Editing Talk radio (section)

===Ratings===
Pew researchers found in 2004 that 17% of the public regularly listens to talk radio. This audience is mostly male, middle-aged, and conservative. Among those who regularly listen to talk radio, 41% are Republican and 28% are Democrats. Furthermore, 45% describe themselves as conservatives, compared with 18% who say they are progressive/liberals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?PageID=834 |title=News Audiences Increasingly Politicized |publisher=People-press.org |date=June 8, 2004 |access-date=2008-11-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423161812/http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?PageID=834 |archive-date=April 23, 2008 }}</ref> In 2011, the [[Arbitron]] [[portable people meter]] ratings system, compiled data suggesting that out of 11 nationally rated radio formats, talk radio had lost nearly the most market share<ref>{{cite journal|last=Harker|author2=Bos |title=How's News-Talk Doing?|journal=Radio Insights|year=2011|url=http://www.radioinsights.com/2011/10/hows-news-talk-doing.html}}</ref> and ratings continue to slide.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Harker|title=Is News/Talk Radio in Trouble?|journal=Radio Insights|url=http://www.radioinsights.com/2012/06/is-newstalk-radio-in-trouble.html}}</ref>  In 2013, Arbitron's executive summary noted that " 92% of consumers aged 12 years and older listen to the radio each week" and "news-talk-information and talk-personality remained number one in PPM markets and number two in the rest of the U.S."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arbitron.com/downloads/Radio_Today_2013_execsum.pdf|title=Radio Today 2013|website=arbitron.com|access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref>

Some of the [[list of most-listened-to radio programs|most-listened-to radio programs]] in the United States are talk radio shows or have talk radio elements like ''[[The Sean Hannity Show]]'' and ''[[All Things Considered]]''.<!--See that article for sources-->