RADIO · LISTEN TO THE PLANET

Listen to the Planet

Every glyph on the globe above is a real internet radio station, placed where it broadcasts from. Tap one and it plays — live, from the broadcaster’s own servers— while the day/night line sweeps the world and the player tells you the approximate local time where your music is coming from. Spin to Reykjavík for late-night jazz, Lagos for afrobeats at noon, Tokyo for morning news. The planet, as a tuner dial.

What’s on the dial

The globe shows 8,363 stations— the community-verified, precisely-located slice of a much bigger world. Behind it sit 29,312 playable streams from a directory of 59,602 listed stations across 147 countries, maintained by the volunteer-run radio-browser.info project. Internet radio is a living thing — streams die, move and get geo-blocked daily, so some stations won’t answer when you tap. The player says so honestly and offers the next one nearby.

LIVELive Radio StationsThousands of real internet radio stations on one live spinning globe — each glyph placed where it broadcasts from, tinted by genre, playing straight from the broadcaster’s own servers when you tap it. The community-verified, precisely-located slice of a 59,000-station directory, with the honest gap disclosed.LIVENews & Talk RadioThe spoken planet, live — news bulletins, talk shows, sport commentary and public information stations from over a hundred countries, playable in one tap. The curated news-and-talk slice of the world radio directory, with the honest classification gap disclosed.LIVEJazz RadioJazz, blues and swing stations from around the world on one live globe — late-night standards, big-band archives and blues bars, each playable straight from the broadcaster. The curated jazz slice of the world radio directory.LIVEClassical RadioThe concert halls of the world on a stream — classical, opera and symphony stations, playable in one tap from the live globe. The curated classical slice of the world radio directory.LIVERock RadioRock in all its weights — classic rock, indie, punk and metal stations from around the world, each playable straight from the broadcaster on the live globe. The curated rock slice of the world radio directory.LIVEPop RadioThe charts of the world, live — top-40 and hit radio from every continent, K-pop and J-pop included, playable in one tap from the globe. The curated pop slice of the world radio directory.LIVEElectronic RadioDance floors and headphone worlds — house, techno, trance, ambient and drum-and-bass stations from around the planet, playable straight from the broadcaster on the live globe. The curated electronic slice of the world radio directory.LIVEWorld Music RadioThe folk and regional traditions of the planet, live — reggae, salsa, cumbia, afrobeat, Bollywood, flamenco, celtic and bhangra stations, each playable in one tap from the globe. The curated world-music slice of the radio directory.

The world’s most-loved stations

BY LISTENER VOTES

Ranked by the radio-browser community’s own votes — the directory’s signal, shown as-is. Tap any of them to land on the globe with the station armed; one more tap plays it.

NEW YORK NY, UNITED STATESClassic Vinyl HD286,071 votes · jazz WISCONSIN, UNITED STATESAdroit Jazz Underground174,172 votes · jazz NEW YORK NY, UNITED STATESChristmas Vinyl HD161,145 votes NEW YORK NY, UNITED STATESWALM HD158,420 votes NEW YORK, UNITED STATESWALM - Old Time Radio146,799 votes NEW YORK, UNITED STATESWALM 2 HD95,985 votes · news-talk · classical FRANCERMC FR72,779 votes · news-talk TEHRAN, IRANایران‎ Radio Liberty (Iran) (official stream)69,111 votes UNITED STATESAdroit Jazz Underground HD Opus67,545 votes · jazz

Colours on the globe

Station glyphs are tinted by their leading genre — and each genre family has its own listening hub with a top-25 you can play right on the page: pop (3,244), news-talk (2,883), rock (2,047), electronic (1,892), world (1,026), jazz (873), classical (711). The remaining 19,156 stations carry no genre tag in the directory and glow radar-green.

Field guides

How the listening console actually works — the streams, the honest numbers behind the globe, and the mode that chases morning radio around the planet.

FIELD GUIDE · 4 MINFollow the Dawn: Chasing Morning Radio Around the WorldSomewhere on Earth it is always breakfast time, and somewhere a morning show is always on air. How the dawn band sweeps the globe at 15° of longitude per hour — and how one tap keeps you listening to sunrise forever.FIELD GUIDE · 4 MINHow Internet Radio Actually WorksWhat happens in the second between tapping a station on the globe and hearing sound — streams, codecs, HLS, and why some stations answer while others stay silent.FIELD GUIDE · 4 MINWhy the Globe Shows Some Stations and Not OthersFrom ~59,600 directory listings to ~29,300 playable streams to ~8,400 glyphs on the globe — every cut explained, honestly. Where the map's numbers come from and why we never invent a position.

Across the planet

CAMS · LIVESee the place you’re hearing →WEATHER · LIVEThe weather where it’s playing →SKY · TONIGHTWhat’s over that horizon tonight →