Benjamin Castaldi and his morning show on Europe 2: the bad news has fallen

Despite his arrival at the head of the morning show since the start of the school year, this has not helped Europe 2 has raised the bar for the moment. Indeed, following the results of the national EAR study of Médiamétriewe learn that the morning show directed by Benjamin Castaldi has lost some listeners since he took office.

In reality, all radio is losing fans, like RTL Besides. Because following the study carried out by Médiamétrie, we also learn that RTL has experienced complicated recent months, despite the numerous changes made within the station to try to keep listeners and convince even more.

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Leader until 2019, the station on which Thomas Sotto, Laurent Ruquier, and Yves Calvi officiate, has just lost the second place it had occupied since that date due to France Info which has in fact just doubled it. It thus finds itself in third place among the most listened to radio stations in September and October 2024.

But in the end, who took first place? Far ahead Europe 2 and Benjamin Castaldi, France Inter places itself on the “throne” with 12.8% cumulative audience, while France Info accounts for 8.9% and RTL 8,7 %.

Benjamin Castaldi and Europe 2 lose listeners

As recalled The Dispatch, RTL had nevertheless made numerous changes to its schedule for the start of the 2024 school year. Between the arrival of Thomas Sotto in the morning, the change of slots of Yves Calvi, or even the presence of Faustine Bollaert in the evening, the radio still lost listeners.

What about Benjamin Castaldi and his morning show on Europe 2 ? As our colleague from ParisianKevin Boucher, Cyril Hanouna's ex-columnist on TPMP, “Europe 2's morning show goes dark between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m.”, with “96,000 listeners only for Benjamin Castaldi”. This would represent a loss of “43,000 over one year”.

The journalist adds that Benjamin Castaldi was also beaten, between 7 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. and between 9:45 a.m. and 10 a.m. “by Vincent Cerutti on M Radio”. Hoping that the ex-host of Loft Story et Secret Story manage to find listeners in the coming months. As for Europe 2, the station alone falls below one million daily listeners at 1.6%.

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