About NPR
About NPR
NPR is an independent, nonprofit media organization that was founded on a mission to create a more informed public. Every day, NPR connects with millions of Americans on the air, online, and in person to explore the news, ideas, and what it means to be human. Through its network of member stations, NPR makes local stories national, national stories local, and global stories personal.
52 million
weekly audience across platforms1
Listeners and readers experience NPR across a full range of platforms including radio, smart speakers, npr.org, social media, live events, NPR apps and podcasts.
1,000+
stations broadcasting NPR2
Our network of local member stations collaborates with NPR to deliver an increasingly rare and vital mix of rigorously reported local and national stories.
35
bureaus worldwide
17 international and 17 domestic bureaus. Our teams in the U.S. and across the globe discover the most important stories wherever they are happening.
28 million
weekly on-air listeners3
98.5% of the U.S. population lives within the listening area of a station carrying NPR programming; NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered are consistently among the most-listened-to news radio shows in America.
18.2 million
weekly website visitors4
The latest news, award-winning digital journalism, multimedia visual experiences, live concerts, first listens and decades of program audio, all at npr.org.
2.4 million
monthly app users5
The news you need and the stories you want, at your fingertips or in your pocket, wherever your day takes you.
Illustrations by Irene Rinaldi for NPR.
1. Broadcast (Nielsen Nationwide, Fall 2019), NPR.org (Google Analytics average 1/05/20 – 03/22/20), and podcasts (Splunk average 1/26/20 – 04/19/20). Overlap calculated based on comScore data. 2. Stations from NPR's Carriage Reporting Center. 3. ©The Nielsen company. Nieslen Audio Nationwide via Act 1 Systems, Fall 2019, Persons 12+ based on program broadcast times. 4. Google Analytics, weekly average for number of users, weeks beginning 01/05/20 – 03/22/20. 5. Google Analytics. Average June-Aug 2019. Overlap calculated based on comScore Cross Visiting report.