The Power 50

July 10, 2012 by talkstreamlive

The 50 most influential talk show hosts on the Internet:

Rank ProgramName

1 Rush Limbaugh
2 Michael Savage
3 Laura Ingraham
4 Glenn Beck
5 Tammy Bruce
6 Mark Levin
7 Sean Hannity
8 Neal Boortz
9 Bill Bennett
10 Dennis Miller
11 John Batchelor
12 Monica Crowley
13 Hugh Hewitt
14 Michael Medved
15 George Noory
16 Quinn and Rose
17 Alex Jones
18 Dennis Prager
19 Red Eye Radio
20 Rusty Humphries
21 Mike Gallagher
22 IMUS
23 John Gibson
24 Larry Kudlow
25 Kim Komando
26 Jerry Doyle
27 Bill Cunningham
28 The Dana Show
29 MANCOW
30 The Power Hour
31 Roger Hedgecock
32 Howie Carr
33 Aaron Klein
34 Chris Plante
35 Dave Ramsey
36 Lars Larson
37 Curtis Sliwa
38 G. Gordon Liddy
39 Bill Handel
40 Bob Brinker
41 Tom Donahue
42 Phil Hendrie
43 Larry Elder
44 Mark Simone
45 Jeff Rense
46 John Stokes
47 Don Wade & Roma
48 Bob & Tom
49 Clark Howard
50 Jack Blood

Survey Period: ( 01/01/2012 – 06/30/2012 )

Sample Size: 1.2 million

Source: TalkStreamLive.com

TSL sampled over 1.2 million listeners during the first 6 months of 2012 to produce the Power 50 Report – the 50 most influential talk show hosts on the Internet and on mobile devices. We are proud to report that Rush Limbaugh is #1, Michael Savage #2 and Laura Ingraham #3. These are the most listened to talk show hosts in the world. All data collected to produce this report came from our server via the TalkStreamLive.com website, Show Stopper, The List, Impulse gadgets and mobile iPhone app. The Power 50 includes the big personalities talk show fans would expect as well as some new media rising stars. The conclusions are our own and not guaranteed to be accurate.

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Posted in The Power 50 | Tagged Internet Radio, Talk Radio | 22 Comments

22 Responses

on July 10, 2012 at 10:24 pm | Reply toptalkradio

Great List! I see Savage is #2 again. Thanks for this research and service. It appears Talk Stream Live is quick becoming the authority of streaming talk radio. Keep it up.
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on July 13, 2012 at 3:51 am | Reply Mark Penn

No matter what you think of him, no list is complete without mentioning Alex Jones. He is the template for what Glenn Beck is doing now.Those lost in the fake left/right paradigm keep him off of the list.
on July 13, 2012 at 6:44 am | Reply TalkStreamLive (@TalkStreamLive)

17 Alex Jones
on July 13, 2012 at 7:47 am | Reply sm94662

Alex Jones is the only one mentioning on this list. With the exception of
noory, they are all just spouting manufactured left\right talking points. I honestly believe AJ actually commands a higher market share than 17.
on July 13, 2012 at 12:57 pm | Reply MackQuigley

You are only surveying via your own server so “not guaranteed to be accurate” is quite an understatement.
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on July 16, 2012 at 2:44 pm | Reply spayandneuterallleftists

Whatever happened to Philly RINO & Obama sycophant extraordinaire Michael Smerconish? To hear John Batchelor, Talkers Magazine, & The Smerc himself he is the next great thing. I thought he was supposed to rocket to the top after going over to the dark side & endorsing Barack Obama in 2008. I guess Smerc radio just doesn’t sell & not just in Philly.
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on August 22, 2012 at 8:49 am | Reply bdaniels123

Glad to see Chris Plante make the top 50. Remarkable since he does a local show in Washington, DC. He deserves to be nationally syndicated. But until then, thank goodness for Al Gore’s amazing internet!
on September 9, 2012 at 7:46 pm | Reply Mike Ghostgetter

I suppose my show will never be in the top 50 because it runs just on Friday night, but I’m always in the top 20. I appreciate you running the NightBreed Show from Jackalope radio though. I am honored.
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on September 27, 2012 at 9:29 pm | Reply Jatoproducts Ocasomedia

Tammy Bruce ranked over Sean Hannity & Levin??? Get real….
on September 29, 2012 at 4:14 am | Reply amayzen.com (@amayzen139)

Only in neocon fantasy land is this list accurate. Dream on, traitors. Alex Jones is a thousand times more popular than most of the people at the top of this fraudulent list.
Michael Savage no longer even has a show and so should be removed from the list.
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