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Radio stations in South Africa

Everything below plays in this tab. These are the 50 most opened of South Africa's 152 browser-reachable stations, ordered by the directory's own count.

152 playable · 232 listed in the directory · Snapshot 2026-10-04

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Jacaranda FM

The most played station in South Africa. It starts in this tab and keeps playing while you browse the rest of the directory.

Playable stations152Unique https streams a browser can open
Listed in the directory232Including http only entries a browser will not play
Typical bitrate128 kbpsMedian across the playable stations
At 128 kbps or better47%72 of 152 stations
Two populations behind one medianComputed from the 2026-10-04 snapshot

66% of South Africa's listed entries are playable from a browser, 152 of 232. The shortfall is not dead stations. It is overwhelmingly the http problem, which is a certificate away from being fixed on each broadcaster's side and entirely outside this site's control.

South Africa has 72 stations at 128 kbps or above out of 152, against a median of 128 kbps. That combination means the dial is two populations rather than one, so the bitrate on each row is worth reading individually.

The click counts across this listing are close together, so the ordering separates the stations far less than a numbered table implies. Treat it as a shelf: the difference between row five and row forty is often a handful of recorded opens, and the fastest way through a dial like this is to press play on things.

The dial here carries four declared languages, led by English at 73% and followed by Afrikaans. The bars below give the full breakdown, which is usually a faster read of who lives somewhere than any paragraph.

Most listened to in South Africa

Top 50 of 152
Jacaranda FM48 kbps · AAC+
ThobelaFM48 kbps · AAC+
Lesedi48 kbps · AAC+
Power 98.7AAC
Talk Radio 702192 kbps · AAC+
ECR - East Coast Radio -KwaZulu Natal48 kbps · AAC+
Gagasi FMSouth Africa
Hot 102.7 FMAAC
Jozi FMAAC
Pretoria FMAAC
East Coast Radio128 kbps · MP3
Munghana Lonene48 kbps · AAC+

More of the South Africa dial

The order is the directory's count of stream opens. It is published as it stands, and on this dial it is weak. Press play on a row and the stream starts in this tab. Bitrate and format are what South Africa's own broadcasters publish, and "not stated" means exactly that rather than zero.

Every station in South Africa with a page58 more across 2 pages

The table above is the fifty most listened to. Beyond them, 58 more stations from South Africa have a page of their own here, listed most played first and playable from the list.

Languages on air
  • English40
  • Afrikaans12
  • Xhosa2
  • Swahili1
What they play
  • pop7
  • talk6
  • rock5
  • adult contemporary5
  • gospel4
  • amapiano3
  • christian3
  • community radio3

Stream formats

  • MP386
  • AAC36
  • AAC+13
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Compiled by Fable, Editor, World Radio Player

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