This document summarizes DAB digital radio receiver sales and adoption rates across various European and Asian Pacific countries from 2008 to mid-2020. It finds that the UK has the highest number of DAB receiver sales at over 44 million, followed by Germany, Norway, Australia, and Italy. Norway leads in DAB penetration with over 99% of its population able to receive DAB signals, followed by the UK, Germany, and Switzerland. The document also outlines trials of DAB technology in various emerging markets globally.

1. DAB DIGITAL RADIO
CUMULATIVE DAB / DAB+ RECEIVER SALES (INCLUDING LINE FIT AUTOMOTIVE) 2008 – H1 2020)
OCTOBER 2020
EUROPE AND ASIA PACIFIC
UK Germany Norway Australia Italy Switzerland France Netherlands Denmark Belgium
44,905,000
1
16,623,000
2
7,000,000
1,3
6,033,000
4
5,300,000
5
5,068,000
1,6
3,420,000 2,194,000
7
1,291,000
8
1,253,000
7
1 Including pre 2008 sales 2 As of Q2 2020, including sales
starting from 2013
3 Q2 2020 estimate 4 Including sales from 2009- 30
June 2020
5 Sales of consumer DAB+ radios almost tripled in the first half 2020 following the
introduction of rules requiring all receivers to have DAB+ from 1st January 2020
6 cars: 1.8 Million (Q2: estimation) 7 Contains only DAB+ sales starting
from 2013
8 Including sales starting from 2011
Denmark Norway Switzerland Germany UK Belgium Netherlands Italy Australia France
98% 99.9% 89% 99.7% 99.5% 99.5% 91% 98% 94% 97.3% 95% 97% 95% 65% 84% 63% 64% 8% 25%
TOTAL DAB / DAB+ NETWORK COVERAGE (% OF POPULATION) 2013 VS 2020
DATA NOT
AVAILABLE
Norway Switzerland UK Italy Australia Belgium France Netherlands Germany Denmark
100% 96% 94% 90% 75% 59% 59% 56% 54% 37%
% NEW CARS W / DAB / DAB+
DAB / DAB+ HOUSEHOLD RECEIVER PENETRATION
8 73% of Norwegians have one or more DAB radios in their
home. 67 % of Norwegians have access to DAB in their car
9 Refers to % of people who have access to a DAB+ digital radio at home, at work or in the car in the five metropolitan capital cities,
as of Q1 2020
10 As of Q2 2020, including sales starting from 2013 11 Including cars 12 2019, 13% of individuals have access to a DAB+ home receiver
Norway
8
UK Australia
9
Denmark Germany
10
Netherlands
11
France
12
Italy
73% 67% 51% 34% 25% 24% 13% 8%
2013 2020

2. DAB DIGITAL RADIO
NUMBER OF NATIONAL STATIONS ON FM VS DAB / DAB+
OCTOBER 2020
EUROPE AND ASIA PACIFIC
13 FM before 2017 had 5 national
stations
14 No national stations; all stations dedicated to a language region or a
region
* Simulcast DAB+ stations ** Exclusive DAB+ stations 15 Includes two AM services 16 29 DAB as of December 2020, up to 250
regional DAB+ programmes available
DAB / DAB+ SHARE
EMERGING MARKETS % POPULATION
COVERAGE
Norway13
Switzerland14
Belgium
14
UK Italy Netherlands Germany16
Denmark
0 32 54* 70** 29 55 8
15
53 21 50 13 29 2 29 6 19
FM DAB
Q1 2020
UK
40%
14%
41%
4%
Q2 2020
Switzerland
Q2 2020
Denmark
39%
32%21
29%22
27%
16%
55%
2%
AM / FMDAB IP DTV / other digital
21 Switzerland, ‘IP’ listening includes streaming, cable and IP-TV 22 FM only: 13%
DIGITAL RADIO REACH ALL PLATFORMS
Total
listening
hours by
platform,
% share
The % of
people who
listen to
digital radio
in a given
time period
17 Digital reach among daily
listeners
18 100% of listening to national stations is on digital. Total radio
reach in July 2020 at 2.8 million listeners is an all-time high.
19 Digital listening measured every other year in NL 20 Simulcast station listening via DAB+ and DAB+ only
station listening via any platform
Q2 2019 Q2 2020
Norway
17
100%18
100%
18
Q2 2019 Q2 2020
Switzerland
71%
65%
67%
66%
39%
33%
30%
30%
Q1 2019 Q1 2020
UK
2017 2019
Netherlands
19
Q1 2019 Q1 2020
Australia
20
Algeria Trial DAB+
7% coverage
Luxembourg Trial DAB+
75% coverage
South Africa Trial DAB+
Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town
Austria Regular DAB+
83% coverage
N. Macedonia Trial DAB+
Skopje
Sweden Regular DAB+
43% coverage
Azerbaijan Regular DAB+
30% coverage
Poland Regular DAB+
56% coverage
Tunisia Regular DAB+
Q3 2020 75% coverage
Croatia Trial DAB+
88% coverage
Qatar Regular DAB+ Thailand Trial DAB+
Bangkok April 2019-2023, 14% coverage
Czech Rep. Regular DAB+
95% coverage
Romania Trial DAB
10.4% coverage
Turkey Trial DAB+
30% coverage
Greece Regular DAB+
Athens, Thessaloniki and
Patras
Serbia Trial DAB+
78% coverage
UAE DAB+ receiver
specifications published
Indonesia Trial DAB+
Jakarta, Batam and
Surabaya
Slovakia Trial DAB+
34% coverage
Ukraine Regular DAB+
7% coverage
Kuwait Regular DAB+
100% coverage
Slovenia Regular DAB+
85% coverage
Vietnam Trial DAB+
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh
WorldDAB, 55 New Oxford Street, London, WC1A 1BS Last updated Oct 2020. | For a full list of sources attributable to each statistic visit the WorldDAB website.