In its latest data release, Rajar said that 49 million UK adults had tuned into live radio, with 41 million using digital radio, equivalent to 73% of the adult population.

Rajar said that 32% of adults claimed to listen to the radio through a tablet or smartphone at least once a month, and said this represented a three percentage point rise from the third quarter of 2021.

This rose to 38% of all 15 to 35-year-olds using a smartphone or tablet to listen to the radio, Rajar added, albeit a percentage point lower than the previous quarter.

Digital accounted for 68% of weekly listening hours, with listening via a DAB having a 41% share of listening, online having a 22% share and DTV 5%.

DAB radio accounted for 60% of all digital listening hours, at around 407 million hours, while smart speaker systems were 16% of hours, or 107 million hours.

The research found that 53% of smart speaker users said they used the systems to listen to the radio weekly, while 22% did so daily.

The home was the most popular place to listen to the radio, followed by cars and other modes of transport and then work.