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16 to 22 October 2026

Headline finding

Burnham leads Trump on mentions while the economy was the top political talking point

The Reform UK Podcast episode is dated 19 October in its RSS feed, but its transcript introduction says “Monday the 5th of October”. It was included by feed publication date.

37Podcasts monitored
28Episodes
12.7Hours analysed
1,418Mentions counted

Share of voice

People

Share of tracked person mentions · 728 in this chart

  1. Andy Burnham27.1%
    197 mentions · 15.5 per hour
  2. Donald Trump22.1%
    161 mentions · 12.7 per hour
  3. Nigel Farage13.7%
    100 mentions · 7.9 per hour
  4. Keir Starmer11.5%
    84 mentions · 6.6 per hour
  5. Volodymyr Zelensky6.5%
    47 mentions · 3.7 per hour
  6. Vladimir Putin5.8%
    42 mentions · 3.3 per hour
  7. John Healey5.5%
    40 mentions · 3.2 per hour
  8. Kemi Badenoch2.3%
    17 mentions · 1.3 per hour
  9. Rachel Reeves2.1%
    15 mentions · 1.2 per hour
  10. Robert Jenrick1.6%
    12 mentions · 0.9 per hour
  11. Zack Polanski1.4%
    10 mentions · 0.8 per hour
  12. Ed Miliband0.4%
    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 · 630 in this chart

  1. Reform UK30.6%
    193 mentions · 15.2 per hour
  2. Labour Party30.2%
    190 mentions · 15.0 per hour
  3. Conservative Party22.5%
    142 mentions · 11.2 per hour
  4. Green Party6.5%
    41 mentions · 3.2 per hour
  5. Liberal Democrats4.8%
    30 mentions · 2.4 per hour
  6. US Republican Party2.4%
    15 mentions · 1.2 per hour
  7. Scottish National Party2.1%
    13 mentions · 1.0 per hour
  8. US Democratic Party1.0%
    6 mentions · 0.5 per hour

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

Topics across 28 shows

Where the conversation went

Provisional method

Share of 3,189 screened passages. Topic labels can overlap.

  1. Economy10.07% · 321 passages
  2. Brexit and the EU4.42% · 141 passages
  3. Immigration3.32% · 106 passages
  4. Russia2.20% · 70 passages
  5. Israel and Gaza1.19% · 38 passages
  6. NHS and healthcare1.13% · 36 passages
  7. Housing0.53% · 17 passages
  8. Political donations and integrity0.22% · 7 passages

The week’s story

Least-covered issues

  • Political donations and integrity0.22%7 passages
  • Housing0.53%17 passages
  • NHS and healthcare1.13%36 passages

Counted separately

Former prime ministers

Share of 60 mentions of former prime ministers.

  1. Boris Johnson28.3% · 17 mentions
  2. Rishi Sunak21.7% · 13 mentions
  3. Gordon Brown18.3% · 11 mentions
  4. Liz Truss15.0% · 9 mentions
  5. Tony Blair10.0% · 6 mentions
  6. David Cameron6.7% · 4 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 Farage40.0%
  2. Donald Trump26.2%
  3. Andy Burnham18.5%
  4. Keir Starmer4.6%

Parties · top four

  1. Reform UK59.8%
  2. Labour Party19.6%
  3. Conservative Party8.7%
  4. Green Party7.6%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Nigel Farage40.0%
  2. Donald Trump26.2%
  3. Andy Burnham18.5%
  4. Keir Starmer4.6%
  5. Robert Jenrick4.6%
  6. Rachel Reeves3.1%
  7. Kemi Badenoch1.5%
  8. John Healey1.5%

All parties

  1. Reform UK59.8%
  2. Labour Party19.6%
  3. Conservative Party8.7%
  4. Green Party7.6%
  5. US Republican Party3.3%
  6. US Democratic Party1.1%

Centre-left · 3 shows

People · top four

  1. Donald Trump39.1%
  2. Vladimir Putin15.2%
  3. Andy Burnham13.0%
  4. Volodymyr Zelensky13.0%

Parties · top four

  1. Reform UK65.5%
  2. Conservative Party24.1%
  3. Labour Party6.9%
  4. US Democratic Party3.4%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Donald Trump39.1%
  2. Vladimir Putin15.2%
  3. Andy Burnham13.0%
  4. Volodymyr Zelensky13.0%
  5. Nigel Farage10.9%
  6. Keir Starmer4.3%
  7. Robert Jenrick4.3%

All parties

  1. Reform UK65.5%
  2. Conservative Party24.1%
  3. Labour Party6.9%
  4. US Democratic Party3.4%

Centre · 5 shows

People · top four

  1. Donald Trump39.4%
  2. Andy Burnham19.0%
  3. Volodymyr Zelensky15.6%
  4. Vladimir Putin12.6%

Parties · top four

  1. Labour Party25.7%
  2. Conservative Party20.2%
  3. Reform UK19.3%
  4. Liberal Democrats17.4%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Donald Trump39.4%
  2. Andy Burnham19.0%
  3. Volodymyr Zelensky15.6%
  4. Vladimir Putin12.6%
  5. Nigel Farage5.6%
  6. Keir Starmer3.5%
  7. John Healey2.2%
  8. Kemi Badenoch1.3%
  9. Zack Polanski0.9%

All parties

  1. Labour Party25.7%
  2. Conservative Party20.2%
  3. Reform UK19.3%
  4. Liberal Democrats17.4%
  5. Green Party7.3%
  6. US Republican Party6.4%
  7. US Democratic Party2.8%
  8. Scottish National Party0.9%

Centre-right · 1 show

People · top four

  1. Andy Burnham38.0%
  2. John Healey18.0%
  3. Keir Starmer16.0%
  4. Nigel Farage10.0%

Parties · top four

  1. Labour Party49.0%
  2. Reform UK24.5%
  3. Conservative Party23.5%
  4. Liberal Democrats2.0%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Andy Burnham38.0%
  2. John Healey18.0%
  3. Keir Starmer16.0%
  4. Nigel Farage10.0%
  5. Rachel Reeves6.0%
  6. Kemi Badenoch4.0%
  7. Donald Trump4.0%
  8. Ed Miliband4.0%

All parties

  1. Labour Party49.0%
  2. Reform UK24.5%
  3. Conservative Party23.5%
  4. Liberal Democrats2.0%
  5. Green Party1.0%

Right · 5 shows

People · top four

  1. Andy Burnham38.8%
  2. Keir Starmer23.5%
  3. Nigel Farage11.8%
  4. John Healey7.1%

Parties · top four

  1. Labour Party32.4%
  2. Conservative Party32.4%
  3. Reform UK28.8%
  4. Green Party3.6%
Show all recorded shares

All people

  1. Andy Burnham38.8%
  2. Keir Starmer23.5%
  3. Nigel Farage11.8%
  4. John Healey7.1%
  5. Zack Polanski4.7%
  6. Rachel Reeves4.7%
  7. Kemi Badenoch3.5%
  8. Robert Jenrick3.5%
  9. Donald Trump1.2%
  10. Ed Miliband1.2%

All parties

  1. Labour Party32.4%
  2. Conservative Party32.4%
  3. Reform UK28.8%
  4. Green Party3.6%
  5. Liberal Democrats2.2%
  6. Scottish National Party0.7%

Reported separately

Party channel and devolved shows

Party channel

1 show · 0.385 hours of editorial speech

People
18 mentions · 46.81 per hour
Parties
31 mentions · 80.62 per hour

Devolved shows

2 shows · 1.780 hours of editorial speech

People
63 mentions · 35.40 per hour
Parties
151 mentions · 84.85 per hour

Edition dates16 to 22 October 2026

Show list37 UK political podcasts; 6 had no qualifying episode.

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

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