Internet radio in Iceland in numbers
As of , radioko lists 22 radio stations from Iceland that stream online. 22 of the 22 stations we could test on played. The count covers the internet streams radioko lists and tests every night, with duplicates merged; it is not the number of licensed broadcasters.
Last updated:
- Stations listed
- 22
- Played in our latest check
- 22 of 22 (100%)
- Did not play
- 0
- No clear result
- 0
- Not tested yet
- 0
- Typical bitrate (median)
- 130 kbps
We hide a station once it fails our check three nights running: these figures describe the stations listed here, not every stream on the internet.
How the numbers are made
| Step | Stations |
|---|---|
| Records in our sources marked as working | 28 |
| Moved to or from another country's list, or removed as foreign | 0 |
| Duplicates merged | -6 |
| Cannot play in a browser (unsecured stream, format or address) | 0 |
| Left out on request or by our listing rules | 0 |
| Hidden after failing our check three nights running | 0 |
| Stations listed | 22 |
| Played in our latest check | 22 |
Most common genres
| Genre | Stations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Talk and culture | 4 | 18% |
| Pop | 4 | 18% |
| News | 3 | 14% |
| Oldies | 3 | 14% |
| Rock | 2 | 9% |
| Sports | 1 | 5% |
| Community and college | 1 | 5% |
| Christian | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 8 | 36% |
A station can have more than one genre, so the shares add up to more than 100%.
Other languages on air
| Language | Stations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Icelandic | 14 | 64% |
Stream formats
| Stream | Stations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| MP3 | 11 | 50% |
| AAC | 9 | 41% |
| HLS | 1 | 5% |
| HE-AAC | 1 | 5% |
Featured stations ()
| # | Station | Place | Frequency | Stream |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rás2 | AAC · 128 kbps | ||
| 2 | Útvarp Saga | MP3 · 192 kbps | ||
| 3 | Rondó | Reykjavík | HLS · AAC | |
| 4 | Bylgjan 98.9 Reykjavik | 98.9 FM | AAC · 129 kbps | |
| 5 | Rúv rás1 | AAC · 128 kbps | ||
| 6 | RADIO AKI ASGEIRSSON : Tonlist / Music by Aki Asgeirsson | MP3 · 128 kbps | ||
| 7 | Apparatid | AAC · 129 kbps | ||
| 8 | Retro | MP3 · 170 kbps | ||
| 9 | 80´s Flash Back | MP3 | ||
| 10 | Visir "FM 957 Extra" Reykjavik | AAC · 129 kbps |
Our order: stations that played in all our recent nightly checks come first, and among them the best known (a regulator's licence, an encyclopedia article). Updated . Every stream here passed its latest check.
Source: the stations from Iceland listed on radioko and our own nightly test of every stream.
Figures may be quoted with credit: radioko, .