Michael Savage tops in online listening

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Michael SavageIs Cumulus Media Networks talker Michael Savage becoming the king of digital radio? According to TalkStreamLive’s Q2 2013 rankers he is, besting Rush Limbaugh for the top spot yet again. Says TalkStreamLive: “The Savage Nation lifts Michael Savage to #1 narrowly edging Rush Limbaugh by just two tenths of a point in the 2nd quarter 2013. This is the second time that Michael has become the top streaming talker. Savage last ranked #1 in the 3rd quarter of 2012 just before his short hiatus (due to network changes) and the start in his new time slot. Glenn Beck is #3 followed by Mark Levin and Laura Ingraham.”


Savage tells RBR-TVBR why he’s winning with the digital audience: “DIGITAL RADIO IS PRIMARILY LISTENED TO BY A MUCH YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHIC THAN TERRESTRIAL RADIO. THE REASON I AM SO POPULAR WITH THE YOUNGER COVETED CROWD IS BECAUSE OF MY VERSATILITY. POLITICS, YES–BUT ALSO FOOD, SEX, MARRIAGE, FAMILY, MOVIES, LIFESTYLE STORIES. MY SCIENCE BACKGROUND, MY WORLD TRAVELS, MY BOATING AND MY CYNICAL WORLDVIEW ALL SEEM TO RESONATE WITH THE ‘MILLENIALS’ WHO ARE JADED AND SEEKING ANSWERS FROM A TRUSTED, OLDER MAN.”

And here’s the list:

The TSL Top 25 Talk Shows

July 4, 2013 by talkstreamlive

Second Quarter 2013

Rank / Share

1 Michael Savage 12.5

2 Rush Limbaugh 12.3

3 Glenn Beck 9.2

4 Mark Levin 6.7

5 Laura Ingraham 6.0

6 Sean Hannity 4.4

7 Tammy Bruce 3.7

8 George Noory 2.6

9 Dennis Miller 2.3

10 Alex Jones 2.2

11 Bill Bennett 1.7

12 John Batchelor 1.4

13 Michael Medved 1.3

14 Andrea Tantaros 1.2

15 Red Eye Radio 1.1

16 Jerry Doyle 1.0

17 Dennis Prager 0.9

18 Rusty Humphries 0.9

19 Monica Crowley 0.9

20 The Dana Show 0.7

21 Hugh Hewitt 0.7

22 Quinn and Rose 0.7

23 IMUS 0.6

24 Larry Kudlow 0.6

25 Dave Ramsey 0.6

Survey Period: (04/01/2013 – 06/30/2013 )

Sample Size: 869,144 listener sessions

Source: TalkStreamLive.com

26 COMMENTS

  1. The call screeners on the Savage Nation, are exactly that! They screen out viewpoints that challenge the “brain power” of Michael Savage. Here are two examples. The disdain for sports fans by Dr Savage. I mentioned the baseball fan Albert Einstein and was hung upon. Also the legal questions regarding “taxing Native Americans” was too deep for the show and I was hung up on..

  2. I have listened to Dr. Savage for many years. I own nearly all of his publlished books and love them very much. I tell all my friends to listen to Michael Savage and to look on his website for insite and knowledge. Dr.Savage is number 1 in my books.

  3. 54 and I listen only to streaming news/talk shows – I wish Savage would have rebroadcast available online – since I go to bed at 8:00 pm and get up at 4:00am

      • Thank you, Jeremy.
        I am computer illiterate, and your info helped. Since Dr Savage changed radio affiliates, I no longer am given the opportunity to listen to his broadcast. I will check out the site.

    • Free PODCASTS of every Savage hour are available for one week after each show. They can be downloaded at the KSFO and WABC websites. This is handy,for time shift, especially on the East coast where the live show airs. 9pm to midnight.

  4. Listen to’Savage since the 90’s ,always been great even when he’s “BAD”!That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! Long live real Micheal!

  5. Michael–have just finished Train Tracks and it brought back many amusing memories of my childhood. I am about a year younger than you and grew up in Detroit. Your mention of gangsters and their like reminded me of a bunch of gamblers my family knew–all Damon Runyan characters. There was The Judge, Chickenshit Charlie, Sleepout Louie (Levinson) etc. Your book really put me in a good mood and I can’t stop laughing at some of the stuff that cast of characters pulled off. Continued success and keep telling more about your family and some of your adventures.

    Mark Paley a.k.a. Deuce Luce

  6. I stopped listening to him after this lastest Latino Lynching of George Zimmerman.

    Savage seems to get it right when it comes to everything other than guns. But when it comes to guns, he’s simply a libtard san fairysicko- each time- every time.

    He has no clue. Each person carrying a weapon has to be a boy scout or military hero, and even though THEY WERE, it doesn’t matter.

    I will never listen to this reality detached *** again. That kind of stupidity gets you killed.

    • He may be off on the gun issue – I’ll give you that. But a “detached ****” he is not. I am as pro-gun as it gets and Savage will never change me from that perspective. What he lacks in self defense he makes up for in character, integrity and most importantly, guts and instinct. You’re not going to find someone you 100% agree with, and you need to be ok with that.

      Every man I meet is in some way my superior; and in that I can learn of him.
      -Emerson

      Savage is my superior in many ways, and as such, I will learn from every broadcast he does.

    • Don’t be fooled by Grampa Weiner! He often changes his position on issues in order to be liked. I know his call screeners and they said that he was looking for black callers to call in and praise his stance on the Zimmerman case, but no one ever did. His call screeners also say that he takes only calls from those who praise him and often takes ideas that they present to him and talk about it as it was his own. He has a history of stealing people’s ideas.

  7. I listen to Michael Savage every night on my iphone. It’s the only way I can and I prefer it that way. I’m 28 years old so they got it right when they said its the younger demographics who are listening to him digitally and gave him the big push in ratings. Michael Savage rocks! I just absolutely love his humor! For those who hate his brashness….TOUGH!

  8. Michael, Love your show and your no BS….keep given us all that knowledge you have. I am an ol woman 76 and keep up w/the world events as much as possible and believe little reported in the media and TV News. All a bunch of BS for sure. Just learned recently the dollar collapse is coming far sooner than expected. My son will be retiring medical disability from a big co. out here in Ft. Worth and I don’t want him to lose 40% of his stock. He has worked there over 30 yrs. Just read that can happen soon from this Stansberry Investment Advisory. OMG What is your opinion on how to handle. I trust you. Also ordered the Debasement free book. Protect your back Michael…….love the show best on the radio period.

  9. Michael should know that his listening audience is not just “middle-aged men”. I am willing to bet his largest audience are women who are smarter than the pathetic main-stream media likes to portray us as.

  10. When you look at the numbers Savage beats out Rush by a whisker but Sean “Wallbanger” Hannity is way down the list even below a screecher like Levin. I wonder how he can mess up the audience he is handed by elRushbo.

  11. I listen to The Weiner/Savage Nation allot and as time has gone by he has become increasing arrogant. Weiner was a poor school teacher who use to get beat up in high school because he was such an outcast. I guess he deserves to be an egotistical old man. But I almost get the impression that he gets aroused when staged callers call him and flater him with complements.

  12. Can’t wait for Micheal Savage show every nite!! I listen to the show on KFSO in Calif. I live in Ky. That means he come on 9:00 EST. Why in the 3rd hour of the show, I’m listening to the 1st hr??? Love Micheal Savage!!

  13. What cracks me up about americas favorite crazed Grampa is when he goes on a tirade about how he works 7 days a week yet he’s on the air 2 hours a day. He tries to fool his audience by pre-taping the first 5 minutes of the 3rd hour and then plays back parts of his 1st hour. He always makes sure he says “and this is hour 3 of the Weiner nation”. It doesn’t fool anyone!

  14. A Jewish caller got through to the old mans show the other day and called him a “little weiner” it was priceless!!!!

  15. As much as I enjoy listening I find his dislike for firefighters disturbing. While he praises police officers he does not extend any courtesy toward fireman. He has at times called them fakers complaining about back injuries and hoping to receive a disability . If he did his homework and got the facts straight he would acknowledge that firefighters have suffered far more line of duty deaths than any other first responders .
    It is a matter of record .

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