# Radio Garden

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/radio-garden/

14 people recommended Radio Garden in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 12 months, in 9 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for browsing and listening to live radio stations around the world on a spinning globe, free in the browser.

Summary written by Claude from 16 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Listen to stations worldwide (6 comments in the sample): "it gave me tingles to think that in Lagos at that same moment, some bus driver was surely listening to the same music" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49003502)) "I do like firing up https://radio.garden/ on occasion and rotating through international channels" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49002375)) "I used to have the Radio Garden app where I could listen to stations across the world" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46377260))
- Fun to browse and explore (2 comments in the sample): "For the same reason (plus curiosity of what people are listening to in weird places) I recently switched to Radio Garden" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46764722)) "is of course wicked fun to browse generally" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49001619))
- Works in browser, no VPN (1 comment in the sample): "radio.garden works just fine at the same exact browser settings" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50058587))

## What people warn about

- Wish for more features (1 comment in the sample): "I have used radio garden for long and wished it could have a few more features." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50171611))
- Alternatives only by region (1 comment in the sample): "Best alternative is only by region" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47377577))

## Other internet radios people recommend

- [SomaFM](https://hackerapproved.com/p/somafm/): 28 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize
- [KEXP](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kexp/): 17 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Radio Paradise](https://hackerapproved.com/p/radio-paradise/): 12 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [NTS Radio](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nts-radio/): 12 recommend, 2 mixed, 0 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://radio.garden/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Radio Garden", https://hackerapproved.com/p/radio-garden/ (14 recommend, 2 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.