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Edition

4 to 10 September 2026

Headline finding

Reform gets almost twice as many mentions as Labour (317 to 172)

37Podcasts monitored
24Episodes
11.9Hours analysed
1,669Mentions counted

Share of voice

People

Share of tracked person mentions · 920 in this chart

  1. Andy Burnham19.6%
    180 mentions · 15.1 per hour
  2. Nigel Farage18.7%
    172 mentions · 14.5 per hour
  3. Donald Trump16.6%
    153 mentions · 12.9 per hour
  4. John Healey15.3%
    141 mentions · 11.8 per hour
  5. Keir Starmer8.7%
    80 mentions · 6.7 per hour
  6. Rachel Reeves5.7%
    52 mentions · 4.4 per hour
  7. Robert Jenrick4.9%
    45 mentions · 3.8 per hour
  8. Ed Miliband2.9%
    27 mentions · 2.3 per hour
  9. Kemi Badenoch2.6%
    24 mentions · 2.0 per hour
  10. Vladimir Putin2.6%
    24 mentions · 2.0 per hour
  11. Zack Polanski1.5%
    14 mentions · 1.2 per hour
  12. Volodymyr Zelensky0.7%
    6 mentions · 0.5 per hour
  13. Angela Rayner0.2%
    2 mentions · 0.2 per hour

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

Share of voice

Parties

Share of tracked party mentions · 666 in this chart

  1. Reform UK47.6%
    317 mentions · 26.6 per hour
  2. Labour Party25.8%
    172 mentions · 14.5 per hour
  3. Conservative Party18.5%
    123 mentions · 10.3 per hour
  4. Green Party3.6%
    24 mentions · 2.0 per hour
  5. US Democratic Party2.1%
    14 mentions · 1.2 per hour
  6. US Republican Party1.5%
    10 mentions · 0.8 per hour
  7. Liberal Democrats0.6%
    4 mentions · 0.3 per hour
  8. Scottish National Party0.1%
    1 mention · 0.1 per hour
  9. Plaid Cymru0.1%
    1 mention · 0.1 per hour

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

Topics across 24 shows

Where the conversation went

Provisional method

Share of 3,137 screened passages. Topic labels can overlap.

  1. Economy10.87% · 341 passages
  2. Immigration3.73% · 117 passages
  3. Israel and Gaza2.30% · 72 passages
  4. Russia1.21% · 38 passages
  5. Political donations and integrity1.21% · 38 passages
  6. Housing1.02% · 32 passages
  7. NHS and healthcare0.80% · 25 passages
  8. Brexit and the EU0.67% · 21 passages

The week’s story

Least-covered issues

  • Brexit and the EU0.67%21 passages
  • NHS and healthcare0.80%25 passages
  • Housing1.02%32 passages

Counted separately

Former prime ministers

Share of 83 mentions of former prime ministers.

  1. Rishi Sunak27.7% · 23 mentions
  2. Liz Truss25.3% · 21 mentions
  3. Tony Blair22.9% · 19 mentions
  4. Boris Johnson10.8% · 9 mentions
  5. Gordon Brown9.6% · 8 mentions
  6. David Cameron3.6% · 3 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 · 3 shows

People · top four

  1. Nigel Farage29.6%
  2. Andy Burnham19.8%
  3. John Healey14.8%
  4. Keir Starmer7.4%

Parties · top four

  1. Reform UK71.2%
  2. Labour Party25.4%
  3. Conservative Party1.7%
  4. Green Party1.7%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Nigel Farage29.6%
  2. Andy Burnham19.8%
  3. John Healey14.8%
  4. Keir Starmer7.4%
  5. Donald Trump7.4%
  6. Rachel Reeves7.4%
  7. Ed Miliband7.4%
  8. Zack Polanski2.5%
  9. Robert Jenrick2.5%
  10. Vladimir Putin1.2%

All parties

  1. Reform UK71.2%
  2. Labour Party25.4%
  3. Conservative Party1.7%
  4. Green Party1.7%

Centre-left · 3 shows

People · top four

  1. Nigel Farage55.7%
  2. Donald Trump11.3%
  3. Andy Burnham10.3%
  4. Rachel Reeves8.2%

Parties · top four

  1. Reform UK78.0%
  2. Labour Party13.6%
  3. Conservative Party8.5%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Nigel Farage55.7%
  2. Donald Trump11.3%
  3. Andy Burnham10.3%
  4. Rachel Reeves8.2%
  5. John Healey7.2%
  6. Keir Starmer2.1%
  7. Robert Jenrick2.1%
  8. Vladimir Putin2.1%
  9. Volodymyr Zelensky1.0%

All parties

  1. Reform UK78.0%
  2. Labour Party13.6%
  3. Conservative Party8.5%

Centre · 4 shows

People · top four

  1. Donald Trump45.3%
  2. Nigel Farage15.3%
  3. John Healey13.2%
  4. Andy Burnham8.9%

Parties · top four

  1. Reform UK41.6%
  2. Labour Party18.2%
  3. Conservative Party14.3%
  4. US Democratic Party13.0%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Donald Trump45.3%
  2. Nigel Farage15.3%
  3. John Healey13.2%
  4. Andy Burnham8.9%
  5. Vladimir Putin6.8%
  6. Keir Starmer4.2%
  7. Rachel Reeves3.2%
  8. Robert Jenrick1.6%
  9. Kemi Badenoch1.1%
  10. Ed Miliband0.5%

All parties

  1. Reform UK41.6%
  2. Labour Party18.2%
  3. Conservative Party14.3%
  4. US Democratic Party13.0%
  5. US Republican Party11.7%
  6. Green Party1.3%

Centre-right · 1 show

People · top four

  1. Donald Trump22.1%
  2. Andy Burnham18.2%
  3. Nigel Farage15.6%
  4. John Healey14.3%

Parties · top four

  1. Reform UK51.3%
  2. Labour Party30.8%
  3. Conservative Party12.8%
  4. Green Party5.1%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Donald Trump22.1%
  2. Andy Burnham18.2%
  3. Nigel Farage15.6%
  4. John Healey14.3%
  5. Robert Jenrick10.4%
  6. Keir Starmer9.1%
  7. Ed Miliband6.5%
  8. Rachel Reeves3.9%

All parties

  1. Reform UK51.3%
  2. Labour Party30.8%
  3. Conservative Party12.8%
  4. Green Party5.1%

Right · 6 shows

People · top four

  1. Andy Burnham27.0%
  2. John Healey15.6%
  3. Nigel Farage12.3%
  4. Keir Starmer10.9%

Parties · top four

  1. Reform UK46.7%
  2. Conservative Party27.4%
  3. Labour Party22.2%
  4. Green Party1.5%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Andy Burnham27.0%
  2. John Healey15.6%
  3. Nigel Farage12.3%
  4. Keir Starmer10.9%
  5. Robert Jenrick10.9%
  6. Donald Trump6.6%
  7. Kemi Badenoch4.3%
  8. Rachel Reeves4.3%
  9. Vladimir Putin3.3%
  10. Ed Miliband2.8%
  11. Volodymyr Zelensky1.9%

All parties

  1. Reform UK46.7%
  2. Conservative Party27.4%
  3. Labour Party22.2%
  4. Green Party1.5%
  5. Liberal Democrats1.1%
  6. US Democratic Party0.7%
  7. US Republican Party0.4%

Reported separately

Party channel and devolved shows

Party channel

1 show · 0.284 hours of editorial speech

People
10 mentions · 35.21 per hour
Parties
31 mentions · 109.16 per hour

Devolved shows

3 shows · 2.504 hours of editorial speech

People
37 mentions · 14.78 per hour
Parties
104 mentions · 41.53 per hour