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Edition

28 August to 3 September 2026

Headline finding

Burnham draws nearly twice as many mentions as anyone else (335, with Trump next on 180)

37Podcasts monitored
26Episodes
13.1Hours analysed
1,775Mentions counted

Share of voice

People

Share of tracked person mentions · 957 in this chart

  1. Andy Burnham35.0%
    335 mentions · 25.6 per hour
  2. Donald Trump18.8%
    180 mentions · 13.7 per hour
  3. Keir Starmer17.1%
    164 mentions · 12.5 per hour
  4. John Healey7.9%
    76 mentions · 5.8 per hour
  5. Nigel Farage6.9%
    66 mentions · 5.0 per hour
  6. Kemi Badenoch6.7%
    64 mentions · 4.9 per hour
  7. Rachel Reeves2.1%
    20 mentions · 1.5 per hour
  8. Zack Polanski2.0%
    19 mentions · 1.5 per hour
  9. Robert Jenrick1.5%
    14 mentions · 1.1 per hour
  10. Ed Miliband0.8%
    8 mentions · 0.6 per hour
  11. Angela Rayner0.6%
    6 mentions · 0.5 per hour
  12. Vladimir Putin0.4%
    4 mentions · 0.3 per hour
  13. Volodymyr Zelensky0.1%
    1 mention · 0.1 per hour

Rates use hours of editorial speech. Share is calculated within each chart.

Share of voice

Parties

Share of tracked party mentions · 674 in this chart

  1. Labour Party33.7%
    227 mentions · 17.3 per hour
  2. Conservative Party30.6%
    206 mentions · 15.7 per hour
  3. Reform UK23.1%
    156 mentions · 11.9 per hour
  4. Green Party8.2%
    55 mentions · 4.2 per hour
  5. Liberal Democrats1.9%
    13 mentions · 1.0 per hour
  6. Scottish National Party0.9%
    6 mentions · 0.5 per hour
  7. US Republican Party0.9%
    6 mentions · 0.5 per hour
  8. US Democratic Party0.4%
    3 mentions · 0.2 per hour
  9. Plaid Cymru0.3%
    2 mentions · 0.2 per hour

Rates use hours of editorial speech. Share is calculated within each chart.

Topics across 26 shows

Where the conversation went

Provisional method

Share of 3,230 screened passages. Topic labels can overlap.

  1. Economy12.17% · 393 passages
  2. Immigration1.95% · 63 passages
  3. Housing1.39% · 45 passages
  4. NHS and healthcare1.05% · 34 passages
  5. Israel and Gaza0.96% · 31 passages
  6. Brexit and the EU0.90% · 29 passages
  7. Russia0.65% · 21 passages
  8. Political donations and integrity0.37% · 12 passages

The week’s story

Least-covered issues

  • Political donations and integrity0.37%12 passages
  • Russia0.65%21 passages
  • Brexit and the EU0.90%29 passages

Counted separately

Former prime ministers

Share of 144 mentions of former prime ministers.

  1. Boris Johnson29.2% · 42 mentions
  2. Rishi Sunak22.9% · 33 mentions
  3. Liz Truss16.7% · 24 mentions
  4. Tony Blair16.0% · 23 mentions
  5. David Cameron10.4% · 15 mentions
  6. Gordon Brown4.9% · 7 mentions

Who each side talked about

Attention across the spectrum

Each share is within that group’s own people or party mentions. No per-hour lean rates are shown.

Left · 4 shows

People · top four

  1. Andy Burnham43.0%
  2. Keir Starmer28.0%
  3. Nigel Farage19.6%
  4. Zack Polanski3.7%

Parties · top four

  1. Labour Party57.6%
  2. Conservative Party14.1%
  3. Green Party10.9%
  4. Reform UK9.8%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Andy Burnham43.0%
  2. Keir Starmer28.0%
  3. Nigel Farage19.6%
  4. Zack Polanski3.7%
  5. Donald Trump1.9%
  6. Kemi Badenoch0.9%
  7. John Healey0.9%
  8. Rachel Reeves0.9%
  9. Angela Rayner0.9%

All parties

  1. Labour Party57.6%
  2. Conservative Party14.1%
  3. Green Party10.9%
  4. Reform UK9.8%
  5. Scottish National Party3.3%
  6. Liberal Democrats2.2%
  7. Plaid Cymru1.1%
  8. US Republican Party1.1%

Centre-left · 3 shows

People · top four

  1. Donald Trump58.9%
  2. Andy Burnham22.3%
  3. Keir Starmer8.0%
  4. Nigel Farage4.0%

Parties · top four

  1. Reform UK37.8%
  2. Conservative Party32.4%
  3. Labour Party16.2%
  4. Liberal Democrats5.4%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Donald Trump58.9%
  2. Andy Burnham22.3%
  3. Keir Starmer8.0%
  4. Nigel Farage4.0%
  5. Kemi Badenoch2.9%
  6. John Healey1.7%
  7. Zack Polanski1.1%
  8. Robert Jenrick1.1%

All parties

  1. Reform UK37.8%
  2. Conservative Party32.4%
  3. Labour Party16.2%
  4. Liberal Democrats5.4%
  5. Green Party2.7%
  6. US Republican Party2.7%
  7. US Democratic Party2.7%

Centre · 5 shows

People · top four

  1. Andy Burnham41.3%
  2. Donald Trump23.8%
  3. Keir Starmer12.6%
  4. John Healey9.1%

Parties · top four

  1. Labour Party41.9%
  2. Green Party23.3%
  3. Conservative Party17.4%
  4. Reform UK10.5%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Andy Burnham41.3%
  2. Donald Trump23.8%
  3. Keir Starmer12.6%
  4. John Healey9.1%
  5. Nigel Farage4.9%
  6. Rachel Reeves4.2%
  7. Ed Miliband1.4%
  8. Kemi Badenoch0.7%
  9. Zack Polanski0.7%
  10. Vladimir Putin0.7%
  11. Angela Rayner0.7%

All parties

  1. Labour Party41.9%
  2. Green Party23.3%
  3. Conservative Party17.4%
  4. Reform UK10.5%
  5. US Republican Party4.7%
  6. US Democratic Party2.3%

Centre-right · 1 show

People · top four

  1. Andy Burnham35.3%
  2. John Healey22.1%
  3. Nigel Farage16.2%
  4. Keir Starmer11.8%

Parties · top four

  1. Reform UK47.6%
  2. Conservative Party28.6%
  3. Labour Party23.8%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Andy Burnham35.3%
  2. John Healey22.1%
  3. Nigel Farage16.2%
  4. Keir Starmer11.8%
  5. Kemi Badenoch10.3%
  6. Ed Miliband2.9%
  7. Angela Rayner1.5%

All parties

  1. Reform UK47.6%
  2. Conservative Party28.6%
  3. Labour Party23.8%

Right · 6 shows

People · top four

  1. Andy Burnham39.6%
  2. John Healey14.4%
  3. Kemi Badenoch13.0%
  4. Nigel Farage10.1%

Parties · top four

  1. Conservative Party37.0%
  2. Labour Party30.5%
  3. Reform UK28.0%
  4. Liberal Democrats2.9%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Andy Burnham39.6%
  2. John Healey14.4%
  3. Kemi Badenoch13.0%
  4. Nigel Farage10.1%
  5. Keir Starmer9.4%
  6. Robert Jenrick3.6%
  7. Rachel Reeves3.6%
  8. Donald Trump2.2%
  9. Ed Miliband2.2%
  10. Angela Rayner1.4%
  11. Vladimir Putin0.7%

All parties

  1. Conservative Party37.0%
  2. Labour Party30.5%
  3. Reform UK28.0%
  4. Liberal Democrats2.9%
  5. Green Party0.8%
  6. Scottish National Party0.8%

Reported separately

Party channel and devolved shows

Party channel

1 show · 0.316 hours of editorial speech

People
12 mentions · 38.00 per hour
Parties
47 mentions · 148.82 per hour

Devolved shows

2 shows · 1.493 hours of editorial speech

People
4 mentions · 2.68 per hour
Parties
67 mentions · 44.87 per hour

Edition dates28 August to 3 September 2026

Show list37 UK political podcasts; 8 had no qualifying episode.

Separate groupsParty channel and devolved results are reported separately from the main figures.

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