Nick Grimshaw’s listeners have fallen year-on-year (Picture: WireImage)

Nick Grimshaw’s Radio 1 Breakfast Show has dropped to its lowest listening figures since the longtime Radio 1 personality began hosting the show.

Reports suggest the show attracted 4.93 million listeners a week in the third quarter of 2017, a drop off from the 5.50 million in the second quarter, and 5.25 million in the third quarter of 2016.

The figures, from audience research body Rajar, are some way off the 7.06 million Chris Moyles pulled in at the peak of his listenership in May 2007.

Grimmy DJed at the venue next door (Picture: Dave Benett)

Chris Moyles’s R1 Breakfast Show ran from 2004 until 2012, and became the longest-running breakfast show in the station’s history.


Nick Grimshaw took over from Chris Moyles in 2012 and the current breakfast show runs from 6.30 – 10.00am on weekday mornings.



Nick’s show generally received warm reviews from critics, but has been subjected to wavering viewing figures.

Nick bought some of the classic elements of his prior R1 show to his new breakfast show, including Call Or Delete, where celebrity guests either prank a celebrity contact in their phones or delete the number entirely.

Metro.co.uk has contacted the BBC for comment.

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