RADIO · EARWITNESS · THE GAME
Guess where the radio is playing
A real station goes on air — but you don’t see which. Listen for the language, the songs, the ads, the accent. Then drop a pin on the globe. The closer you land to the real transmitter, the more you score. 5 signals, by ear.
How to play
Press Start listeningand a mystery station begins to play. Nothing on the map is labelled — the only clues are what you can hear: the language being spoken, the style of music, the jingles and station IDs, even the accent of the adverts. When you have a hunch, spin the globe and tap where you think the transmitter is, then lock in your guess. A radar line snaps from your pin to the truth and you score by the real great-circle distance — a bullseye is worth the most, a wild miss the least. Do it 5 times for a final grade you can try to beat.
The stations are drawn from a pool of 943 real broadcasters across 156 countries, and the audio streams straight from each station’s own servers. If a signal won’t play — which happens, streams come and go — the game quietly retunes you to a fresh one. If a station has you stumped, tap Different stationfor a new mystery. Every score is real distance math — no made-up numbers.
Two ways to play. Today’s Dailyis one shared set of five signals — the same five for everyone, everywhere, that calendar day — so “I got today’s in one” actually means something. Finish it and you build a streak (come back every day to keep it alive) and get a spoiler-free result grid you can post to challenge a friend. Endless deals a fresh five whenever you want, as many rounds as you like.
Field guide: how to tell where a radio station is from — by ear →
How the Earwitness Daily works — the shared puzzle, streaks and scoring →
Or play one country at a time
Want to learn a single country’s sound before taking on the whole planet? Each page below plays only that country’s stations— a great way to train your ear on one nation’s language, music and jingles. 76 countries have enough real, located stations for a fair game. Why every country sounds different →
Germany (787) · United States (785) · Mexico (777) · Canada (455) · Brazil (285) · France (248) · Spain (240) · Netherlands (193) · United Kingdom (173) · Poland (119) · Argentina (111) · Russia (105) · Romania (100) · Italy (96) · Australia (85) · Sweden (67) · Greece (65) · Indonesia (64) · Colombia (57) · India (53) · Austria (51) · Chile (48) · Türkiye (46) · Switzerland (44) · Ireland (44) · Norway (41) · South Africa (41) · Ukraine (40) · Belgium (39) · Algeria (39) · Finland (39) · Estonia (37) · Portugal (36) · Denmark (34) · Serbia (34) · Peru (33) · Croatia (32) · Hungary (31) · Ecuador (30) · Bolivia (29) · Bulgaria (25) · Belarus (24) · New Zealand (20) · Czechia (19) · Nigeria (17) · Singapore (17) · Réunion (16) · Uruguay (16) · China (15) · Dominican Republic (15) · Jamaica (14) · Slovenia (14) · Ethiopia (13) · Guatemala (13) · North Macedonia (13) · Philippines (13) · Slovakia (13) · El Salvador (13) · Georgia (12) · Ghana (12) · Thailand (12) · Costa Rica (11) · Sri Lanka (11) · Mauritius (11) · United Arab Emirates (10) · Bosnia & Herzegovina (10) · Israel (10) · South Korea (10) · Latvia (10) · Malaysia (10) · Saudi Arabia (10) · Taiwan (10) · Kuwait (9) · Namibia (9) · Hong Kong SAR China (8) · Kazakhstan (8)