The line graph below shows radio and television audiences throughout the day in 1992.

The chart illustrates the percentage of people in the UK that follows

radio

or

television

, divided by every hour of the day. At first glance, it can be noted that there are some major differences in the time of the day in which the two media are more popular.

Firstly

, it can be seen how

television

is more popular than

radio

, having a peak audience of almost 50% of the UK population, compared to the 30% of

radio

.

On the other hand

,

radio

has a greater number of listeners during the morning, with the greatest ratio at 8:00 am, followed by steady a decline.

Television

,

instead

, has growth during morning and evening, peaking at the 8:00 p.m., with 50% of the population connected,

then

declining sharply, until it reaches the lowest rate of viewers at 2:00 am, more or less the same period in which

radio

has its lowest point too. Another interesting feature, is that there are other minor peaks through the day both for

television

and

radio

. Regarding the

radio

, they are at 4:00 pm, with 15% ratio and 11 pm with 10%.

Conversely

,

television

have a minor peak at 8:00 am, with 5% of the population connected and at the 1:00 pm, with 15%. In conclusion, it could be stated that

radio

and

television

have different patterns of audience.

In particular

, it seems that

radio

has the most audience when everyone is going to work or study in the morning,

while

television

has it after dinner.