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WUWM Audience Snapshot

WUWM is for anybody and everybody. Communities throughout southeastern Wisconsin enjoy our freely accessible content. What unites such a broad audience? Learning. Equality. Authenticity. These are some of the values that our listeners share in great propensity and that guide their consumer choices.

WUWM attracts a total monthly audience across its multimedia platforms of more than 392,000.

 

Sources: Radio listeners and / or streamers - Nielsen Audio PPM, Milwaukee-Racine Metro, April 2025-March 2026, M-Su 6a-12a, P18+; Google Analytics; Public Media Apps; newsletter, July 2025-March 2026 

Educated
43% more likely to have completed postgraduate work or have a postgraduate degree

Influential
305% more likely to be influential  based on public engagement and advocacy for causes

Affluent
116% more likely to earn a household income of $250K

Cultural
203% more likely to contribute to an arts or cultural organization

Community-Minded
34% more likely to volunteer

Sources: Nielsen, Milwaukee-Racine Metro, Scarborough R1 2026 January 2025-January 2026, P18+, 1. MRI-Simmons Doublebase 2025, among custom NPR News audience, Base: Total U.S. Adults, MRI defines an Influential as one who participates in three or more public activities that demonstrate uncommon engagement with their community

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Supporting the Question by Dale Russell

Photo Credits: Milwaukee Public Market by Thomas Hawk, Untitled by Amy Anderson, Supporting the Question by Dale Russell, Art in Bloom at MAM by quirkyjazz — via Flickr