Current Rock/Indie Stations
Here's our line up of the biggest UK Rock, Metal and Indie stations, again its the usual tussle of the big boys with Global's Radio X, Bauer's Kerrang and Absolute against Wireless' Virgin Radio. Communicorp did also have one of the few stations they actually operated (rather than just license someone else to do it for them) with XS in Manchester, though from Monday 24th Feb 2025 this has become "Radio X 90s", which is a 'global' brand.. The music is the same as the UK Radio X 90s feed, but there is local travel, news and adverts, though there is ONE live show from 11am-2pm from Manchester (!!), and this also makes it onto the Global UK Feed too....
Analysis: 23 days, up to 01-07-2026
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 6396
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 999
Variety factor for this station is : 15.6%
50% OF PLAYS is 234 Songs (23.4% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 132 MOST played songs (13.2% of the total)
or 641 LEAST played songs (64.1% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 6h 34m
10th most played song airs every: 17h 48m
132nd most played song airs every: 2d 2h 10m
234th most played song airs every: 2d 7h 12m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 463 (46.3%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
1 after 21 DAYS
Top 11 Most Played:
1 [84 plays] Rolling Stones - In The Stars
2 [82 plays] Kasabian - Great Pretender
3 [77 plays] Nothing But Thieves - Evolution
4 [47 plays] Noah Kahan - The Great Divide
5 [44 plays] Sam Fender - People Watching
6 [41 plays] Djo - End Of The Beginning
7 [38 plays] Noah Kahan - Doors
8= [32 plays] each for...
+ Blossoms - Joke About Divorce
+ Foo Fighters - Caught In The Echo
10= [31 plays] each for...
+ DMA's - Heatin Park
+ Graham Coxon - Billy Says
Analysis: 27 days, up to 01-07-2026
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 4806
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 1473
Variety factor for this station is : 30.6%
50% OF PLAYS is 301 Songs (20.4% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 173 MOST played songs (11.7% of the total)
or 1005 LEAST played songs (68.2% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 23h 8m
10th most played song airs every: 1d 22h 17m
173rd most played song airs every: 3d 20h 34m
301st most played song airs every: 4d 12h
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 1166 (79.1%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
8 after 21 DAYS
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [35 plays] Sombr - Potential
2= [34 plays] each for...
+ Rolling Stones - In The Stars
+ Strokes - Going Shopping
4 [30 plays] Blossoms - Joke About Divorce
5 [28 plays] Muse - Be With You
6 [27 plays] Kasabian - Great Pretender
7 [22 plays] Noah Kahan - Doors
8 [21 plays] Graham Coxon - Billy Says
9 [17 plays] Coral - Let The Music Play
10 [16 plays] Jack White - G.o.d. And The Broken Ribs
Analysis: 23 days, up to 01-07-2026
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 6438
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 1317
Variety factor for this station is : 20.4%
50% OF PLAYS is 188 Songs (14.2% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 92 MOST played songs (6.9% of the total)
or 999 LEAST played songs (75.8% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 5h 12m
10th most played song airs every: 13h 8m
92nd most played song airs every: 1d 18h 27m
188th most played song airs every: 2d 7h 12m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 952 (72.2%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
12 after 21 DAYS
Top 11 Most Played:
1 [106 plays] Nothing But Thieves - Evolution
2 [104 plays] Kasabian - Great Pretender
3 [90 plays] Strokes - Going Shopping
4 [87 plays] Muse - Nightshift Superstar
5 [65 plays] Violet Grohl - Bug In The Cake
6 [60 plays] DMA'S - Heatin Park
7 [59 plays] Noah Kahan - Doors
8 [48 plays] Blossoms - Meet Me In Love
9 [44 plays] Fontaines D.C. - Favourite
10= [42 plays] each for...
+ Foo Fighters - Of All People
+ Noah Kahan - The Great Divide
Analysis: 23 days, up to 01-07-2026
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 6870
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 1790
Variety factor for this station is : 26%
50% OF PLAYS is 390 Songs (21.7% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 182 MOST played songs (10.1% of the total)
or 1137 LEAST played songs (63.5% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 10h 36m
10th most played song airs every: 15h 20m
182nd most played song airs every: 3d 20h
390th most played song airs every: 4d 14h 24m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 1502 (83.9%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
17 after 22 DAYS
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [52 plays] Theory of a Deadman - Barricade
2 [49 plays] Architects - Broken Mirror
3 [43 plays] Machine Gun Kelly - Fix Ur Face
4 [41 plays] Five Finger Death Punch - Eye Of The Storm
5= [40 plays] each for...
+ Green Lung - Evil in this House
+ Greta Van Fleet - Play Your Games
7 [39 plays] Violet Grohl - Bug In The Cake
8 [38 plays] Winona Fighter - Bombs Away
9 [37 plays] Return To Dust - Bored
10 [36 plays] Venus Grrrls - Eve
This station was replaced by Radio X 90s on 24/2/25, here is an analysis from before the closure, 25 days, up to 21-02-2025
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 7479
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 907
Variety factor for this station is : 12.1%
50% OF PLAYS is 193 Songs (21.2% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 113 MOST played songs (12.4% of the total)
or 622 LEAST played songs (68.5% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 5h 18m
10th most played song airs every: 21h 25m
113th most played song airs every: 1d 13h 30m
193rd most played song airs every: 1d 16h
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 445 (49%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
3 after 14 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 945
..in 3 months: 1336, in 6 months: 1707
..in 9 months: 1995, in 12 months: 2236
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [113 plays] Sam Fender - People Watching
2 [108 plays] Fontaines D.c. - Bug
3 [86 plays] Manic Street Preachers - People Ruin Paintings
4 [69 plays] Sam Fender - Arm's Length
5 [58 plays] Stereophonics - There's Always Gonna Be Something
6 [46 plays] Slow Readers Club - Animals
7 [34 plays] Fontaines D.c. - Favourite
8 [31 plays] Doves - Renegade
9 [30 plays] Blossoms - Perfect Me
10 [28 plays] Inhaler - A Question Of You
We're monitoring all the most important UK radio stations 24-7, so if you'd like the full "chapter and verse" on what they've all been playing, and the full month most played songs lists, then we can provide them - We've even got some data going back to 2008!! Our charges start at just £12 (exc VAT) for one station, so that's a FULL LISTING of every song or classical piece a station has played, with dates and times, plus a stats package with the full "most played" chart for the month listing EVERY song they've played and how many times, ranked from most played to least... so if they've played 3174 different songs, that'll be a 1 to 3174 chart!
Subscriptions (minimum term 1 year, exc VAT)
£12 / month for a monthly 1 station subscription
£60 / month for monthly 5 *different* station subscription, building up a 60 station snapshot across the year ** Our most popular enthusiast package **
£120 / month for a monthly 12 stations subscription
£240 / month for a monthly 30 station subscription ** Our most popular corporate package! **
£420 / month for a monthly 60+ station subscription ** includes bonus FREE Christmas Station breakdowns! **
One off's
£25 (exc VAT) per station per month, but discounts can apply for larger orders depending how much work is involved getting the data you want, so there are certainly bulk discounts to be had for multiple stations and the same data for each... Get in touch with us for more information, and let us know the sort of thing you're after - there's no commitment and we'll try to reply within 24 hours!
If you want an idea of how we can work with your business, don't forget to tell us what you're aiming to achieve - For Radio Monitoring, which genres or which particular stations do you want data on? We can provide full lists of songs played and how many times per week or per month etc, they aired.
Don't forget we can also provide hand picked music libraries for any genre you want for a radio or background music station using our software -
We offer both PC Based or streaming delivery solutions - a radio style service, just music, or with promotional messages too?