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9 to 15 October 2026

Headline finding

Burnham leads, and his Brexit push was the lead story on 7 of 27 shows

Updated 17 October 2026: four episodes were reselected to match our published selection rule. Figures and headline revised.

37Podcasts monitored
27Episodes
12.7Hours analysed
2,090Mentions counted

Share of voice

People

Share of tracked person mentions · 966 in this chart

  1. Andy Burnham29.4%
    284 mentions · 22.4 per hour
  2. Donald Trump17.8%
    172 mentions · 13.6 per hour
  3. Nigel Farage9.8%
    95 mentions · 7.5 per hour
  4. Zack Polanski9.0%
    87 mentions · 6.9 per hour
  5. Kemi Badenoch7.8%
    75 mentions · 5.9 per hour
  6. Keir Starmer7.0%
    68 mentions · 5.4 per hour
  7. John Healey5.7%
    55 mentions · 4.3 per hour
  8. Volodymyr Zelensky4.2%
    41 mentions · 3.2 per hour
  9. Vladimir Putin4.1%
    40 mentions · 3.2 per hour
  10. Robert Jenrick2.1%
    20 mentions · 1.6 per hour
  11. Ed Miliband1.7%
    16 mentions · 1.3 per hour
  12. Rachel Reeves1.0%
    10 mentions · 0.8 per hour
  13. Angela Rayner0.3%
    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 · 1,043 in this chart

  1. Labour Party28.6%
    298 mentions · 23.5 per hour
  2. Conservative Party24.4%
    255 mentions · 20.1 per hour
  3. Reform UK19.8%
    207 mentions · 16.3 per hour
  4. Green Party18.6%
    194 mentions · 15.3 per hour
  5. Liberal Democrats5.2%
    54 mentions · 4.3 per hour
  6. US Republican Party1.4%
    15 mentions · 1.2 per hour
  7. US Democratic Party1.2%
    12 mentions · 0.9 per hour
  8. Scottish National Party0.7%
    7 mentions · 0.6 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 27 shows

Where the conversation went

Provisional method

Share of 3,351 screened passages. Topic labels can overlap.

  1. Economy10.21% · 342 passages
  2. Brexit and the EU5.85% · 196 passages
  3. Russia3.73% · 125 passages
  4. Israel and Gaza2.77% · 93 passages
  5. Immigration2.74% · 92 passages
  6. NHS and healthcare0.95% · 32 passages
  7. Housing0.48% · 16 passages
  8. Political donations and integrity0.45% · 15 passages

The week’s story

One story led in seven shows

7/27

shows led on the same story

Burnham’s Brexit position and UK–EU relations

Least-covered issues

  • Political donations and integrity0.45%15 passages
  • Housing0.48%16 passages
  • NHS and healthcare0.95%32 passages

In the episodes

Three stories, in their own words

Counted separately

Former prime ministers

Share of 81 mentions of former prime ministers.

  1. Boris Johnson44.4% · 36 mentions
  2. Gordon Brown19.8% · 16 mentions
  3. David Cameron13.6% · 11 mentions
  4. Liz Truss8.6% · 7 mentions
  5. Tony Blair7.4% · 6 mentions
  6. Rishi Sunak6.2% · 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. Andy Burnham42.6%
  2. Donald Trump12.9%
  3. Nigel Farage11.6%
  4. Zack Polanski9.0%

Parties · top four

  1. Labour Party38.5%
  2. Conservative Party21.5%
  3. Green Party19.0%
  4. Reform UK11.2%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Andy Burnham42.6%
  2. Donald Trump12.9%
  3. Nigel Farage11.6%
  4. Zack Polanski9.0%
  5. Keir Starmer7.7%
  6. Kemi Badenoch6.5%
  7. Vladimir Putin3.9%
  8. Robert Jenrick2.6%
  9. Volodymyr Zelensky1.9%
  10. Rachel Reeves0.6%
  11. Ed Miliband0.6%

All parties

  1. Labour Party38.5%
  2. Conservative Party21.5%
  3. Green Party19.0%
  4. Reform UK11.2%
  5. Liberal Democrats9.3%
  6. Scottish National Party0.5%

Centre-left · 3 shows

People · top four

  1. Andy Burnham27.0%
  2. Nigel Farage21.3%
  3. Zack Polanski14.8%
  4. Kemi Badenoch9.0%

Parties · top four

  1. Green Party38.8%
  2. Conservative Party19.8%
  3. Labour Party15.5%
  4. Reform UK12.9%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Andy Burnham27.0%
  2. Nigel Farage21.3%
  3. Zack Polanski14.8%
  4. Kemi Badenoch9.0%
  5. Vladimir Putin9.0%
  6. Donald Trump7.4%
  7. Keir Starmer5.7%
  8. John Healey1.6%
  9. Robert Jenrick1.6%
  10. Ed Miliband1.6%
  11. Volodymyr Zelensky0.8%

All parties

  1. Green Party38.8%
  2. Conservative Party19.8%
  3. Labour Party15.5%
  4. Reform UK12.9%
  5. Liberal Democrats11.2%
  6. Scottish National Party1.7%

Centre · 5 shows

People · top four

  1. Donald Trump30.6%
  2. Andy Burnham22.4%
  3. Kemi Badenoch9.7%
  4. Keir Starmer9.2%

Parties · top four

  1. Conservative Party27.4%
  2. Labour Party25.1%
  3. Reform UK20.5%
  4. Green Party17.4%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Donald Trump30.6%
  2. Andy Burnham22.4%
  3. Kemi Badenoch9.7%
  4. Keir Starmer9.2%
  5. Zack Polanski7.1%
  6. Nigel Farage5.1%
  7. John Healey5.1%
  8. Volodymyr Zelensky4.1%
  9. Vladimir Putin2.6%
  10. Ed Miliband2.0%
  11. Robert Jenrick1.5%
  12. Rachel Reeves0.5%

All parties

  1. Conservative Party27.4%
  2. Labour Party25.1%
  3. Reform UK20.5%
  4. Green Party17.4%
  5. US Republican Party2.7%
  6. US Democratic Party2.7%
  7. Liberal Democrats2.3%
  8. Scottish National Party1.4%
  9. Plaid Cymru0.5%

Centre-right · 1 show

People · top four

  1. Andy Burnham55.9%
  2. Keir Starmer16.2%
  3. John Healey11.8%
  4. Rachel Reeves7.4%

Parties · top four

  1. Labour Party65.9%
  2. Reform UK19.5%
  3. Conservative Party9.8%
  4. Green Party2.4%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Andy Burnham55.9%
  2. Keir Starmer16.2%
  3. John Healey11.8%
  4. Rachel Reeves7.4%
  5. Nigel Farage5.9%
  6. Kemi Badenoch1.5%
  7. Robert Jenrick1.5%

All parties

  1. Labour Party65.9%
  2. Reform UK19.5%
  3. Conservative Party9.8%
  4. Green Party2.4%
  5. Liberal Democrats2.4%

Right · 5 shows

People · top four

  1. Andy Burnham37.5%
  2. Nigel Farage16.1%
  3. Donald Trump11.6%
  4. Kemi Badenoch7.1%

Parties · top four

  1. Conservative Party34.8%
  2. Labour Party28.3%
  3. Reform UK17.4%
  4. Green Party12.3%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Andy Burnham37.5%
  2. Nigel Farage16.1%
  3. Donald Trump11.6%
  4. Kemi Badenoch7.1%
  5. Keir Starmer5.4%
  6. Vladimir Putin5.4%
  7. Ed Miliband5.4%
  8. Zack Polanski3.6%
  9. John Healey3.6%
  10. Volodymyr Zelensky2.7%
  11. Angela Rayner1.8%

All parties

  1. Conservative Party34.8%
  2. Labour Party28.3%
  3. Reform UK17.4%
  4. Green Party12.3%
  5. Liberal Democrats5.1%
  6. US Democratic Party1.4%
  7. Scottish National Party0.7%

Reported separately

Party channel and devolved shows

Party channel

1 show · 0.334 hours of editorial speech

People
0 mentions · 0.00 per hour
Parties
2 mentions · 5.99 per hour

Devolved shows

2 shows · 1.477 hours of editorial speech

People
15 mentions · 10.16 per hour
Parties
108 mentions · 73.14 per hour

Edition dates9 to 15 October 2026

Show list37 UK political podcasts; 7 had no qualifying episode.

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

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