Matt Deegan

Radio 1 vs Twitter

Some interesting data popped in my Twitter feed today from IPSOS MediaCT - the people that do the fieldwork for RAJAR - all about social network use in the UK.

Here's their infographic.

I thought it would be interesting to look at Twitter's demographics and compare them to BBC Radio 1. Warning - methodology clearly different. However, it turns out that they're very similar.

Looking at reach - Twitter's got 17% of the UK, Radio 1 has 20%.

Then when you look at which ages make up each of their audiences, here's how they stack up:

































Twitter Radio 1
15-24 38% 32%
25-34 26% 27%
35-44 19% 19%
45-54 10% 13%
55-64 8% 5%

I don't particularly have a lot to say about it, but thought it was interesting how similar they looked!

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  1. Robin Valk ·

    Fascinating. Clearly R1 have spotted this too. I wonder about engagement: how do listening hours on R1 compare with time spent on Twitter? That said, it wouldn't be a directly comparable area: Twitter calls for short intermittent and recurrent bursts of full concentration, while R1 like any radio, can be left to burble away in the listener's background.