BBC Radio 4 - 'Desert Island Discs'
Australian iTunes Chart Performance

"Desert Island Discs": Chart Statistics

  • Release date: 30 May 2015
  • Chart debut: #72 (05 Jun 2015)
  • Highest Position: #8 (24 Apr 2016)
  • Most recent chart position: #74 (22 Mar 2024)
  • Days on Australian Podcasts Chart: 470

'Desert Island Discs' has charted in the following countries:
United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Spain and Australia.

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Summary: Desert Island Discs was created by Roy Plomley in 1942, and the format is simple: a guest is invited by Kirsty Young to choose the eight records they would take with them to a desert island

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Desert Island Discs: Chart Progress Graph

Chart performance: 01 Feb 2016 to 25 Jun 2016.

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Detailed Chart Progress for "Desert Island Discs" (BBC Radio 4)

Australian Podcasts chart performance history for Desert Island Discs

Year Month Day Position Movement Number 1
2015 Jun 5 Fri 72 new ABC Radio and Wendy Zukerman
Science Vs
6 Sat 62 up
7 Sun 47 up
8 Mon 20 up
9 Tue 44 down Dear Hank & John
Dear Hank & John
10 Wed 84 down ABC Radio and Wendy Zukerman
Science Vs
11 Thu 82 up
12 Fri 62 up
13 Sat 67 down
15 Mon 51 re-entry
16 Tue 51 no-move
17 Wed 93 down
18 Thu 84 up
22 Mon 74 re-entry
27 Sat 58 re-entry Marc Maron
WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
28 Sun 89 down HowStuffWorks.com
Stuff You Should Know
29 Mon 91 down Darren Rowse: Blogger, Speaker, Author and Online Entrepreneur
ProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Mon
2015 Jul 1 Wed 61 re-entry ABC Radio and Wendy Zukerman
Science Vs
2 Thu 52 up Hamish and Andy
Hamish & Andy
3 Fri 78 down
4 Sat 79 down
10 Fri 65 re-entry
11 Sat 72 down
12 Sun 52 up
21 Tue 51 re-entry
23 Thu 47 re-entry
25 Sat 31 re-entry
26 Sun 43 down
29 Wed 76 re-entry
30 Thu 88 down
2015 Aug 2 Sun 87 re-entry
6 Thu 46 re-entry
7 Fri 37 up
8 Sat 63 down
10 Mon 44 re-entry
11 Tue 80 down
12 Wed 43 up
14 Fri 65 re-entry
15 Sat 58 up
17 Mon 23 re-entry
18 Tue 28 down
25 Tue 91 re-entry
26 Wed 83 up
30 Sun 79 re-entry
2015 Sep 7 Mon 90 re-entry Wil Anderson
FOFOP
15 Tue 73 re-entry Hamish and Andy
Hamish & Andy
16 Wed 94 down
19 Sat 69 re-entry
20 Sun 80 down
21 Mon 96 down
22 Tue 65 up
23 Wed 53 up
24 Thu 86 down
25 Fri 82 up
27 Sun 65 re-entry Bill Simmons
The Bill Simmons Podcast
29 Tue 92 re-entry Hamish and Andy
Hamish & Andy
30 Wed 66 up
2015 Oct 1 Thu 50 up Bill Simmons
The Bill Simmons Podcast
2 Fri 56 down
3 Sat 86 down
6 Tue 76 re-entry Hamish and Andy
Hamish & Andy
7 Wed 80 down
8 Thu 79 up
9 Fri 66 up
10 Sat 94 down
11 Sun 69 up
12 Mon 98 down
15 Thu 87 re-entry Marc Maron
WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
16 Fri 91 down Hamish and Andy
Hamish & Andy
17 Sat 68 up
19 Mon 95 re-entry
20 Tue 68 up
21 Wed 69 down
22 Thu 73 down
23 Fri 78 down
27 Tue 71 re-entry Gimlet
Science Vs
28 Wed 68 up
29 Thu 76 down Lena Dunham & BuzzFeed
Women Of The Hour
30 Fri 77 down
31 Sat 63 up
2015 Nov 2 Mon 70 re-entry Hamish and Andy
Hamish & Andy
6 Fri 98 re-entry Lena Dunham & BuzzFeed
Women Of The Hour
7 Sat 80 up
8 Sun 88 down
10 Tue 83 re-entry 2DayFM
Rove and Sam Podcast
11 Wed 75 up
12 Thu 88 down Hamish and Andy
Hamish & Andy
13 Fri 61 up Lena Dunham & BuzzFeed
Women Of The Hour
14 Sat 52 up
15 Sun 78 down
16 Mon 56 up
17 Tue 82 down TED Conferences LLC
TEDTalks
18 Wed 73 up Hamish and Andy
Hamish & Andy
19 Thu 76 down Lena Dunham & BuzzFeed
Women Of The Hour
20 Fri 73 up
21 Sat 74 down
22 Sun 88 down
23 Mon 78 up
24 Tue 74 up Hamish and Andy
Hamish & Andy
25 Wed 79 down
26 Thu 62 up
27 Fri 76 down
28 Sat 76 no-move
29 Sun 80 down HowStuffWorks.com
Stuff You Should Know
2015 Dec 1 Tue 100 re-entry Chat 10 Looks 3
Chat 10 Looks 3
2 Wed 92 up Em Rusciano
Deeply Shallow
3 Thu 70 up
4 Fri 75 down
5 Sat 63 up
6 Sun 49 up Hamish and Andy
Hamish & Andy
7 Mon 73 down HowStuffWorks.com
Stuff You Should Know
8 Tue 52 up Rooster Teeth Staff
Off Topic
9 Wed 74 down Em Rusciano
Deeply Shallow
10 Thu 98 down This American Life
Serial
13 Sun 86 re-entry
14 Mon 45 up
15 Tue 72 down
16 Wed 65 up
17 Thu 81 down
19 Sat 66 re-entry
20 Sun 73 down
21 Mon 77 down
22 Tue 95 down
23 Wed 83 up
24 Thu 61 up
25 Fri 61 no-move
26 Sat 89 down
27 Sun 73 up
28 Mon 27 up
29 Tue 44 down
30 Wed 66 down
31 Thu 65 up
2016 Jan 2 Sat 77 re-entry
3 Sun 59 up
4 Mon 97 down Dr. Steven Novella
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
5 Tue 93 up
6 Wed 96 down This American Life
Serial
7 Thu 90 up
8 Fri 17 up
9 Sat 33 down
10 Sun 59 down
11 Mon 54 up
12 Tue 80 down
14 Thu 65 re-entry
15 Fri 91 down
16 Sat 62 up
17 Sun 61 up
18 Mon 91 down
20 Wed 31 re-entry
21 Thu 57 down
22 Fri 71 down
23 Sat 62 up
24 Sun 79 down
26 Tue 100 re-entry
27 Wed 90 up
29 Fri 97 re-entry
2016 Feb 1 Mon 82 re-entry
2 Tue 84 down
3 Wed 70 up
5 Fri 80 re-entry
6 Sat 69 up Twin Cities News Talk
Darkness Radio
7 Sun 88 down This American Life
Serial
8 Mon 84 up
9 Tue 81 up
10 Wed 72 up
11 Thu 68 up
12 Fri 75 down
13 Sat 82 down
14 Sun 71 up
15 Mon 67 up
16 Tue 82 down
17 Wed 73 up
20 Sat 94 re-entry
21 Sun 89 up
25 Thu 84 re-entry The Wheeler Centre
Better Off Dead
29 Mon 83 re-entry This American Life
Serial
2016 Mar 2 Wed 83 re-entry The Wheeler Centre
Better Off Dead
3 Thu 9 up
4 Fri 33 down Arizona Cardinals
Arizona Cardinals: Podcasts
5 Sat 21 up This American Life
Serial
6 Sun 43 down
7 Mon 59 down
8 Tue 75 down
9 Wed 80 down
10 Thu 92 down
11 Fri 79 up
12 Sat 50 up
13 Sun 49 up
14 Mon 66 down
15 Tue 81 down
20 Sun 98 re-entry
23 Wed 9 re-entry
24 Thu 43 down
25 Fri 50 down
26 Sat 57 down
27 Sun 77 down
29 Tue 29 re-entry ABC Radio National
RN Breakfast - Separate stories podcast
30 Wed 56 down
31 Thu 93 down This American Life
Serial
2016 Apr 3 Sun 93 re-entry Joe Rogan
The Joe Rogan Experience
11 Mon 88 re-entry This American Life
Serial
12 Tue 87 up
13 Wed 81 up Casefile True Crime
Casefile: True Crime Podcast
15 Fri 96 re-entry ABC Radio National
The Party Room - The Party Room
16 Sat 75 up
17 Sun 66 up
23 Sat 97 re-entry Casefile True Crime
Casefile: True Crime Podcast
24 Sun 8 up HowStuffWorks.com
Stuff You Should Know
24 Sun 8 no-move
25 Mon 31 down HowStuffWorks.com
Stuff You Missed in History Class
26 Tue 48 down
27 Wed 73 down
28 Thu 82 down HowStuffWorks.com
Stuff You Should Know
29 Fri 68 up TED Conferences LLC
TEDTalks
30 Sat 93 down
2016 May 1 Sun 96 down The Ringer
Ringer NBA Show
8 Sun 71 re-entry TED Conferences LLC
TEDTalks
9 Mon 69 up The Australian
The Australian Podcasts
10 Tue 95 down
12 Thu 92 re-entry HowStuffWorks.com
Stuff You Should Know
13 Fri 98 down
14 Sat 89 up Arizona Cardinals
Arizona Cardinals: Podcasts
15 Sun 69 up HowStuffWorks.com
Stuff You Should Know
16 Mon 80 down ABC Radio National
The Party Room - Full program podcast
17 Tue 86 down HowStuffWorks.com
Stuff You Should Know
18 Wed 70 up
19 Thu 100 down
21 Sat 94 re-entry ABC Local
Conversations with Richard Fidler
23 Mon 98 re-entry The Australian
Bowraville
27 Fri 88 re-entry
29 Sun 72 re-entry
2016 Jun 1 Wed 83 re-entry
2 Thu 95 down
3 Fri 94 up
4 Sat 86 up ABC Local
Conversations with Richard Fidler
10 Fri 92 re-entry HowStuffWorks.com
Stuff You Should Know
11 Sat 83 up
12 Sun 88 down
18 Sat 48 re-entry Arizona Cardinals
Arizona Cardinals: Podcasts
19 Sun 72 down Malcolm Gladwell / Panoply
Revisionist History
2016 Jul 2 Sat 100 re-entry This American Life
Serial
2016 Aug 5 Fri 77 re-entry Gimlet
Science Vs - New Season
2016 Sep 23 Fri 91 re-entry The Age Melbourne
Phoebe's Fall
2016 Oct 1 Sat 59 re-entry
22 Sat 84 re-entry
23 Sun 60 up
2016 Nov 6 Sun 89 re-entry My Dad Wrote A Porno
My Dad Wrote A Porno
28 Mon 87 re-entry Gimlet
Undone
2016 Dec 12 Mon 89 re-entry ABC Radio
Conversations
27 Tue 95 re-entry
30 Fri 87 re-entry ABC Radio
Tall Tales & True
31 Sat 85 up
2017 Jan 23 Mon 83 re-entry ABC Radio
Conversations
29 Sun 37 re-entry
30 Mon 41 down
31 Tue 63 down
2017 Feb 1 Wed 79 down Marie Forleo: Teacher, Writer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Lifelong Learner
The Marie Forleo Podcast
2 Thu 90 down
4 Sat 93 re-entry ABC Radio
Conversations
5 Sun 88 up Melissa Ambrosini
The Melissa Ambrosini Show
6 Mon 49 up ABC Radio
Conversations
7 Tue 60 down
11 Sat 94 re-entry
18 Sat 85 re-entry
2017 Mar 12 Sun 94 re-entry Russell Brand
Under The Skin with Russell Brand
13 Mon 91 up
2017 Apr 17 Mon 88 re-entry Serial & This American Life
S-Town
18 Tue 98 down
19 Wed 99 down
20 Thu 94 up
21 Fri 89 up
29 Sat 97 re-entry
30 Sun 88 up
2017 May 1 Mon 90 down
6 Sat 99 re-entry
20 Sat 82 re-entry ABC Radio
Conversations
21 Sun 89 down DGital Media
VIEWS with David Dobrik and Jason Nash
2017 Jun 28 Wed 91 re-entry ABC Radio National
Trace - ABC RN
2017 Jul 7 Fri 94 re-entry
30 Sun 85 re-entry Stuff.co.nz
BLACK HANDS - A family mass murder
2017 Aug 5 Sat 98 re-entry
6 Sun 76 up
7 Mon 85 down
9 Wed 88 re-entry Oprah
Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversations
12 Sat 91 re-entry
20 Sun 93 re-entry My Dad Wrote A Porno
My Dad Wrote A Porno
2017 Sep 15 Fri 99 re-entry ABC Radio
How Do You Sleep At Night?
16 Sat 98 up
18 Mon 93 re-entry
2017 Oct 23 Mon 100 re-entry L.A. Times | Wondery
Dirty John
28 Sat 83 re-entry
2017 Nov 2 Thu 89 re-entry
3 Fri 93 down
26 Sun 98 re-entry
2017 Dec 11 Mon 100 re-entry theguardian.com
The Reckoning - Guardian Australia podcast
24 Sun 98 re-entry Kinne
The Lock-in
25 Mon 90 up
26 Tue 88 up ABC Radio
Conversations
27 Wed 90 down TED
TED Talks Daily
29 Fri 91 re-entry
30 Sat 91 no-move
31 Sun 89 up
2018 Jan 1 Mon 95 down
12 Fri 22 re-entry HowStuffWorks & Tenderfoot TV
Atlanta Monster
13 Sat 35 down Oprah
Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversations
14 Sun 45 down
15 Mon 73 down HowStuffWorks & Tenderfoot TV
Atlanta Monster
16 Tue 70 up
17 Wed 86 down
18 Thu 87 down
19 Fri 61 up
20 Sat 64 down Casefile True Crime
Casefile True Crime
21 Sun 80 down HowStuffWorks & Tenderfoot TV
Atlanta Monster
22 Mon 100 down
25 Thu 86 re-entry
26 Fri 97 down
27 Sat 100 down
2018 Feb 7 Wed 99 re-entry ABC Radio
The Pineapple Project
10 Sat 87 re-entry
11 Sun 72 up
12 Mon 86 down
13 Tue 91 down
19 Mon 93 re-entry
21 Wed 94 re-entry
2018 Mar 7 Wed 84 up PodcastOne
Hamish & Andy
8 Thu 78 up ABC Radio
Fierce Girls
10 Sat 89 re-entry
18 Sun 71 re-entry Crawf & Hirdy - We Talk Football
Crawf & Hirdy - We Talk Football
19 Mon 83 down The Betoota Advocate
The Betoota Advocate Podcast
22 Thu 95 re-entry PodcastOne
Hamish & Andy
23 Fri 99 down
24 Sat 87 up
25 Sun 86 up
30 Fri 92 re-entry Jessica Rowe And Denise Drysdale
One Fat Lady and One Thin Lady
31 Sat 87 up This American Life
Serial
2018 Apr 1 Sun 86 up Natalies Outlet Inc. and Cadence13
#Viral with Natalie Alzate
15 Sun 98 re-entry pots n pans productions
Tony Martin’s SIZZLETOWN
16 Mon 96 up Daily Telegraph Podcasts
Eight Minutes - Who Killed David Breckenridge?
17 Tue 83 up BBC World Service
Death in Ice Valley
18 Wed 86 down
19 Thu 93 down
25 Wed 100 re-entry
26 Thu 91 up
29 Sun 90 re-entry Casefile True Crime
Casefile True Crime
2018 May 8 Tue 77 re-entry Joe Rogan
The Joe Rogan Experience
24 Thu 94 re-entry The Australian
The Teacher's Pet
26 Sat 85 re-entry
27 Sun 88 down
30 Wed 88 re-entry ABC Radio
Unravel True Crime
2018 Jun 3 Sun 95 re-entry The Australian
The Teacher's Pet
9 Sat 88 re-entry
10 Sun 80 up
18 Mon 97 re-entry
2018 Oct 1 Mon 97 re-entry
2018 Nov 4 Sun 73 re-entry Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay
Astronomy Cast
5 Mon 67 up Brenton Harris / Mike Speakman
Radults
11 Sun 100 re-entry The Australian
The Teacher's Pet
15 Thu 99 re-entry Joe Rogan
The Joe Rogan Experience
2018 Dec 8 Sat 79 re-entry The Australian
The Teacher's Pet
17 Mon 74 re-entry
18 Tue 76 down
23 Sun 95 re-entry
24 Mon 92 up
25 Tue 84 up
26 Wed 79 up
27 Thu 80 down
2019 Feb 10 Sun 98 re-entry The Australian
Who the Hell is Hamish?
11 Mon 41 up
12 Tue 40 up
13 Wed 39 up Wondery
Over My Dead Body
14 Thu 55 down
15 Fri 79 down The Australian
Who the Hell is Hamish?
16 Sat 74 up
17 Sun 94 down
18 Mon 96 down
20 Wed 96 re-entry
2019 May 14 Tue 75 re-entry Schwartz Media
7am
15 Wed 97 down Meshel Laurie
Australian True Crime
18 Sat 96 re-entry 7 News
The Lady Vanishes
2019 Sep 22 Sun 46 re-entry ABC Radio
Unravel True Crime: Snowball
23 Mon 60 down
24 Tue 97 down
2019 Oct 7 Mon 92 re-entry Wondery
The Mysterious Mr. Epstein
2019 Dec 25 Wed 98 re-entry ABC Radio
Conversations
2020 Jan 6 Mon 92 re-entry
27 Mon 100 re-entry
2020 Feb 17 Mon 77 re-entry
18 Tue 73 up
19 Wed 79 down
20 Thu 87 down
2020 Mar 9 Mon 70 re-entry ABC Radio
The Eleventh
10 Tue 86 down
16 Mon 87 re-entry ABC Radio
Coronacast
17 Tue 65 up
18 Wed 86 down
19 Thu 82 up
20 Fri 96 down
23 Mon 89 re-entry ABC News
Coronacast
30 Mon 64 re-entry
31 Tue 86 down
2020 Apr 6 Mon 92 re-entry
10 Fri 92 re-entry
20 Mon 96 re-entry True Crime Australia
I Catch Killers with Gary Jubelin
27 Mon 89 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Grounded with Louis Theroux
2020 May 4 Mon 99 re-entry True Crime Australia
I Catch Killers with Gary Jubelin
2020 Jul 27 Mon 92 re-entry Zoe Marshall
The Deep
2020 Aug 3 Mon 93 re-entry Joe Rogan
The Joe Rogan Experience
2020 Oct 5 Mon 81 re-entry The Australian
The Night Driver
2022 Jul 7 Thu 66 re-entry The Australian
The Teacher's Trial
7 Thu 66 no-move
7 Thu 66 no-move
8 Fri 82 down
8 Fri 82 no-move
8 Fri 82 no-move
9 Sat 76 up
9 Sat 76 no-move
9 Sat 76 no-move
25 Mon 67 re-entry
25 Mon 68 no-move
26 Tue 37 up Wondery
Fed Up
26 Tue 37 no-move
26 Tue 37 no-move
27 Wed 50 no-move
27 Wed 50 no-move
28 Thu 55 no-move
28 Thu 55 no-move
28 Thu 55 no-move
29 Fri 64 no-move
29 Fri 64 no-move
29 Fri 64 no-move
30 Sat 71 down
30 Sat 71 no-move
30 Sat 71 no-move
31 Sun 85 down
31 Sun 85 no-move
2022 Aug 1 Mon 73 no-move The Australian
The Teacher's Trial
1 Mon 73 no-move
1 Mon 73 no-move
2 Tue 89 no-move Wondery
Fed Up
2 Tue 89 no-move
2 Tue 89 no-move
11 Thu 99 no-move True Crime Australia
Bikies Inc.
11 Thu 95 up
11 Thu 95 no-move
12 Fri 81 up
12 Fri 81 no-move
13 Sat 97 down
13 Sat 97 no-move
13 Sat 97 no-move
14 Sun 95 up
14 Sun 92 up
14 Sun 92 no-move
29 Mon 100 re-entry Chris Lambert
Your Own Backyard
29 Mon 100 no-move
29 Mon 100 no-move
2024 Jan 25 Thu 75 no-move BBC World Service
World of Secrets
26 Fri 87 down
27 Sat 85 no-move
28 Sun 74 up
29 Mon 81 down
30 Tue 95 no-move Scicomm Media
Huberman Lab
31 Wed 98 down
2024 Mar 16 Sat 23 no-move Wavland
Three
17 Sun 18 no-move
18 Mon 20 no-move
19 Tue 25 no-move
20 Wed 32 no-move
21 Thu 50 down
22 Fri 74 down True Crime Australia
The Mushroom Cook

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