Nick Grimshaw loses half a million listeners in the last year as Radio One loses a fifth of its audience in five years

NICK Grimshaw has lost half a million listeners over the past year, as Radio One sees a loss of a fifth of its audience over the past five years.

The BBC Radio One breakfast show host has seen a massive dip in his audience, which has gone from 5.9 million to 5.4 million.

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The news has been revealed in the latest Rajar stats, which measure radio audiences.

This will be a big blow to the northern presenter, who took over from Chris Moyles in 2012, as he has tried to build up an army of followers, like his predecessor had.

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It’s not just bad news for Nick, as Radio Two breakfast host Chris Evans also saw a slight dip in his listeners, of 200,000.

This isn’t the first time Nick has seen a dip in his ratings, the previous year also saw a slight loss.

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Radio One will also be feeling the blow from the new figures.

As a whole, they pulled in 11.7 million per week in the last three months of 2011, but in the last quarter of 2016 that number was 9.6 million, a drop of 18%.

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