TSL Releases Power 50 Streamed Talk Shows

RADIO ONLINE | Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Talk Stream Live has released the The TSL Power 50, the annual year end streaming talk show ranking report. Michael Savage continues to dominate the digital space as he scored substantial victories over all other talk contenders in 2015. In fact, he did so in 2014, keeping him at the top for the past 2 years for 8 consecutive quarters. He's followed by Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin and Glenn Beck.

Here is the 50 most influential and most listened-to streaming talk show hosts:

1. Michael Savage
2. Rush Limbaugh
3. Laura Ingraham
4. Mark Levin
5. Glenn Beck
6. Sean Hannity
7. Tammy Bruce
8. George Noory
9. Howie Carr
10. Alex Jones
11. Bill Bennett
12. John Batchelor
13. Red Eye Radio
14. Hugh Hewitt
15. Dennis Prager
16. Clyde Lewis
17. The Dana Show
18. Sam Sorbo
19. Michael Medved
20. IMUS
21. Herman Cain
22. Jerry Doyle
23. Jeff Kuhner
24. Mike Gallagher
25. Bill Cunningham
26. Chris Plante
27. Larry Kudlow
28. The Power Hour
29. Larry Elder
30. Kim Komando
31. Dave Ramsey
32. Jesse Lee Peterson
33. Jimmy Church
34. America's Morning News
35. Lars Larson
36. Bob Brinker
37. Aaron Klein
38. Free Talk Live
39. Brian Kilmeade
40. Bob & Tom
41. Jim Bohannon
42. Phil Valentine
43. Leo Laporte
44. Joe Pags
45. Clark Howard
46. Dr. Michio Kaku
47. Robert Scott Bell
48. Bill Handel
49. Brian Sussman
50. Texas Overnight

TSL sampled over 6.1 million listeners during 2015 to produce the Power 50 Report. The report tracks talk radio show metrics gathered on the Internet and collected its server via TalkStreamLive.com's Website, Gadgets, iPhone app, Android app and "click-to-listen" links on Social Networks.

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