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Edition

11 to 17 September 2026

Headline finding

Reform tops the party mentions again, and Farage draws level with Burnham (159 to 161)

37Podcasts monitored
27Episodes
13.8Hours analysed
1,740Mentions counted

Share of voice

People

Share of tracked person mentions · 734 in this chart

  1. Andy Burnham21.9%
    161 mentions · 11.6 per hour
  2. Nigel Farage21.7%
    159 mentions · 11.5 per hour
  3. Donald Trump19.1%
    140 mentions · 10.1 per hour
  4. Keir Starmer13.1%
    96 mentions · 6.9 per hour
  5. Ed Miliband6.4%
    47 mentions · 3.4 per hour
  6. John Healey4.5%
    33 mentions · 2.4 per hour
  7. Kemi Badenoch4.2%
    31 mentions · 2.2 per hour
  8. Angela Rayner3.8%
    28 mentions · 2.0 per hour
  9. Robert Jenrick2.7%
    20 mentions · 1.4 per hour
  10. Vladimir Putin1.2%
    9 mentions · 0.7 per hour
  11. Rachel Reeves0.8%
    6 mentions · 0.4 per hour
  12. Zack Polanski0.5%
    4 mentions · 0.3 per hour

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

Share of voice

Parties

Share of tracked party mentions · 931 in this chart

  1. Reform UK38.8%
    361 mentions · 26.1 per hour
  2. Labour Party35.7%
    332 mentions · 24.0 per hour
  3. Conservative Party20.0%
    186 mentions · 13.4 per hour
  4. Liberal Democrats1.3%
    12 mentions · 0.9 per hour
  5. Scottish National Party1.2%
    11 mentions · 0.8 per hour
  6. Plaid Cymru1.0%
    9 mentions · 0.7 per hour
  7. US Republican Party0.9%
    8 mentions · 0.6 per hour
  8. Green Party0.6%
    6 mentions · 0.4 per hour
  9. US Democratic Party0.6%
    6 mentions · 0.4 per hour

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

Topics across 27 shows

Where the conversation went

Provisional method

Share of 3,876 screened passages. Topic labels can overlap.

  1. Economy8.20% · 318 passages
  2. Israel and Gaza2.61% · 101 passages
  3. Political donations and integrity2.04% · 79 passages
  4. Immigration1.68% · 65 passages
  5. NHS and healthcare1.55% · 60 passages
  6. Brexit and the EU0.95% · 37 passages
  7. Russia0.93% · 36 passages
  8. Housing0.72% · 28 passages

The week’s story

Least-covered issues

  • Housing0.72%28 passages
  • Russia0.93%36 passages
  • Brexit and the EU0.95%37 passages

Counted separately

Former prime ministers

Share of 75 mentions of former prime ministers.

  1. Rishi Sunak22.7% · 17 mentions
  2. Boris Johnson20.0% · 15 mentions
  3. Liz Truss18.7% · 14 mentions
  4. David Cameron14.7% · 11 mentions
  5. Tony Blair13.3% · 10 mentions
  6. Gordon Brown10.7% · 8 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 Farage36.1%
  2. Andy Burnham21.3%
  3. Donald Trump18.0%
  4. John Healey14.8%

Parties · top four

  1. Labour Party36.8%
  2. Reform UK35.0%
  3. Conservative Party11.1%
  4. Scottish National Party6.8%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Nigel Farage36.1%
  2. Andy Burnham21.3%
  3. Donald Trump18.0%
  4. John Healey14.8%
  5. Kemi Badenoch3.3%
  6. Robert Jenrick3.3%
  7. Keir Starmer1.6%
  8. Angela Rayner1.6%

All parties

  1. Labour Party36.8%
  2. Reform UK35.0%
  3. Conservative Party11.1%
  4. Scottish National Party6.8%
  5. Plaid Cymru6.8%
  6. Liberal Democrats1.7%
  7. US Republican Party1.7%

Centre-left · 3 shows

People · top four

  1. Andy Burnham25.6%
  2. Nigel Farage23.2%
  3. Keir Starmer12.2%
  4. Ed Miliband12.2%

Parties · top four

  1. Labour Party47.1%
  2. Reform UK33.3%
  3. Conservative Party15.7%
  4. Green Party2.0%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Andy Burnham25.6%
  2. Nigel Farage23.2%
  3. Keir Starmer12.2%
  4. Ed Miliband12.2%
  5. Donald Trump9.8%
  6. Kemi Badenoch8.5%
  7. John Healey6.1%
  8. Vladimir Putin1.2%
  9. Rachel Reeves1.2%

All parties

  1. Labour Party47.1%
  2. Reform UK33.3%
  3. Conservative Party15.7%
  4. Green Party2.0%
  5. Liberal Democrats2.0%

Centre · 5 shows

People · top four

  1. Donald Trump24.1%
  2. Nigel Farage23.1%
  3. Andy Burnham16.7%
  4. Ed Miliband10.2%

Parties · top four

  1. Reform UK40.2%
  2. Labour Party28.9%
  3. Conservative Party21.6%
  4. US Democratic Party6.2%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Donald Trump24.1%
  2. Nigel Farage23.1%
  3. Andy Burnham16.7%
  4. Ed Miliband10.2%
  5. Keir Starmer8.3%
  6. Kemi Badenoch5.6%
  7. Vladimir Putin5.6%
  8. Angela Rayner2.8%
  9. Robert Jenrick1.9%
  10. Zack Polanski0.9%
  11. John Healey0.9%

All parties

  1. Reform UK40.2%
  2. Labour Party28.9%
  3. Conservative Party21.6%
  4. US Democratic Party6.2%
  5. US Republican Party2.1%
  6. Green Party1.0%

Centre-right · 1 show

People · top four

  1. Andy Burnham41.4%
  2. Nigel Farage22.4%
  3. John Healey13.8%
  4. Kemi Badenoch6.9%

Parties · top four

  1. Labour Party56.8%
  2. Reform UK27.3%
  3. Conservative Party15.9%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Andy Burnham41.4%
  2. Nigel Farage22.4%
  3. John Healey13.8%
  4. Kemi Badenoch6.9%
  5. Angela Rayner5.2%
  6. Keir Starmer3.4%
  7. Donald Trump1.7%
  8. Robert Jenrick1.7%
  9. Vladimir Putin1.7%
  10. Rachel Reeves1.7%

All parties

  1. Labour Party56.8%
  2. Reform UK27.3%
  3. Conservative Party15.9%

Right · 7 shows

People · top four

  1. Nigel Farage25.9%
  2. Donald Trump17.1%
  3. Andy Burnham15.8%
  4. Keir Starmer8.9%

Parties · top four

  1. Reform UK41.9%
  2. Labour Party30.4%
  3. Conservative Party26.4%
  4. Green Party0.7%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Nigel Farage25.9%
  2. Donald Trump17.1%
  3. Andy Burnham15.8%
  4. Keir Starmer8.9%
  5. Angela Rayner8.9%
  6. Robert Jenrick8.2%
  7. Kemi Badenoch5.7%
  8. Ed Miliband4.4%
  9. John Healey3.8%
  10. Rachel Reeves1.3%

All parties

  1. Reform UK41.9%
  2. Labour Party30.4%
  3. Conservative Party26.4%
  4. Green Party0.7%
  5. Liberal Democrats0.7%

Reported separately

Party channel and devolved shows

Party channel

1 show · 0.475 hours of editorial speech

People
2 mentions · 4.21 per hour
Parties
31 mentions · 65.22 per hour

Devolved shows

3 shows · 1.698 hours of editorial speech

People
38 mentions · 22.38 per hour
Parties
100 mentions · 58.89 per hour