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Edition

18 to 24 September 2026

Headline finding

Trump outranks Burnham (342 to 263), and the Lib Dems draw level with the Conservatives (thin week)

37Podcasts monitored
27Episodes
14.1Hours analysed
1,608Mentions counted

Share of voice

People

Share of tracked person mentions · 931 in this chart

  1. Donald Trump36.7%
    342 mentions · 24.2 per hour
  2. Andy Burnham28.2%
    263 mentions · 18.6 per hour
  3. Keir Starmer14.1%
    131 mentions · 9.3 per hour
  4. John Healey6.4%
    60 mentions · 4.3 per hour
  5. Nigel Farage4.2%
    39 mentions · 2.8 per hour
  6. Kemi Badenoch3.3%
    31 mentions · 2.2 per hour
  7. Vladimir Putin1.6%
    15 mentions · 1.1 per hour
  8. Zack Polanski1.5%
    14 mentions · 1.0 per hour
  9. Rachel Reeves1.4%
    13 mentions · 0.9 per hour
  10. Ed Miliband1.1%
    10 mentions · 0.7 per hour
  11. Volodymyr Zelensky0.5%
    5 mentions · 0.4 per hour
  12. Robert Jenrick0.4%
    4 mentions · 0.3 per hour
  13. Angela Rayner0.4%
    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 · 590 in this chart

  1. Labour Party38.3%
    226 mentions · 16.0 per hour
  2. Conservative Party20.3%
    120 mentions · 8.5 per hour
  3. Liberal Democrats19.8%
    117 mentions · 8.3 per hour
  4. Reform UK12.5%
    74 mentions · 5.2 per hour
  5. Green Party4.6%
    27 mentions · 1.9 per hour
  6. US Democratic Party2.7%
    16 mentions · 1.1 per hour
  7. Scottish National Party0.7%
    4 mentions · 0.3 per hour
  8. US Republican Party0.7%
    4 mentions · 0.3 per hour
  9. Plaid Cymru0.3%
    2 mentions · 0.1 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 3,672 screened passages. Topic labels can overlap.

  1. Economy8.66% · 318 passages
  2. Immigration2.29% · 84 passages
  3. Brexit and the EU1.77% · 65 passages
  4. Russia1.61% · 59 passages
  5. Israel and Gaza1.20% · 44 passages
  6. NHS and healthcare0.90% · 33 passages
  7. Housing0.55% · 20 passages
  8. Political donations and integrity0.55% · 20 passages

The week’s story

Least-covered issues

  • Housing0.55%20 passages
  • Political donations and integrity0.55%20 passages
  • NHS and healthcare0.90%33 passages

Counted separately

Former prime ministers

Share of 87 mentions of former prime ministers.

  1. Tony Blair27.6% · 24 mentions
  2. Gordon Brown24.1% · 21 mentions
  3. Rishi Sunak17.2% · 15 mentions
  4. Liz Truss13.8% · 12 mentions
  5. David Cameron11.5% · 10 mentions
  6. Boris Johnson5.7% · 5 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. Donald Trump51.0%
  2. Andy Burnham28.1%
  3. Keir Starmer16.3%
  4. Nigel Farage2.6%

Parties · top four

  1. Labour Party59.4%
  2. Reform UK18.8%
  3. US Democratic Party9.4%
  4. Conservative Party6.3%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Donald Trump51.0%
  2. Andy Burnham28.1%
  3. Keir Starmer16.3%
  4. Nigel Farage2.6%
  5. Zack Polanski0.7%
  6. Vladimir Putin0.7%
  7. Ed Miliband0.7%

All parties

  1. Labour Party59.4%
  2. Reform UK18.8%
  3. US Democratic Party9.4%
  4. Conservative Party6.3%
  5. Liberal Democrats3.1%
  6. US Republican Party3.1%

Centre-left · 3 shows

People · top four

  1. Andy Burnham41.3%
  2. Keir Starmer18.3%
  3. Nigel Farage11.5%
  4. Donald Trump10.6%

Parties · top four

  1. Liberal Democrats30.8%
  2. Labour Party27.7%
  3. Reform UK16.9%
  4. Conservative Party15.4%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Andy Burnham41.3%
  2. Keir Starmer18.3%
  3. Nigel Farage11.5%
  4. Donald Trump10.6%
  5. Zack Polanski8.7%
  6. Kemi Badenoch2.9%
  7. John Healey2.9%
  8. Rachel Reeves2.9%
  9. Vladimir Putin1.0%

All parties

  1. Liberal Democrats30.8%
  2. Labour Party27.7%
  3. Reform UK16.9%
  4. Conservative Party15.4%
  5. Green Party7.7%
  6. US Democratic Party1.5%

Centre · 4 shows

People · top four

  1. Andy Burnham30.8%
  2. Donald Trump28.1%
  3. John Healey17.8%
  4. Keir Starmer8.2%

Parties · top four

  1. Labour Party53.6%
  2. Conservative Party24.6%
  3. Reform UK7.2%
  4. Liberal Democrats5.8%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Andy Burnham30.8%
  2. Donald Trump28.1%
  3. John Healey17.8%
  4. Keir Starmer8.2%
  5. Rachel Reeves3.4%
  6. Kemi Badenoch2.7%
  7. Nigel Farage2.1%
  8. Robert Jenrick2.1%
  9. Vladimir Putin1.4%
  10. Volodymyr Zelensky1.4%
  11. Ed Miliband1.4%
  12. Zack Polanski0.7%

All parties

  1. Labour Party53.6%
  2. Conservative Party24.6%
  3. Reform UK7.2%
  4. Liberal Democrats5.8%
  5. Scottish National Party4.3%
  6. Green Party2.9%
  7. Plaid Cymru1.4%

Centre-right · 1 show

People · top four

  1. Andy Burnham53.9%
  2. Keir Starmer28.9%
  3. Nigel Farage7.9%
  4. John Healey6.6%

Parties · top four

  1. Labour Party50.6%
  2. Conservative Party22.4%
  3. Reform UK16.5%
  4. Green Party9.4%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Andy Burnham53.9%
  2. Keir Starmer28.9%
  3. Nigel Farage7.9%
  4. John Healey6.6%
  5. Robert Jenrick1.3%
  6. Rachel Reeves1.3%

All parties

  1. Labour Party50.6%
  2. Conservative Party22.4%
  3. Reform UK16.5%
  4. Green Party9.4%
  5. Liberal Democrats1.2%

Right · 7 shows

People · top four

  1. Donald Trump27.8%
  2. Andy Burnham19.5%
  3. John Healey13.5%
  4. Kemi Badenoch12.8%

Parties · top four

  1. Labour Party42.2%
  2. Liberal Democrats24.3%
  3. Conservative Party21.4%
  4. Reform UK7.8%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Donald Trump27.8%
  2. Andy Burnham19.5%
  3. John Healey13.5%
  4. Kemi Badenoch12.8%
  5. Keir Starmer10.5%
  6. Nigel Farage8.3%
  7. Ed Miliband3.0%
  8. Rachel Reeves2.3%
  9. Zack Polanski0.8%
  10. Vladimir Putin0.8%
  11. Angela Rayner0.8%

All parties

  1. Labour Party42.2%
  2. Liberal Democrats24.3%
  3. Conservative Party21.4%
  4. Reform UK7.8%
  5. Green Party2.9%
  6. Scottish National Party0.5%
  7. Plaid Cymru0.5%
  8. US Republican Party0.5%

Reported separately

Party channel and devolved shows

Party channel

1 show · 0.368 hours of editorial speech

People
1 mentions · 2.72 per hour
Parties
4 mentions · 10.88 per hour

Devolved shows

2 shows · 1.422 hours of editorial speech

People
14 mentions · 9.84 per hour
Parties
44 mentions · 30.94 per hour