrie’s fall survey marks France Inter’s first comparable year-on-year decline in roughly four years.
  • Le Parisien published the audience figures as an exclusive and reported staff reactions inside Radio France as shock.
  • Despite the loss, France Inter remains the most listened-to station nationally, with RTL showing a rebound on several indicators.
  • Audience cumulée fell to 11.9% and share of audience to 13.4%, reflecting broader losses across the schedule, according to the new data.
  • Station leadership points to rising digital consumption, including strong growth in downloads of the 8 a.m. newscast, as a countertrend.