The 40 Most Played Songs on Rock Radio in 2023

In case you’re curious which songs made the largest waves on rock radio this yr, we have got you coated.

Though there are a plethora of various methods to devour music, together with digital and streaming platforms, radio was nonetheless one of many prime types of music consumption in 2023. In July, Nielsen reported that AM/FM radio reaches 91 % of adults aged 18 and up each month [via Forbes]. To interrupt it down additional, 87 % of adults between the ages of 18 and 34 take heed to AM/FM radio each month, whereas Spotify reaches 43 % of that very same age group every month.

This yr was a giant one for lots of our favourite artists, together with Metallica, whose eleventh studio album 72 Seasons got here out in April. A number of of the songs from the document obtained a variety of airplay. Foo Fighters, Three Days Grace, Disturbed and Godsmack have been among the different artists with a number of entries on the listing.

One thing that differentiated 2023 from 2022 was the success that nation artists discovered on rock radio this yr. Jelly Roll and Hardy, specifically, each had a few songs that acquired a variety of spins all through 2023, because of their mix of nation and rock. The previous of the 2 made historical past when “Want a Favor” from his album Whitsitt Chapel grew to become the primary music to ever land within the High 10 of each the rock and nation charts on the similar time. Thus, he is vowed to do a rock album to have a good time the victory.

“I am an enormous fan of a man named Tech N9ne,” Jelly Roll advised Loudwire Nights host Chuck Armstrong in an interview. “This cool factor he used to do, the place each like third album, he would drop an album known as the Collabo and it could be 10 or 12 songs, like an actual LP, however he would have a characteristic on each music… And that is how I’ll do my rock document.”

The listing we compiled of the 40 most-played songs on rock radio all through 2023 was based mostly on information from Mediabase. They have been ranked based mostly on the whole variety of performs they obtained from January by December of this yr. A handful of songs have been truly launched in 2022 however discovered a variety of success this yr, so we made word of which of these tracks truly got here out previous to January within the description of the album or single artwork.

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Scroll under to see the 40 most-played songs on rock radio all through 2023. To listen to the perfect number of rock on the radio, tune into Loudwire Nights, hosted by Chuck Armstrong weeknights at 7PM ET, and Loudwire Weekends on Saturday and Sunday nights hosted by Meatball.

Loudwire Nights with Chuck Armstrong airs nightly beginning at 7PM ET. You may tune in anytime, from anyplace proper right here or by downloading the Loudwire app.