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Edition

2 to 8 October 2026

Headline finding

The Conservatives lead for the only time, with the Greens just behind Labour (thin week, 24 UK-wide episodes)

37Podcasts monitored
24Episodes
12.3Hours analysed
1,612Mentions counted

Share of voice

People

Share of tracked person mentions · 533 in this chart

  1. Andy Burnham32.8%
    175 mentions · 14.3 per hour
  2. Kemi Badenoch18.2%
    97 mentions · 7.9 per hour
  3. Zack Polanski14.4%
    77 mentions · 6.3 per hour
  4. Keir Starmer7.3%
    39 mentions · 3.2 per hour
  5. Donald Trump7.1%
    38 mentions · 3.1 per hour
  6. Nigel Farage6.2%
    33 mentions · 2.7 per hour
  7. Robert Jenrick3.9%
    21 mentions · 1.7 per hour
  8. John Healey3.2%
    17 mentions · 1.4 per hour
  9. Ed Miliband2.6%
    14 mentions · 1.1 per hour
  10. Angela Rayner2.3%
    12 mentions · 1.0 per hour
  11. Vladimir Putin1.3%
    7 mentions · 0.6 per hour
  12. Rachel Reeves0.6%
    3 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 · 994 in this chart

  1. Conservative Party34.5%
    343 mentions · 28.0 per hour
  2. Labour Party26.9%
    267 mentions · 21.8 per hour
  3. Green Party26.4%
    262 mentions · 21.4 per hour
  4. Reform UK7.6%
    76 mentions · 6.2 per hour
  5. Liberal Democrats2.2%
    22 mentions · 1.8 per hour
  6. Scottish National Party1.7%
    17 mentions · 1.4 per hour
  7. US Democratic Party0.6%
    6 mentions · 0.5 per hour
  8. US Republican Party0.1%
    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 3,042 screened passages. Topic labels can overlap.

  1. Economy8.55% · 260 passages
  2. Israel and Gaza5.00% · 152 passages
  3. Immigration2.76% · 84 passages
  4. Brexit and the EU2.37% · 72 passages
  5. Housing0.85% · 26 passages
  6. Russia0.69% · 21 passages
  7. NHS and healthcare0.59% · 18 passages
  8. Political donations and integrity0.33% · 10 passages

The week’s story

Least-covered issues

  • Political donations and integrity0.33%10 passages
  • NHS and healthcare0.59%18 passages
  • Russia0.69%21 passages

Counted separately

Former prime ministers

Share of 85 mentions of former prime ministers.

  1. Boris Johnson37.6% · 32 mentions
  2. Rishi Sunak15.3% · 13 mentions
  3. David Cameron12.9% · 11 mentions
  4. Tony Blair11.8% · 10 mentions
  5. Liz Truss11.8% · 10 mentions
  6. Gordon Brown10.6% · 9 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. Zack Polanski39.0%
  2. Andy Burnham23.7%
  3. Kemi Badenoch13.6%
  4. Keir Starmer5.1%

Parties · top four

  1. Green Party45.6%
  2. Labour Party22.3%
  3. Conservative Party21.4%
  4. Scottish National Party7.0%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Zack Polanski39.0%
  2. Andy Burnham23.7%
  3. Kemi Badenoch13.6%
  4. Keir Starmer5.1%
  5. Robert Jenrick5.1%
  6. Nigel Farage4.2%
  7. Ed Miliband4.2%
  8. Donald Trump2.5%
  9. Angela Rayner1.7%
  10. Rachel Reeves0.8%

All parties

  1. Green Party45.6%
  2. Labour Party22.3%
  3. Conservative Party21.4%
  4. Scottish National Party7.0%
  5. Liberal Democrats2.3%
  6. Reform UK1.4%

Centre-left · 3 shows

People · top four

  1. Andy Burnham43.2%
  2. Kemi Badenoch20.5%
  3. Zack Polanski18.2%
  4. Keir Starmer6.8%

Parties · top four

  1. Labour Party33.8%
  2. Conservative Party31.2%
  3. Green Party19.5%
  4. Reform UK11.7%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Andy Burnham43.2%
  2. Kemi Badenoch20.5%
  3. Zack Polanski18.2%
  4. Keir Starmer6.8%
  5. Donald Trump6.8%
  6. Vladimir Putin4.5%

All parties

  1. Labour Party33.8%
  2. Conservative Party31.2%
  3. Green Party19.5%
  4. Reform UK11.7%
  5. Liberal Democrats2.6%
  6. US Democratic Party1.3%

Centre · 3 shows

People · top four

  1. Andy Burnham29.6%
  2. Kemi Badenoch19.7%
  3. Nigel Farage9.9%
  4. Donald Trump8.5%

Parties · top four

  1. Labour Party59.4%
  2. Conservative Party31.1%
  3. Reform UK5.7%
  4. Green Party1.9%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Andy Burnham29.6%
  2. Kemi Badenoch19.7%
  3. Nigel Farage9.9%
  4. Donald Trump8.5%
  5. Keir Starmer7.0%
  6. John Healey7.0%
  7. Angela Rayner5.6%
  8. Vladimir Putin4.2%
  9. Zack Polanski2.8%
  10. Ed Miliband2.8%
  11. Robert Jenrick1.4%
  12. Rachel Reeves1.4%

All parties

  1. Labour Party59.4%
  2. Conservative Party31.1%
  3. Reform UK5.7%
  4. Green Party1.9%
  5. Liberal Democrats0.9%
  6. US Democratic Party0.9%

Centre-right · 1 show

People · top four

  1. Kemi Badenoch41.7%
  2. Andy Burnham22.9%
  3. Nigel Farage12.5%
  4. Robert Jenrick8.3%

Parties · top four

  1. Conservative Party41.9%
  2. Reform UK25.8%
  3. Labour Party20.4%
  4. Green Party6.5%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Kemi Badenoch41.7%
  2. Andy Burnham22.9%
  3. Nigel Farage12.5%
  4. Robert Jenrick8.3%
  5. Keir Starmer6.3%
  6. John Healey6.3%
  7. Donald Trump2.1%

All parties

  1. Conservative Party41.9%
  2. Reform UK25.8%
  3. Labour Party20.4%
  4. Green Party6.5%
  5. Liberal Democrats4.3%
  6. US Democratic Party1.1%

Right · 6 shows

People · top four

  1. Andy Burnham44.4%
  2. Kemi Badenoch13.7%
  3. Keir Starmer8.9%
  4. Nigel Farage8.1%

Parties · top four

  1. Conservative Party45.4%
  2. Green Party22.5%
  3. Labour Party20.3%
  4. Reform UK10.0%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Andy Burnham44.4%
  2. Kemi Badenoch13.7%
  3. Keir Starmer8.9%
  4. Nigel Farage8.1%
  5. John Healey6.5%
  6. Donald Trump5.6%
  7. Robert Jenrick3.2%
  8. Ed Miliband3.2%
  9. Zack Polanski2.4%
  10. Angela Rayner2.4%
  11. Vladimir Putin0.8%
  12. Rachel Reeves0.8%

All parties

  1. Conservative Party45.4%
  2. Green Party22.5%
  3. Labour Party20.3%
  4. Reform UK10.0%
  5. Liberal Democrats1.1%
  6. Scottish National Party0.7%

Reported separately

Party channel and devolved shows

Devolved shows

2 shows · 1.691 hours of editorial speech

People
24 mentions · 14.19 per hour
Parties
139 mentions · 82.20 per hour